12 09, 2024

The North London Derby doesn’t need a trigger-happy referee

By |2024-09-12T07:29:53+01:00September 12th, 2024|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, History, Mikel Arteta, premier league, referees|1 Comment

Here we go folks, strap yerselves in, because we're now on the countdown the North London Derby and that means any of the football media outlets you usually tune in to will be awash with COMBINED NORTH LONDON DERBY XI'S, ex-players talking about how this is 'make or break' for both teams, discussions around why [...]

1 09, 2024

Another day, another shocking set of refereeing decisions – Arsenal v Brighton

By |2024-09-01T11:25:20+01:00September 1st, 2024|analysis, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, premier league, Rant, referees|0 Comments

No matter how much I might try to today, there is absolutely no way of looking at that game yesterday any other way than through the lens of that 49th minute ‘incident’ featuring Veltman and Rice. As you will already know, on a yellow, Rice and Veltman came together by the corner flag and a [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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