30 09, 2025

A week is a long time in football – sometimes that’s not long enough

By |2025-09-30T08:13:21+01:00September 30th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

It's funny how the rapid nature of football ('A week is a long time..' and all that) can work for you and against you, isn't it? I went to bed last night and as I started to drift off, I was thinking about what a big and positive result the game on Sunday was, because [...]

29 09, 2025

Arsenal overcome controversy to stake an early claim in the title race against Newcastle

By |2025-09-29T08:34:43+01:00September 29th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Where to even start after yesterday, eh? I think I want to be broadly positive today, because when you snatch a victory from the jaws of defeat with a last minute goal in extra time, then you have to be feeling positive rather than dwell on some of the negatives. So I'm going to get [...]

28 09, 2025

We have an opportunity at St James’ Park

By |2025-09-28T09:34:31+01:00September 28th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, History, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

We have an opportunity today. One of the most frustrating part of last season - injuries aside - was that it felt like every time an opportunity opened up for The Arsenal to claw points back on Liverpool, we didn't take it, so they ended up creeping away from us until the lead they had [...]

24 09, 2025

Injuries should dictate that Arsenal fully rotate against Port Vale

By |2025-09-24T08:07:58+01:00September 24th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, injuries, League Cup, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, press conference|0 Comments

It's League Cup match day today and I don't know about you, but sometimes it's nice to not feel the pressure of the Premier League or Champions League and just 'watch' an Arsenal game, right? It's a little like the summer friendlies. You can watch, you can have your preferences for victory being The Arsenal, [...]

23 09, 2025

Arteta learning and a Martinelli central test run against Port Vale?

By |2025-09-23T07:59:53+01:00September 23rd, 2025|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference, Tactics|0 Comments

Ok, so we’re over 24 hours now since the disappointing 1-1 draw against City and - ridiculous comments from Bernardo Silva about the turnaround time they had compared to us to prep for the game (hello? We played Atalanta away on the Thursday before we travelled up to Manchester in the corresponding fixture last year [...]

22 09, 2025

Passive first halves and selection questions leave Arsenal with just a point against Man City

By |2025-09-22T08:13:44+01:00September 22nd, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

In the fullness of time a draw against Man City may not appear to be the worst result in the world. Indeed, when you get an equaliser in the dying ebbs of the game, it feels like more of a boost than it should. But given where City were, given how the game played out [...]

20 09, 2025

How does Arteta solve a possible Ødegaard absence?

By |2025-09-20T07:32:44+01:00September 20th, 2025|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference, Tactics|0 Comments

Well we have heard from the managers now, with both doing their usual niceties talking about each other, which we’ve all come to expect given how close they are as friends. Pep did a little flippant comment about how if Mikel wins the league it is not because of him or his team, but because [...]

16 09, 2025

Does the physical midfield battle against Bilbao mean a shuffle for Arteta?

By |2025-09-16T06:47:19+01:00September 16th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, midfield, Mikel Arteta, Tactics|0 Comments

It's Champions League match day one and we find ourselves up against a familiar adversary from the summer friendlies: Athletic Club in Bilbao. In the summer we saw an Arsenal side who swash buckled their way to a comfortable 3-0 victory at The Emirates with Big Vik also getting on the scoresheet in a game [...]

13 09, 2025

Forest are an unknown quantity but Arsenal must start fast

By |2025-09-13T07:48:28+01:00September 13th, 2025|Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Here we are folks. It’s matchday. Like, a proper matchday, not like those fake match days that masquerade as if they’re matvhdays when in fact they’re international breaks. Oh how I have missed them. The nerves, the anticipation, the apprehension…it’s all here. Except…I’m at Heathrow as I type this, about to board a flight to [...]

12 09, 2025

A look behind enemy lines as Arsenal prep for Forest at home

By |2025-09-12T07:46:50+01:00September 12th, 2025|Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

Morning folks, hope we're all good and looking for to the re-commencement of the proper stuff tomorrow. We had some lovely videos and pictures of the players in training and as usual, as we all did our zooming in to see if there were any players not in the pictures or videos. It looks like a [...]

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