5 09, 2019

How do we/should we, utilise Xhaka, if at all?

By |2019-09-05T07:51:18+01:00September 5th, 2019|Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, midfield, premier league, Tactics, Unai Emery|1 Comment

How on earth is it Thursday already? I tell you what though, I'll take it, because this month has officially been declared "Sh*t September" by yours truly here, on account of the fact that in prep for a trip to the States in October I'm giving up booze, bread, cola, chocolate and crisps, all vices [...]

2 09, 2019

Sokratis and Xhaka cost Arsenal three North London Derby points

By |2019-09-02T08:13:00+01:00September 2nd, 2019|Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, midfield, premier league, Unai Emery|1 Comment

The morning after the afternoon before. It's post-North London Derby day and whilst a draw at home against them isn't in itself the worst result in the world, we're probably all wondering "what could have been" had we had some senior players in our team who kept their heads screwed on properly yesterday. We all [...]

30 08, 2019

Emery’s NLD dilemmas: Monreal, front three and tactical set up

By |2019-08-30T07:31:18+01:00August 30th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, gooners, Gunners, premier league, press conference, Unai Emery|0 Comments

Unai's pre match presser had a wee bit of unexpected positive news yesterday, as it seems that Holding, Bellerin and Tierney might just be all back in to full training after the international break. Of course they're likely to not be ready for first team action for a few weeks, but it looks like Holding [...]

23 08, 2019

Unai can use injuries to solve selection problems

By |2019-08-23T07:25:39+01:00August 23rd, 2019|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, injuries, premier league, press conference, Unai Emery|0 Comments

Happy first y'all. I'm in a grand ol' mood I can tell you that much. The sun is in the sky in the South East, the weekend is within touching distance, it's going to be a warm one in England and a bank holiday to boot. If only there wasn't the pesky notion of having [...]

17 08, 2019

Questions in defence and midfield, loads of options up top for The Arsenal against Burnley

By |2019-08-17T10:37:09+01:00August 17th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, Formation, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, midfield, premier league, Tactics, Unai Emery|0 Comments

This feels like the proper start to the season for me today. I picked up a fresh set of home and away kits and will be rocking my beautiful red and white Adidas Arsenal shirt in the ground today for the first game of the season. I'm right back there. Right back to the obsession [...]

15 08, 2019

Iwobi needed a reboot, we need a new captain

By |2019-08-15T07:47:43+01:00August 15th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, History, premier league, Tactics, Unai Emery|0 Comments

Alex Iwobi opens up and tells Sky Sports that he's always been seen as the youngster and now wants to set his own agenda. Fair play to him I see and having experienced something similar in my working life I can kind of understand why he might want to try something else. I worked for [...]

6 06, 2019

Freddie’s promotion: the bridge between youth team and first team?

By |2019-06-06T09:52:28+01:00June 6th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, gooners, Gunners, Transfers, Unai Emery, youth|1 Comment

The curse of Chris struck again yesterday it seems, as I listed out all of my reasons why Xhaka would not be leaving, which of course led to a supposed 'cousin' saying "he's off to Inter for €55million". Given that sort of money I'm not surprised that there's a link but I'm still putting it [...]

5 06, 2019

Here’s why Auba isn’t going to China and Xhaka isn’t going to Inter

By |2019-06-05T07:46:55+01:00June 5th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, contracts, gooners, Gunners, Transfers, Unai Emery|1 Comment

Morning Gooners. Provocative headline I know, but given some of the rumours that have circulated over the last 24 hours I thought I'd wade in with my opinion as to why I cannot see either Granit Xhaka or Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang joining the respective clubs they've been linked with by the gutter press. Let's start first [...]

28 04, 2019

Leicester: sh*t or bust for Arsenal’s Champions League hopes

By |2019-04-28T09:37:14+01:00April 28th, 2019|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Champions League, Match Preview, premier league, Tactics|1 Comment

Another away trip against a team with nothing to play for and sadly I have very little confidence that we will come out of this one with any points. Wolves aren't fighting for anything, Palace weren't fighting for anything, yet both put three past us and with Leicester sure to play us on the counter [...]

23 04, 2019

Burnley do us a favour, but Arsenal still needs it’s midfield back

By |2019-04-23T09:25:41+01:00April 23rd, 2019|Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, midfield, Tactics, Unai Emery|0 Comments

Well didn't we get away with it yesterday, with Burnley doing us an almighty favour and holding Chelski to a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge, which means Top four is still in our shaky hands. I didn't expect anything from a Burnley team that are pretty much safe but by drawing away it means that [...]

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