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 [...]

20 01, 2021

The mass clear out at Arsenal in the summer is astonishing

By |2021-01-20T08:25:03+00:00January 20th, 2021|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, contracts, Mikel Arteta, premier league|6 Comments

It's Wednesday, the middle of the week, another three days until we meet Southampton in the FA Cup. So what did I do when I woke up this morning? Something I haven't really done all season: I looked at the league table. It's a bit mental. Usually by February you start to see one or [...]

18 01, 2021

Arsenal must be quicker in possession against Newcastle

By |2021-01-18T08:15:29+00:00January 18th, 2021|Arsenal FC, Attack, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|1 Comment

As the saga I spoke about rumbles further on with pictures and the like coming out yesterday early evening, mercifully we have something else to focus on, which is an important game at home to Newcastle United tonight. It's a game that if I'm completely honest with you about, I'm not exactly massively confident about. [...]

17 01, 2021

Mesut Ozil: it shouldn’t have ended this way

By |2021-01-17T09:23:52+00:00January 17th, 2021|Arsenal FC, contracts, finances, gooners, Gunners, History|1 Comment

Well now, what sort of Arsenal-related news could we possibly talk about, given that they aren't playing until Monday and Arteta already did his presser on Thursday that we had a chin wag about yesterday? Oh, I dunno, how about a certain German playmaker with whom nearly all of the major media outlets confirmed yesterday [...]

16 01, 2021

Arteta wants a weekend away from Arsenal too

By |2021-01-16T09:08:07+00:00January 16th, 2021|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

Mikel obviously wanted a weekend without Arsenal as well after that snoozefest on Thursday night, because he did his pre match presser then and yesterday we got the video and transcription on the official site ahead of the game on Monday night against Newcastle. The good news is that Kieran Tierney isn’t going to be [...]

15 01, 2021

A mid table boring performance from a mid table boring Arsenal

By |2021-01-15T08:05:24+00:00January 15th, 2021|Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Ahh man that was boring to watch last night. I tweeted that Arsenal are an ugly team with a handsome manager and last night's 0-0 snoozefest against Crystal Palace certainly felt like it was backed up by an Arsenal team so lacking in creative spark that you wondered if we were actually watching a pre [...]

12 01, 2021

Does Arteta need to publicly praise form players more? And what was the Runarsson ‘plan’?

By |2021-01-12T08:11:30+00:00January 12th, 2021|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

Perhaps somewhat surprisingly Mikel Arteta held his press conference ahead of the Palace game on Thursday. Normally it is a day or two before the match itself but I wonder if he just wanted to 'get it out of the way' so he could focus on the challenge that Palace provide us this week. After [...]

11 01, 2021

Elneny to Sabitzer: How Arsenal’s style needs to evolve with player recruitment

By |2021-01-11T08:18:07+00:00January 11th, 2021|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, midfield, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

Morning folks. Another Monday in lockdown. It's a countdown to the Palace game on Thursday and as you'd probably expect given the game is four days away, which means most people arse still worrying themselves with transfer noises, which I too am not immune to. We've seen the Buendia stuff come and go, there's been [...]

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