Dire defensive displays will derail Arsenal’s season
We’ve got to all be honest with ourselves here: this team is probably going to fall away from even challenging from the top four if we continue to put in performances away from home like yesterday....
View ArticleInjuries to force Arsène’s formation hand tomorrow?
Morning folks. Gee-golly it’s a cold one in London this morning, sure to be as frosty as Arsène’s response when he’s asked why he can’t put together a team that can win consistently away from home....
View ArticleFormation tinkering to give more bodies in midfield against West Ham?
An Arsenal team that is stuttering for form away from home, travelling to a West Ham team buoyed by victory against the current champions; what could possibly go wrong, eh? Well, the first fifteen...
View ArticleChelsea will target our left and hit on the break
I can’t say that I’m particularly confident about tonight. An Arsenal team that looks like its struggling for form and confidence at time, with the added pressure of that most usual of things – a long...
View ArticleArsène and his players disrespect Forest, the FA Cup and the fans
Yesterday morning I may not have been able to predict which Arsenal players would start yesterday afternoon’s FA Cup third round game away to Nottingham Forest, but given our away form this season in...
View ArticleSome stepping up needed from Welbz and other rotated players
Match day for The Arsenal again and despite the fact it’s the closest you could get to a dead rubber without actually being a dead rubber, I’m still excited to be going along to see The Arsenal play a...
View ArticleArsène to give new manager an ‘inheritance’ like he got?
It was a fair few years ago now that our Head of Academy Development (of variation of job title thereof) coined the phrase ‘automatisms’ in an interview when talking about the little partnerships and...
View ArticleKoscielny’s injury brings to light the massive summer rebuild task of...
What absolutely tragic news for poor old Laurent Koscielny. Yesterday Didier Deschamps confirmed that our number one centre half would miss the World Cup and when you consider his age profile, as well...
View ArticleSomebodies getting binned at Arsenal
Morning all, hope you’re having a good one, still without football yet still living and loving life? My weekend is going to be spent doing a few basic chores, but then I’ve got to do my first ‘proper’...
View ArticleKoscielny is so bored with internationals he’s quit
Happy Monday folks. Hope you’re all fine and dandy given the international break boredom we are all collectively enduring right now. I mean it really is a snooze fest, eh? I’m not sure how anyone can...
View ArticleI call foul on Chambers’ future & Lacazette
Yesterday’s pre-US game presser by Arsène had the expected confirmation that Big Per will be out for ‘months’, in which the manager also confirmed that more experience would need to be brought in. I’m...
View ArticleJack’s Holding on to Rob, Shokran’s holding out for a transfer
I don’t know about you, but this week – footballistically speaking – certainly feels like it’s dragging on, as we’re still only at Wednesday and I’m still a little raw from the opening day defeat. I’m...
View ArticleAnother couple for Big Per?
Yesterday I did a piece on how important I thought it was that Santi was given a few more years at Arsenal, given his impact on the team, and the result was pretty much universal for all Gooner’s that...
View ArticleCaptains are club custodians – that’s it – learn from Arsenal, England
Honestly, have you ever seen as much fuss being made, as the whole ‘Wayne Rooney dropped’ saga that’s being played out in the media. I don’t remember any other captain getting the same level of...
View ArticleCentre half stockpiling at Arsenal; no slip ups this weekend
Oh, hello, how the devil are you? Feeling fine and dandy on this Saturday morning? It’s been a while since I blogged – Monday I think – but I thought I’d return to action given that there’s football...
View Article2002 Arsenal/Chelsea karma scares me
I’m an Arsenal fan in my mid thirties and can I admit something to you: winning trophies – any trophies- means a hell of a lot more to me than it did ten years ago. Ten years ago I thought to myself...
View ArticlePsychology of an Arsenal formation change
With the Cup final being the only remaining top flight game of the season, it’s no surprise that all eyes are turning towards it, and the club themselves are no different from anyone else in that...
View ArticleThe changes are coming at Arsenal, but can they be decisive with Alexis?
The good news kept on coming yesterday with Arsenal, with the official confirmation from the club that Big Per, that man who in five years has already elevated himself in to some kind of legendary...
View ArticleYou can always replace – more Alexis thoughts
No sooner had the boots been polished following the Australia tour, than the team are off to China and training in the blistering summer heat of Shanghai, as the team take part in some sort of trophy...
View ArticleJob done for Arsenal, little more
I wouldn’t have described yesterday’s victory against Doncaster Rovers as ‘thrilling’. Nor would I put it down as ‘comprehensive’. It was certainly a win and safe passage to the fourth round against...
View ArticleInjuries kicking in -Full Arsenal style
Morning folks. Lots of juicy Arsenal stuff to talk about today, so let’s get right down to it, starting from where I left off yesterday which was that Arsène confirmed what Özil’s agent said which was...
View ArticleXhaka with space could be the difference against Watford
I don’t really know what to make of tonight’s game. There’s part of me that looks at the form we were in before the international break and think that yes, we’re on a good run and we should beat...
View ArticleBig Per, Arsène, they don’t get ‘marginal gains’
In an effort to full integrate with the Arsène Wenger regime, Big Per has spoken in the wake of yet another avoidable defeat, saying that the team mustn’t listen to what others say and only look at...
View ArticleJack back to crack the Red Star
Morning Gooners. Y’all alreet? It’s the Europa League for us tonight and it’s another away trip, this time to Red Star Belgrade, who feel like the sort of side you’d always have to play in computer...
View ArticleLay down a marker against Swansea
I always get nervy when there are games like today. Hey, I’m an Arsenal fan, so I get nervy about pretty much every game these days, but I feel like games like today leave a weird feeling in the pit of...
View ArticleOptions for Arsenal on ‘Match Day B’ vs Koln
Match day today, although given it’s featuring an Arsenal B team, perhaps games like the one this evening against F.C. Koln should be renamed ‘Match Day B’? It’s a curious one, is today’s game, because...
View ArticleConcentration, control and rotation: Arsenal v Huddersfield preview
It’s match day at The Arsenal and it’s a home game against Huddersfield tonight for me and thee, as we hope to put a wee bit of daylight between some of the chasing pack and most notably the Totts,...
View ArticleMustafi’s absence could be an issue for Xhaka – Southampton v Arsenal preview
I’ve awoken this morning to snow. It really is quite magical this time of year and London is white with it. In a way I’m glad we don’t have a home game because getting to the Emirates on the Met Line...
View ArticleDire defensive displays will derail Arsenal’s season
We’ve got to all be honest with ourselves here: this team is probably going to fall away from even challenging from the top four if we continue to put in performances away from home like yesterday....
View ArticleThis time three years ago…
This time three years ago I had just woken up. The weather report said it was going to be a glorious day and the sun was starting to poke through the blackout blinds of my Velux windows in mine and the...
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