22 11, 2020

Arteta needs to inject pace into Arsenal attack against Leeds

By |2020-11-22T10:05:26+00:00November 22nd, 2020|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, Formation, injuries, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

I believe I have some very real fears and trepidation about today’s game at Elland Road. The preparation the Arsenal players have had in the build up to this hasn’t been ideal, with injuries, COVID and the form of some of our players, plus I have some bad memories of defeats going up there I [...]

18 11, 2020

How Arsenal move the ball quicker from back to front

By |2020-11-18T07:46:36+00:00November 18th, 2020|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, gooners, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

If ever you wanted an example of footballers not living in the normal world, it comes courtesy of Willian who supposedly if you read some of the stories from yesterday, decided to head off to Dubai during this international break. In normal times that'd be ok if he's been given a few days off but [...]

16 11, 2020

Partey, Xhaka and Ceballos – let’s see if that midfield trio can work

By |2020-11-16T08:23:38+00:00November 16th, 2020|Arsenal FC, Formation, injuries, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Still not a lot going on in the Arsenal world today, well, other than the ladies football in which the Arsenal women drew yesterday. But I've never really been able to get myself 'in' to it to be honest. It's the same with the youth football too. I want players coming through, it is great [...]

10 11, 2020

Taking the ‘rough’ with the ‘smooth’ with new manager Arteta

By |2020-11-10T08:10:42+00:00November 10th, 2020|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|2 Comments

I'm still trying to figure out in my head why I'm still mad about the Villa game. We're now two days after the defeat and usually after a blog post mortem and generally trying to fill my life with other stuff, I am able to just put defeats in a metaphorical box, move on, prep [...]

9 11, 2020

Cowardly Arsenal outfought by Villa

By |2020-11-09T08:54:27+00:00November 9th, 2020|Arsenal, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Rant, Tactics|0 Comments

That was a disgusting performance last night from Arsenal. It was cowardly, lacked intensity and, frankly, should be worthy of some serious examination and change by the club in the cold light of day this morning. If last week it was time to hold our hands up and admit that Arteta got the approach and [...]

8 11, 2020

Arsenal need to find an answer to Villa’s low block and counter

By |2020-11-08T08:48:20+00:00November 8th, 2020|Arsenal FC, Attack, Formation, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

And here we are at another match day folks. It’s a late kick off, a disgusting ‘pay-per-view’ kick off, with a return of a former player we all know and love in the shape of Emi Martinez, as we line up against Aston Villa at The Emirates tonight. We all know Emi is having the [...]

5 11, 2020

Molde FK will bring about rotation in Arsenal tonight – match preview

By |2020-11-05T08:17:34+00:00November 5th, 2020|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Europa League, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, Tactics|1 Comment

Matchday number three in the Europa League brings about it a team named after the stuff growing in Tottenham's trophy cabinet. Yep, Molde are coming to town, which means we've got an opportunity to see how our team stacks up against the current reigning Norwegian Champions who currently sit second in the Eliteserien league. And [...]

3 11, 2020

Changing Arsenal’s front three and letting go of the reins a little

By |2020-11-03T08:03:15+00:00November 3rd, 2020|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Europa League, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|1 Comment

Morning y'all and happy Tuesday unto thee. I'm playing Lockdown2 countdown at the moment by visiting my local watering holes in the evening and sampling the amber nectar they have on display. It's not that I particularly need to be having a beer every night, but when that smooth taste of a draught of beer is [...]

2 11, 2020

Arteta’s plan and Arsenal’s high press see off Man United

By |2020-11-02T08:02:21+00:00November 2nd, 2020|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

And a very good morning to you, my fellow Gooners! Hope you're having a grand ol' day and after a victory like we got yesterday, I am sure that you are, and will do for the rest of this week. It's a lovely feeling to start the week having seen your team get a big [...]

27 10, 2020

Where are the risk takers at Arsenal?

By |2020-10-27T08:10:17+00:00October 27th, 2020|Arsenal, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Rant, Tactics|0 Comments

I'm still replaying that defeat from Sunday night in my head. The predictability of it is driving me insane. Dominate possession, not taking first half chances, VAR ruling out a perfectly good goal and then sucker-punched by Jamie Vardy as the game reached it's closing quarter of the match. It's maddening when history repeats itself [...]

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