As I impatiently sat on my phone all day refreshing my twitter feed waiting for the “official” media pictures of Čech in an Arsenal kit, I came across a GIF of Mikel Arteta and Per Mertesacker lifting the FA Cup. While normally seeing your club’s captain lifting any trophy (except for the Emirates Cup of […]
Archive | June, 2015
Arsenal’s targets are slipping away from us…or are they?
I’ll tell you something you’d probably never believe: in a way, Twitter ruined me. Yes, I got the sense of not being alone by joining it and I’m happy I did. But there’s a downside (isn’t there always?): I now find it really hard to formulate a definitive opinion on something. I like to call […]
Young Guns (Go for it!) – Part 1 of a look at Arsenal Young troubleshooters
Well last weeks piece seemed to poke the hornets nest in Middlesex. It’s amazing how p!ssed off they get when you mention that that aren’t actually from London and then they resort to ranting about Woolwich and descend into homophobic slander about our players. I for one, have no issue with and am proud of […]
Poldi aims to prove himself at Arsenal – Credible or Deluded?
“My qualities suit Arsenal”. Famous words said by Lukas Podolski in his interview with German newspaper Bild about his future earlier this week. But is he right? Are we in no need to look out for a new central forward? Do we have another internal solution like we had with Coq last January? Or is […]
Arsenal’s 1st Summer Signing Revealed in Silly Season Diary Part 1 – You have never ‘Vlad’ it so good!
Right, let’s cut to the chase here. No sooner had your liver recovered from that glorious FA Cup Final weekend than our old friend the Silly Season reared its ugly head. It starts slowly, with the odd tweet about who we should buy or sell, that kind of thing, then BANG! All of a sudden […]
A Gooner’s View of Other Clubs of the 2014-2015 Season – Part 6
Hi everyone. This is part six of my series of blogs about the status of the Premiership Clubs of the 2014-2015 Season following the conclusion of the League season. In this blog, I’ll be focusing on Swansea City and Southampton. Of course, all of this is my own opinion, so feel free to disagree and […]
Ayresome Park May 6th 1989 – Unlikey Hero Martyn Hayes keeping Arsenal’s Title Hopes Alive
Welcome back to my weekly fix of nostalgia which looks at significant goals in Arsenal’s history. You can scour through my column for my previous pieces. For us younger fans, 1989 is known for Anfield’89. I’m sure most of us have seen the highlights of that game numerous times. Most of us are also aware […]
What Arsenal need to do this Summer to be Title Contenders? – No room for Sentimentality Ospina Sorry
Gunner be Honest – No room for Sentimentality Ospina Sorry After securing a second consecutive FA Cup triumph on May 30th, the foundations are undoubtedly in place to mount a serious title challenge next season, provided of course, a few additions are made in key areas, an all too familiar story in recent seasons. The […]
Why have some of our fans turned against David Ospina?
I’m writing this article for two reasons: the first one is stated in the title and will essentially be the crux of this piece. I will get to it in a bit, after saying a few words on the second point, which I consider no less important. Namely: I wanted to bid farewell to David […]
“Arsenal to spend £89m on three new signings…” Invincibles, Repeatables – Possible/Impossible?
Arsene Wenger intends on splashing the cash this summer, and is hot on the heels of 2 world class players and a definite future star…in fact the deals are meant to be as good as done, only the final formalities to be concluded… Now there’s a headline many would love to see….. And it would […]