18 02, 2025

Does the Merino project have a shelf life?

By |2025-02-18T09:22:27+00:00February 18th, 2025|Arsenal FC, Attack, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Last night I was cooking dinner and I flicked on Sky Sports to have in the background. Almost immediate as the first feature story they had one of their reporters outside London Colney talking about the role Merino played at the weekend, whether he could be 'the guy' in at number nine for us for [...]

17 02, 2025

The numbers suggest Arsenal’s season is similar to Liverpool’s last season

By |2025-02-17T08:07:13+00:00February 17th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, History, injuries, premier league|0 Comments

I was round my parents yesterday for the weekend and as I was starting the prep for Sunday roast with the old man I decided to put the game on between Liverpool and Wolves in the second half. It was 2-0, I wasn't expecting anything other than a slow canter towards three points for the [...]

16 02, 2025

Merino as nine keeps Arsenal’s hope alive for another week

By |2025-02-16T07:51:48+00:00February 16th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league|1 Comment

Talk about a variation of emotions from the start, middle and ending of a football match, eh? On about 75 minutes Amanda messaged me and asked whether to bother with doing a post match Same Old Arsenal podcast. It'd been a pretty turgid game, punctuated only with the occasional bright spark from eventual man of [...]

15 02, 2025

Arsenal must explooit the wings against Leicester

By |2025-02-15T08:22:50+00:00February 15th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Morning folks.  It's matchday again! After a ten day hiatus, The Arsenal are back, the nerves are back, the trepidation remains and the trip to Leicester - whilst ordinarily I'd see it as an opportunity to potentially rack up some goals given their position and form - that is fraught with concern given our attacking [...]

14 02, 2025

Trossard time

By |2025-02-14T09:15:48+00:00February 14th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

Ok Leo, all eyes on you now mate. I know you've looked a bit sullen at times, Arteta has talked about how you don't like it when you're not playing, so now is your chance to shine because you are basically going to play every possible game between now and the end of the season. [...]

13 02, 2025

The football gods giveth and they taketh away for The Arsenal…

By |2025-02-13T08:30:46+00:00February 13th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Yesterday I was writing about the rotten luck we've had this season in the wake of the Kai Havertz rumours. It felt like we couldn't get any more bad luck this season, the level we've had from pretty much August onward, but then I forgot the propensity of the footballing gods to keep on battering [...]

12 02, 2025

Arsenal wouldn’t be very good in a casino…

By |2025-02-12T08:32:24+00:00February 12th, 2025|analogy, analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, injuries, Mikel Arteta, Ownership and the board, premier league, Rant|0 Comments

If Arsenal needed to bet it's house on something, you'd probably bet the exact opposite of whatever they do, right? "All on red for us" "Erm....yeah, i'll take black please..." I am, of course, referring to the news that Sami Mokbel broke yesterday about Kai Havertz, who is rumoured to have suffered a hamstring injury [...]

11 02, 2025

The February / March ‘block’ will define Arsenal’s season

By |2025-02-11T08:32:54+00:00February 11th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, premier league|0 Comments

It kind of feels like an international break right now, doesn't it, eh? There's a bit of radio silence save for the odd snap of the team in Dubai, the players will all be flying back today so we'll not get much content of interest other than them boarding the plane to head home, then [...]

10 02, 2025

A little bit of Hopium with an early return Saka, Martinelli and White?

By |2025-02-10T08:11:43+00:00February 10th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, injuries, premier league|0 Comments

Happy Monday folks, hope we're all doing ok? Or are you as bemused as I was yesterday. No, I'm not talking about Liverpool being knocked out of the FA Cup to Plymouth, but rather the images that have emerged from Dubai which seem to suggest that Martinelli is in part taking some part of training [...]

8 02, 2025

Martinelli’s telegraphed injury

By |2025-02-08T08:18:34+00:00February 8th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Rant, Transfers|1 Comment

Morning folks and welcome to an Arsenal-less Saturday. But of course Arsenal being Arsenal and this season being what it is (cursed), of course the dust had barely settled before we learned of another injury setback. If we all thought that seeing Martinelli get on the plane in the Dubai warm weather training trip was [...]

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