21 05, 2023

Arsenal go down without a fight

By |2023-05-23T09:36:07+01:00May 21st, 2023|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Rant, Tactics|0 Comments

Eugh. Really don't feel like writing about what transpired in Nottingham yesterday. Before the game The Management asked me how I was feeling about the match. "Meh, the season is over so I don't feel like there's any real jeopardy here" was my response. Of course she knew I was lying as much as I [...]

20 05, 2023

Arsenal got a dog! (There may or may not be a football match today too….)

By |2023-05-20T09:26:25+01:00May 20th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

I'm a cat owner, but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate a loveable dog. And so when I saw that Mikel Arteta had hand selected himself a chocolate Labrador to roam the halls and fields of London Colney, I thought it was a great idea. The thought that there will be an affectionate pooch bounding [...]

18 05, 2023

City’s dominance no comfort to an Arsenal fan like me

By |2023-05-18T07:37:48+01:00May 18th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, History, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Rant|0 Comments

It would have had to have been a very cold day in hell for me to have watched Man City smash Real Madrid last night. The fact they did gave me about 1% feeling of "well, they've just tonked the European Champions, so perhaps the inevitable was going to happen for us. In my attempt [...]

17 05, 2023

Xhaka’s exit might be the right timing for all parties, but we will 100% miss him

By |2023-05-17T08:35:31+01:00May 17th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, gooners, Gunners, History, midfield, Mikel Arteta, Transfers|0 Comments

If most Arsenal fans would have read that Leverkusen were buying Granit Xhaka for £13million in the summer of last year, I think a big chunk of Arsenal fans would have been absolutely fine with it. For me he's always been a talented player that I think has improved steadily under Arteta, so I'm not [...]

16 05, 2023

Should Arteta experiment for the final two games?

By |2023-05-16T08:41:03+01:00May 16th, 2023|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Formation, gooners, Gunners, History, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|1 Comment

Still feeling it a little bit after the game on Sunday. How about you? Even the catharsis of doing the pod last night hasn't helped to get me over the defeat to Brighton. I said on the pod that my football hangover cure was to avoid social media for a bit and that I did, [...]

15 05, 2023

Arsenal and Arteta get the tactics and mentality wrong against Brighton

By |2023-05-15T07:57:56+01:00May 15th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

There are some days where I really just don't feel like writing about football or, specifically, about The Arsenal. Today my friends, is one of those days, for sure. I even fired up my laptop this morning and instead of logging on to the site and starting to type away, I started to go through [...]

14 05, 2023

Bogey team Brighton provide a massive test for The Arsenal

By |2023-05-14T10:25:07+01:00May 14th, 2023|analysis, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Cor blimey I had a skin-full last night. Eurovision virtual party with the family and I decided the only way to get through it is to drink so much booze that walking upstairs to bed felt like a pilgrimage. **Makes noise like Sideshow Bob when he steps on all those rakes in The Simpsons** I [...]

13 05, 2023

Arteta adopting a Kaizen approach

By |2023-05-13T10:21:28+01:00May 13th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, contracts, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference, Tactics|0 Comments

Howdy peeps, hope we're all feeling good on this Premier League weekend? The big matches don't happen until tomorrow with Man City going to Everton to pick up what will inevitably be three points as Everton lie down and have their chins tickled by a Man City side who will feel pretty confident that they [...]

12 05, 2023

Do Saliba and Zinchenko blows mean a rethink for Arteta?

By |2023-05-12T07:33:43+01:00May 12th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Defence, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

And then The Ornstein went and did that to us... Yep, last night we got another injury blow via The Athletic reporter, that not only with Saliba miss the remainder of this season through injury, but we'd also lose his fellow defensive teammate Oleksandr Zinchenko through a calf strain as well. both are big blows [...]

8 05, 2023

Gutsy Arsenal keep the pressure on with Newcastle win

By |2023-05-08T07:23:10+01:00May 8th, 2023|Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

When this season is finished and we all start to assess how it has gone, there will be loads of really positive things to say about Mikel Arteta’s side. Sure, we’ll probably have some regrets like the Everton game away, or that we didn’t make more of the Southampton at home (and away too, probably) [...]

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