Podcast: Yours truly and Blackburn George, aka @Arseblagger, analyze Arsenal’s emphatic loss to Spurs last Sunday and conclude the demise of Mikel Arteta as Arsenal manager is inevitable and it is time to start laying bets on Mauricio Pochettino to become the new head man. Warning: Our predictions usually come…
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Sean Penn being taking on his final walk, the inevitable fate of Mikel Arteta? After Sunday’s emphatic 2-0 loss to Spurs in the North London Derby (NLD), it is my considered view that Mikel Arteta is a “deadman walking” in terms of his career as manager of Arsenal FC. It…
TOTARS preview by Shard Thursday saw Arsenal host Rapid Vienna and for the first time in a long time, there were fans present at the stadium. It was also the first time in a long time that I enjoyed watching Arsenal play. I don’t think the two are related, but…
Podcast: In this edition, yours truly Shotta and Blackburn George, @Arseblagger, observe how confidence in Arteta and the football club is falling rapidly after a bloody home defeat to Wolves. Important message: We are one of very few Arsenal pod-casters, if any, who are willing to take a critical view of…
Arteta: How much longer? In football, as in war, final defeat never comes from the loss of a single battle. It is an accumulation of of losses or failure to win key battles that signals the end of a manager. Take Arsene Wenger for example, while his consistency in keeping…
ARSWOL match preview by Shard Apologies in advance for a rushed preview. I’ve been busy over the weekend. Frankly, I feel better being busy than obsessing over Arsenal. Certainly not like I used to. Arteta has all the words, but has lost some credibility with how he’s gone about things….
Podcast: Yours truly and Blackburn George, the Arseblagger, lament the horrible football currently being played by Arsenal, who were thoroughly outplayed by Leeds, a newly promoted side from the Championship and warn it will get worse, not better, in the immediate future. Despite this bleak future, we are both convinced…
Pepe receives red card for headbutting Aliovski Back in the day going, to Elland Road to play Leeds was definitely a match-up of “The Beauty and The Beast”, “dirty” Leeds versus the silk and elegance of Arsenal. It was a match-up made in heaven for the mainstream media and their…
LEEARS preview by Shard It’s been a long two weeks since we last played and a lot has happened. Saka’s performances with England garnered great reviews, Eddie Nketiah again did well with the England U21s and surely must be pushing for a place in the senior team. He could be…
Podcast: Yours truly, Shotta, and Blackburn George, the Arseblagger, discuss the revelations by Daniel Quy of how his father, Jerry Quy, the original Gunnersaurus, was sacked in a totally classless manner by the management of Arsenal and their corporate owners Kroenke Sports Enterprises. What implications does this have for the future…