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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.
9 09, 2023

Does Mikel go in during half term?

By |2023-09-09T08:58:14+01:00September 9th, 2023|analogy, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Internationals, Mikel Arteta|1 Comment

Morning peeps. Happy Saturday to you and yours. Hope you guys are all good. It's going to be a scorcher this weekend and so after today's brain dump I'll be heading out to the garden to fire up the paddling pool I reckon! Come 2pm there will be a beached whale of a Suburban Gooner [...]

8 09, 2023

Praying for safe return of Arsenal players from internationals

By |2023-09-08T09:29:34+01:00September 8th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Internationals, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

Hello again, fellow Gooners, welcome to Friday! Normally I'd be talking about how I'm excited for the football this weekend, but as we both know that is not the case, with us instead crossing everything that we get our players returning in one piece and not just the shattered remains of players handed back to [...]

7 09, 2023

Arsenal players getting recognised is a nice and new feeling

By |2023-09-07T08:59:22+01:00September 7th, 2023|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners|2 Comments

Happy Thursday Gooners - we holding up ok? I say that because, let's face it, this is just about the worst time in an international break; we're now a solid four days from the brilliant late United winner, the content that we have been gorging ourselves on is starting to run out, with the upcoming [...]

6 09, 2023

Arsenal getting better at selling – the final obstacle for Edu?

By |2023-09-06T07:38:52+01:00September 6th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Ownership and the board, Transfers|0 Comments

First and foremost - congrats to Bukayo Saka for being named the England men's player of the year for the second year running. It is an award that relates to the national team and so for me personally, I haven't paid too much attention to it, but kudos to him for picking up another award [...]

5 09, 2023

How worried should we be about Thomas Partey’s injury?

By |2023-09-05T08:52:27+01:00September 5th, 2023|Arsenal FC, injuries, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league|1 Comment

The beauty about such a fabulous result as we got at the weekend, is that when it comes just before we all have to endure an international break, we can live through that results and string out the joy for a little bit longer than we normally would. For me personally, for example, I'd usually [...]

4 09, 2023

Last gasp Arsenal do it again against United

By |2023-09-04T08:27:13+01:00September 4th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

There's no other place to start today other than that super ending to a dramatic day and it is yet another injury time winner - or couple of winners - that sent us all in to dreamland at the Emirates against Man United. I'll go through the chronology of the day yesterday in a bit, [...]

3 09, 2023

Focus and control needed for Arsenal against transitional Man United

By |2023-09-03T11:50:28+01:00September 3rd, 2023|Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Match Preview, premier league|0 Comments

Had a bit of a heavy one in Richmond yesterday evening for a friends birthday party, so today’s ramblings will probably be more incoherent than usual, but let’s give it a go at previewing today’s game at the Emirates against United, shall we? Firstly, some form of prediction. I think we’ll get a draw today. [...]

2 09, 2023

Arsenal’s window has closed – are we better (is anyone)?

By |2023-09-02T09:35:35+01:00September 2nd, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Mikel Arteta, premier league|1 Comment

Deadline day came and deadline day went and what came out of it from an Arsenal perspective was a series of exits and no incomings. There are a few people who are questioning whether that was wise because after we started off the summer with a bloated squad, the view from some quarters of the [...]

1 09, 2023

A good Champions League draw and decent Premier League matches after each one

By |2023-09-01T08:43:26+01:00September 1st, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

Happy Friday peeps! Today is press conference day and so Mikel will be asked about the Champions League games, the game ahead against United, maybe even what he thinks about Brentford in the League Cup (although, maybe not ;-) ). There's also the small matter of the transfer window closing and I wonder if Mikel [...]

31 08, 2023

A ‘meh’ cup tie, the Champions League to come, plus a last minute deadline day deal for The Arsenal?

By |2023-08-31T08:13:24+01:00August 31st, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Champions League, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Transfers|0 Comments

Right, plenty to get on with today, so let's get straight to it. First, the part of our fate for fixtures this season we do now know, which is that we will be playing Brentford away in the League Cup. That is probably one of the worst ties you could hope for in this competition. [...]

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