Skipper gone and now
only no Song
Lukas, Olivier and
Santi came along
Written off by the
press, no surprise
Best to ignore, they
only print lies
August is upon us,
new fuel in our tank
Two games no scoring,
drawing a blank
Liverpool away this
must be a dream
Abou majestic, Santi
and Poldi supreme
Into September and
staying undefeated
To six at home to the
Saints we were treated
A win en France, a
comeback v City
Conceding few goals and sitting pretty
Three past the Greeks
and Olly now scoring
Three more past the
Hammers confidence soaring
Then defeats by
Canaries and Schalke with woeful display
And Diaby out
injured, it’s Groundhog Day
A Carling Cup horror
at Reading from the starting 11
A come back so
stirring, 442 and a Magnificent 7
Yes I am going all Hollywood
Hammy
But not Brynner and
McQueen but Theo and Chammy!
A bounce back in the
league beating Rangers by one
A day marked by the
return of our ‘Prodigal son’
So great to see the
touch is there Jack
Too soon to say our
future is back?
A pathetic loss at
United shows our true worth
Not yet progressing
and not a rebirth
Our new skipper
struggling, slipping and falling
Our ex-hero scoring
our defence was appalling
Better away in
Germany but still only a draw
Defensive lapses
again are becoming a bore
Bounce back versus
Fulham then, three points we insist
Three points turns to
one a penalty missed
Gloom turns to joy a
history repeat
Farewell to sent off Ade a 5-2
defeat
Big Per starts the
scoring, his header means so much
And all for attackers
discover their touch
Into December feeling
buoyant, a semi-final to beckon
Only Bradford to
punish, easy we reckon
A freezing cold night
and 3000 of us numbed
At the way a strong
side so easily succumbed
The lowest I felt as
Gooner in many a year
A long drive home the
future less clear
On the back of a home
defeat to the Swansea and the Greeks
A defensive pairing
not working, too many leaks
Much stronger v
Reading with Santi better and better
Edging past Wigan,
redemption for Arteta
Then a thriller v
Toon with Theo calming fears
A Messi-like hattrick
to live in the memory for years
A new year dawns but
can we progress?
Draws at Saints and
Swansea Vermaelen/Per combo a mess
We were shocking at
home to City, we can’t get it right
Quote stats at me
Wenger but pairing is shite
A replay at home
versus Swansea next up
We owe them and could
this be our year in this Cup
One man won this came
with his single hand
The night we as one
said Jack it is your own ‘Wonderland’
A one-man display of
phenomenal power and poise
The Emirates paying
tribute, an incredible noise
A tingle all over at
each tribute and cheer
Definitely a night to
say ‘I was there’
The confidence short
lived down to earth with a bump
Rolled over by Blues
a home defeat slump
Bouncing back at West
Ham it was down to one player
3 assists and a goal
for Poldi Hammer Slayer
A brace for Giroud, a
cup win at Brighton
Not so convincing for
the big boys to frighten
But a place in the
next round still a reward
And a selection of
significance with Kozza restored
A draw scraped v Liverpool,
a poor 1-0 v Stoke
Still not convincing
but not quite a joke
January ends and February begins still way off the pace
It cannot get worse that cannot be the case?
January passed and
the window closed
No attacking arrivals
questions are posed
A manager under
pressure of that there’s no doubt
But you have to
support him as they won’t kick him out
A 10-man display v
Black Cats of resilience and style
Sagna in the centre
the best by a mile
Koscielny played and
again tight at the back
Strangely now seeming
toothless in attack
Next up the worst 4
days of the season
Le Boss resting stars
for no apparent reason
No Poldi, no Santi,
no Theo, no Jack
No logic for me
when’s it’s trophies we lack
Surely it could not feel lower, doubt that I could
The Tuesday v Bayern
soon showed me I would
Our last chance of
Silver now seemingly dust
Something had to
change or In Wenger do we still trust?
The first change to
move Santi out on the left
Two goals for him
beat Villa but still feeling bereft
No feeling better after
defeat at the Lane
Confidence low and
Bayern away next it’s insane
Bold decisions time
for Wenger as skipper left out
Fab in for Shezza
another huge shout
The return of Mozart,
the midfield rocket
The return of
Koscielny with Mandzukic in his pocket
We defeated the
German giants at home and did not concede
A feat matched by no
one the boast that we need
It’s déjà vu as we
find our form in the spring
Whether we can
maintain it like 2012 if a whole other thing
The BFG is slow but
Kozza is quick
Pairing them
certainly seemed to be the right trick
The Frenchman’s
quality and German’s game reading
No Belgium
indiscipline and the defence now succeeding
Four victories in the
league followed as we head for top four
Only 3 goals conceded
our defence now a bore
The centre so solid
there is only one question
Monreal or Gibbo with
Gibbs my suggestion
Reading dispatched
and Rocky remembered
Fulham dispatched and
Norwich surrendered
United now champions
and came to N5 so
Are we so far off
them? A draw suggests no
The home straight is
reached and it is back in our hands
Not what we hoped for
but that is where it stands
Not a trophy for me
finishing top four
But better than not
I’m equally sure
A tight win at Loftus
and bye bye to Twitchy
Sorry that’s beneath
me and awfully bitchy
A nervous last game
at home for this campaign
But four past poor
Wigan our joy but their pain
Final day tension and
final day glory
Misery for the Spuds,
a similar story
An unlikely hero or maybe
one so true
Because who turned the
season around? Koz it was you
A long summer ahead
with money to spend
All we ask Arsene is
don’t leave it to the end
One keeper, one
defender, a midfielder to sit
And of course a new
striker but in truth that is it
So ends my review all written in rhyme
Signing off Gooner Dave, until next time.
Thanks and follow @GunnersTown please
Passionate 50+ ST holder who has been making the journey to N5 regularly since the early 1980s – although his first game was in 1976. Always passionate when talking about The Arsenal, Dave decided to send a guest blog to Gunnersphere in the summer of 2011 and has not stopped writing about the Gunners since. He set up up his own site 1 Nil Down 2 One Up which he has now sold and since the summer of 2013 with a friend he launched a new project to offer new and aspiring Arsenal writers a home. Gunners Town is that platform and Dave writes here too. He is also the author of 2 Arsenal related books.
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