16 02, 2019

Özil and Emery: War’s a brewin’

By |2019-02-16T10:09:01+00:00February 16th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, contracts, gooners, Gunners, Ownership and the board, Rant, Unai Emery|1 Comment

Unai Emery is the man with the power to pick the team and so Özil has little else with which to strike back if he isn't playing. Which is why he - with inevitable backing and collaboration of his PR Team too - decided to post a not-so-subtle message last night on social media: When [...]

15 02, 2019

Boring boring Arsenal (for all the wrong reasons)

By |2019-02-15T11:37:58+00:00February 15th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, Europa League, Formation, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Tactics, Unai Emery|0 Comments

Well that wasn't a whole heap of fun yesterday evening was it? To coin a phrase from Steve McCroskey in Airplane!: Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop drinking. Being off the booze in Feb meant I had to sit through more than 90 minutes of that dross that Unai Emery's players served [...]

13 02, 2019

Returning injuries give Emery food for Europa League thought

By |2019-02-13T11:18:48+00:00February 13th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Europa League, gooners, Gunners, injuries, press conference|1 Comment

I guess one of the benefits of the new job I have is that because I often have to do early morning calls my commute into London is a little later than in my previous role. That's a benefit from a blog perspective because it means I'm writing today's instalment having just seen the team [...]

9 02, 2019

Huddersfield preview: no pragmatism, unleash the creativity, Arsenal

By |2019-02-09T08:46:47+00:00February 9th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, premier league, Tactics, Unai Emery|1 Comment

A game away to Huddersfield today represents somewhat of an 'interesting' statistical impasse today it seems. Arsenal haven't kept a clean sheet all season away from home, whilst Huddersfield have failed to score in their last five matches. Huddersfield haven't picked up a win in the league since they beat Fulham at home in November. [...]

30 01, 2019

Stuttering Arsenal do the job against compact Cardiff

By |2019-01-30T17:20:09+00:00January 30th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, premier league, Tactics, Unai Emery|0 Comments

Blimey it was cold watching the football last night. Real 'brass monkeys' stuff and after the first half of football we watched I did wonder whether all I'd have to show from an evening of sleet and numb toes was a solitary point against a dogged Cardiff team. And it was a dogged Cardiff team. [...]

29 01, 2019

Football a sideshow on a sombre evening against Cardiff

By |2019-01-29T07:18:45+00:00January 29th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Formation, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, premier league, Unai Emery|1 Comment

This game will have a sadly strange feel about it today I think, what with it being the first game since Cardiff City have played, having tragically lost Emiliano Sala to that plane crash over a week ago. It's times like that in which you realise how football is just a side distraction in your [...]

23 01, 2019

Bellerin’s injury force club to think long term

By |2019-01-23T07:23:32+00:00January 23rd, 2019|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Defence, FA Cup, gooners, Gunners, Unai Emery|0 Comments

So we've lost Hector for the whole season, confirmed by the club yesterday evening, which now means that some kind of solution at right back needs to be found by a unai Emery. It's a bitter blow for the team because it was obvious the difference in class that Hector brought to the team when [...]

19 01, 2019

Playing Özil could be the difference; the wing backs are vital against Chelsea today

By |2019-01-19T09:13:10+00:00January 19th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, Formation, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, premier league, Tactics, Unai Emery|0 Comments

Happy Saturday folks. It's match day which is always a lovely old distraction and today, after what feels like a long week of turmoil and rumour, we get some actual football to sink our teeth in to. Chelski Cole to our gaff and it's weird because although it's essentially a season definer for The Arsenal, [...]

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