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, [...]

25 04, 2025

Injuries cost you everything – comparing Liverpool 2023/4 with Arsenal 2024/5

By |2025-04-25T10:59:43+01:00April 25th, 2025|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, injuries, premier league|1 Comment

With Liverpool ostensibly going to win the league this weekend, naturally all of the talk has been about them, the great work that Arne Slot has done, how impressive they have been. So naturally with Arsenal not playing this weekend, that's taken a little bit of my focus today rather than the usual look at [...]

19 04, 2025

A Kai-shaped ray of hope from Arteta’s presser yesterday?

By |2025-04-19T08:59:54+01:00April 19th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

Me having suggested that perhaps they'd take the day off yesterday, of course Mikel Arteta rocked up to do his press conference in the afternoon after I'd posted some thoughts, such is my luck. I don't mind, it gives me something to have a look at on an Easter Saturday morning, although aside from some [...]

12 04, 2025

Rotation the aim for Brentford today – but mindset has to remain strong

By |2025-04-12T08:36:49+01:00April 12th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Morning campers, how we all doing? Weird one, this one today, innit? I mean, we have ourselves a match day, we have ourselves an Arsenal home game and we have ourselves a pressing need to probably at least win four of our last seven to be assured of the second spot in the Premier League. [...]

7 04, 2025

Why do I have so much apathy about this season?

By |2025-04-07T07:39:26+01:00April 7th, 2025|Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, History, injuries, premier league, Rant|0 Comments

So defeats to Forest, a 0-0 draw between Brentford and Chelsea and a 0-0 between City and United, have effectively meant that despite getting shafted on Merseyside on Saturday lunchtime, there's not really been a lot of movement in the Premier League this weekend. The results as they fell mean that we're five clear of [...]

4 04, 2025

St Totteringham’s marred by the Gabriel news

By |2025-04-04T07:43:08+01:00April 4th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Defence, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Rant|1 Comment

Today, this most holiest of Saints Days - that of the feast of St Totteringham - should be a day of mild celebration and snickering about a club in the mud that can no longer finish above us. It has come rather early this year, but nevertheless, we should be chuckling away at the plight [...]

3 04, 2025

An Arsenal injury season like no other

By |2025-04-03T08:32:17+01:00April 3rd, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, History, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

It wasn't until Arteta's post-match comments after the Fulham win that I realised that this Saturday lunchtime we could be travelling to Fulham with an entire defensive back line missing depending on what he says in his presser today. Calafiori, Gabriel, White and Tomiyasu all out. Timber came off and if he's missing you can [...]

2 04, 2025

As slog their way to a Fulham win with the return of Saka

By |2025-04-02T07:38:32+01:00April 2nd, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Match Review, premier league|0 Comments

Last night’s 2-1 victory over a pretty average Fulham side (despite the fact they were in eighth before kick off) had a bit of a low-key affair to it, if I’m completely honest with you. Despite the fact Saka was named in the squad, despite the fact he came on to rapturous applause and even [...]

28 03, 2025

Saka’s back and we’re all thankful of that!

By |2025-03-28T08:49:47+00:00March 28th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, injuries, premier league|0 Comments

Is there anything more wholesome to see than a Bukayo Saka smiling back at you from the club cameraman's picture at London Colney, to confirm that he's back in full training? And I have to say, you have to marvel at the club's medical team for their accuracy on this return. Now, of course, he [...]

24 03, 2025

Arsenal’s need for silverware within 18 months

By |2025-03-24T07:44:31+00:00March 24th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, History, injuries, Internationals, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Back from a week off in the Maldives and having fortunately picked a week in which it's been internationals going on, from an Arsenal perspective it's been good because there's not really massive amounts to talk about. Well, nothing that you have probably not already read just about everything on. Then I check in on [...]

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