9 01, 2026

Opportunity missed as Arsenal deliver an inhibited second half against Liverpool

By |2026-01-09T08:45:53+00:00January 9th, 2026|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, midfield, premier league|0 Comments

That was about as much fun as the weather last night. Arsenal had an opportunity to really lay down a marker against an injury-hit, beleaguered, and not really in form (despite what the ‘unbeaten run will tell you) Liverpool team. And they just didn’t take it. The opportunity was there, and no such marker was [...]

8 01, 2026

Can you grasp the opportunity?

By |2026-01-08T09:26:06+00:00January 8th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, History, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Well now. That was one heck of a successful hate-watch midweek edition, wasn’t it? The Scum lost to a last-gasp winner (and the manager tries everything, including being given an Arsenal cup and told to drink from it because they’ve ’bottled’ some of Mikel Arteta’s tactical ju-ju in there Man United can’t hold off Burnley [...]

7 01, 2026

Gearing up for Liverpool: this won’t be easy despite the pundits predictions

By |2026-01-07T08:15:35+00:00January 7th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, History, Match Preview, premier league|2 Comments

It's a watching brief for us today and this evening, with our game on tomorrow, but I'd be lying if I said I expected some kind of upset in Manchester. Brighton is a good team; they picked up a win in their last game, but their visits to some of the so-called 'big clubs' of [...]

6 01, 2026

The rarest January ever: Why Arsenal don’t need signings (and I’m loving it)

By |2026-01-06T08:28:44+00:00January 6th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, History, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

It's day two back in the office for me, and I already feel bloody knackered, so much for the rest and recharging of the Christmas period. I don't know how these footballers do it, you know. Well, I do, because they get lots of sleep, and they also treat their bodies like temples, not waste [...]

5 01, 2026

There are no more Premier League relentless title machine teams: Dropped points are the ‘new normal’

By |2026-01-05T08:39:52+00:00January 5th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, History, premier league|2 Comments

Morning all, and welcome to the first Monday of 2026. From a working point of view, given I took Friday off, it sucks. But from an Arsenal point of view, well, it has been a pretty successful and enjoyable Monday in which to write about the current situation. I'll be honest with you, at the [...]

4 01, 2026

Madueke and Rice shine in Bournemouth victory for The Arsenal

By |2026-01-04T11:29:38+00:00January 4th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Happy Sunday boys and girls. We all feeling good about yet another Arsenal win? I know I am. I must admit that on 11 minutes of the game after Gabriel had played the most hospitally of hospital balls across his side of the 18-yard box to gift Evanilson a tap in, I did not have [...]

2 01, 2026

Holding serve: City’s New Year stumble and Arsenal’s chance to strike

By |2026-01-02T08:58:20+00:00January 2nd, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Mikel Arteta, premier league|1 Comment

I decided to half-watch the Sunderland v City game on my phone yesterday, whilst rounding off my New Years Eve celebrations with one more night in the Cotswolds and a Thai takeaway, with Crocodile Dundee and then the World's Strongest Man on the TV instead of inflicting my friends on an evening of football. I'm [...]

31 12, 2025

Villa review – Arsenal’s second half makes a statement

By |2025-12-31T09:08:13+00:00December 31st, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league|1 Comment

For the last few matches I've read a few blogs, listened to a few podcasts and spoken to a few mates, talking about how the performances haven't quite matched the goal threat we have produced. I'm sure you've been exposed to the whole "Arsenal have one goal from 9 xG" narrative as much as I [...]

30 12, 2025

The wings could be key for Arsenal against Villa tonight

By |2025-12-30T10:37:15+00:00December 30th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Happy match day folks - hope we're all good? Well, I say "happy" match day, but we all know that is predicated on whether Arsenal can collect all three points tonight against a red-hot Aston Villa on fine form at the moment, and going into this game feeling like they can beat anybody. And they [...]

29 12, 2025

Arsenal must avoid the ‘Rope-a-Dope’ and learn the Villa lessons

By |2025-12-29T10:47:39+00:00December 29th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, History, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|2 Comments

It;s Monday, I think, and at some stage between now and midnight we'll get a team update from Mikel Arteta. By which time whatever I say now will probably be old news. So rather than look at what's going on with Arsenal, why don't we have a look at what we might face with Aston [...]

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