1 04, 2022

Focus and five subs – Arteta press conference thoughts

By |2022-04-01T07:52:10+01:00April 1st, 2022|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference, Tactics|1 Comment

The arrival of yesterday's press conference was a timely reminder that the infernal international break is now behind us and we can fully focus on all things Arsenal and Premier League, which is a-ok with me. Arteta talked about the need to refocus his players after the international break and whilst the team news is [...]

9 02, 2022

How are you feeling about The Arsenal?

By |2022-02-09T07:55:55+00:00February 9th, 2022|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

How are you feeling this morning? I mean, generally, of course, I like to keep up to date with how you're doing but more specifically how are you feeling about The Arsenal? Are you feeling excited like it's the start of a new season all over again? Or are you a bit like me in [...]

31 12, 2021

COVID crippling any well-though game plans

By |2021-12-31T10:03:27+00:00December 31st, 2021|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

I didn't manage to catch the training pictures from 29th that the club released, so had a little look this morning, as I pondered to myself why on earth I give a monkeys about seeing players doing their shuttle runs at London Colney more now than I ever have before. Then it dawned on me: [...]

19 10, 2021

Overly-structured ArtetaBall isn’t working: Palace

By |2021-10-19T08:18:19+01:00October 19th, 2021|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Formation, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Rant|1 Comment

At just before the hour mark I looked up to the big screen behind me yesterday and saw that with two thirds of the game gone, we were labouring, with Palace in the ascendency. And I hoped for a change. The set up wasn’t working. Crystal Palace we’re pressing across the pitch in an organised [...]

28 11, 2020

Arsenal’s balance and a high press might beat Wolves

By |2020-11-28T08:20:04+00:00November 28th, 2020|Attack, Defence, Formation, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Moring folks and welcome to Saturday. How you doing? Y'alreet? I'm fine, thanks for asking, although I did stay up too late watching The Good, The Bad and The Ugly last night and my body clock is such that it doesn't matter what time I go to bed, I'm always up around 7am. That's not [...]

10 03, 2020

Arteta’s impressive presser breathes hope for City away

By |2020-03-10T07:38:19+00:00March 10th, 2020|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

As we all suspected it was a press conference day yesterday and, whilst I still don’t think we’ll be getting anything from the game on Wednesday night, Arteta’s convictions and the way he articulated himself in the press conference, had me thinking that maybe...just maybe...he has some kind of blueprint for success. It’s unlikely because [...]

27 08, 2018

Tactical opens from Emery is refreshing; Ozil situation is tiresome

By |2018-08-27T10:29:04+01:00August 27th, 2018|analysis, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, premier league, press conference, Tactics, Unai Emery|1 Comment

Morning gooner. It's one of those rarest of things in the UK today - bank holiday - which means a bit of s lie in and a morning spent in me PJs watching the Unai Emery press conference again, as well as some more fall out from the victory against West Ham. I don't really [...]

30 05, 2015

My cup final. Your cup final. Arsenal's cup final. Make history.

By |2017-05-19T20:12:13+01:00May 30th, 2015|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsene Wenger, Attack, Defence, FA Cup, Formation, gooners, Gunners, History, Match Preview, midfield|4 Comments

This is it people. Cup final day. It's hard to effectively communicate the significance of today to anybody who isn't a football fan, or even isn't a fan whose team is in the final, but this is season defining. And I mean that with no sense of hyperbole at all. By 10pm tonight we will [...]

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