Podcast: In this post-match review of Manchester City vs Arsenal the Arseblagger admits to making a mistake about Arteta. While he is a great coach with a history of greatly improving the players he works with, it is becoming clear he is not as great a manager. We have no…
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#MCIARS match preview by @shardgooner It feels like a long time has passed since we played our last game, and probably because a lot has happened in the meantime. Arsenal signed Thomas in a deadline day “Partey”. Arsene Wenger launched his book and has done a series of interviews. God’s…
Podcast: Yours truly Shotta and Blackburn George, the Arseblagger, discuss whether Arsenal winning the English Premier league is the real aim of the Kroenkes. Or are we chatting “shite” again? Click on the link below for more or to Spreaker, Itunes, Soundcloud and all the usual sources by searching for…
Yours truly, Shotta and Blackburn George, the Arseblagger, review the close of the summer 2020 transfer window from an Arsenal point of view and conclude the club is going in a new direction. The era of creativity represented by Mesut Ozil is over and instead it is a now a…
Match report by Omair Javed aka @omijaved: Saka and Pepe celebrate their goal Arsenal continued their recent tradition of playing close tight games and winning them with the occasional moment of brilliance as they came out on top against Sheffield United with 2-1 scoreline. Saka and Pepe scored in space…
Written by @shardgooner After a frustrating, if not unexpected loss to Liverpool, Arsenal avenged themselves by inflicting a penalty shootout defeat in the League Cup. The reward; a game against Manchester City. It’s a trophy I’ve never seen us win so it would be nice if we could this time….
Podcast: Arsenal losing to Liverpool is nothing to be ashamed of. They hardly ever lose at Anfield and to be honest they outplayed the gooners. But what are the lessons to be drawn by Arsenal? Blackburn George, the Arseblagger, is his usual outspoken self; the club must is pissing down…
LIVARS preview by @shardgooner Over the past decade, Arsenal has been compared to various clubs who have been upheld as the standard Arsenal should aspire to. I can’t remember if it started with Gazidis holding up Bayern Munich as the template, but it certainly spread after that. Told to emulate…
Ozil in the embrace of Arteta in the early days Mikel Arteta sent out his 2nd XI last evening to face an equally diminished Leicester team in a 1st round Carabao Cup match and Mesut Ozil didn’t even make the squad. It was a dull, boring encounter reflecting the quality…
Podcast: Blackburn George, the Arseblagger and yours truly, Shotta fail in our attempt at being sincerely happy after Arsenal struggle to defeat a very poor West Ham in our recent EPL game. Arsenal demonstrated a striking lack of creativity; while having far superior possession were out-shot 14:7 by a technically…