20 01, 2024

Arsenal vs The embodiment of Low Block FC

By |2024-01-19T05:59:11+00:00January 20th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|1 Comment

Happy matchday folks! Hope you're all good? Excited for The Arsenal finally being back today? I know I bloody am! It feels like it's been AGES! It's almost as if it's been worse than an international break, for some weird reason, as I recently pointed out here. But it's back, The Arsenal are back, there's [...]

18 01, 2024

Getting subs right in the second half of the season

By |2024-01-18T08:48:36+00:00January 18th, 2024|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Morning folks and welcome to Thursday, as we tick ever-closer towards that game against Palace for the 12.30pm kick off on Saturday lunchtime. I'd asked for a marginal gain of Everton and Palace going to extra time last night and whilst it was unfortunate that it never happened, the fact that Palace put out a strong [...]

10 01, 2024

Is it better for Arsenal to chase than lead?

By |2024-01-10T08:51:28+00:00January 10th, 2024|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, premier league|0 Comments

Perhaps it is because we're in to this winter break period and that means a fair bit of introspection and over thinking, but when I was out on my morning run in the cold suburbs of West London this morning, I started thinking to myself about our current position in the league and started to [...]

5 01, 2024

The goals WILL come for Arsenal – here’s why…

By |2024-01-05T08:39:17+00:00January 5th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Today we'll have Mikel Arteta's press conference ahead of the Liverpool game and he'll be asked about the game, injury updates, but also about the current profligacy in front of goal and how he overcomes it. My hope is that with a glint in his eye he comes out swinging. My hope is that he [...]

4 01, 2024

The timely re-integration of Thomas Partey?

By |2024-01-04T08:49:10+00:00January 4th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, injuries, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league|1 Comment

With Mikel Arteta not doing his press conference until tomorrow lunchtime, it's up to us to start doing ALL THE SPECULATIONS on the game we have on Sunday, which was of course ably delivered on the Same Old Arsenal Podcast with the two James' last night. James J went for a 1-0 scraper and I [...]

16 12, 2023

Ramsdale to Chelsea should be a ‘hell no’; Arteta played an impressively straight bat presser

By |2023-12-16T08:51:12+00:00December 16th, 2023|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

I'm going to get straight in to the press conference Mikel Arteta held yesterday in a minute, but before I do that, I saw some noises yesterday about Chelsea potentially lining up a move for Aaron Ramsdale as a possible replacement for their current 'keeper Sanchez and I need to get this off me chest, [...]

14 12, 2023

The tricky January questions Arsenal need to address

By |2023-12-14T08:55:16+00:00December 14th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, Defence, FA Cup, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Transfers|0 Comments

Morning folks and welcome to Thursday. I have my work Christmas party this evening, so whether I'm in any fit state tomorrow morning to drop a few words on this virtual page I don't know, but for now I'm good so will crack on for now, although there hasn't been a presser, there's little more [...]

10 12, 2023

Profligate Arsenal come unstuck at Villa

By |2023-12-10T10:37:41+00:00December 10th, 2023|Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, premier league, Rant, referees, Tactics, Unai Emery|0 Comments

That one was a tough one to take yesterday, because as Arteta put it after the game, we were the better team and should have put the ball in the back of the net. We knew what we would get last night. Under the lights, on TV, Villa playing well at home and currently on [...]

9 12, 2023

These are the games that could define Arsenal’s season – Villa away

By |2023-12-10T10:42:03+00:00December 9th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

I'd be telling you a big fat festive Christmas fib if I didn't admit to being anything other than nervous about today's game at Villa Park. I've been reading a few bits online, I've been taking in some Arsenal podcasts, plus reading a few Villa blogs too. They are cautiously optimistic. They know that it [...]

7 12, 2023

Is this season the hardest Premier League ever?

By |2023-12-07T06:50:29+00:00December 7th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, History, premier league|0 Comments

Given the games are coming thick and fast at the moment, no sooner had the euphoria of Tuesday's win settled down for me yesterday evening, I immediately started thinking about the challenge of Aston Villa ahead on Saturday. This was amplified when I saw that Villa were playing City at home in the evening and [...]

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