7 04, 2026

Hostile reception awaits The Arsenal players in Lisbon – they must react

By |2026-04-07T08:42:36+01:00April 7th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Champions League, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

So we got some good news, as well as some less good news, yesterday, both with the open training session and then with Mikel Arteta's press conference. Let's start with the good news, which I think top of my list this morning, the inclusion of Big Gabi in the training session. He went off with [...]

6 04, 2026

The quick turnaround is what all Arsenal fans (and players) need

By |2026-04-06T11:32:29+01:00April 6th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

Happy bank holiday Monday, kids. Hope all is well with you, and you have something nice planned? I'm still in the cold North, so it'll be a day of chilling and probably doing a bit of boozing too, before the reality bump back down to earth tomorrow by doing some work remotely. The Arsenal players [...]

5 04, 2026

Southampton defeat: One prediction right, but Arsenal got everything else wrong

By |2026-04-05T08:17:22+01:00April 5th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, FA Cup, injuries, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, Rant|0 Comments

There we just two things that were good about yesterday's performance and result against Southampton: I predicted the line-up spot on Max Dowman Perhaps you could also point to the impact Viktor Gyokeres made from the bench, following up his goals for Sweden with a smartly taken finish to draw us level in that second [...]

4 04, 2026

Reading between the Arteta lines as Arsenal face Southampton

By |2026-04-04T08:35:35+01:00April 4th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, FA Cup, injuries, Internationals, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, press conference|1 Comment

At Arteta's press conference yesterday, he was inevitably asked about the withdrawals of players from international duty and - according to the official site version of events, anyway - he played the most impressive of straight bats. To be fair, he will have known these questions would be coming; he'd have been briefed by the [...]

30 03, 2026

Will there be an fit Arsenal players left by the time we play Southampton?

By |2026-03-30T08:01:35+01:00March 30th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, injuries, Internationals, Rant|0 Comments

Yesterday, I led with the title of the blog: Stop breaking our players. At this point, you just have to laugh. Because the latest guy to return to London Colney is Pierro Hincapie, who limped off against Morocco on 72 minutes, and I have to wonder what the actual eff he was still doing on the [...]

29 03, 2026

Stop breaking our players

By |2026-03-29T09:58:09+01:00March 29th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, injuries, Internationals, Mikel Arteta, Rant|4 Comments

Madueke's withdrawal was expected from the Engaldn Camp. He was pictured leaving the match on Friday in a knee brace, so I don't think anyone was surprised that the outcome was that he'd return back to London Colney. But Saka? And Rice? Apparently, according to the official England Football website, it is for 'medical assessment.' [...]

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