21 09, 2026

One bad day doesn’t change what Arsenal are

By |2026-09-21T08:12:14+01:00September 21st, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Defence, friendly, gooners, premier league|0 Comments

As the fallout from the defeat on Saturday continues in the social media discourse of Arsenal fans, I am still not feeling as angry as I thought I would be, which is strange. Perhaps it is because we've had a few years of this Arsenal team being really good defensively, and so this feels very much [...]

20 09, 2026

A VERY bad day at the office for The Arsenal

By |2026-09-20T08:43:11+01:00September 20th, 2026|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Rant|1 Comment

That was the worst Arsenal performance I've seen in nearly two years. It was so bad that I'd describe my feelings as stunned rather than ragingly angry. Arsenal put in the kind of display yesterday that makes me think that they all went out on the lash on Friday night. Passing was off, movement wasn't [...]

19 09, 2026

Chelsea are funny. Brighton won’t be

By |2026-09-19T09:04:57+01:00September 19th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference, Tactics|0 Comments

I know we're playing later, so this schadenfreude might age like four-day-old milk being left out on the back patio in summer, but man, it's funny to laugh at Chelsea. I was doing other things last night, so I only checked in and out on the game, but seeing them drop a 3-0 away to Brentford [...]

18 09, 2026

Is Brighton our first real test of the season?

By |2026-09-18T08:18:34+01:00September 18th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league|5 Comments

How is it Friday already? This is what happens when The Arsenal play - and play well - in midweek. The weekend comes around, and you're like, "blimey, that hit us quick, eh?" I guess we're also at the stage in the season where it isn't a grind. The season is still fresh, young, in [...]

14 09, 2026

The ProRef joke writes itself

By |2026-09-14T08:27:00+01:00September 14th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, League Cup, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Rant, referees|3 Comments

I do not want to hear another word from rival fans - City in particular - about how Arsenal 'get all the decisions' or 'have ProRef in their pockets' after what I witnessed yesterday. "ProRef"....ha! If that isn't the most ironic rebrand you've ever seen... That decision by the VAR yesterday was as bad as [...]

13 09, 2026

Arsenal bring the barbed wire gloves as Bruno strikes down Sunderland

By |2026-09-13T08:14:10+01:00September 13th, 2026|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

What a hard-fought victory that was yesterday, I must say, and I think we all knew that before a ball was kicked. This is a defensively organised Sunderland team. It's a strong and physical Sunderland team. It's a side who go direct, long and want a battle, which is evidenced by Dan Ballard's post-match comments [...]

12 09, 2026

Arsenal need to be ‘Always on’ against Sunderland

By |2026-09-12T07:25:39+01:00September 12th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|1 Comment

If last season taught us anything, it's that Sunderland are a side not to be taken lightly. That 2-2 up at the Stadium of light come over my birthday weekend in November, I was up in the North East, funnily enough, but on the black and white side, and Arsenal were gut-punched late on to [...]

11 09, 2026

Beware the Mackems: The Arsenal head to Sunderland

By |2026-09-11T08:05:34+01:00September 11th, 2026|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|1 Comment

Happy Friday, boys and girls. I hope wherever you are, you enjoy the end of the working week, or if you still have to work tomorrow anyway, you at least get the 'Friday vibes'. Not least because The Arsenal play tomorrow. It's a trip up to the Stadium of Light to play Sunderland, who last [...]

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