8 03, 2025

Calafiori up top isn’t the answer, movement across the whole side is

By |2025-03-08T06:35:26+00:00March 8th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference, Tactics|0 Comments

This weekend's game feels like one of the most low-key of games against United that I can remember. I've been watching Sky Sports attempt to build it up as some kind of crunch match, but I think all of us know that it really isn't anything of the sort: United have nothing to play for [...]

4 03, 2025

PSV preview: Arteta needs attacking answers from his Arsenal players

By |2025-03-04T08:36:29+00:00March 4th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, Tactics|0 Comments

It's hard to know what to make of tonight's away tie to PSV this evening. Ordinarily I'd be thinking that this is one we should be able to get a good footing on, so we can finish the job in North London, so tonight is about maybe racking a goal or two so we all [...]

3 03, 2025

How does Arteta solve the current profligacy problem?

By |2025-03-03T07:40:52+00:00March 3rd, 2025|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, Tactics|0 Comments

Morning Gooners and welcome to a new week. After the disappointment of the Forest game I said I'd take some time away from engaging with Arsenal content and that's just what I did. It was refreshing. Staying away from social media, not engaging with any football content whatsoever, not listening to Arsenal podcasts, or watching [...]

22 02, 2025

I think Arteta’s Sterling/Merino decision is closer than we might all think

By |2025-02-22T06:59:27+00:00February 22nd, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Before we get on to today's task against West Ham at home, a word on the draw for the Champions League, which see's us up against PSV in the Round of 16, with victory in that tie meaning we'd be up against either Atletico Madrid or Real Madrid. A win there takes us to the [...]

21 02, 2025

West Ham under Potter will provide somewhat of an unknown quantity for The Arsenal

By |2025-02-21T07:46:58+00:00February 21st, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Morning Gooners and happy Friday to you and yours. We've got Mikel up later today at some stage and he'll give us a  team update, so it'll be interesting to see how he handles the inevitable 'Big lad Merino up top Mikel?" questions from the journalists. It could go a few ways; he could pour [...]

18 02, 2025

Does the Merino project have a shelf life?

By |2025-02-18T09:22:27+00:00February 18th, 2025|Arsenal FC, Attack, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Last night I was cooking dinner and I flicked on Sky Sports to have in the background. Almost immediate as the first feature story they had one of their reporters outside London Colney talking about the role Merino played at the weekend, whether he could be 'the guy' in at number nine for us for [...]

15 02, 2025

Arsenal must explooit the wings against Leicester

By |2025-02-15T08:22:50+00:00February 15th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Morning folks.  It's matchday again! After a ten day hiatus, The Arsenal are back, the nerves are back, the trepidation remains and the trip to Leicester - whilst ordinarily I'd see it as an opportunity to potentially rack up some goals given their position and form - that is fraught with concern given our attacking [...]

6 02, 2025

Arteta and Arsenal get the approach wrong at Newcastle

By |2025-02-06T08:34:20+00:00February 6th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Rant, Tactics|1 Comment

After just a few minutes at St James' Park I had an inkling that this game was going to be very much a case of Deja Vu for us up in the North East. A bouncing ball in the middle of the park wasn't won by Partey, Isaak was found in space in behind and Arsenal [...]

5 02, 2025

Arsenal’s slim chances buoyed by our good form

By |2025-02-05T07:50:55+00:00February 5th, 2025|Arsenal FC, Attack, League Cup, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, Tactics|0 Comments

The up side of playing this evening in the League Cup is that we find ourselves - well, I do anyway - quickly deviating away from the disappointment of TDD with a match in which suddenly there's a wee bit of optimism amongst the fanbase. It's odd because when the first leg of this tie [...]

18 01, 2025

Arteta should unleash Martinelli against Villa today

By |2025-01-18T09:07:07+00:00January 18th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

It's matchday folks! And I feel like I'm going to be saying this a lot for the remainder of the season....but it absolutely IS a 'must win', because even though Brentford have a great home record, they held City to a 2-2 draw on Tuesday night, I suspect Liverpool might win this one. They've drawn [...]

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