23 09, 2024

Battling point for Arsenal that I’d have taken pre game

By |2024-09-23T08:28:14+01:00September 23rd, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league, referees|1 Comment

If you'd have offered me a Desmond 2-2 in the morning yesterday when I was writing my pre match thoughts, I'd have bitten your hands off. If you'd have told me that Arsenal would get back in the game after the first 10 - 15 minutes of yesterday's game at the soulless Etihad I'd have [...]

22 09, 2024

Toughest trip of the season for Arsenal, but season-defining it is not

By |2024-09-22T09:12:39+01:00September 22nd, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

It's the big one today. Man City away and do you know what? I'm actually not that nervous. I know that sounds weird, maybe it'll change throughout the course of today, but I kind of feel fine about whatever happens today. I suspect it's because I'm managing my own expectations; I think we might come-a-cropper [...]

20 09, 2024

Raya saves Arsenal’s blushes on an otherwise noneventful evening in Italy

By |2024-09-20T08:43:22+01:00September 20th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Champions League, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, Tactics|0 Comments

That was a tough ol' watch yesterday, eh? Arsenal went to Bergamo, they played a tricky opponent with a very specific approach that is ingrained in their system; they play high-intensity, man-for-man (something Mikel reflected on afterwards in the post-match presser), looking to nullify us by winning those individual duals and hoping that we didn't [...]

19 09, 2024

How much rotation will Arsenal see tonight against Atalanta?

By |2024-09-19T08:57:51+01:00September 19th, 2024|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Champions League, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, Tactics|0 Comments

Morning Gooners, hope we're all pumped for the start of our Champions League campaign, eh? Tonight should be an interesting one because we've had one English team nab three points in Italy in the shape of Liverpool at Milan on Tuesday, one Italian team nab a point at the Emptihad against 115 Charges FC last [...]

16 09, 2024

Arsenal NLD delight – I could get used to this

By |2024-09-16T08:48:43+01:00September 16th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

I've been listening to a song recently by Becky Hill called "I could get used to this". Three North London Derby away wins in three seasons for The Arsenal. I definitely could get used to this. I said pre game yesterday and in the days leading up to this that I hate this game in [...]

15 09, 2024

What Arsenal, and what Tottenham, show up for today’s NLD?

By |2024-09-14T07:36:01+01:00September 15th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, History, injuries, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I bloody hate this fixture. Yesterday I spoke about the positives from Mikel Arteta's press conference , but today all of that hope and positivity is washed away, replaced by nerves and more nerves. This fixture has - again, as I mentioned yesterday - been kind to [...]

1 09, 2024

Another day, another shocking set of refereeing decisions – Arsenal v Brighton

By |2024-09-01T11:25:20+01:00September 1st, 2024|analysis, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, premier league, Rant, referees|0 Comments

No matter how much I might try to today, there is absolutely no way of looking at that game yesterday any other way than through the lens of that 49th minute ‘incident’ featuring Veltman and Rice. As you will already know, on a yellow, Rice and Veltman came together by the corner flag and a [...]

24 08, 2024

Villa want a transition game and early goal – Arsenal have to stop that

By |2024-08-24T08:03:45+01:00August 24th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics, Unai Emery|0 Comments

Happy match day folks - how we all feeling? There's obviously some transfer stuff going on with Fabio Vieira back to Porto on loan, as well as Mikel Merino spotted on his way to London, but on match day there really is only ever one focus and that's how we're going to come back from [...]

7 08, 2024

Looking at Leverkusen; but is anyone looking at Nketiah?

By |2024-08-07T08:00:10+01:00August 7th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, friendly, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, pre season, Transfers|0 Comments

It's Bayker Leverkusen tonight for The Arsenal in a game that feels like the first 'proper' friendly match this summer, if that makes sense? What I mean by that is that Arsenal are back on home soil, it's close enough to the new season that the team should be getting back to fitness, we have [...]

1 08, 2024

Arsenal see off pre season tour with defeat; Arteta seems fine with it

By |2024-08-01T08:00:11+01:00August 1st, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Defence, friendly, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, pre season|1 Comment

So the last game in the US ended with a 2-1 defeat to Liverpool and I have to say when I saw Liverpool's first goal, I had to do a bit of a double take, because the commentator said 'Salah' but there was no trademark big curly hair racing through. Is this the latest 'marginal [...]

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