22 06, 2024

English VAR issues once again – why am I not surprised?

By |2024-06-22T09:26:17+01:00June 22nd, 2024|analysis, Arsenal, gooners, Gunners, Internationals, Rant, referees|0 Comments

Morning Gooners - we all good? Got a bit of sun yesterday afternoon and inevitably dropped a beef-heavy BBQ in the back garden whilst watching the Austria v Poland game. That's what I love about the group stages; there's always something on TV to watch. Especially when it's the Euro's, because when it's the World [...]

20 06, 2024

Doing VAR properly

By |2024-06-20T08:22:35+01:00June 20th, 2024|analysis, Arsenal FC, Internationals, premier league, Rant, referees|0 Comments

I want to talk a little about VAR today, particularly the application in the Euro's right now, but before I do that, let's spare a thought and metaphorically pour out a little liquor for Kieran Tierney's Euro2024 campaign, which basically died last night as he was stretchered off for another injury sustained in a career [...]

10 04, 2024

Uncharacteristic Arsenal mistakes leave Bayern tie in the balance

By |2024-04-10T09:21:13+01:00April 10th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Champions League, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Rant, referees|0 Comments

I've calmed down a little bit from my initial rage at the final whistle last night. Calmed down, but still not completely calm, because that last moment of the game should have, I think, been a penalty on Bukayo Saka. Let me show my workings here on how I get this conclusion: Neuer makes clear [...]

27 03, 2024

Patiently waiting and hoping for a clean Arsenal bill of health

By |2024-03-27T06:16:09+00:00March 27th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Internationals, premier league, referees|0 Comments

So, we're done with this frigging pointless friendlies and, as suspected Gareth Southgate kept Declan Rice on the pitch for the full 96 minutes last night. I flicked on and awatched about 10 minutes of the first half as I was cooking to see Pickford have a howler, then I heard about Lewis Dunk's howler, [...]

16 03, 2024

It had to be Bayern and Kane, didn’t it?

By |2024-03-16T08:18:44+00:00March 16th, 2024|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Champions League, Defence, gooners, Gunners, History, Mikel Arteta, Rant, referees|0 Comments

It just had to be bloody Bayern Munich, didn't it, eh? On Thursday I wrote about my preference about who I'd like to see us play in the quarter-final and on that list Bayern finished fifth out of eight, so it almost felt inevitable that we were going to get one of the toughest opponents [...]

12 03, 2024

Time to bring the Arsenal noise against Porto

By |2024-03-12T07:14:55+00:00March 12th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, referees, Transfers|0 Comments

Big one tonight lads and lasses. It's a second leg Champions League tie against FC Porto and Arsenal have a one goal deficit that they need to overcome if there is to be more Champions League football played at The Emirates this season. Mikel Arteta and his players know exactly what is needed and they [...]

10 12, 2023

Profligate Arsenal come unstuck at Villa

By |2023-12-10T10:37:41+00:00December 10th, 2023|Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, premier league, Rant, referees, Tactics, Unai Emery|0 Comments

That one was a tough one to take yesterday, because as Arteta put it after the game, we were the better team and should have put the ball in the back of the net. We knew what we would get last night. Under the lights, on TV, Villa playing well at home and currently on [...]

14 11, 2023

Good for Martin, bad for Jesus, terrible from PGMOL

By |2023-11-14T08:51:47+00:00November 14th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Internationals, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Rant, referees|0 Comments

Morning folks and welcome to Tuesday, which will probably be the last of the regularly released rambling utterances from yours truly on here, because in about 13 hours from writing this I'm off to New Zealand for a few weeks. I'll try to get a few blogs and thoughts penned in during that time, but [...]

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