5 10, 2024

Got enough fullbacks? Arsenal v Southampton preview

By |2024-10-05T07:17:58+01:00October 5th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Defence, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

It's another home match day today and it's the visit of the Saints and Aaron Ramsdale to The Emirates at three o'clock this afternoon, as we aim to continue our form going in to the international break. Yesterday I took a look at our opponents and the type of game we're likely to face, their [...]

30 09, 2024

Calafiori’s rumoured injury and the importance of squad depth at full back

By |2024-09-30T08:52:41+01:00September 30th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Defence, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Decided to put the United v the Scum game on last night as I was cooking a roast dinner. Kind of wish I hadn't bothered, because it was ruined by a red card that effectively stopped it being too much of a ding dong game. At first I thought Fernandez was a bit reckless with [...]

28 09, 2024

A different approach from previous week’s now needed – Leicester at home

By |2024-09-28T08:48:08+01:00September 28th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Here we are folks, it's a lovely day in London (albeit a little chilly), that most sacred of things in the shape of a 3pm kick off and I'm bringing The Management along to the game today in the seat next to me. As a hopefully advantageous twist of fate, the last time she rocked [...]

17 09, 2024

Meticulous Arteta will have little time for analysis this week

By |2024-09-17T07:50:15+01:00September 17th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Whilst basking in a North London Derby victory is plenty of fun and I intend on doing it a bit more today, there's no rest for the wicked this week, with Atalanta on Thursday and so probably Mikel and the team leaving for Italy either later today or first thing tomorrow. I wonder if they [...]

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 [...]

14 09, 2024

Arteta’s inevitable ‘close cards’ ahead of the NLD

By |2024-09-14T06:50:42+01:00September 14th, 2024|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, History, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

Happy North London Derby Saturday folks. Well, I say 'happy', but when it's away to them, it's never really happy is it? We hate them, they hate us and aside from going to the Toilet Bowl two season's in a row and getting a win, that place has been a very unhappy hunting ground in the last [...]

11 09, 2024

Who replaces Odegaard in midfield on Sunday? Some options…

By |2024-09-11T07:58:56+01:00September 11th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Internationals, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

So...I think that we're done now on these insufferable international breaks. And we have certainly suffered. First Calafiori, then Odegaard, but I think and hope that every other Arsenal player came through them and now we have the daunting task of picking up the pieces and assessing how we are going to go about preparing for the North [...]

10 09, 2024

Odegaard’s injury – international football can get in the bin

By |2024-09-10T07:41:47+01:00September 10th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, injuries, Internationals, Mikel Arteta, Rant|0 Comments

I think I can speak for most Arsenal fans this morning when I say: International football can get in the f*cking bin. And then that bin can be thrown in the sea. Because you - like me I am sure - will be pretty cheesed off about the Martin Odegaard injury last night. He landed [...]

7 09, 2024

International injury tenterhooks and a new contract for Leo?

By |2024-09-07T09:46:29+01:00September 7th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, contracts, injuries, Internationals, Rant|0 Comments

Ahh man it's a barren football wasteland out there right now. There is absolutely nothing anybody can say that would convince me that tonight's match between the Republic of Ireland and England is one worth getting invested in. I'm up in Northumberland and the Management's uncle is a Newcastle and England fan, so he'll probably [...]

31 08, 2024

Transfer business done, time to do the real business on the pitch today against Brighton

By |2024-08-31T09:36:54+01:00August 31st, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics, Transfers|0 Comments

What a weird ol' transfer deadline day that was yesterday, eh? I am with a couple of friends and The Management in Portugal for our last day today and yesterday my mate Paul - who isn't in to football at all, was asking me about Transfer Deadline Day and why clubs leave it to the [...]

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