The Gunners travel south to Brighton and Hove for a Saturday Premier League match-up with the Seagulls. Here is my predicted starting XI for Mikel Arteta at the Amex Stadium… [4-2-3-1] Nketiah Martinelli, Odegaard, Saka Partey, Xhaka Zinchencko, Gabriel, Saliba, White Ramsdale Predicated final score: Brighton and Hove 2 –…

Thursday in Brazil, the man considered one of football’s greatest ambassadors died at the age of 82. Pele, born in 1940 as Edson Arantes do Nascimento, won three World Cups for his homeland during a career that spanned 21 years, 1,363 matches, and 1,281 goals. Following Brazil’s 1958 World Cup win,…

There are many adjectives to describe Arsenal’s win over West Ham United on Monday. Awesome, resilient, dramatic, brilliant and amazing, just to name a few. What a great team win for Mikel Arteta and his squad. I mean, what a performance coming off the very long World Cup break. The boys…

Yankee Gooner is back and so is Arsenal as the Gunners host West Ham United following a long but entertaining World Cup break. Here’s my predicted starting XI for today’s match v the Hammers… [4-2-3-1] Nketiah Martinelli, Odegaard, Saka Partey, Xhaka Tierney, Gabriel, Holding, White Ramsdale Predicted final score: ARSENAL…

It’s been a long 39 days since Arsenal’s last Premier League match. The World Cup has been great to watch, however, after Sunday our focus will return to club football, and most importantly, ARSENAL! The Gunners went into the World Cup break as the Premier League’s top club, holding a five…

With Gabriel Jesus sideline until at least March, and with the Gunners currently riding high in the Premier League, what steps should Mikel Arteta and Gaspar Edu take to ensure we remain solid on the Arsenal front line? Obviously, Eddie Nketiah is the insurance policy the Arsenal executives put into…

FoxNews.com published an excellent article Wednesday on Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka. The article didn’t focus on his football success, instead it focused on the young man’s devotion to God, and how it has shaped his life. Here’s a quote from the article… “Yeah, I’ve been continuing to read the Bible every…

Yankee Gooner picked only 5 out of 8 teams correctly to advance out of the Round of 16. Combine that with my 11 out of 16 for picking which nations would advance out of the Group Stages and my overall record is a below average 16 out of 24. However,…

Official statement from the Arsenal Football Club, “Gabriel Jesus has successfully undergone surgery to his right knee after suffering an injury during the Brazil v Cameroon World Cup group stage match on Friday. Gabby will now begin his rehabilitation program. Everyone at the club is supporting Gabby and will be…