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Gooner born in 1982 from Harlow, Essex, now living in Uxbridge. I say what I see - frequently wrong, but hey, it's just an opinion piece, right? Leave a comment and let me know what you think.
9 12, 2024

Another Fulham disappointment brings back Arsenal attacking questions again

By |2024-12-09T08:23:26+00:00December 9th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, premier league|0 Comments

I wasn't able to watch the game yesterday, as I was at a Christmas get together with the family (we're off over Christmas so this was a bit of a non-negotiable from The Management's family), but I've seen the goals and a few of the Arsenal chances, so today's musings will be very much 'vibes' [...]

8 12, 2024

Zero margin for error for Arsenal at Craven Cottage today

By |2024-12-07T07:43:51+00:00December 8th, 2024|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, premier league|0 Comments

I said it in the aftermath of Friday's press conferences, that Fulham feels a little more difficult than when we looked at this run of games pre-international break, but I feel it even more this morning: This is going to be hard today. Fulham are decent at home. Four wins, one draw and two defeats [...]

7 12, 2024

Set piece evolution will have to come from Arsenal eventually

By |2024-12-07T07:04:02+00:00December 7th, 2024|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

When Mikel Arteta started busting out "best at everything" lines in yesterday's press conference, it immediately invoked Stormzy's 'Shut Up' song and I had to have a little chuckle. I think from the transcript I read from the official site yesterday, there must have been at least half of the questions related to set pieces. [...]

5 12, 2024

Set Piece FC keep the points coming against United

By |2024-12-05T07:53:42+00:00December 5th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

That's three in a row in the Premier League now and after an initially poor / average first half, Arsenal turned it on in the second to secure all three points at home to a United team who are certainly more structurally organised under Amorim than under Ten Haag. The Portuguese manager had said there [...]

4 12, 2024

No margins for Arsenal – we have to beat United

By |2024-12-04T08:21:07+00:00December 4th, 2024|Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|1 Comment

BIG game today. Very big game. I touched on it yesterday about how the pundits are pretty much all siding with us and that 'Jones Knows' chat on Sky even went for a 4-1 thrashing. Lawrenson has gone 2-1 Arsenal Sutton has gone for a 3-1 to us. We should beat them. We have a better [...]

2 12, 2024

Arsenal must turn in to the hunters rather than the hunted this season

By |2024-12-02T08:31:42+00:00December 2nd, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, History, press conference|2 Comments

I watched almost all of the Liverpool v Man City game in a state of shock and surprise. You could see the visible embodiment of confidence and a lack thereof with the two teams on display. For that first half Liverpool completely dominated City, who looked shell-shocked, with some of the stats that popped up [...]

30 11, 2024

A high-up-the-pitch turnover game is what Arsenal should be aiming for

By |2024-11-30T07:27:58+00:00November 30th, 2024|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|1 Comment

Yesterday I did a bit of a look at West Ham, but with Arteta and Lopetegui having their press conferences yesterday, we have a little more detail and I think I'll obviously focus a little more on us today. But before that, the West Ham team news, which Lopetegui talked about alongside handing our a [...]

29 11, 2024

A good record at West Ham shouldn’t undermine the tough task tomorrow

By |2024-11-29T07:52:15+00:00November 29th, 2024|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, History, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

In what is becoming a bit of a habit for me at the moment, I thought I'd go an check out the situation on some of the West Ham forums this morning, to get a bit of a vibe check on the opposition fans in the run up to our game against them. Unlike in [...]

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