17 09, 2024

Meticulous Arteta will have little time for analysis this week

By |2024-09-17T07:50:15+01:00September 17th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Whilst basking in a North London Derby victory is plenty of fun and I intend on doing it a bit more today, there's no rest for the wicked this week, with Atalanta on Thursday and so probably Mikel and the team leaving for Italy either later today or first thing tomorrow. I wonder if they [...]

15 09, 2024

What Arsenal, and what Tottenham, show up for today’s NLD?

By |2024-09-14T07:36:01+01:00September 15th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, History, injuries, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I bloody hate this fixture. Yesterday I spoke about the positives from Mikel Arteta's press conference , but today all of that hope and positivity is washed away, replaced by nerves and more nerves. This fixture has - again, as I mentioned yesterday - been kind to [...]

14 09, 2024

Arteta’s inevitable ‘close cards’ ahead of the NLD

By |2024-09-14T06:50:42+01:00September 14th, 2024|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, History, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

Happy North London Derby Saturday folks. Well, I say 'happy', but when it's away to them, it's never really happy is it? We hate them, they hate us and aside from going to the Toilet Bowl two season's in a row and getting a win, that place has been a very unhappy hunting ground in the last [...]

13 09, 2024

Mikel’s Arsenal journey continues – and we should be delighted

By |2024-09-13T07:21:36+01:00September 13th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, contracts, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

There's only one place to start this morning, which is with the confirmation from the club yesterday that Mikel ARteta had signed a new contract, taking his deal with The Arsenal to 2027. This is fantastic news. He had been talking about how it was going to get done, there had been plenty of journalists [...]

12 09, 2024

The North London Derby doesn’t need a trigger-happy referee

By |2024-09-12T07:29:53+01:00September 12th, 2024|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, History, Mikel Arteta, premier league, referees|1 Comment

Here we go folks, strap yerselves in, because we're now on the countdown the North London Derby and that means any of the football media outlets you usually tune in to will be awash with COMBINED NORTH LONDON DERBY XI'S, ex-players talking about how this is 'make or break' for both teams, discussions around why [...]

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 09, 2024

Some early ‘vibes’ check in on the NLD as internationals start to play out

By |2024-09-09T08:16:31+01:00September 9th, 2024|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Internationals, premier league|0 Comments

On Saturday I said that Riccardo should be on the first flight back to London after the knock he sustained on Friday night playing for Italy. That wish has been granted, with Fabrizio Romano confirming that they didn't want to take any risks with him and that's why he won't be playing in their game [...]

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