A gloomy Mikel Arteta. Dear friends. It has been a very long time since I wrote a piece for my own blog relying almost exclusively on my friend Shard to generate some very insightful Premier League match previews while I follow up with post-match podcasts featuring the inimitable, outspoken Blackburn…
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#ARSLIV match preview by Shard aka @ShardGooner Liverpool may no longer be as good as the last couple of season when they were the benchmark for every team to judge itself against, but they are still a very good team. They’ll still be hoping to make the top 4 as…
#WHUARS match preview by Shard aka @ShardGooner Mikel Arteta was brought in to English football nearly 2 decades ago by a young manager named David Moyes. He went on to become the 3rd longest serving manager at a PL club, behind the big 2 of Ferguson and Wenger. A great…
Podcast: Yours truly and Blackburn George, the Arseblagger, are bright, happy campers after Arsenal’s defeat of Spurs in the North London Derby (NLD). We give full credit to Arteta for his tactics and team selection. Of the players, we single out Xhaka for extra praise for being the dominant player…
Podcast: In our post-match review of Leicester v Arsenal, yours truly and Blackburn George, the Arseblagger, give full credit to the so-called Arsenal “deadwood” and to Mikel Arteta for a magnificent victory over Leicester. Is the wave now in Arsenal’s favor? Appeal to our readers and supporters: We are one of…
Podcast: After Arsenal’s 1-nil loss to Manchester City on Sunday, Pep Guardiola declared that Arteta knows everything but, in the opinion of yours truly and Blackburn George, Arteta knows nothing about setting up a team to score goals. Instead of getting better, Arsesal are getting worse. No wonder the Gunners…
Podcast: In reaction to to the Gunners 4-2 victory on Sunday, yours truly and Blackburn George ask the question; “Brilliant Arsenal or Pathetic Leeds”? Inevitably, we shine the spotlight on Bukayo Saka. Appeal to our readers and supporters: We are one of very few Arsenal podcasters, who are willing to take…
Podcast: After Arsenal’s losses to Wolverhampton Wanderers and Aston Villa, yours truly and Blackburn George discuss whether fans should put this down entirely to the referees. Should we be satisfied with the improved defending but moderate goalscoring under Arteta? Appeal to our readers and supporters: We are one of very few…
Arsenal on Thursday to posted on their Twitter account a quote by 1st team manager (don’t forget the promotion he was given last summer) Mikel Arteta, lecturing the public to not abuse football players, etc: 💬 "I'm all for people to have their opinions, but not just to be insulting…
Podcast: After Arsenal and Crystal Palace struggle to a grim draw in Thursday’s EPL game in the opinion of Shotta and the Blackburn George, the Arseblagger, there are more questions than answers. Can the kids (saka, Smith-Rowe and Martinelli) take Arsenal to a higher level? Is Aubameyang finished as a…