29 07, 2024

Some Merino-shaped Arsenal thoughts

By |2024-07-29T09:10:22+01:00July 29th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, gooners, Gunners, midfield, Mikel Arteta, pre season|1 Comment

Happy Monday folks, we all good? It'll no doubt be a Riccardo Calafiori-infused week for us ahead of the Liverpool game and I'm sure that no sooner have I hit 'publish on today's ramblings, that they club will have announced his arrival. I guess it doesn't matter too much; we've said all there is to [...]

28 07, 2024

Plenty of positives from Arsenal’s pre season performance

By |2024-07-28T10:13:42+01:00July 28th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, friendly, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, pre season|3 Comments

That's the second pre season game of the season done in the early hours of the morning my time and it was a 2-1 win for our lads against Erik "I AM FURIOUS ABOUT ARSENAL AND OFFSIDES" Ten Haag's Man United. You love to see it. He was apparently unhappy about our equaliser, which game [...]

26 07, 2024

Arteta all but confirms ESR’s exit, but does it lead to some amortisation goodness?

By |2024-07-26T08:52:41+01:00July 26th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, gooners, Gunners, midfield, Mikel Arteta, pre season|0 Comments

Happy Friday folks. For me it's a Friday in which I am slightly worse for wear, on account of going to Wembley Stadium to see The Boss (not Mikel) bust out his tunes, so naturally I had a few beers whilst listening to Bruce Springsteen. I gotta tell you, felt a little weird being in [...]

25 07, 2024

Calafiori goes Stateside, as ESR heads to West London

By |2024-07-25T08:51:06+01:00July 25th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, friendly, gooners, Gunners, midfield, Mikel Arteta, pre season|0 Comments

As  somebody who didn't stay up until 3.30am this morning to watch the Arsenal versus Bournemouth friendly game that went on in the early hours of the morning (UK time), it's very difficult for me to make a proper assessment. I'll level with you; I haven't even seen the two goals scored in the 1-1 [...]

24 07, 2024

Calafiori might spell Kiwior’s exit, but Arsenal don’t have to be forced into being lowballed…

By |2024-07-24T08:53:10+01:00July 24th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Defence, Gunners, History, pre season, Transfers|0 Comments

The sloth edges ever closer to his tree, the perfect spot for his resting place... That's what it feels like with this Calafiori deal, eh? Last night another couple of journalists dropping the "here we go!" soundbites, in an eagerness to be the 'first past the post' in declaring a transfer confirmed. At this stage [...]

17 07, 2024

Arsenal’s truncated transfer period

By |2024-07-17T07:39:23+01:00July 17th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, pre season, Transfers|0 Comments

Just a few short days after the final and Gareth Southgate has decided to step down as England manager. And I always find the narrative in the media and on social media as quite interesting when this sort of stuff happens. Suddenly everyone is out saying what a fantastic job he did, how he did [...]

16 07, 2024

Smith Rowe could go, but do Arsenal need to watch the home grown situation?

By |2024-07-16T08:41:29+01:00July 16th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, gooners, Gunners, pre season, Transfers|0 Comments

Morning folks and welcome to Tuesday, where the whirring of the transfer window appears to be up and running already, it seems. Last night it was Emile Smith Rowe's turn to be thrust into the spotlight, as Sky Sports ran with a story that Fulham and Palace are both interested in his signature. That's probably [...]

12 07, 2024

The ‘no mans land’ part of the football calendar

By |2024-07-12T07:55:03+01:00July 12th, 2024|analogy, analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, pre season, premier league|0 Comments

Ahh man, there really is bugger all on today from a football perspective, that's for sure, with the Euro's final not on until Sunday, The Arsenal not on for a few weeks on from that, plus the only real transfer news going on is stuff we've already been privy too, like Lokonga, Calafiore and Tavares. [...]

11 07, 2024

England surprise, but so do Arsenal, as Tavares deal looks a good one

By |2024-07-11T08:36:22+01:00July 11th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, gooners, Gunners, Internationals, Transfers|0 Comments

Well, I have to say, I didn't expect that last night that's for sure. For year's I've been able to fall on my German family heritage as an excuse when it comes to having some skin in the game in the latter stages of international tournaments, but last night England completed their second back-to-back final [...]

8 07, 2024

The importance of pre-season prep work for The Arsenal

By |2024-07-08T09:17:20+01:00July 8th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Defence, friendly, gooners, Gunners, History, Mikel Arteta, pre season|0 Comments

Morning folks, we all good? Well, as good as we can be given there's no football on at the moment and The Arsenal are still a solid six week's away until the proper stuff starts to kick in. I thought about going along to one of the friendlies we've got penned in for the beginning [...]

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