2 03, 2015

Tasty three points and chances taken. This time

By |2015-03-02T08:21:48+00:00March 2nd, 2015|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, midfield, premier league|0 Comments

With The Management in situ, blue skies overhead, as well as the ability to share some of the amber nectar before the game after a month off it, Arsenal duly delivered exactly what was needed on Sunday lunchtime with a serving of delicious three-pointage.It doesn't really matter that it was closer than we would have [...]

28 02, 2015

An arm around the shoulder or slap around the chops?

By |2015-02-28T08:59:43+00:00February 28th, 2015|Arsenal FC, Attack, Champions League, Defence, gooners, Gunners, midfield, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

Arsene faced the media yesterday and, probably as you'd expect, he was reasonably defiant after an appalling game in midweek. He didn't rule us out of a 'miracle' as Big Per has put it, but equally he didn't retract some of the criticism for the team from Wednesday. It's the right thing to do, because [...]

24 02, 2015

'Obvious' klaxons, Giroud's award and Welbeck's form an issue for Theo

By |2017-05-19T21:35:36+01:00February 24th, 2015|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsene Wenger, Attack, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, press conference, soccer|2 Comments

It's all rather quiet on this Tuesday morn, which is lovely given that there's a big game tomorrow and no doubt Arsène's presser at some stage today, so we'll get an update on who's available. We've already had Arsène's thoughts ahead of the visit of Monaco, in which he really goes out on a limb, [...]

23 02, 2015

Mourinho's propaganda, Arsenal's form & a happy week

By |2017-05-19T21:35:36+01:00February 23rd, 2015|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsene Wenger, Attack, gooners, Gunners, premier league, Rant|0 Comments

I usually avoid any kind of football topics that aren't Arsenal related, but after seeing Jose Mourinho's less than subtle attempt to have more air time to push through his own personal agenda through the medium of Sky Sports' Goals on Sunday, I feel compelled to say something through my own soapbox platform, which is [...]

22 02, 2015

Gritty three points

By |2017-05-19T21:35:36+01:00February 22nd, 2015|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsene Wenger, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, premier league, soccer, Tactics|2 Comments

I don't know why, but yesterday's game with Crystal Palace felt like a really big result, in the context of our Premier League season. There were many people I spoke to during the week who were pretty convinced that we were going to go to Selhurst Park and sweep aside a Palace side who have [...]

21 02, 2015

Palace: negate the pace out wide and play the more technically gifted

By |2017-05-19T21:35:37+01:00February 21st, 2015|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsene Wenger, Attack, Champions League, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

So we're back in league action today and it's a tricky game at Selhurst park in which the media seem to be all voting for us as their picks for victories this weekend. It's nice to know what supposed 'neutrals' think when looking at games and who should win, but as usual I'm not as [...]

16 02, 2015

Santi the quarterback dominates Boro

By |2017-05-19T21:35:37+01:00February 16th, 2015|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, FA Cup, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, midfield, Tactics|0 Comments

Arsenal are a funny old team, eh? After labouring in the North London Derby, then huffing and puffing against a Leicester team with bodies behind the ball, they faced a confident Middlesbrough team and simply swotted them aside yesterday. I have to hold my hands up and admit I didn't see that coming. I assumed [...]

15 02, 2015

Boro: A tight encounter with concentration key

By |2017-05-19T21:35:38+01:00February 15th, 2015|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsene Wenger, Defence, FA Cup, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, midfield, soccer, Tactics|0 Comments

FA Cup Sunday. We're getting used to this, aren't we? That, and stupid non-traditional kick off times, coupled with having to pay for two subscriptions. This weekend I've wanted to watch a bit of FA Cup action and without BT Sport on my TV, I've been limited to Match of The Day. It'll only get [...]

2 02, 2015

Form throughout the squad will serve us well

By |2015-02-02T08:14:00+00:00February 2nd, 2015|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsene Wenger, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, midfield, premier league|0 Comments

Don't really know what I was worried about yesterday. Perhaps I'd read too much into the various pre-game tactical analysis about Villa, coupled it with the reappearance of the worst ref in the league Antony Taylor, then rebooted a few old memories of past discrepancies against our Midland opponents yesterday. I probably should have looked [...]

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