We are nearly half way through the summer transfer window and Arsenal have still only made one major signing. For many Arsenal fans this is a frustrating time of year. We are usually linked with some top class players with proven goal-scoring records but never actually go in for them. But what we do […]
Archive | July, 2016
Arsenal’s very own BFG, Per Mertesacker, launches the ‘Golden Phizzgunner Dreams’ jar
Arsenal Football Club supports The BFG Dream Jar Trail raising funds for Save the Children The Arsenal Foundation has teamed up with its global charity partner, Save the Children to support ‘The BFG Dream Jar Trail’ which sees dozens of personalities supporting public art installations to raise money for children across the world. The initiative […]
Arsene Wenger and the Emirates years: In search of silverware
Part 2 -The Emirates years In Arsene’s last 10 years there have been a lot of low points at the club. There has been a long drought without a trophy and Wenger’s team been have been seen to bottle it under pressure. After moving into the new Emirates Stadium in 2006, Wenger […]
UK Online Casinos and Bookmakers Dreading a Leicester Title Win?
Leicester City won the title in the 2015/16 season against all odds and that cost the bookmakers quite a lot of money. However, there’s more to this story. Crazy things happen in football. Things that were so far off before they actually happened, so that it was more conceivable to imagine that Elvis would be […]
The Euro’s confirm Possession Football is dead – Can Wenger adapt or should he have to?
For very long time, so-called small teams used to apply an ultra-defensive approach when facing technically superior opponents, sitting deep in their half and tightening spaces available for their rivals. As they couldn’t compete on technical level, they HAD TO find a different way to avoid a heavy defeat and hopefully bring a point […]
Exclusive interview with Olympique Lyonnais Expert on Lacazette for Arsenal
Is Alexandre Lacazette the new French bargain for Arsenal? Gunners Town’s own @Grooverblog chats to @Eurolyonnais After a frustrating 15-16 season, where Arsenal failed to lift a league title obviously opened, a lot of questions remain about the offensive ability of the striking squad. Olivier Giroud wasn’t efficient enough, and neither an out of form […]
Arsene Who?
Part one -The first 10 years…. 20 years? 20 years since the unknown French manager walked through the door and who would have thought he would still be manager to this day. Wenger arrived at Highbury in October 1996 and Arsenal fans didn’t have a clue who he was. Wenger had a lot to prove […]
Champions of dull defy expectations
Euro review: Final I have written less than 400 words about Portugal during this Euro. To give you some context: this is my 8th article covering the tournament. I average 1200 words per article. Meaning roughly 5% of my pieces were about Fernando Santos’ side. That can be down to any old number of […]
Arsene and his transfers Part Deux- The Vieira gene pool experiment
18th January, 2005: London, England The day had been a long time coming for Patrick Vieira. Being an Invincible had been too much of an achievement for his ultra competitive personality to accept. He needed a challenge to flourish, to establish himself as one of the all-time greats of world football. For that, he […]
Arsenal’s August attacking alternatives?
Some solutions to Arsene’s striker crisis Could there be a striker crisis in the first few weeks of the season for Arsenal? With a couple of tough fixtures to start off the season, including Liverpool and Leicester, Wenger may have to improvise with his team to find someone who will do a job through the […]
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