18 07, 2026

Morgan Rogers – the cost is important, but so is where he plays

By |2026-07-18T08:37:13+01:00July 18th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, pre season, Transfers|1 Comment

If you're an Arsenal fan who engages on social media, then you'll be well aware of the good work that HandOfArsenal does in keeping us all informed of the latest developments at The Arsenal. They either currently work at the club, or they are somebody who knows a few people at the club, and the [...]

17 07, 2026

The Arsenal transfer engine has finally started

By |2026-07-17T07:34:51+01:00July 17th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, gooners, Gunners, pre season, Transfers|1 Comment

Those Arsenal England fans still reeling from the exit in the World Cup will hopefully take some Tzolis in the news that we have a shiny new signing about to be announced (see what I did there? I'm here all week...). Yep, it appears we have a Greek lad on the way, and it feels like [...]

2 06, 2026

Looking around the league at Arsenal’s rivals for next season

By |2026-06-02T09:54:06+01:00June 2nd, 2026|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

I went for a walk with The Management last night. We talked a little bit about how long this feeling of the 'good vibes' can go on for. I said a little while longer, but it does feel as though the 'party vibes' are starting to subside now. I still walked through Uxbridge yesterday and [...]

4 05, 2026

Arsenal fans and our mental gymnastics

By |2026-05-04T09:15:45+01:00May 4th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

We certainly saw some 'end of season' performances yesterday, eh? With Unai Emery going 'Full Unai' with his team ahead of their home game against Forest on Thursday, Villa put in the kind of performance you expect from an end-of-season team that really are mentally on the beach. That was frustrating from an Arsenal fan [...]

19 01, 2026

The Premier League…Nobody said it was easy….

By |2026-01-19T07:39:30+00:00January 19th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, History, premier league, Unai Emery|0 Comments

I've already spoken about that gnawing frustration I felt after Saturday evening's disappointing 0-0 draw to Forest. I know I am not alone. Even Declan Rice had been snapped mouthing expletives at the final whistle, which I think we can all understand, because that's what a lot of us were feeling at the time. City slip [...]

31 12, 2025

Villa review – Arsenal’s second half makes a statement

By |2025-12-31T09:08:13+00:00December 31st, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league|1 Comment

For the last few matches I've read a few blogs, listened to a few podcasts and spoken to a few mates, talking about how the performances haven't quite matched the goal threat we have produced. I'm sure you've been exposed to the whole "Arsenal have one goal from 9 xG" narrative as much as I [...]

30 12, 2025

The wings could be key for Arsenal against Villa tonight

By |2025-12-30T10:37:15+00:00December 30th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Happy match day folks - hope we're all good? Well, I say "happy" match day, but we all know that is predicated on whether Arsenal can collect all three points tonight against a red-hot Aston Villa on fine form at the moment, and going into this game feeling like they can beat anybody. And they [...]

29 12, 2025

Arsenal must avoid the ‘Rope-a-Dope’ and learn the Villa lessons

By |2025-12-29T10:47:39+00:00December 29th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, History, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|2 Comments

It;s Monday, I think, and at some stage between now and midnight we'll get a team update from Mikel Arteta. By which time whatever I say now will probably be old news. So rather than look at what's going on with Arsenal, why don't we have a look at what we might face with Aston [...]

22 12, 2025

Who is Arsenal’s ‘red hot’ player in form right now?

By |2025-12-22T09:02:50+00:00December 22nd, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, injuries, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

I didn't watch the Villa-United game yesterday, but I suspected Villa might win it and when you look at that winning run, you have to say 'fair f*cks' to those players and Unai. Morgan Rogers is in the form of his life for Villa and that is propelling them forward as we speak. Then, on [...]

8 12, 2025

Use the pain to fuel the next run

By |2025-12-08T07:41:43+00:00December 8th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

In the immediate aftermath of Saturday's result, as well as yesterday, I decided to pretty much just stay away from all things football. I was with my family for the weekend, it was a bit of a family party, I didn't want to ruin it by thinking too much about the last-gasp winner, because I [...]

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