22 11, 2024

Forest will have ‘rope-a-dope’ eyes on The Arsenal – we have to control the narrative

By |2024-11-22T08:12:36+00:00November 22nd, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

With Mikel Arteta not due to have his presser ahead of the Forest game until 1.30pm today, I thought I'd go hunting around to find out a little bit about how our opponents have got on his season so far, as well as how their fans are feeling ahead of Nottingham Forest's trip to The [...]

10 11, 2024

Rice’s availability could be the difference at Stamford Bridge for today’s game

By |2024-11-10T10:21:55+00:00November 10th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Yesterday's City defeat has cast today's game in a slightly different light I think. I still believe that if Arsenal lose, we're probably out of the title race, but a draw puts us one point closer to them and although Liverpool will be nine points clear of us, that isn't unsurmountable. Liverpool won against Villa [...]

9 11, 2024

Does Arteta have something up his sleeve for Chelsea?

By |2024-11-09T08:43:53+00:00November 9th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

Mikel Arteta had his say ahead of tomorrow's tough encounter with Chelsea yesterday and, as usual, he was relatively tight-lipped on who was available. He confirmed that Declan Rice hadn't trained as of yesterday and I guess we all have to hope that his admission that he 'has to be vague' is just his way [...]

2 11, 2024

A midfield battle and a tale of which two attacks can be potent – Newcastle v Arsenal review

By |2024-11-02T08:23:13+00:00November 2nd, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Really tough one today, this. Tough because the margin for error basically feels zero. Tough because it's away from home. Tough because of memories of injustice that linger from last season. Tough because Newcastle are a good team and, as I said yesterday, better than their league table position suggests. And tough because Jarred Gillett [...]

30 10, 2024

Arsenal’s ‘nice to have’ game against Preston tonight

By |2024-10-30T09:05:09+00:00October 30th, 2024|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, League Cup, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

It's the first of four away ones tonight and I don't think you'll get many Arsenal fans arguing the toss over this one being the bottom of the pecking order in terms of 'must win' priorities. Preston away and the League Cup is a 'nice to have' and whilst Mikel Arteta was keen to stress [...]

27 10, 2024

Arteta needs a different game plan for Liverpool today

By |2024-10-27T10:39:12+00:00October 27th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Big game today. VERY big game. Made even bigger, even tougher, by the fact we have a number of question marks over players. We know Odegaard and Saliba are 100% out, we can be pretty sure about Calafiori, but what about Saka? Timber? There are so many questions that we all want answered and all [...]

26 10, 2024

Arteta and Arne giving little away

By |2024-10-26T09:40:15+01:00October 26th, 2024|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

One more day to go until the big showdown against Liverpool and the managers have both had their say. So, what have we learned? From Arteta As usual on the injury front, not a lot really, but I think none of us expected to get any real detail to be honest. On Saka, Timber and [...]

19 10, 2024

Arsenal must play their game today, not Bournemouth’s

By |2024-10-19T10:13:11+01:00October 19th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Tricky one, this one today, because Bournemouth are no mugs. As Arteta said, Antonio Iraloa has created a well-drilled, well-coached, progressive passing (they’re seventh in the league on progressive passing numbers just behind us, Liverpool, Brighton, City and The Scum) team who have not had some of the results they - and a few - [...]

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 [...]

4 10, 2024

A look at Arsenal’s pressing opponents tomorrow – Southampton

By |2024-10-04T07:54:59+01:00October 4th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference, Tactics|0 Comments

Mikel Arteta will take to the stage today at London Colney for his pre match presser at some stage this Friday and ahead of that I thought I'd take a look at who we're up against tomorrow, in the shape of a newly promoted Southampton side, with a very familiar face about them in between [...]

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