Good morning, happy Friday to you all. We begin today with the Champions League draw which took place last night. Arsenal have drawn Sevilla, PSV, and Lens. On paper it looks a very ‘Europa League’ group, and before anyone starts, I’m not complaining about that. … | Continue reading
A fortnight ago, I wrote about Kai Havertz and the hybrid role he adopted in the season opener against Nottingham Forest. At the outset of the article, I wrote, “I very much have the feeling that Kai Havertz is going to be a player that divides opinion,” and I already feel vindic … | Continue reading
Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In this episode I’m joined by Charles Watts to chat about his new book about Mikel Arteta, some of the process in writing it, and the launch which takes place this evening (Thursday). We also have a cou … | Continue reading
Last week, Arsenal unveiled a statue in honour of Arsene Wenger. It is the culmination of Wenger’s gradual reintegration into the fabric of the club since his emotional departure as manager in 2018. The conclusion of his tenure, for me and many others, felt drawn out and painful. … | Continue reading
Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. In this episode, I’m joined by Andrew Allen to discuss the Community Shield win over Man City at Wembley. We chat about the game, some of the officiating based around new guideli … | Continue reading
It was interesting to hear Mikel Arteta talk about the size of the squad during the US tour last week, saying: We have 30 players here which is unsustainable, and obviously the market is still open. Let’s not forget, some players didn’t even go on tour, and when you l … | Continue reading
Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. In this episode, we discuss the links to Brentford goalkeeper David Raya, and examine the implications of doing such a deal. Is Mikel Arteta looking for increased competition, and can … | Continue reading
Good morning folks, I’m back. Am I a shell of a human being who requires about 12 days of healthy eating and proper rest? Yes. But then that’s the price you pay for a good time. Let me first say thanks to Lewis Ambrose who held the fort in fine style during the week. … | Continue reading
Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. In this episode, I’m in LA and James is in London, so we cross time zones to talk about the game against Manchester United in New Jersey, the importance or otherwise of pre-seaso … | Continue reading
Morning all, a quick Saturday round-up from me before I begin my favourite pre-travel ritual; ironing clothes before putting them in a holdall where they immediately get creased again. If you see me wandering around in Los Angeles looking a little dishevelled, know that I tried. … | Continue reading
Just over half of my Arsenal supporting life ago, the club moved to a new stadium. That move has provided a very definitive bookmark for my Arsenal experience. (It doesn’t feel right to me that, by now, I will have seen more games at the Emirates than I did at Highbury). I think … | Continue reading
Morning all. A quick, early Friday blog for you. I mentioned Declan Rice yesterday, and the idea that his future would immediately be sorted after West Ham’s Europa Conference League being a little hasty. I think that’s still true, but the Hammers’ Chairman Davi … | Continue reading
Good morning. The dust is settling on the 2022-23 season, but there’s still a bit to talk about. The traditional end of season player ratings will be posted here tomorrow, and now there’ll be the analysis of everything – from what happened on the pitch to what player … | Continue reading
Morning. How are you feeling today? The Brighton disappointment was, for me anyway, the most acute of the season. Even if I had already come to terms with the idea that the title would be going to the Abu Dhabi Group’s trophy cabinet, there’s still something that make … | Continue reading
It’s Liverpool away today, and regardless of how the respective seasons of both teams have gone, this is a seriously difficult game. The last time we won was in 2012, when Vito Mannone started in goal and a certain M. Arteta lined up in midfield. To hammer home how long ago … | Continue reading
Morning. As much as I love football, as I’ve gotten older I just can’t watch Tottenham. I don’t know what it is precisely – it’s probably something to do with the fact they win more games than they used to, and I have zero interest in seeing them happy. La … | Continue reading
Morning all. It’s Friday, Mikel Arteta will hold his pre-Leeds press conference today, and the main reason you know football is back because we’ve had images of training and we’re freaking out over who is there and not there on the training ground. It mostly loo … | Continue reading
Morning all, a very quick Friday Interlull round-up. There’s very little going on from an Arsenal perspective, so it’s all really about how our lads are doing on international duty. England beat Italy 2-1 last night, and Bukayo Saka played 85 minutes before being repl … | Continue reading
Good morning. We’re now into the Interlull. Not just any Interlull either, the most terrifying Interlull I can ever remember. There has always been a ‘cross your fingers and hope everyone’s ok’ vibe running though previous ones, but never like this. Some o … | Continue reading
Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. In this episode we look back at the 3-0 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday. Arsenal dominated the first half in particular, and we discuss the goals we scored, the control and … | Continue reading
Morning all. For a few years now, European football has been different for Arsenal. We had a season without it. We had some good nights in the Europa League but also some very disappointing ones at late stages, and as a tournament it’s an odd one because you spend the group … | Continue reading
Join us for live blog coverage of our Premier League clash with Everton, kick-off 12.30 We’ve got up to the second live text commentary, updates, goal clips, observations and occasionally witty asides. If you want to join the chat, register an Arseblog Live account. To do t … | Continue reading
Morning all, happy Friday to you. Let’s start with the main story this morning, and that’s what appears to be the imminent arrival of Leandro Trossard from Brighton. Unless, of course, Chelsea decide to get involved, which might sound like a joke but I was in the supe … | Continue reading
As the dust settled on the derby win, a story about a big summer target emerged. Yesterday, news broke of Arsenal’s interest in Declan Rice, the kind of signing that would have been absolutely absurd to consider not too long ago. Now the idea of one of England’s two b … | Continue reading
How has 2023 been so far for you? I went for a couple of New Years’ Day pints and caught the end of the Aston Villa win over that lot. Fair play to Unai Emery. Always rated him. *cough* In this incredible world we live in there are sounds that just feed your soul. Rolling [ … | Continue reading
Good morning folks. I haven’t had a chance to fully watch Mikel Arteta’s interview with Jamie Carragher which went out on Sky Sports last night – at the ungodly hour of 10.30pm. Who is even awake at that point? Not me anyway, but that’s due to being ill as much … | Continue reading