12 08, 2023

No bankers, but Arsenal need to show we’re ready to go again against Forest

By |2023-08-12T07:54:03+01:00August 12th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Formation, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Morning kids, we all excited for match day? I know I am! Didn't go to bed until midnight and here I am at 6.30am wide awake. There's something very special about the first game of the season when it's a homer. Everything is new, hope has been renewed, the bad tastes of last season (unless [...]

7 08, 2023

A nice little cup in the sunshine for The Arsenal

By |2023-08-07T08:08:09+01:00August 7th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, friendly, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, pre season, Tactics|0 Comments

Morning all - how we all doing after yesterday's late Community Shield drama, eh? I thought it was a very interesting display in the end; plenty for us to chew over and whilst it wasn't exactly a barnstorming game, it was a fascinating one that will have had all of the tacticos salivating over two teams [...]

3 08, 2023

Arteta is testing a few things – post Monaco thoughts

By |2023-08-03T07:42:08+01:00August 3rd, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Match Review, midfield, Mikel Arteta, pre season, Tactics|2 Comments

We won the Emirates Cup! Arteta has done it again! Of course I'm being a bit flippant and, unlike Richarlison, you could see when Martin Odegaard lifted the trophy last night by the way he looked so sheepish that this is hardly the 'big prize' that we were after, but I suppose a win is [...]

2 08, 2023

Arteta’s plans remain a mystery ahead of tonight’s game against Monaco

By |2023-08-02T07:58:54+01:00August 2nd, 2023|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, friendly, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, pre season, Tactics|2 Comments

Well it seems - if ol' Romano is to be believed, that the Raya deal edges closer. I will still maintain that I'm not sure it is the move for us; he's a good 'keeper but no better than Ramsdale in my opinion, Brentford want too much money for a guy with one year left [...]

25 07, 2023

Does Zinchenko’s absence force tactical changes for Forest at home in three weeks?

By |2023-07-25T07:48:17+01:00July 25th, 2023|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Defence, Formation, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, pre season, premier league, Tactics|1 Comment

Morning Gooners, how we all doing? Been away from the blog for the last two days on account of a case of food poisoning that I got from a restaurant in London Waterloo on Saturday night. Wiped me out for two days but ready and rocking after what it feels like some mammoth sleeps and [...]

9 07, 2023

Smith Rowe must seize this summers opportunity

By |2023-07-09T11:08:52+01:00July 9th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, History, injuries, midfield, Mikel Arteta, pre season, premier league, Tactics|1 Comment

Morning peeps, hope we’re all good, feeling dandy and looking forward to an enjoyable Sunday? Emile Smith Rowe will be a happy chap oh waking up this morning, won’t he? He and his England under-21 teammates won the under-21 Euros last night and in it he secured himself a lovely ol’ bit of silverware that [...]

20 06, 2023

Saka smashes, as Arsenal go foraging for some Timber

By |2023-06-20T08:41:50+01:00June 20th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, pre season, Tactics, Transfers|0 Comments

I didn't watch the England game last night because a) I was recording the Same Old Arsenal pod with the peeps, but also b) international football is cr*p. However, I did see that once again Bukayo Saka stole the show bagging himself a hattrick, man-of-the-match performance and demonstrating that we really do have a starboy [...]

21 05, 2023

Arsenal go down without a fight

By |2023-05-23T09:36:07+01:00May 21st, 2023|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Rant, Tactics|0 Comments

Eugh. Really don't feel like writing about what transpired in Nottingham yesterday. Before the game The Management asked me how I was feeling about the match. "Meh, the season is over so I don't feel like there's any real jeopardy here" was my response. Of course she knew I was lying as much as I [...]

16 05, 2023

Should Arteta experiment for the final two games?

By |2023-05-16T08:41:03+01:00May 16th, 2023|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Formation, gooners, Gunners, History, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|1 Comment

Still feeling it a little bit after the game on Sunday. How about you? Even the catharsis of doing the pod last night hasn't helped to get me over the defeat to Brighton. I said on the pod that my football hangover cure was to avoid social media for a bit and that I did, [...]

15 05, 2023

Arsenal and Arteta get the tactics and mentality wrong against Brighton

By |2023-05-15T07:57:56+01:00May 15th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

There are some days where I really just don't feel like writing about football or, specifically, about The Arsenal. Today my friends, is one of those days, for sure. I even fired up my laptop this morning and instead of logging on to the site and starting to type away, I started to go through [...]

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