5 08, 2023

Arteta’s pre City comments; the most perfect Balogun ‘clause’ for Inter

By |2023-08-05T07:17:47+01:00August 5th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, friendly, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, pre season, press conference|0 Comments

I'll be dammed if the cat didn't decide to sit on my chest at 4am this morning and aggressively purr into my face for about 45 minutes. So I'm up at 6.20 to let the little bugger out and I thought I might as well start typing some Arsenal related waffle a little earlier than [...]

3 08, 2023

Arteta is testing a few things – post Monaco thoughts

By |2023-08-03T07:42:08+01:00August 3rd, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Match Review, midfield, Mikel Arteta, pre season, Tactics|2 Comments

We won the Emirates Cup! Arteta has done it again! Of course I'm being a bit flippant and, unlike Richarlison, you could see when Martin Odegaard lifted the trophy last night by the way he looked so sheepish that this is hardly the 'big prize' that we were after, but I suppose a win is [...]

2 08, 2023

Arteta’s plans remain a mystery ahead of tonight’s game against Monaco

By |2023-08-02T07:58:54+01:00August 2nd, 2023|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, friendly, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, pre season, Tactics|2 Comments

Well it seems - if ol' Romano is to be believed, that the Raya deal edges closer. I will still maintain that I'm not sure it is the move for us; he's a good 'keeper but no better than Ramsdale in my opinion, Brentford want too much money for a guy with one year left [...]

28 07, 2023

Can you make a case for Fabio Vieira this season?

By |2023-07-28T05:57:47+01:00July 28th, 2023|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, History, midfield, Mikel Arteta, pre season|2 Comments

Morning folks, how are we all doing on this Friday morn? Rubbish night sleep means that I thought I'd drag my sorry arse out of bed early to take advantage of the day, which also means getting my daily Arsenal content fix a little earlier than usual and after the fixture yesterday was in the [...]

22 07, 2023

Mikel has himself a Swiss Army Penknife team

By |2023-07-22T07:49:32+01:00July 22nd, 2023|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, friendly, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, pre season|0 Comments

For us here in the UK it’s a late night kick off for the friendly against Man United this season, but given I’m out and about today, that kind of suits me, as when I get home I’ll be able to have a little look at the score and then do a rewatch of the [...]

21 07, 2023

The unpredictability of the Arsenal family

By |2023-07-21T08:09:16+01:00July 21st, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, friendly, Mikel Arteta, pre season|0 Comments

So we're on a countdown now until our next pre season friendly on Saturday night at 10pm UK time and, if we're all honest, this one feels like it's REALLY kicking it up a notch, am I right? That's because it's Man United in New York and it represents an opportunity to see where we [...]

18 07, 2023

Arteta isn’t done on transfers?

By |2023-07-18T08:16:48+01:00July 18th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, contracts, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, pre season|0 Comments

So the lads are in the US prepping for the MLS all stars game and as a result of that Arteta has been speaking ahead of the tour to the press. It's been covered fairly extensively and you can read word-for-word what he's said here, so I thought I'd pluck out a few of the [...]

15 06, 2023

Havertzing a laugh?

By |2023-06-15T07:52:38+01:00June 15th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, pre season|1 Comment

As the old cliche goes: football is a game of opinions. And this blog is my opinion. Often misinformed, regularly incorrect, sometimes just plain wrong. But it is opinions nonetheless and that's what it'll always be. That caveat out the way, let's get in to the big breaking news yesterday, delivered to us in the [...]

2 06, 2023

When do you get bored of the transfer ‘exclusives’?

By |2023-06-02T10:20:01+01:00June 2nd, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, pre season, premier league|1 Comment

Morning folks and welcome to Friday. It's the first footballess Friday of the summer and I'm still in that weird zone whereby the old season is sill fresh in my mind, so I'm still in a "kind of ready for the summer and a bit of a rest from the stress of watching" vibe. It [...]

31 05, 2023

Smith Rowe is a no-go

By |2023-05-31T07:33:36+01:00May 31st, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, gooners, midfield, Mikel Arteta, pre season, Transfers|0 Comments

When David Ornstein dropped his latest Ornbomb (see below) about how Arsenal had no intention of selling Emile Smith Rowe this summer, there were a fair few members of the online community that I follow who expressed a wee bit of surprise. Positive surprise, but surprise nonetheless. He's a popular player, he's one of our [...]

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