25 04, 2023

Does the Saliba situation and the ‘Holding System’ mean a ‘Hail Mary’ is needed?

By |2023-04-25T08:27:15+01:00April 25th, 2023|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|1 Comment

The all but official confirmation yesterday that Saliba would certainly miss tomorrow's game at the Etihad yesterday, sent a wave of Arsenal fans - your humble narrator included - into a wave of 'formation and play permutation bingo' and, I'll be honest, none of it was particularly palatable. We all know the issues of late; [...]

16 04, 2023

Start fast and hopefully quieten West Ham down

By |2023-04-16T10:27:20+01:00April 16th, 2023|Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Ahh man am I hungover. Started off with a stein at lunchtime and it slowly descended from there. So I’m feeling a bit fragile this morning. Don’t make my day worse Arsenal, please, I’m begging you. City made light work of Leicester City as we thought and so it means that if we want to [...]

9 04, 2023

Arsenal must stop the long Liverpool diagonals

By |2023-04-09T08:12:28+01:00April 9th, 2023|Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

When I woke up yesterday morning I thought to myself: “don’t bother about City; they smash Southampton (who are terrible), it’ll be all on us for tomorrow, the media narrative will be set, just prepare for it”. But as much as you can tell yourself that, as much as you know what will happen, there [...]

5 04, 2023

Making a case for the increasingly likely start of Rob Holding

By |2023-04-05T08:05:33+01:00April 5th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|1 Comment

I didn't bother to watch the Chelsea versus Liverpool game. I already knew how the script would play out; Liverpool looking ropey, Chelsea not able to finish their dinner, a game in which Football365 has already labelled 'El Sh*tico' would be a waste of an evening. Of course I still wanted to know how the game [...]

1 04, 2023

First of ten cup finals for The Arsenal: Leeds at home

By |2023-04-01T08:00:18+01:00April 1st, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Gunners, injuries, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference, Tactics|1 Comment

Morning folks and welcome to Saturday - match day! - and it is, as Martin Odegaard would put it, the first of our remaining ten 'cup finals' that we must overcome if we want to be champions of this here league. This is where it gets tough. This is where every game is going to [...]

28 02, 2023

How do Arsenal unlock those stubborn low block defences?

By |2023-02-28T07:52:20+00:00February 28th, 2023|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference, Tactics|0 Comments

Morning folks, how we all doing? Looking forward to tomorrow night's slugfest against Everton? Because let's face it, it will be a slugfest. It will be a gruelling, grinding, low-blocking, frustration of an evening as Everton try to double up on our wide forwards, they camp on the edge of their own box with bodies, [...]

15 02, 2023

Arsenal – fans and players – must bring The Fury tonight against Man City

By |2023-02-15T08:32:49+00:00February 15th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|1 Comment

Cards on the table here. I am feeling rather worried about tonight. The opponents we face are formidable and just like whenever we play United at Old Trafford it doesn't seem to matter if we're great - because we lose (last season's game at the Emirates), we match them - because we lose (the FA [...]

11 02, 2023

Brentford at home; this will be tight

By |2023-02-11T09:22:19+00:00February 11th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Morning Gooners, hope you're all grand and feeling chipper ahead of what I think will be a very tough match at the Emirates against Brentford today, who are in form and unbeaten in nine games. They've had a few draws during that run, but it also dates back to an away victory over Man City [...]

5 02, 2023

The performance rather than the defeat is the worry for Arsenal

By |2023-02-05T10:06:50+00:00February 5th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

What is it about Goodison Park, eh? What is it about Everton? What is it about playing them when they are in their worst run of form and then somehow contriving to lose to a team that we should be able to swat to one side? I don't have the answers I'm afraid, but yesterday's [...]

21 01, 2023

Arsenal’s London bus approach to transfers as Kiwior is on the verge…

By |2023-01-21T08:14:46+00:00January 21st, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, Ownership and the board, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

You wait all January for a shiny new player, then two come along in the space of 48 hours! Well, sort of... That's because yesterday as we were just starting to read all the #content in relation to Leandro Trossard, then out of nowhere we get an Ornbomb on Jakub Kiwior from Spezia. I'll come [...]

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