Hammered at London Stadium

Getting knocked-out of the Carabao Cup is not the worse thing that could happen when compared to disease, war, taxes or losing to Tottenham. However, while watching Wednesday’s performance v West Ham United at times I thought the men in the yellow kits were actually a squad from the fifth…

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Will Arteta rest his stars on Wednesday for the Carabao Cup quarterfinal?

Arsenal heads back into the Carabao Cup tournament on Wednesday with a quarterfinal showdown v London rivals West Ham United. Arsenal’s starting XI for this match will show just how serious Mikel Arteta is about winning this competition. With an important Premier League match v Newcastle United coming up on…

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Saturday’s match was full of great stories

Besides the 5-0 victory over Sheffield United on Saturday, there were some other nice stories that developed during the match. Let’s take a look. Congratulations to Eddie Nketiah for scoring his first Premier League hat-trick. All three goals were wonderful exhibits of the English striker’s ability, and yes, even though…

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Will Thomas Partey remain an important part of Arteta’s plans?

Thomas Partey has become Arsenal’s mystery man this season. The Ghanian defensive midfielder has again struggled with injuries during a season the Gunners need him the most. Going into 2023/2024, there were a lot of questions regarding Partey’s future in north London. Some people wanted to see him go, while…

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Arsenal can not overlook Sheffield United on Saturday

Mikel Arteta is faced with two major injury issues this weekend. Both Thomas Partey and Gabriel Jesus have been ruled out of Saturday’s home match v Sheffield United. Once again, the manager will be required to rotate his squad to face the 20th place team in the Premier League. However, with…

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Arsenal women playing in the international break

Here is the list of Arsenal women competing for their nations in the international break… Steph Catley, Caitlin Foord, Kyra Cooney-Cross (Australia) Laia Codina (Italy) Manuela Zinsberger (Austria) Amanda Ilestedt, Stina Blackstenius (Sweden) Katie McCabe (Ireland) Frida Maanum (Norway) Kathrine Kuhl (Iceland) Alessia Russo, Lotte Wubben-Moy (England) Victoria Pelova, Vivanne Miedema…

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Gunners go to the top of Group B in the Champions League

Gabriel Jesus was my Man of the Match as the Gunners held-on to a 2-1 win in their Champions League group stage. The win puts Arsenal back on top of Group B with six points. During the course of the game, Jesus contributed a brilliant assist to Gabriel Martinelli for…

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Could Ramsdale and Partey start in Tuesday’s Champions League match v Sevilla?

Sorry gang, Yankee Gooner was hosting family the past few days, but I’m now back in action and ready to go. Who starts in today’s 3rd match of Arsenal’s Champions League schedule v Sevilla at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium? I believe Aaron Ramsdale and Thomas Partey have earned starts, but…

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Who will start on Saturday v Chelsea?

The October international break is now over, and it appears all of Arsenal’s national team players have returned without injury. So, next up is crosstown rival Chelsea on Saturday. With a few players on the questionable to play list, who will Mikel Arteta put into his starting XI at Stamford…

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