12 07, 2025

Arsenal fans in ‘Justification Mode’ over Madueke – and that’s ok

By |2025-07-12T08:21:05+01:00July 12th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, pre season|2 Comments

Had a fair bit of work stuff and other bits going on yesterday, so didn't find the time to compose some thoughts in the wake of the rapidly evolving Madueke story, so shall we have a chat today about it? Firstly, I think it's difficult for me to row back from my original thoughts and [...]

8 07, 2025

Norgaard will complete the upgrades – but what are we able to do on top of that?

By |2025-07-08T09:21:45+01:00July 8th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, friendly, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, pre season|0 Comments

I don't really understand why battle lines need to be drawn amongst the Arsenal fanbase online, I have to say, with regards to this Sesko/Gyokeres saga. I've seen people getting really quite pissy over the fact that Sesko will most probably not be 'the guy' and that he'll probably be plying his trade elsewhere either [...]

7 07, 2025

Zubi’s in, Gyok is next?

By |2025-07-07T07:53:16+01:00July 7th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, gooners, Gunners, midfield, Mikel Arteta, pre season, premier league, Transfers|0 Comments

Well now, it's all kicking off in the Arsenal universe, eh? Yesterday we got the official confirmation of Martin Zubimendi's arrival from Real Sociedad, with the first pictures of him in next season's kit, then later in the day there was talk of the striker situation finally nearing a conclusion. Thankfully. Let's start with the [...]

6 07, 2025

Madueke at Arsenal is as underwhelming as you can get

By |2025-07-06T10:01:32+01:00July 6th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, Mikel Arteta, pre season, Rant, Transfers|4 Comments

Yesterday was a day at home doing lots of jobs and chores, so unusually for me, I got plenty of time to be scrolling through my social media feeds for the latest Arsenal-related transfer news. I picked a bad day to do it. That's because all the talk yesterday was on Arsenal reaching personal terms [...]

20 06, 2025

Arteta the right man? The clear out, refresh, build, compete and ‘win’ model

By |2025-06-20T08:35:05+01:00June 20th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, History, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

I was asked an interesting question yesterday amidst a discussion yesterday about a project I might be involved in: Is Mikel Arteta the right man to take Arsenal to the title next season? It was one of those 'agree/disagree' things; you state your case thereafter, then debate with the fellow Arsenal fans that are in [...]

28 05, 2025

Patience needed as Arsenal’s attacker due diligence needs to work its way through the process

By |2025-05-28T08:02:37+01:00May 28th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, finances, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, Ownership and the board|0 Comments

It's funny, because I do this every season, but I forget that this time of the year is the worst when it comes to the football period. If your team isn't successful, that is, because it all feels a little barren. In about a week or two's time, the euphoria from other fans has warn off [...]

27 05, 2025

Time of Arsenal to be proactive

By |2025-05-27T08:19:08+01:00May 27th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Transfers|0 Comments

Yesterday The Arsenal Women had a trophy lift session at The Emirates and I have to say, it was some really positive #content for us to watch and re-watch, after a difficult season for the Men's team. And if you think about it, it has also been difficult for the women too; they didn't start [...]

17 05, 2025

Arteta and Andrea’s Arsenal’s alignment

By |2025-05-17T08:06:20+01:00May 17th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference, Transfers|0 Comments

I thought we saw a relatively relaxed Mikel Arteta at his press conference yesterday. I wonder if it was the sun, the fact that he was starting to get over recent disappointments, the tone of the questioning, or maybe it was that he got to deliver good news to the media on Kai Havertz. Naturally [...]

15 05, 2025

Returning players a welcome end to the season

By |2025-05-15T08:49:26+01:00May 15th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Arsenal held an open training day session yesterday at The Emirates, where the players took to the field and went through some pretty basic numbers, whilst also doing a few autograph signings, etc. That in itself is nothing ground-breaking or new, but the fact that Leo Trossard, Declan Rice and Kai Havertz all made it [...]

13 05, 2025

The rebalancing of The Arsenal squad

By |2025-05-13T09:12:20+01:00May 13th, 2025|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league|1 Comment

As you'd expect it's a wee bit quiet out there on the Arsenal front, save for the odd spurious transfer rumour, although I have to say my thinking has been dominated by the potential absence of Declan Rice for this weekend. Having been pretty clear of most of the Champions League chasing pack all season, [...]

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