22 07, 2023

Mikel has himself a Swiss Army Penknife team

By |2023-07-22T07:49:32+01:00July 22nd, 2023|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, friendly, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, pre season|0 Comments

For us here in the UK it’s a late night kick off for the friendly against Man United this season, but given I’m out and about today, that kind of suits me, as when I get home I’ll be able to have a little look at the score and then do a rewatch of the [...]

21 07, 2023

The unpredictability of the Arsenal family

By |2023-07-21T08:09:16+01:00July 21st, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, friendly, Mikel Arteta, pre season|0 Comments

So we're on a countdown now until our next pre season friendly on Saturday night at 10pm UK time and, if we're all honest, this one feels like it's REALLY kicking it up a notch, am I right? That's because it's Man United in New York and it represents an opportunity to see where we [...]

20 07, 2023

Arsenal purring as pre season kicks off properly

By |2023-07-20T07:49:03+01:00July 20th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, friendly, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, pre season|0 Comments

Now THAST is how you kick off a summer tour as a football club. Forget about the fact that the MLS All Stars have had just a few days of training together, forget about the fact that they are a composition of the best players from the American 'Soccer' League, this was an emphatic Arsenal [...]

18 07, 2023

Arteta isn’t done on transfers?

By |2023-07-18T08:16:48+01:00July 18th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, contracts, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, pre season|0 Comments

So the lads are in the US prepping for the MLS all stars game and as a result of that Arteta has been speaking ahead of the tour to the press. It's been covered fairly extensively and you can read word-for-word what he's said here, so I thought I'd pluck out a few of the [...]

17 07, 2023

The tour begins, but where is Partey?

By |2023-07-17T08:42:11+01:00July 17th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, finances, friendly, gooners, Gunners, midfield, pre season|0 Comments

Morning folks, how we all doing on this fine looking Monday, eh? I decided to go for a little bit of ribeye steak last night with homemade triple cooked chips and, as a result, drank a little too much Napa Valley red before going to bed and having to get up early this morning for [...]

15 07, 2023

Timber’s in, Rice too (sort of?)

By |2023-07-15T09:09:33+01:00July 15th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, finances, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, pre season, Transfers|0 Comments

Well we finally have that closure on transfers that we wanted, with the confirmation yesterday of Jurrien Timber from Ajax announced by the club, then this morning as I have been sat at my desk typing away, West Ham have weirdly confirmed that Declan Rice is leaving West Ham - without actually mentioning Arsenal at [...]

13 07, 2023

No more “one or two players short” Arsenal

By |2023-07-13T07:56:39+01:00July 13th, 2023|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, History, Mikel Arteta, pre season|0 Comments

Still nothing on the ol' signings front, but given we're at 13th July and today is our first pre season friendly game (proper one, the one at London Colney with Watford doesn't really count) I'm not going to get bent out of shape. The reality is we're just awaiting the formalities and then all will [...]

12 07, 2023

What are we going to do about Pepe, eh?

By |2023-07-12T07:38:31+01:00July 12th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, contracts, finances, pre season|1 Comment

Seen a bit of chatter online on social media and then in a couple of WhatsApp groups I am in about Nicolas Pepe. Whilst a chunk of the Arsenal squad went out to Germany to prep for the first pre season game of the summer against FC Nurnberg tomorrow, there were a few players that [...]

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