22 04, 2015

Competition stifles the national game in Europe

By |2017-05-19T20:12:18+01:00April 22nd, 2015|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsene Wenger, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, Rant, referees, soccer|0 Comments

I tried to watch the Champions League last night, but soon got bored after the two favoured teams to go through pretty much made light work of their opponents, with Porto discovering that beating a Bayern team in the first leg only makes them angry. They should have taken a leaf from our book and [...]

16 03, 2015

Delayed West Ham thoughts: new reportoire

By |2017-05-19T21:35:34+01:00March 16th, 2015|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsene Wenger, Attack, Champions League, Defence, FA Cup, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, premier league|0 Comments

Bit of a delayed post from me today. I booked meself off for a day of rest, relaxation and recuperation with the missus, after running a half marathon yesterday. These ageing limbs certainly can't do what they did ten years ago, I can tell you.The after effects of said marathon can also be felt in [...]

28 02, 2015

An arm around the shoulder or slap around the chops?

By |2015-02-28T08:59:43+00:00February 28th, 2015|Arsenal FC, Attack, Champions League, Defence, gooners, Gunners, midfield, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

Arsene faced the media yesterday and, probably as you'd expect, he was reasonably defiant after an appalling game in midweek. He didn't rule us out of a 'miracle' as Big Per has put it, but equally he didn't retract some of the criticism for the team from Wednesday. It's the right thing to do, because [...]

24 02, 2015

'Obvious' klaxons, Giroud's award and Welbeck's form an issue for Theo

By |2017-05-19T21:35:36+01:00February 24th, 2015|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsene Wenger, Attack, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, press conference, soccer|2 Comments

It's all rather quiet on this Tuesday morn, which is lovely given that there's a big game tomorrow and no doubt Arsène's presser at some stage today, so we'll get an update on who's available. We've already had Arsène's thoughts ahead of the visit of Monaco, in which he really goes out on a limb, [...]

21 02, 2015

Palace: negate the pace out wide and play the more technically gifted

By |2017-05-19T21:35:37+01:00February 21st, 2015|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsene Wenger, Attack, Champions League, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

So we're back in league action today and it's a tricky game at Selhurst park in which the media seem to be all voting for us as their picks for victories this weekend. It's nice to know what supposed 'neutrals' think when looking at games and who should win, but as usual I'm not as [...]

13 02, 2015

Champions League sorted, now the FA Cup to focus on

By |2017-05-19T21:35:26+01:00February 13th, 2015|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Champions League, FA Cup, gooners, Gunners, soccer|0 Comments

Don't shoot the messenger here, but just before I woke up this morning, I was in Berlin about to watch Arsenal play in the Champions League final. We'd beaten Monaco and Basle and in the semi final we'd played Norman Booth under-11s (they were the best team in my youth league and won every game [...]

4 02, 2015

Excited NLD countdown, with ridiculous optimism for 2015

By |2017-05-19T21:35:27+01:00February 4th, 2015|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Arsene Wenger, Champions League, FA Cup, gooners, Gunners, premier league|0 Comments

With the countdown to the North London Derby (NLD) now well underway, the speculation on team line-up has never been so intriguing, from what I can see online and with people I speak to in real life. Us Gooners are collectively salivating over the possible options and, for the first time since I don't know [...]

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