11 09, 2024

Who replaces Odegaard in midfield on Sunday? Some options…

By |2024-09-11T07:58:56+01:00September 11th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Internationals, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

So...I think that we're done now on these insufferable international breaks. And we have certainly suffered. First Calafiori, then Odegaard, but I think and hope that every other Arsenal player came through them and now we have the daunting task of picking up the pieces and assessing how we are going to go about preparing for the North [...]

10 09, 2024

Odegaard’s injury – international football can get in the bin

By |2024-09-10T07:41:47+01:00September 10th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, injuries, Internationals, Mikel Arteta, Rant|0 Comments

I think I can speak for most Arsenal fans this morning when I say: International football can get in the f*cking bin. And then that bin can be thrown in the sea. Because you - like me I am sure - will be pretty cheesed off about the Martin Odegaard injury last night. He landed [...]

9 06, 2024

So many ‘player of the season’ candidates from The Arsenal; Champions League new format walk through

By |2024-06-09T11:16:57+01:00June 9th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Champions League, gooners, Gunners|1 Comment

It's all quiet on the Arsenal front, as you'd expect given the time of the year, so I decided this morning to have a poke around the official website and see what's been cooking. And wouldn't you just know it, I missed the noises about Martin Odegaard being awarded our player of the season. And [...]

24 05, 2024

A midfield of consistency at The Arsenal

By |2024-05-24T08:28:37+01:00May 24th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Yesterday I went through the defence, so today I thought I'd do some musing over our midfield. Yesterday I also gave an honourable mention to Declan Rice, because I do truly believe that the trio of Gabriel, Saliba and Rice are the main reason as to why we were so miserly in conceding goals, but [...]

5 01, 2024

The goals WILL come for Arsenal – here’s why…

By |2024-01-05T08:39:17+00:00January 5th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Today we'll have Mikel Arteta's press conference ahead of the Liverpool game and he'll be asked about the game, injury updates, but also about the current profligacy in front of goal and how he overcomes it. My hope is that with a glint in his eye he comes out swinging. My hope is that he [...]

14 11, 2023

Good for Martin, bad for Jesus, terrible from PGMOL

By |2023-11-14T08:51:47+00:00November 14th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Internationals, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Rant, referees|0 Comments

Morning folks and welcome to Tuesday, which will probably be the last of the regularly released rambling utterances from yours truly on here, because in about 13 hours from writing this I'm off to New Zealand for a few weeks. I'll try to get a few blogs and thoughts penned in during that time, but [...]

7 11, 2023

The importance of Odegaard and Jesus

By |2023-11-07T08:23:30+00:00November 7th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, injuries|0 Comments

Turns out that going Invincible isn't for everyone, eh? Well, if you're going to play that high a line against any Premier League side whilst down to ten men, then you absolutely get what you deserve. But I'll speak no more about them today I think, instead reflecting on what it means for us, because [...]

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