10 11, 2024

Rice’s availability could be the difference at Stamford Bridge for today’s game

By |2024-11-10T10:21:55+00:00November 10th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Yesterday's City defeat has cast today's game in a slightly different light I think. I still believe that if Arsenal lose, we're probably out of the title race, but a draw puts us one point closer to them and although Liverpool will be nine points clear of us, that isn't unsurmountable. Liverpool won against Villa [...]

3 11, 2024

No way to dress up a trash Arsenal performance in Newcastle

By |2024-11-03T09:18:48+00:00November 3rd, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Rant|2 Comments

There's no way to sugar coat it today. There is no way to dress up yesterday abysmal Arsenal performance. There is only the truth that needs to be spoken and sadly what you're going to read for the next 1,000 or so words is that of a disappointed Gooner with very little positivity. Arsenal's defeat [...]

30 10, 2024

Arsenal’s ‘nice to have’ game against Preston tonight

By |2024-10-30T09:05:09+00:00October 30th, 2024|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, League Cup, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

It's the first of four away ones tonight and I don't think you'll get many Arsenal fans arguing the toss over this one being the bottom of the pecking order in terms of 'must win' priorities. Preston away and the League Cup is a 'nice to have' and whilst Mikel Arteta was keen to stress [...]

28 10, 2024

Honours even against Liverpool

By |2024-10-28T08:40:39+00:00October 28th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

In the pub before a ball was kicked, I said I would have taken a draw yesterday, so in the cold light of this Monday morning, it would be churlish of me to decry and bemoan the fact we dropped points against Liverpool yesterday. I was in a slightly unfamiliar territory in the upper tier [...]

27 10, 2024

Arteta needs a different game plan for Liverpool today

By |2024-10-27T10:39:12+00:00October 27th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Big game today. VERY big game. Made even bigger, even tougher, by the fact we have a number of question marks over players. We know Odegaard and Saliba are 100% out, we can be pretty sure about Calafiori, but what about Saka? Timber? There are so many questions that we all want answered and all [...]

22 10, 2024

Arsenal have only one option tonight against Shaktar – get the job done

By |2024-10-22T09:04:20+01:00October 22nd, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Champions League, Defence, gooners, Gunners|0 Comments

Never have I been so glad of the frequency of games at this time of the season than now. On Sunday I managed to avoid stewing on the result to much, I had a little say on the Bournemouth game yesterday but thankfully, mercifully, we have a home match against Shaktar Donestk to focus on [...]

19 10, 2024

Arsenal must play their game today, not Bournemouth’s

By |2024-10-19T10:13:11+01:00October 19th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Tricky one, this one today, because Bournemouth are no mugs. As Arteta said, Antonio Iraloa has created a well-drilled, well-coached, progressive passing (they’re seventh in the league on progressive passing numbers just behind us, Liverpool, Brighton, City and The Scum) team who have not had some of the results they - and a few - [...]

16 10, 2024

As they all trickle back, we’re starting to feel the Arsenal again…

By |2024-10-16T07:47:27+01:00October 16th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Internationals, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

I don't usually lead with stuff about the Arsenal women, because I'm not as close to the goings on, but seeing the news break yesterday that Jonas Eidevall had resigned as Head Coach was a bit of a surprise, I have to say. It's also very unusual these days to see a coach resign rather [...]

15 10, 2024

The turbulent tale of Takehiro Tomiyasu’s Arsenal career

By |2024-10-15T08:03:12+01:00October 15th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Defence, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

Are we being adversely punished or something, as Arsenal fans, eh? Last season we had plenty of people chirping that we'd barely had any injuries. But we were missing Thomas Partey for two-thirds of the season, Gabriel Jesus was out for big chunks, Zinchenko was missing a few times too. Smith Rowe missed seven Premier [...]

5 10, 2024

Got enough fullbacks? Arsenal v Southampton preview

By |2024-10-05T07:17:58+01:00October 5th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Defence, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

It's another home match day today and it's the visit of the Saints and Aaron Ramsdale to The Emirates at three o'clock this afternoon, as we aim to continue our form going in to the international break. Yesterday I took a look at our opponents and the type of game we're likely to face, their [...]

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