21 03, 2021

West Ham preview: take your chances when they come, Arsenal!

By |2021-03-21T10:38:08+00:00March 21st, 2021|Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

It's match day today and it's one that always has significance in my family, because it is where rivalries are split, given a large chunk of my family are West Ham fans. It's a little like the North London Derby because i'm not really a fan of it, but it doesn't have the same level [...]

20 09, 2020

Ugly Arsenal turn a draw into a win against West Ham

By |2020-09-20T09:34:17+01:00September 20th, 2020|Arsenal FC|0 Comments

Perhaps it is because I am currently away on a little bit of a mini break holiday with friends, which is clouding my judgement on last night's performance, but believe it or not I take some comfort in the win that we got last night against West Ham. The best teams 'win ugly' and yesterday's [...]

19 09, 2020

West Ham preview: excitement over Arteta’s selection headaches

By |2020-09-19T09:00:47+01:00September 19th, 2020|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, Formation, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Matchday! Get in! These are some of the best ones of the season for me because: 1. There’s still the excitement of how this season is going to pan out. 2. You haven’t been fatigued by the volume of games, often made worse if Arsenal are terrible, or the season has deflated like an old [...]

15 09, 2020

Movement at Arsenal? Runarsson, Martinez, Torreira and Holding

By |2020-09-15T08:05:49+01:00September 15th, 2020|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Defence, finances, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Transfers|0 Comments

So here we are, Tuesday the 15th September, halfway through this ninth month of the year, and STILL no signing confirmation of Aubameyang. We've even had Wrighty speak to Pap Aubameyang to get his son to sign. It's all becoming a bit silly now, isn't it? I mean the whole world seems to acknowledge that [...]

9 07, 2020

The farce of VAR once again rearing its ugly head

By |2020-07-09T08:03:48+01:00July 9th, 2020|Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Rant|1 Comment

I didn't want to start this morning's blog labouring the point about referees and VAR that I did yesterday, but once again I find myself pretty angry having seen a couple of situations yesterday in other games that happened in the Premier League. The first I saw was a still of the Brighton vs Liverpool [...]

8 03, 2020

VAR does Arsenal a favour for once against West Ham

By |2020-03-08T08:16:26+00:00March 8th, 2020|Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

When the offside flag went up to signal Arsenal’s winning goal against West Ham yesterday, the thought never even crossed my mind that VAR would rule that it was onside and the goal should stand. Such is the extent to which we’ve been skanked by it this season I just assumed that we’d not be [...]

6 03, 2020

Torreira and his flesh wound; Arteta and his injury woes

By |2020-03-06T08:00:46+00:00March 6th, 2020|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, injuries, Mikel Arteta, press conference|0 Comments

We had ourselves a press conference yesterday, so Tricky Micky has given me some delicious content to get stuck in to this morning. Always useful on a Friday. First up, the team news and the Lucas Torreira question has been raised after the medical team confirmed he'd suffered a fractured ankle in that scissor challenge [...]

4 03, 2020

Will the Man City fixture reschedule derail Arsenal’s momentum?

By |2020-03-04T08:02:24+00:00March 4th, 2020|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Now I’m not going to go all obsessive on this subject, believe me, but having witnessed Liverpool get knocked out of the FA Cup to Chelski I couldn’t help but smile. That’s because there’s been a lot of these comparisons with Arsenal’s invincibles since the weekend and there’s plenty of salty scousers who have been [...]

10 12, 2019

Winning. ACTUAL winning for The Arsenal.

By |2019-12-10T07:59:02+00:00December 10th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Attack, Formation, Freddie Ljungberg, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

So THIS is what it feels like? It had been so long that I'd almost forgotten about that winning feeling. I forgotten the fist-pumpingly deliciousness of a performance that bags three points, an away one at that, with some pretty good goals chucked in as well. And they were all from open play too! And [...]

9 12, 2019

West Ham preview: pick wingers, Fred, wingers

By |2019-12-09T07:33:27+00:00December 9th, 2019|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, Formation, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

An earlier start than usual for me, coupled with Sunday night drinking, means that it's a groggy Monday morning blog I'll be compiling for you today. The weather is like my mood when it comes to The Arsenal these days too: pretty foul. It's West Ham away tonight and after seeing the team put in [...]

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