16 02, 2026

Professional display see’s Arsenal safely navigate Wigan at home

By |2026-02-16T08:51:17+00:00February 16th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, FA Cup, gooners, Gunners, Match Review|0 Comments

Yesterday was as comfortable as you're going to get as an Arsenal fan visiting the Emirates this season. We all kind of suspected it; after all, I'd spoken before the game about how Wigan had recently lost their manager, were not in form, and, frankly, they probably feel like they could do without this cup [...]

14 02, 2026

The away day countdown: Why Wolves and the NLD are the season’s real markers

By |2026-02-14T13:48:37+00:00February 14th, 2026|analysis, Arsenal, gooners, Gunners, History, injuries, premier league|0 Comments

With our game at home to Wigan not on until tomorrow late afternoon, today has felt like a bit of a barren wasteland so far, if I'm honest. I got up, did a whole bunch of jobs, didn't get around to penning some thoughts until now, but there's not a ton of stuff going on. [...]

10 02, 2026

Controlling the controllable’s: Thoughts ahead of a massive match week 25

By |2026-02-10T08:51:06+00:00February 10th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, contracts, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

We kick off match week 25 with a host of non-Arsenal fixtures, as the TV companies continue to feed from the money trough by spreading matches over three days, and I can't work out whether us playing on Thursday is a good thing or not. The Scum, for example, play Newcastle tonight, but then they [...]

8 02, 2026

Big Vik seals it as Arsenal go nine clear with Sunderland win

By |2026-02-08T05:47:16+00:00February 8th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, premier league|1 Comment

I thought that was a hard-earned victory yesterday against Sunderland. They're a good team. A physical team. A team who know their strengths and is good at reducing its deficiencies. The data nerds may well raise an occasional eyebrow at how well they've done this season, but having watched them frustrate us and stifle us [...]

7 02, 2026

Tough one, low block, but Arsenal need to do the business against Sunderland

By |2026-02-07T10:32:21+00:00February 7th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Feeling a bit, well, weirdly nervous about this one today. Yesterday I touched on it, but it's one of those games in which everything - and everyone - is calling this a routine home win. The stats back it up, again, as I mentioned yesterday. Sundewrland aren't amazing away from home. And yet....AND YET...there's that [...]

6 02, 2026

The seven-point itch: Can Arsenal finally pull away from the chasing pack?

By |2026-02-06T06:50:19+00:00February 6th, 2026|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

We find out team news from Mikel Arteta today, so we'll know what we're dealing with when it comes to tomorrow's opposition, Sunderland, but I wonder what Mikel is thinking from a tactical perspective? From a fitness point of view, the news we have all unofficially heard is that Saka is out until probably the [...]

5 02, 2026

Closer together, scoring more: The tactical shift Benefiting Viktor Gyökeres

By |2026-02-05T06:22:25+00:00February 5th, 2026|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Tactics|0 Comments

So it looks like it's City in the final of the League Cup for us in March then. The current top two are battling it out for the first trophy of the season, after Newcastle went out with a bit of a whimper against Pep's 115 Charges FC, of which Pep isn't happy that Marc [...]

4 02, 2026

Havertz haunts Chelsea once again – Wembley here we come

By |2026-02-04T06:51:48+00:00February 4th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Defence, gooners, Gunners, History, League Cup, Match Review, Mikel Arteta|2 Comments

I really don't like Chelsea. I'd go as far as to say I hate them. I hate what they represent. I hate the way they started the spiral of financial doping that is now so prevalent in the game. I hate their game model of stockpiling players and then farming them out on loan. I hate [...]

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