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Gooner born in 1982 from Harlow, Essex, now living in Uxbridge. I say what I see - frequently wrong, but hey, it's just an opinion piece, right? Leave a comment and let me know what you think.
13 07, 2024

It feels like the Arsenal wheels are turning – the excitement starts to build here

By |2024-07-13T09:01:15+01:00July 13th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, pre season|1 Comment

So the wheels seem to be in motion. Well, they've been in motion for a while on the players who are on the verge of exits - Sambi and Nuno - but this will be another sale by the club and I guess ultimately it all adds up. Sambi is off on a loan which [...]

12 07, 2024

The ‘no mans land’ part of the football calendar

By |2024-07-12T07:55:03+01:00July 12th, 2024|analogy, analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, pre season, premier league|0 Comments

Ahh man, there really is bugger all on today from a football perspective, that's for sure, with the Euro's final not on until Sunday, The Arsenal not on for a few weeks on from that, plus the only real transfer news going on is stuff we've already been privy too, like Lokonga, Calafiore and Tavares. [...]

11 07, 2024

England surprise, but so do Arsenal, as Tavares deal looks a good one

By |2024-07-11T08:36:22+01:00July 11th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, gooners, Gunners, Internationals, Transfers|0 Comments

Well, I have to say, I didn't expect that last night that's for sure. For year's I've been able to fall on my German family heritage as an excuse when it comes to having some skin in the game in the latter stages of international tournaments, but last night England completed their second back-to-back final [...]

10 07, 2024

Spain are the *chefs kiss* of the Euro’s (not Rodri or Cucurella though…)

By |2024-07-10T08:13:27+01:00July 10th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Internationals|0 Comments

That was a captivating semi final yesterday between France and Spain, I thought, with the French going ahead and the Spanish showing why they will eventually win this tournament, I think. Going in to the game I probably edged towards France because I think, ultimately, out of the two teams on the other side of [...]

8 07, 2024

The importance of pre-season prep work for The Arsenal

By |2024-07-08T09:17:20+01:00July 8th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Defence, friendly, gooners, Gunners, History, Mikel Arteta, pre season|0 Comments

Morning folks, we all good? Well, as good as we can be given there's no football on at the moment and The Arsenal are still a solid six week's away until the proper stuff starts to kick in. I thought about going along to one of the friendlies we've got penned in for the beginning [...]

7 07, 2024

Starboy Saka saves England – and no Arsenal fan is surprised

By |2024-07-07T08:20:41+01:00July 7th, 2024|analysis, Arsenal FC, Internationals, Match Review|0 Comments

Sometimes - but very rarely - I write the title of the blog before I've even jotted a word down on the page to compile my daily thoughts. Today is one of those days for sure. Bukayo Saka showed why he is England's best player last night. Bukayo Saka showed why Gareth Southgate appeasing Phil [...]

6 07, 2024

Merino’s added an extra few mil to his price tag

By |2024-07-06T08:47:32+01:00July 6th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, gooners, Gunners, Internationals, midfield, Mikel Arteta, Transfers|0 Comments

I watched both the quarter finals yesterday and with my feet firmly planted in the "I have German family" camp, I decided to get behind Der Mannschaft and cheer them on against Spain. My English blood has cursed my German family. They played decent enough, but as my cousin Dave said (he also taps in to [...]

5 07, 2024

Arsenal can’t rest on their laurels, Arteta won’t let them

By |2024-07-05T09:07:33+01:00July 5th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, contracts, gooners, Gunners, Internationals, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

Morning folks. Happy Friday n all that jazz. We may not have had any Euro's football yesterday, but at least Arsenal kept us sated with #content, announcing the most obvious signing since Kylian Mbappe randomly rocked up at Real Madrid and everyone in the football world sarcastically went "Woah!! Didn't see that one coming!" We [...]

4 07, 2024

Southgate’s tactical approach makes me happy we’ve got Arteta

By |2024-07-04T08:28:39+01:00July 4th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Much like last Thursday and Friday last week, it's all gone deathly quiet and, with there being no Euro's like last Thursday and Friday as well as no real Arsenal news to speak of, it's becoming quite slim pickings indeed out there in the football universe. Last week I wasn't fussed because it was a [...]

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