29 04, 2025

Expectations and anticipation: PSG at home

By |2025-04-29T09:27:03+01:00April 29th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Champions League, Defence, gooners, Gunners, History, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

It's the big one tonight. The season-definer (until, maybe, next week in Paris), the one in which glory could be found like Madrid at home, or gut punch can be received, like the home defeat to Man United within the first few minutes in 2009. Arteta knows he will need the home support to replicate [...]

25 04, 2025

Injuries cost you everything – comparing Liverpool 2023/4 with Arsenal 2024/5

By |2025-04-25T10:59:43+01:00April 25th, 2025|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, injuries, premier league|1 Comment

With Liverpool ostensibly going to win the league this weekend, naturally all of the talk has been about them, the great work that Arne Slot has done, how impressive they have been. So naturally with Arsenal not playing this weekend, that's taken a little bit of my focus today rather than the usual look at [...]

23 04, 2025

Arsenal need to ‘do the job’ against Palace tonight

By |2025-04-23T08:49:33+01:00April 23rd, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, premier league|0 Comments

Tonight's game against Palace feels like a bit of an inconvenience for both teams, if we're all honest with ourselves, but Arsenal still have a job to do this evening. With Man City winning late against Villa last night, City are within five points of us now, having played a game more. The whole world [...]

22 04, 2025

Will Palace tomorrow have ‘summer friendly’ vibes to it?

By |2025-04-22T08:26:17+01:00April 22nd, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Spent the Easter weekend with family, which meant less time available for blogging first thing in the morning, but had I jumped on here for some post match words yesterday, I'd have talked about a professional performance against an opponent who looked like the jig was up. For Arsenal the approach was good; the players [...]

19 04, 2025

A Kai-shaped ray of hope from Arteta’s presser yesterday?

By |2025-04-19T08:59:54+01:00April 19th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

Me having suggested that perhaps they'd take the day off yesterday, of course Mikel Arteta rocked up to do his press conference in the afternoon after I'd posted some thoughts, such is my luck. I don't mind, it gives me something to have a look at on an Easter Saturday morning, although aside from some [...]

18 04, 2025

Arsenal need to capitalise on their current standing in the game

By |2025-04-18T12:55:43+01:00April 18th, 2025|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Transfers|0 Comments

With all of the noise around the Madrid win still beautifully ringing in our collective ears, it's easy to forget that we have another game in to days time, which will be the trip to Portman Road to take on the Tractor Boys. As it's Good Friday, I wondered whether we'd have a Mikel Arteta [...]

17 04, 2025

No Remontada here as Arsenal make history in Madrid

By |2025-04-17T07:50:27+01:00April 17th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Champions League, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, Tactics|3 Comments

Sometimes writing some morning thoughts feels like a slog. Sometimes it just rolls out of my head and on to the page. Today is one of those (the latter) days. I was nervous., I'm sure you were nervous. This was Real Madrid. This was the 15 times champions, on their patch, with a solid three days [...]

15 04, 2025

Arsenal must win the psychological battles early tomorrow

By |2025-04-15T10:29:05+01:00April 15th, 2025|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Champions League, History|0 Comments

Tis' a curious thing, is hope. Whether you have your dosage delivered high, or whether yours is barely discernible to the naked eye, it can lead to a whole spectrum of different actions and emotions in humans. Take the Real Madrid fans and media right now; they are talking up anything and everything to suggest [...]

14 04, 2025

Arsenal’s mindset as Madrid preparations begin

By |2025-04-14T08:17:59+01:00April 14th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Champions League, Defence, Mikel Arteta, Tactics|0 Comments

I could have done a post match blog yesterday but, if I'm completely honest, I couldn't be arsed. It was a boring game, with a rotated squad and as much as Arteta said all the right things in his pre match presser before we played Brentford, the reality of what we had to endure was [...]

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