24 12, 2021

Arteta’s balancing act for Christmas

By |2021-12-24T09:19:23+00:00December 24th, 2021|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Rant|2 Comments

So it seems we are now playing the waiting game when it comes to our Boxing Day fixture. Two games were called off yesterday, including Wolves’ match against Leeds and that means Wolves will have had a full nine days rest between their 0-0 draw against Chelski on 19th and when they play us. Hardly [...]

22 12, 2021

Nketiah and Pepe give Arteta something to think about after Sunderland win

By |2021-12-22T09:13:22+00:00December 22nd, 2021|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, League Cup, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

There's no besmirching a 5-1 win, that's for sure and when you do it having rotated most of your team in the League Cup during a busy festive schedule, waking up the next morning feels all the more jubilant I reckon. We've seen plenty of instances in the past where rotated teams for Premier League [...]

10 12, 2021

Arteta’s decision making post-international break leave a lot to be desired

By |2021-12-10T08:02:27+00:00December 10th, 2021|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, History, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

I won't dwell on the double standards that got dealt by the Premier League on match postponements yesterday. We know that what happened at the start of the season is now wrong, they know it was wrong, we move on. The hope is just that the Scum's fixture congestion really piles up on them next [...]

24 11, 2021

Arsenal: A true meritocracy?

By |2021-11-24T07:26:02+00:00November 24th, 2021|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league|1 Comment

Very rarely do I write my blog title each day before I actually start typing my usual daily thoughts. Normally I just spill out on to the virtual page a selection of what I'm thinking about, then I try to put some kind of link between the headline and the waffle I've just written. But [...]

23 11, 2021

Can we react? Can we deliver a battering? Do Arsenal have the team for that?

By |2021-11-23T09:04:05+00:00November 23rd, 2021|Arsenal FC, Attack, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

After a stinging away defeat like the one at Anfield on Saturday, I don't know whether it's worse to have no game on at all and therefore the week feels like it'll drag out from an Arsenal perspective, or whether it's what we all need to take a breather, look at the situation, then have [...]

18 09, 2021

Pepe, ESR, Odegaard and Saka – three from four at Burnley

By |2021-09-18T11:20:33+01:00September 18th, 2021|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

There are some universal truths in life: death, taxes and Burnley fans booing something an opposition player does even though he was in fact probably fouled. And Burnley's fans are the booiest fans you'll ever see. If there was a sweepstake on the first minute at which the Burnley fans would boo Arsenal today, I [...]

12 09, 2021

Arsenal up and running with green shoots against Norwich

By |2021-09-12T10:28:19+01:00September 12th, 2021|Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Winning football matches is hella fun. I like it. I like it indeed. And although at the time I felt moments of frustration, this was very much one of those days in which I look back at the game and realise that actually Arsenal played quite well. In fact you'd say the 1-0 scoreline probably [...]

2 08, 2021

As much goodness and badness: Chelski friendly review

By |2021-08-02T07:45:14+01:00August 2nd, 2021|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, friendly, Match Review, midfield, Mikel Arteta, pre season, Tactics|0 Comments

Plenty to chew over from yesterday's 2-2* draw over Chelski at the Emirates, some good, some shall we say 'less so good'. Let's get the less so good stuff out of the way first though, because I'd rather finish today's blog feeling a little more positive, given that it's a Monday morning. Arteta named a [...]

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