30 09, 2024

Calafiori’s rumoured injury and the importance of squad depth at full back

By |2024-09-30T08:52:41+01:00September 30th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Defence, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Decided to put the United v the Scum game on last night as I was cooking a roast dinner. Kind of wish I hadn't bothered, because it was ruined by a red card that effectively stopped it being too much of a ding dong game. At first I thought Fernandez was a bit reckless with [...]

29 09, 2024

Arsenal’s deserved late late show keeps us on the toes of City and Liverpool

By |2024-09-29T09:02:31+01:00September 29th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

You know how sometimes weird situations like history repeat themselves? I mentioned on the blog yesterday that The Management was coming with me to the game as I had a spare seat next to me. She'd been to the 5-2 against the Scum the first time around, then when she came the second time to the [...]

28 09, 2024

A different approach from previous week’s now needed – Leicester at home

By |2024-09-28T08:48:08+01:00September 28th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Here we are folks, it's a lovely day in London (albeit a little chilly), that most sacred of things in the shape of a 3pm kick off and I'm bringing The Management along to the game today in the seat next to me. As a hopefully advantageous twist of fate, the last time she rocked [...]

27 09, 2024

Arsenal’s ‘dark arts’ talk is a media concoction to sell a product

By |2024-09-27T07:24:56+01:00September 27th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league|2 Comments

Morning folks, how we all doing? First things first, congrats to the Arsenal Women who yesterday overcame their first-leg 1-0 defeat to Hacken to win 4-0 and secure Champions League football this season. No more painful memories of last season and Eidevall also referenced that the squad has been built for Champions League football, so [...]

26 09, 2024

Arsenal rotate, but the same ‘estandards’ remain in Bolton bashing

By |2024-09-26T07:51:31+01:00September 26th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, League Cup, Match Review, youth|0 Comments

At 3-1 the Bolton fans were chuckling to themselves with a rendition of "Johnny, Johnny Stones" to the tune of "Daddy Cool" by Boney M. At 5-1, they were singing in the rain. It's good to know that the dying embers of hostility still exist for them. For us it was an opportunity to show [...]

25 09, 2024

A smattering of first teamers today, but who plays in goal?

By |2024-09-25T07:35:05+01:00September 25th, 2024|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, League Cup, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, press conference|0 Comments

Morning folks - here we are at another match day and this time we kick off our League Cup campaign - a home tie against Bolton Wanderers and, I think the key question all of us want answered for this evening's game is: How many first team players are going to be rested tonight? Because [...]

24 09, 2024

Arteta needs to think carefully about who is risked tomorrow evening

By |2024-09-24T07:55:07+01:00September 24th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, League Cup, Mikel Arteta, press conference|1 Comment

Morning folks, how we all doing this Tuesday? A lot better than 115 Charges FC, it appears, as they now have the utterly scandalous situation of playing Watford this evening at home, just 48 hours after playing us (which they were at home) on Sunday, as well as having played Inter (which was at home) [...]

23 09, 2024

Battling point for Arsenal that I’d have taken pre game

By |2024-09-23T08:28:14+01:00September 23rd, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league, referees|1 Comment

If you'd have offered me a Desmond 2-2 in the morning yesterday when I was writing my pre match thoughts, I'd have bitten your hands off. If you'd have told me that Arsenal would get back in the game after the first 10 - 15 minutes of yesterday's game at the soulless Etihad I'd have [...]

22 09, 2024

Toughest trip of the season for Arsenal, but season-defining it is not

By |2024-09-22T09:12:39+01:00September 22nd, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

It's the big one today. Man City away and do you know what? I'm actually not that nervous. I know that sounds weird, maybe it'll change throughout the course of today, but I kind of feel fine about whatever happens today. I suspect it's because I'm managing my own expectations; I think we might come-a-cropper [...]

21 09, 2024

Pep and Arteta have their say on each other and the fixture schedule

By |2024-09-21T08:22:42+01:00September 21st, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

Happy Saturday peeps. How we all doing? I drank a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon to myself last night, whilst making and then consuming a chilli con carne, listening and watching the two respective managers talk about the game on Sunday. Firstly, Sky Sports were all over Pep, featuring him again and again and some of [...]

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