22 07, 2023

Mikel has himself a Swiss Army Penknife team

By |2023-07-22T07:49:32+01:00July 22nd, 2023|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, friendly, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, pre season|0 Comments

For us here in the UK it’s a late night kick off for the friendly against Man United this season, but given I’m out and about today, that kind of suits me, as when I get home I’ll be able to have a little look at the score and then do a rewatch of the [...]

17 12, 2022

How much does Arteta mix the first and second halves up today against Juve?

By |2022-12-17T08:26:00+00:00December 17th, 2022|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, friendly, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, pre season, premier league|0 Comments

Happy Saturday, you wonderful humans. The countdown to kick off is well and truly underway now. Some will say that it properly starts after the World Cup, but for me with today being the final bit of friendly preparation for Mikel Arteta and his team ahead of West Ham in nine days time, this is [...]

30 07, 2022

Let’s have a look at Arsenal’s in-game tactical flexibility

By |2022-07-30T10:58:26+01:00July 30th, 2022|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Formation, friendly, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, pre season, Tactics|0 Comments

Morning Gooners and welcome to Saturday matchday. Well, it kind of is, of sorts, as The Arsenal play at home to Sevilla in our final friendly before the new season starts in six days and it'll be our final look at the team that will lock horns with the Eagles for the Friday Night Football [...]

23 07, 2022

Does Arteta risk first teamers against the clobbermeisters of Chelsea?

By |2022-07-23T07:35:15+01:00July 23rd, 2022|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, friendly, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, pre season|0 Comments

Good morning Gooners and welcome to Saturday! We are on less than two weeks and counting until the season proper and tonight the lads conclude the US tour with a game against those scummers Chelsea. This is a Chelsea side buoyed by the arrival of Raheem Sterling, who i'd expect to get some minutes tonight, [...]

4 07, 2022

Arsenal’s ‘to do’ list for the next week

By |2022-07-04T08:06:38+01:00July 4th, 2022|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, gooners, Gunners, midfield, pre season, soccer, Transfers|0 Comments

Morning folks and welcome to Monday. I'll be off to Sam Sebastian in Spain for a long weekend trip with friends, so my hopes by the time we get to this time next week are: Gabriel Jesus might actually have signed for The Arsenal We get a good showing in Germany as the lads travel [...]

9 08, 2021

Are Arsenal ready for the new season? Is Willock’s exit just the start?

By |2021-08-09T07:31:49+01:00August 9th, 2021|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, friendly, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, midfield, Mikel Arteta, pre season|1 Comment

So the two big talking points today then, are: The final televised friendly against the Scum that ended in a 1-0 defeat yesterday lunchtime The impending sale of Joe Willock First, the game itself, which was the final one in the 'Mind' series. We found ourselves on the wrong end of the result and finished [...]

2 08, 2021

As much goodness and badness: Chelski friendly review

By |2021-08-02T07:45:14+01:00August 2nd, 2021|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, friendly, Match Review, midfield, Mikel Arteta, pre season, Tactics|0 Comments

Plenty to chew over from yesterday's 2-2* draw over Chelski at the Emirates, some good, some shall we say 'less so good'. Let's get the less so good stuff out of the way first though, because I'd rather finish today's blog feeling a little more positive, given that it's a Monday morning. Arteta named a [...]

29 07, 2021

Watford take a look at Eddie as Azeez looks tasty

By |2021-07-29T08:12:20+01:00July 29th, 2021|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, gooners, Gunners, midfield, pre season, premier league, Transfers|0 Comments

Well, don't we have a lot of things to chew over on this Thursday morn, eh? For starters there was a game yesterday. Bit last minute, but Arsenal arranged another friendly at London Colney in which Watford came to visit from over the fence. Almost literally, given their training ground is next to ours and [...]

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