11 02, 2023

Brentford at home; this will be tight

By |2023-02-11T09:22:19+00:00February 11th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Morning Gooners, hope you're all grand and feeling chipper ahead of what I think will be a very tough match at the Emirates against Brentford today, who are in form and unbeaten in nine games. They've had a few draws during that run, but it also dates back to an away victory over Man City [...]

4 02, 2023

Everton want this game in the trenches, Arsenal need to box clever

By |2023-02-04T07:24:36+00:00February 4th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|1 Comment

I am a lot more nervous about this game than I thought I would be, you know. I thought that this Everton team have looked ragged all season, they have disgruntled fans turning on the club and its ownership, there was talk about protests going on during the game, plus more. Before the Premier League [...]

27 01, 2023

Approaching Man City with calmness – win-win for Arsenal tonight?

By |2023-01-27T07:36:06+00:00January 27th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, FA Cup, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|2 Comments

Matchday it is and I have to tell you, rather than the usual trepidation I feel ahead of a massive game, I am more excited for this one. Honestly, I really am! I think it is because - as I've said all week - this is priority number three on our list and regardless of [...]

22 01, 2023

Another test to overcome for this Arsenal side: united at home

By |2023-01-22T10:13:40+00:00January 22nd, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Morning Gooners and welcome to matchday 19. We're at the halfway point in the season for our lads and apart from if we were playing City today, you won't find a sterner test than playing United this afternoon, so it's time to put the game faces on and do everything we possibly can to get [...]

9 01, 2023

Mass rotation at Oxford must be on the cards for Arsenal

By |2023-01-09T08:00:00+00:00January 9th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, FA Cup, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

Good morning morning, from a wonderfully sunny Maldives, which is roasting hot too as well as being stunningly beautiful. With all this beauty around me there’s clearly only one thing on my mind, which is: I wonder whether Emile Smith Rowe is fit enough to start this evening? You can take the Gooner out of [...]

3 01, 2023

A tale of two right attacks and left backs – Arsenal v Newcastle preview

By |2023-01-03T08:11:53+00:00January 3rd, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Morning friends, hope we're all good today, a day which for many of us will be the first back from the Christmas period after yesterday's bank holiday. I spent yesterday tidying away Christmas decorations and sorting the house out after the Christmas and New Year carnage, then in the evening decided to flick on the [...]

26 12, 2022

West Ham preview: Arsenal need to avoid the counter

By |2022-12-25T11:28:27+00:00December 26th, 2022|Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Happy Boxing Day people. But more importantly: MERRY MATCH DAY! It's finally upon us. We are finally rid of  international football and tonight we return to action at home to a West Ham side sitting  in 16th in the table and whose form  was a little ropey before they went in to the World Cup [...]

17 12, 2022

How much does Arteta mix the first and second halves up today against Juve?

By |2022-12-17T08:26:00+00:00December 17th, 2022|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, friendly, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, pre season, premier league|0 Comments

Happy Saturday, you wonderful humans. The countdown to kick off is well and truly underway now. Some will say that it properly starts after the World Cup, but for me with today being the final bit of friendly preparation for Mikel Arteta and his team ahead of West Ham in nine days time, this is [...]

12 11, 2022

Arsenal must start fast and exploit the wings against Wolves

By |2022-11-12T09:49:56+00:00November 12th, 2022|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, premier league, Tactics|1 Comment

Morning all! Back in Blighty after just over two weeks in the States and after a mammoth sleep to try to recover from jet lag, I've woken up this morning to that familiar feeling of butterflies in my stomach ahead of an Arsenal game. It's weird because I've known I'll be back home, watching the [...]

29 10, 2022

The hopeful Arsenal reaction tomorrow against Forest

By |2022-10-29T15:44:59+01:00October 29th, 2022|Arsenal FC, Europa League, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

In San Francisco at the moment so if you are a regular reader of these here ramblings you’ll know it’s going to be a little random and sporadic when I post, as well as being at random times compared to what I normally do. Being away and busy has taken my mind off of The [...]

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