3 07, 2025

Could Zubimendi be great for Odegaard?

By |2025-07-03T07:36:30+01:00July 3rd, 2025|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Transfers|0 Comments

If you're inclined to believe some of the noises that were emerging yesterday from some of the more well-informed ITKs, then today is Zubi Day, with the club set to announce the Spaniard as their latest signing from Real Sociedad. It makes sense, really, after they made a fairly significant announcement on the women's side [...]

1 05, 2025

Thinking time for Arteta (and Odegaard) these next few days

By |2025-05-01T08:24:04+01:00May 1st, 2025|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Some days it's really easy to just brain dump a load of Arsenal thoughts on to the page. Today is not one of those days. I'm still kind of reeling from the defeat to PSG in the first leg, but what has struck me as interesting is how many Arsenal fans are actually quite positive that [...]

30 04, 2025

Arsenal inhibited against PSG

By |2025-04-30T07:31:18+01:00April 30th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Champions League, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, Tactics|0 Comments

This one felt different to Real Madrid. I don’t know why, I sort of know how, but pre game I didn’t have the same vibes. Pre Madrid I was very much “ahh we’re underdogs and probably won’t win, so I’m here for the craic” but, as the game played out, things changed. Real sat off, [...]

4 03, 2025

PSV preview: Arteta needs attacking answers from his Arsenal players

By |2025-03-04T08:36:29+00:00March 4th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, Tactics|0 Comments

It's hard to know what to make of tonight's away tie to PSV this evening. Ordinarily I'd be thinking that this is one we should be able to get a good footing on, so we can finish the job in North London, so tonight is about maybe racking a goal or two so we all [...]

23 01, 2025

A routine Arsenal win (and about time!)

By |2025-01-22T22:38:09+00:00January 23rd, 2025|Arsenal FC, Attack, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, Match Review|0 Comments

Sometimes I write the headlines before I own a single thought on here. But coming out of the ground last night with Arsenal all but secured an automatic spot in the last 16 of the Champions League, that’s exactly what I felt, because we were never really troubled at all against a Zagreb team who [...]

8 01, 2025

Arsenal’s profligacy in front of goal highlighted by excellent Isak

By |2025-01-08T07:53:55+00:00January 8th, 2025|Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, History, injuries, League Cup, Match Review|2 Comments

Sometimes when I watch Arsenal, I just have that feeling of “oh no, this is going to be one of THOSE games” and after we’d created a couple of good chances before Newcastle got their first goal, including Martinelli crashing the ball off the post, I started to have that feeling. It’s the feeling that [...]

15 12, 2024

Everton snoozefest shows Arsenal have a profligacy problem

By |2024-12-15T10:45:54+00:00December 15th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

That was absolutely pants yesterday. I said it in my match preview, I was worried that it would be a stinky 'non game' in which Arsenal would need to find the answers to a low block, long ball, deep lying team with very little ambition to go forward in Everton. That is exactly what we [...]

13 11, 2024

Odegaard’s return important and sensible

By |2024-11-13T09:21:55+00:00November 13th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, injuries, Internationals, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

When Norway boss Solbakken called up Odegaard, I naturally feared the worst, as I'm sure you did too. Footballers are a little different from you and I, you see, because where I personally would happily tell England to 'do one', they want to play for their national teams in these pointless glorified friendlies. So I [...]

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