9 01, 2022

Forest away – Arsenal must control the narrative and quieten the crowd

By |2022-01-09T10:22:15+00:00January 9th, 2022|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, FA Cup, gooners, History, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

Morning folks and welcome to matchday. It is one of my most favourite match days of the year actually; FA Cup third round day. A chance to travel to a ground that you don't often go to and for me I haven't been to the City Ground, so a new one to tick off the [...]

7 01, 2022

How does Arteta rotate in the next 10 days and what should we do about Lacazette?

By |2022-01-07T07:54:48+00:00January 7th, 2022|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, FA Cup, League Cup, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Morning folks and welcome to Friday. Been a long ol' slog this week, I have to say, so has it been the same for you? Have you just jumped straight back in to the swing of work or have you counted down until the weekend like me? What hasn't helped was the lack of football [...]

6 01, 2022

Transparency in football is gone; from the EFL to FA…

By |2022-01-06T08:21:05+00:00January 6th, 2022|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, FA Cup, League Cup, premier league, Rant|4 Comments

We should be playing the first of a two-legged semi final in the League Cup against Liverpool this evening. But for reasons that - as I mentioned yesterday - are increasingly murky, it has been postponed to 20th January, in two week's from today. The EFL - chaired by Merseyside-born former Liverpool Chairman Rick Parry [...]

18 05, 2021

There is no silver bullet for Arsenal Football Club

By |2021-05-18T07:39:46+01:00May 18th, 2021|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsene Wenger, Champions League, History, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Morning folks and welcome to Tuesday. We are less than a week away from it all being over and I am starting to get excited. The thought of three months away from having to shout at my TV because young men in their 20s and 30s can't make me happy on a football pitch makes [...]

31 03, 2021

European Super League will end football as we know it

By |2021-03-31T07:50:48+01:00March 31st, 2021|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Champions League, Europa League, finances, History, Ownership and the board, Rant|1 Comment

I was having a read of the always excellent 7amkickoff's blog yesterday. I don't read lots of blogs (not even my own! But you could probably tell that given the typos sometimes ;-) ) but occasionally check in on some and this one intrigued me because it was about the possibility of the UEFA Super [...]

24 01, 2021

Arsenal Squaddies prove they aren’t up to it in the Cup

By |2021-01-24T10:27:20+00:00January 24th, 2021|Arsenal, Attack, Defence, FA Cup, Match Review, midfield, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

What a disappointing performance that was yesterday. And there is emphasis on the word 'performance' really, because that's what I think warrants more discussion and debate than the actual result itself. We all love the FA Cup. We've seen Arsenal win it more than most and certainly in the last 20 odd years Arsenal have [...]

23 01, 2021

Sensible soccer signings in Ryan and Odegaard; Saints preview

By |2021-01-23T08:29:52+00:00January 23rd, 2021|Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, FA Cup, Formation, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, Tactics|0 Comments

Morning folks and welcome to Saturday. And it's a slightly different blog today because it appears as though not only we have a match to digest at lunchtime, but also a signing and one more that seems virtually on the way. On the one that is on the way - Odegaard - I'd like to [...]

22 01, 2021

Moles and Odegaard: Arteta has his say

By |2021-01-22T06:51:25+00:00January 22nd, 2021|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, FA Cup, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, press conference, Transfers|0 Comments

We've had ourselves a press conference yesterday ahead of the FA Cup game tomorrow and Mikel had plenty to say on a number of different things, including some of the exits that we've had, with Sokratis getting the platitudes, as well as Mesut - to an extent anyway. He has obviously said nice things about [...]

10 01, 2021

Smith-Rowe and Tierney the difference makers against Newcastle in the cup

By |2021-01-10T09:30:30+00:00January 10th, 2021|Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, FA Cup, gooners, Gunners, Match Review|0 Comments

A win is a win is a win. Am I right? Arsenal got that win - their fourth in a row - courtesy of a superb Emile Smith-Rowe finish and then a much needed Aubameyang goal in extra time, but whilst we can all agree that was a laboured performance last night, what I think [...]

9 01, 2021

How much does Arteta rotate Arsenal for tonight’s FA Cup game against Newcastle?

By |2021-01-09T11:25:17+00:00January 9th, 2021|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

It's a little bit of a later one from me today, on account of a host of jobs i've had to do, but just before I pop out for a run I thought I'd pen some musings because it is FA Cup third round day and we've got ourselves a 5.30pm kick off on BBC [...]

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