pedantic George @arseblagger

WEMBLEY!

Hello and how are you? Hopefully excited and nervy as a jumping bean and counting down the hours and minutes to our showdown with Manchester City in the 2026 Carabao Cup final! Nice! Let’s face, it’s great to be in a final, and it’s been a while (2020’s Covid Cup final). Calling this one though […]

The Acid Test-LEV. CL, L16, PART 2!

Hello and how are you? Well, after the utter excitement from the 88th minute until the final whistle against a stubborn and luck-less Everton, I’m sure it’s now dow(nman) back to business for the Arsenal, as we play out part two of our double header against Bayer Leverkusen (currently 6th in the Bundesliga) in the Champions League. […]

A QUESTION OF CULTURE?

I’m not going to get where I want with this. If you go down a rabbit hole, you find a some point a junction, with billions, trillions of outcomes, then you realise it was the same the way in, it wasn’t a single path. It’s too hard in a short piece to cover every angle […]

LIFES A RIOT WHEN ITS BOT V BOT?

Hello and how are you? Sorry for the blackout, I got ill and then just simply had enough of writing. I tip my hat to all those who can write about matches even at the basic level like I’ve been doing this season, for the whole season. In various forms of cranky delirium, I thought […]

THE NEIGHBOURS!

Hello and how are you? Sunday the 22nd of February sees the Mighty Cannon go east and up the Seven Sisters road for a clash with our favourite best friends, Tottenham Hotspur FC. KO at the Lane is at 4.30pm local time. Expected weather is partly cloudy, temps at 13° (feels like 12° ) and […]

WIGAN.

Hello and how are you? Sunday the 15th of February sees the Mighty Cannon host Wigan Athletic in the next round of the FA Cup. KO at the Emirates is at 4.30pm, local time. Expected weather is cloudy with temps at 7° ( feels like 4°) and 79% of rain in the first half and […]

BRENTFORD!

Hello and how are you?  Thursday 12th of February sees Arsenal make a short trip over to the beehive to take on Brentford at the Gtech Community centre stadium. KO is at  8.00pm local time and weather conditions will be partly cloudy with temps at 7° Missing for Arsenal are Havertz, Dowman, Saka, Odegaard, Merino and […]

SUNDERLAND!

Hello how are you?  Saturday the 7th of February sees the Mighty Cannon host a visit from Wearside and Sunderland AFC. KO is at 3.00pm local, with  partly cloudy weather, temps at 11° ( feels like 5°) and 41% chance of rain. So, as we swim through the waves of negativity and lies “even if Arsenal […]

SEMI-FINAL PART 2!

Hello and how are you? Tuesday the 3rd of February sees the Mighty Cannon host the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final against our neighbours Chelsea FC. KO at the Emirates is at 8.00pm local time. Expected weather is cloudy and rainy ( 27-62% chance of a downpour) and temps are at °5 ( feels […]

ELLAND ROAD!

Hello and how are you? Saturday the 31st of January sees the Mighty Cannon take a trip to the Western marches of Yorkshire to take on 16th -placed Leeds Utd at Elland Road. KO is at 3.00pm local time. Expected weather is partly cloudy with temps at 7°  (feels like 2°) and 11 % chance of […]