By Shard @ShardGooner Matchday 3 and it’s a newly promoted side this time. After the excitement of Premier League football being back, and the scintillating win against Leicester, there seems to be less of a buzz around this one among the fans. Talk of the Amazon series and of transfer…
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Blackburn George (the Arseblagger), Ehab (ex-Scout) and, yours truly, Shotta, were all smiles reflecting our satisfaction with the manner in which Arsenal defeated Leicester in their home-opener for the 22-23 season. Despite our joy with the performance we had some concerns. Check out our Player Ratings, where we discuss the…
ARSLEI match preview by @ShardGooner An opening day away win, solid to great debuts for new (and like a new) signings, and a clean sheet. What more could you ask for from the start of the new Premier League season? ManU’s loss and Liverpool’s draw were bonuses. Of course, not…
In this post match analysis of Crystal Palace versus Arsenal, we emphasize that it was a positive start to the 22-23 season by the Gunners but it was a game of two halves. Check out our unscientific player ratings in the last 15 minutes of the podcast. Feel free to…
By Shard Gooner Last Season, the biggest area of improvement …. was in picking up points against the teams from 9-15 in the table. We gained 5 more points. Goalscoring remains a concern, despite scoring 6 more goals in the league. We didn’t score in 11 games (12 in…
Optimistic George versus Cautious Shotta review the state of the club and the prospects for top-4 in the upcoming 2022-23 season. Remember to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE our videos so we can overcome the YouTube algorithms and move up in the search ranking. Enjoy! PS: We also have a Telegram channel:…
Edu and Arteta “The saddest thing ….is that many fans don’t want to set any goals for Arteta. IMO deep in their heart, they are admitting that Arteta is not up to a Top-4 fight. It is frightening how our expectations have been driven down.” Apparently spending a boatload of…
Arteta and Josh in America Many Gooners think beating Chelsea 4-0 last Saturday in a pre-season friendly was significant and predictive of our future. Yes, victory was good and a positive sign. Gabriel Jesus and Saka scoring goals was even better. But let’s not get carried away. For heaven’s sake…
Ex-pro, Tim Head, @ForeverHeady, was our special guest as together with ex-scout Ehab we discussed explosive debut of Gabriel Jesus in helping the Gunners overcome a 2-goal deficit to defeat second-division Nurnberg FC in their preseason friendly. Seems Arteta has gotten his man Meanwhile the club seems intent on making…
Current transfer news at Arsenal is dominated by the arrival of Gabriel Jesus and very little on the recent selling of Matteo Guendouzi for a miserly £9m, way below his market value. This has been a pattern over the past five years; massive expenditure on new players and taking significant…