21 05, 2025

Making the case to strike fast for the three most obvious Arsenal attacking options

By |2025-05-21T07:44:00+01:00May 21st, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, premier league, Transfers|0 Comments

I basically refuse to acknowledge there is any football going on from now until August 16th when the new Premier League season kicks off. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zero. It's all about the transfer window and ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE.  The press is full of talk of strikers and if Arsenal value anything of the health of its [...]

20 05, 2025

Other teams get to do transfers too

By |2025-05-20T08:22:32+01:00May 20th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, Ownership and the board, premier league, Transfers|0 Comments

You know it's funny, I get so focus and insular on Arsenal and improvements that we make, that I forget that other teams will also be making efforts to improve their squad in the summer. I didn't watch the Brighton-Liverpool game, but I saw that Arne Slot was doing his bit to stoke the transfer [...]

19 05, 2025

Job done for The Arsenal. Just.

By |2025-05-19T08:37:17+01:00May 19th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, premier league|0 Comments

That wasn't the most fun afternoon watching of football that we had yesterday, but the requirement was to get the job done and, by the time the full time whistle had gone after that silly VAR check, ultimately that was what happened. A 1-0 win against a decent Newcastle side who will most likely be [...]

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 [...]

16 05, 2025

As the season (thankfully) draws to a close, at least next year’s kit looks good…

By |2025-05-16T08:26:06+01:00May 16th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

It's the penultimate press conference of the season today and I'll bet Mikel Arteta can't wait to be shot of them at this stage. It'll be more of the same as he's had in the last few weeks and I suspect he'll have to go on the defensive a bit for the form. Other than [...]

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, [...]

12 05, 2025

Draw FC strikes again

By |2025-05-12T08:22:20+01:00May 12th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Yesterday I decided to sit in the garden instead of watching the game at Anfield. It was relatively meaningless, I didn't want to see the crowing Liverpool fans, plus after the PSG exit, as I've already mentioned last week, I'm done with this season. So today's musings will be based on vibes and how I [...]

9 05, 2025

The ‘Meh’ – Part I

By |2025-05-09T06:19:48+01:00May 9th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Transfers|0 Comments

In what will inevitably now feel like the longest end to a Premier League season ever, Mikel Arteta will today be subjected to quite a painful press conference experience, I'd wager. Not only does he have to sit in front of the press and talk about the fallout from the PSG defeat and exit in [...]

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