11 01, 2022

League Cup should be a focus; there are others out there than Vlahovic

By |2022-01-11T07:54:04+00:00January 11th, 2022|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, League Cup, midfield, Mikel Arteta, Transfers|2 Comments

Morning all and welcome to Tuesday. Now, I feel like I've gone on a little bit about the League Cup situation and the postponement lately, so after today I am hoping that I don't bother to bring it up unless talking about the actual football context, but I do feel compelled to do a little [...]

10 01, 2022

Tactical and player mistakes knock Arsenal out of the FA Cup against Forest

By |2022-01-10T07:59:05+00:00January 10th, 2022|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, FA Cup, Match Review, midfield, Mikel Arteta, Rant, Tactics|2 Comments

For the second time in four years Arsenal travelled to the City Ground to play Championship Nottingham Forest in the third round of the FA Cup and for the second time in four years Arsenal's FA Cup run was halted as quickly as it began in ignominious fashion as we were knocked out to a [...]

9 01, 2022

Forest away – Arsenal must control the narrative and quieten the crowd

By |2022-01-09T10:22:15+00:00January 9th, 2022|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, FA Cup, gooners, History, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

Morning folks and welcome to matchday. It is one of my most favourite match days of the year actually; FA Cup third round day. A chance to travel to a ground that you don't often go to and for me I haven't been to the City Ground, so a new one to tick off the [...]

8 01, 2022

Arteta’s admission on transfer movement is good news this January

By |2022-01-08T09:00:10+00:00January 8th, 2022|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, FA Cup, Mikel Arteta, press conference, Transfers|1 Comment

Before I start talking about the press conference and some of the more interesting parts of it for me yesterday, I thought I'd just mention Arsenal's campaign against knife crime that was released yesterday, with a video and also confirmation that Arsenal will wear an all white kit for the game against Nottingham Forest in [...]

7 01, 2022

How does Arteta rotate in the next 10 days and what should we do about Lacazette?

By |2022-01-07T07:54:48+00:00January 7th, 2022|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, FA Cup, League Cup, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Morning folks and welcome to Friday. Been a long ol' slog this week, I have to say, so has it been the same for you? Have you just jumped straight back in to the swing of work or have you counted down until the weekend like me? What hasn't helped was the lack of football [...]

31 12, 2021

COVID crippling any well-though game plans

By |2021-12-31T10:03:27+00:00December 31st, 2021|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

I didn't manage to catch the training pictures from 29th that the club released, so had a little look this morning, as I pondered to myself why on earth I give a monkeys about seeing players doing their shuttle runs at London Colney more now than I ever have before. Then it dawned on me: [...]

30 12, 2021

Arteta’s COVID has a big impact in a game of fine margins

By |2021-12-30T08:48:01+00:00December 30th, 2021|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

There's no place to start today other than our manager Mikel Arteta, who the club confirmed yesterday contracted COVID for the second time in just under two years, meaning he is now in isolation and will not be on the bench for the game against Man City on New Years Day. I think this is [...]

27 12, 2021

Arsenal doing the job; confidence soaring against Norwich

By |2021-12-27T09:08:32+00:00December 27th, 2021|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Some days writing about The Arsenal feels like a proper chore. I've been - broadly speaking - writing about Arsenal for 13 years and so it has become habitual, which means I really do have to drag my carcass to the laptop and at this time of the year with over-indulgence a daily occurrence, it [...]

26 12, 2021

Pepe and Nketiah to get a shot against Norwich?

By |2021-12-26T08:34:16+00:00December 26th, 2021|Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

It’s match day and a Boxing Day one in which Arsenal face a struggling Norwich side who currently sit bottom of the league having picked up two wins and four draws all season. They have found it struggling even since Dean Smith took over and even have a fair few injury and COVID problems today, [...]

24 12, 2021

Arteta’s balancing act for Christmas

By |2021-12-24T09:19:23+00:00December 24th, 2021|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Rant|2 Comments

So it seems we are now playing the waiting game when it comes to our Boxing Day fixture. Two games were called off yesterday, including Wolves’ match against Leeds and that means Wolves will have had a full nine days rest between their 0-0 draw against Chelski on 19th and when they play us. Hardly [...]

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