19 01, 2026

The Premier League…Nobody said it was easy….

By |2026-01-19T07:39:30+00:00January 19th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, History, premier league, Unai Emery|0 Comments

I've already spoken about that gnawing frustration I felt after Saturday evening's disappointing 0-0 draw to Forest. I know I am not alone. Even Declan Rice had been snapped mouthing expletives at the final whistle, which I think we can all understand, because that's what a lot of us were feeling at the time. City slip [...]

18 01, 2026

The wrong attacking approach means dropped points for Arsenal against Forest

By |2026-01-18T09:15:09+00:00January 18th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Rant|1 Comment

I have a real sense of gnawing frustration this morning. I watched the United/City game, and I just assumed United would be pants and City cut our lead, not the other way around, so by the time kick off came for our game, I was buzzing. There's nothing like a Sean Dyche mid-block slog-fest to [...]

16 01, 2026

Forest fans not confident ahead of this one, but the Premier League always throws up surprises

By |2026-01-16T08:06:47+00:00January 16th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Happy Friday folks. It's a press conference one today, which means we'll get Arteta and Dyche having their say on the evening kick-off under the lights tomorrow as we travel up to the City Ground. And the nerves are starting to kick in for me, having had a week off and two cup games to [...]

9 01, 2026

Opportunity missed as Arsenal deliver an inhibited second half against Liverpool

By |2026-01-09T08:45:53+00:00January 9th, 2026|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, midfield, premier league|2 Comments

That was about as much fun as the weather last night. Arsenal had an opportunity to really lay down a marker against an injury-hit, beleaguered, and not really in form (despite what the ‘unbeaten run will tell you) Liverpool team. And they just didn’t take it. The opportunity was there, and no such marker was [...]

8 01, 2026

Can you grasp the opportunity?

By |2026-01-08T09:26:06+00:00January 8th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, History, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Well now. That was one heck of a successful hate-watch midweek edition, wasn’t it? The Scum lost to a last-gasp winner (and the manager tries everything, including being given an Arsenal cup and told to drink from it because they’ve ’bottled’ some of Mikel Arteta’s tactical ju-ju in there Man United can’t hold off Burnley [...]

7 01, 2026

Gearing up for Liverpool: this won’t be easy despite the pundits predictions

By |2026-01-07T08:15:35+00:00January 7th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, History, Match Preview, premier league|2 Comments

It's a watching brief for us today and this evening, with our game on tomorrow, but I'd be lying if I said I expected some kind of upset in Manchester. Brighton is a good team; they picked up a win in their last game, but their visits to some of the so-called 'big clubs' of [...]

6 01, 2026

The rarest January ever: Why Arsenal don’t need signings (and I’m loving it)

By |2026-01-06T08:28:44+00:00January 6th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, History, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

It's day two back in the office for me, and I already feel bloody knackered, so much for the rest and recharging of the Christmas period. I don't know how these footballers do it, you know. Well, I do, because they get lots of sleep, and they also treat their bodies like temples, not waste [...]

5 01, 2026

There are no more Premier League relentless title machine teams: Dropped points are the ‘new normal’

By |2026-01-05T08:39:52+00:00January 5th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, History, premier league|2 Comments

Morning all, and welcome to the first Monday of 2026. From a working point of view, given I took Friday off, it sucks. But from an Arsenal point of view, well, it has been a pretty successful and enjoyable Monday in which to write about the current situation. I'll be honest with you, at the [...]

4 01, 2026

Madueke and Rice shine in Bournemouth victory for The Arsenal

By |2026-01-04T11:29:38+00:00January 4th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Happy Sunday boys and girls. We all feeling good about yet another Arsenal win? I know I am. I must admit that on 11 minutes of the game after Gabriel had played the most hospitally of hospital balls across his side of the 18-yard box to gift Evanilson a tap in, I did not have [...]

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