YouTube Livestream to Podcast: Arsenal fans from three continents: Ehab aka @candymanchenk, @omijaved and Byso aka @hawk_red join with yours truly to provide a deep dive into the underlying reasons why Arsenal finished 8th in the League in 20-21 season. In the end there is no great optimism for the…
May 2021
Podcast: After the final game of the 2020-21 Premier League season vs Brighton, yours truly and Blackburn George, the @arseblagger, lament the dire football that caused Arsenal to finish 8th and question some of the many excuses offered including the claim that Arsenal are the 3rd best club in the…
#ARSBRI match preview by Shard aka @ShardGooner A season that started with much promise is ending with more promise. Just empty ones. Some want transfers, some want board seats, some point to conveniently arbitrary points groupings. It’s almost as if the football is the side show. Which, frankly, is the…
#CRYARS match preview by Shard aka @ShardGooner So on to the penultimate game of a season which is already over. Some weird optimistic fans retain hope of a Europa League spot. Even weirder ones, of a Uefa Conference League spot. Avoiding the latter would be one of the good things…
#CHEARS match preview, Tuchel v Arteta, Chelsea take on Arsenal this evening (UK time) at Stamford Bridge with the FA Cup final looming on Saturday and fresh from hard fought last minute victory this past Sunday over fellow Champions League finalists Manchester City. How seriously will they take Arsenal given…
Podcast: After Arsenal’s substantial defeat and relegation of West Bromwich Albion on Sunday, in the opinion of yours truly and Blackburn George (@arseblagger) Arteta’s position is safe, for now, despite his many failings. Apparently the Kroenkes will give Arteta more money to spend despite the fact his signings to date…
#ARSWBA match preview. I am on record for saying that failing to beat Villareal last Thursday, in the Europa League semi-final, was a disaster for Arsenal Football Club. It appears to me that most fans are still in a state of Shock or Anger (Kubler Ross; “7 Stages of Grief”)….
Podcast: In this special post Europa League edition of the podcast,yours truly and Blackburn George (@arseblagger) pull no punches explaining how Mikel Arteta has been a total disaster since becoming manager of Arsenal and the bleak future that faces the club after the failure to defeat Villareal. Appeal to our…
Ozil and Arteta. Where has the love gone? (Blog originally published on September 4, 2020. Original title: “Freezing Out Ozil, Arteta is Playing With Fire”) I have been one of Mikel Arteta’s biggest supporters as manager of Arsenal Football Club. Following in the footsteps of my podcasting colleague Blackburn George,…
Podcast: After an easy win over Newcastle over the weekend, which demonstrated the Gunner’s ability to easily defeat lower placed Premier League teams, in the opinion of yours truly and Blackburn George fans should be aware that the immediate future of Arsenal Football Club depends entirely on winning the Europa…