22 04, 2025

Will Palace tomorrow have ‘summer friendly’ vibes to it?

By |2025-04-22T08:26:17+01:00April 22nd, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Spent the Easter weekend with family, which meant less time available for blogging first thing in the morning, but had I jumped on here for some post match words yesterday, I'd have talked about a professional performance against an opponent who looked like the jig was up. For Arsenal the approach was good; the players [...]

19 04, 2025

A Kai-shaped ray of hope from Arteta’s presser yesterday?

By |2025-04-19T08:59:54+01:00April 19th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

Me having suggested that perhaps they'd take the day off yesterday, of course Mikel Arteta rocked up to do his press conference in the afternoon after I'd posted some thoughts, such is my luck. I don't mind, it gives me something to have a look at on an Easter Saturday morning, although aside from some [...]

18 04, 2025

Arsenal need to capitalise on their current standing in the game

By |2025-04-18T12:55:43+01:00April 18th, 2025|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Transfers|0 Comments

With all of the noise around the Madrid win still beautifully ringing in our collective ears, it's easy to forget that we have another game in to days time, which will be the trip to Portman Road to take on the Tractor Boys. As it's Good Friday, I wondered whether we'd have a Mikel Arteta [...]

17 04, 2025

No Remontada here as Arsenal make history in Madrid

By |2025-04-17T07:50:27+01:00April 17th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Champions League, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, Tactics|3 Comments

Sometimes writing some morning thoughts feels like a slog. Sometimes it just rolls out of my head and on to the page. Today is one of those (the latter) days. I was nervous., I'm sure you were nervous. This was Real Madrid. This was the 15 times champions, on their patch, with a solid three days [...]

14 04, 2025

Arsenal’s mindset as Madrid preparations begin

By |2025-04-14T08:17:59+01:00April 14th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Champions League, Defence, Mikel Arteta, Tactics|0 Comments

I could have done a post match blog yesterday but, if I'm completely honest, I couldn't be arsed. It was a boring game, with a rotated squad and as much as Arteta said all the right things in his pre match presser before we played Brentford, the reality of what we had to endure was [...]

12 04, 2025

Rotation the aim for Brentford today – but mindset has to remain strong

By |2025-04-12T08:36:49+01:00April 12th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Morning campers, how we all doing? Weird one, this one today, innit? I mean, we have ourselves a match day, we have ourselves an Arsenal home game and we have ourselves a pressing need to probably at least win four of our last seven to be assured of the second spot in the Premier League. [...]

11 04, 2025

Quick look at Brentford – long ball and high press from the Bees?

By |2025-04-11T07:23:03+01:00April 11th, 2025|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|1 Comment

It looks like it's shaping up to be a glorious few days of weather here in London over the next couple of days, but will the football tomorrow evening match that, given what we saw on Tuesday and the fact we have our second leg of the Quarter Final of the Champions League against Real [...]

9 04, 2025

An historic night at The Emirates as Arsenal smash Real Madrid

By |2025-04-09T08:15:56+01:00April 9th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Champions League, Defence, gooners, Gunners, History, Match Review, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

Well, well, well. Did I not expect that. Wowsers. I mean, I knew that Real Madrid were ‘getable’. I knew they had weaknesses. I knew that they had issues at full back and that’s where we, as a team, tend to excel with the personnel that we have. But still…this is Real Madrid. A team [...]

8 04, 2025

An Arsenal season-definer in North London tonight?

By |2025-04-08T08:32:38+01:00April 8th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, Tactics|0 Comments

We all know how big this one is for us tonight and if you didn't, then Mikel's selection decisions from last week's draw with Everton showed just how big, with: Partey rested Timber rested Odegaard rested Saka rested Martinelli rested Those are some of your big-impact players right there and for once in his career [...]

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