21 02, 2026

Mikel’s calm vs. my nerves: Can Arsenal rediscover form in N17?

By |2026-02-21T10:07:22+00:00February 21st, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

I don't know why, but I feel more nervous about this game tomorrow than I have done in years. Actually, scrap that, I think I do know why. Firstly, it's because this feels like a game that, unless we win, we may very well be on the verge of being out of a title race [...]

20 02, 2026

Starboy signed, NLD looming

By |2026-02-20T08:51:28+00:00February 20th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Morning peeps. Hope you're ok. I am still pretty mad about Wednesday night, but you know what they say about time being a healer, right? Well, for me, it's that and Small Prophets, which I watched the last episode of last night. Great stuff. I guess the club was also hoping that official announcements of star [...]

17 02, 2026

Mansfield and Wolves – an opportunity for rotation?

By |2026-02-17T08:43:42+00:00February 17th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, FA Cup, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Happy Tuesday boys and girls. Let's start with some FA Cup news, shall we? After all, we did learn last night our fate and opponents in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup and as I hoped for last in yesterday's blog, we got the kind of draw that our compact fixture schedule could probably [...]

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 [...]

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