3 03, 2020

A second half step up from The Arsenal against Portsmouth

By |2020-03-03T08:29:59+00:00March 3rd, 2020|Arsenal FC, FA Cup, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, Tactics|0 Comments

Well, we got there in the end and, despite some pretty decent concerted effort from Portsmouth in the first half against The Arsenal last night, the job was done and we are into the bowl for the next round of the FA Cup. It wasn’t easy though. Far from it in the first half and [...]

21 02, 2020

Hang on a minute…’Gritty Arsenal grind out 1-0 win away’???

By |2020-02-21T08:55:52+00:00February 21st, 2020|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Defence, Europa League, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, youth|0 Comments

Morning folks. It feels weird this morning. It feels very weird. We won, which is good. We won back-to-back games, which is also good. But we also did it in a style and approach that was resolute, dogged and whilst not always pretty on the eye, it did the job. Arsenal 'getting the job done'. [...]

27 01, 2020

A full strength team for Arteta away to Bournemouth?

By |2020-01-27T07:51:17+00:00January 27th, 2020|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, FA Cup, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

Yesterday I was far too hanging to be able to tap away at my computer. Had I have been then I'd have most likely talked about Pablo Mari, who is set to become our first signing, after being spotted on Saturday night at Heathrow airport with Edu. It's a deal that brings in a centre [...]

13 12, 2019

Unconvincing Arsenal somehow top Europa League group

By |2019-12-13T07:59:18+00:00December 13th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, Europa League, Formation, Freddie Ljungberg, Match Review, Tactics|1 Comment

So we're all waking up to a monument ours occasion in the UK this morning: Arsenal topping a group in the Europa League. A hard fought comeback yesterday in the second half from Freddie Ljungberg's charges meant that eventually, by virtue of the fact that Vitoria Guimares earned an unlikely victory in Germany, we actually [...]

19 09, 2019

Özil situation still baffles, as rotation must be on the cards against Frankfurt

By |2019-09-19T07:54:10+01:00September 19th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, Europa League, Formation, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Tactics, Unai Emery|0 Comments

Last night I had a Singapore Laksa for dinner that I made and, having tried to sample it in the pan when still boiling, I burnt my tongue. It has left a bad taste etched to the tip of my tongue since. Which is pretty much how it feels when talking about the Mesut Özil [...]

16 09, 2019

Watford capitulation should raise questions about Emery

By |2019-09-16T07:55:54+01:00September 16th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Defence, Formation, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, midfield, premier league, Rant, Tactics, Unai Emery|1 Comment

Yesterday's second half capitulation by Arsenal has once again raised more questions than given answers and, sadly, the questions aren't really overly positive. That's because what we fans witnessed yesterday was a team of mentally bereft idiots gift a two-goal lead to a side bottom of the league and who about a mont ago got [...]

2 09, 2019

Sokratis and Xhaka cost Arsenal three North London Derby points

By |2019-09-02T08:13:00+01:00September 2nd, 2019|Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, midfield, premier league, Unai Emery|1 Comment

The morning after the afternoon before. It's post-North London Derby day and whilst a draw at home against them isn't in itself the worst result in the world, we're probably all wondering "what could have been" had we had some senior players in our team who kept their heads screwed on properly yesterday. We all [...]

20 08, 2019

‘Free hits’ and good PR – everything’s ok at Arsenal at the moment

By |2019-08-20T07:50:43+01:00August 20th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Ownership and the board, premier league|0 Comments

Much like Leicester against Chelski on Sunday, I found myself quietly celebrating Wolves' draw at home to Man United last night, as already those teams that you'd call 'rivals' are dropping points. However, upon reflection, the fact it was Leicester and Wolves did make me worry a little bit, because those are two teams who [...]

13 08, 2019

Can Chambers replicate Holding from last season?

By |2019-08-13T07:43:20+01:00August 13th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Defence, gooners, Gunners, premier league, Tactics, Unai Emery|0 Comments

We're only one week in to the new season and after a decent enough defensive display against Newcastle (even if we were relatively untroubled) thoughts are immediately turning to Burnley at the weekend. But, more importantly, who plays against Burnley at the heart of our defence, because I'd make it a little more difficult to [...]

29 07, 2019

Some positives from youth but that Arsenal back line terrifies me

By |2019-07-29T07:57:07+01:00July 29th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, Defence, friendly, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Match Review, pre season, Unai Emery, youth|2 Comments

So we had the Emirates Cup yesterday in which Lyon eventually beating us from coming two goals behind (one of which looking like it certainly had more than a whiff of offside about it) and as a result there were a few Gooners who sadly couldn't see a victory on home soil before the important [...]

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