14 05, 2026

The strange waiting game before Burnley

By |2026-05-14T08:32:44+01:00May 14th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, injuries, premier league|1 Comment

None of us expected anything from last night, I don’t think, so I’ll be surprised if most Gooners watched City’s procession game against Palace. The hope I’m taking from the overall result is two-fold: Palace players ALREADY having an eye on their Europa Conference League Final after the Premier League has finished. I saw a [...]

28 04, 2026

Fixture politics and fragile fitness

By |2026-04-28T08:55:53+01:00April 28th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Champions League, injuries, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

It seems there's a bit of a fixture argument going on with Man City. Well, not so much an argument, but rather a 'discussion', if the reports are to be believed, for which City wants to play Bournemouth in their rearranged fixture slot before Palace. I didn't really understand the significance of that until I [...]

11 04, 2026

Have you eaten? Arteta needs to know ahead of Bournemouth today…

By |2026-04-11T08:24:24+01:00April 11th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

I loved his comment in the press conference yesterday: The players know it, our supporters know it, it's an early kick-off, so get up early, have an early breakfast, bring your lunch, bring your dinner, and let's all go together for it because it has to be a big day. I went out and had [...]

5 04, 2026

Southampton defeat: One prediction right, but Arsenal got everything else wrong

By |2026-04-05T08:17:22+01:00April 5th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, FA Cup, injuries, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, Rant|0 Comments

There we just two things that were good about yesterday's performance and result against Southampton: I predicted the line-up spot on Max Dowman Perhaps you could also point to the impact Viktor Gyokeres made from the bench, following up his goals for Sweden with a smartly taken finish to draw us level in that second [...]

4 04, 2026

Reading between the Arteta lines as Arsenal face Southampton

By |2026-04-04T08:35:35+01:00April 4th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, FA Cup, injuries, Internationals, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, press conference|1 Comment

At Arteta's press conference yesterday, he was inevitably asked about the withdrawals of players from international duty and - according to the official site version of events, anyway - he played the most impressive of straight bats. To be fair, he will have known these questions would be coming; he'd have been briefed by the [...]

30 03, 2026

Will there be an fit Arsenal players left by the time we play Southampton?

By |2026-03-30T08:01:35+01:00March 30th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, injuries, Internationals, Rant|0 Comments

Yesterday, I led with the title of the blog: Stop breaking our players. At this point, you just have to laugh. Because the latest guy to return to London Colney is Pierro Hincapie, who limped off against Morocco on 72 minutes, and I have to wonder what the actual eff he was still doing on the [...]

29 03, 2026

Stop breaking our players

By |2026-03-29T09:58:09+01:00March 29th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, injuries, Internationals, Mikel Arteta, Rant|4 Comments

Madueke's withdrawal was expected from the Engaldn Camp. He was pictured leaving the match on Friday in a knee brace, so I don't think anyone was surprised that the outcome was that he'd return back to London Colney. But Saka? And Rice? Apparently, according to the official England Football website, it is for 'medical assessment.' [...]

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