It is that time of year again. The time of the year when the tabloid press roll out their unsubstantiated, fake news regarding that old chestnut, ‘Arsenal’s overpriced Season Tickets’. The Current Bun’s illegitimate half-sister (The Mirror) ran with the usual: “Arsenal fans hit hardest, Arsenal revealed as most expensive Premier League club […]
O Captain, My Captain Unai named his ‘Captains’ yesterday and to be fair, the names did not come as a surprise. “The captain of this group is Laurent Koscielny, who is injured at the moment. After Laurent, our other captains are Petr Cech, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil and Granit Xhaka.” […]
The squad flew out to Singapore last week and there was a noticeable absence on the plane, Carl Jenkinson. With the exception of Rambo (more on him later), this appears to be the final nail in the coffin of ‘British Core 1.0’. Back in 2012, these 6 players were supposed to represent the future of […]
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue! Something Old: Stephan Lichtsteiner, at 34 most players would be contemplating a transition into punditry or coaching, but Stephan has taken the leap to join the changing face of Unai’s Arsenal. ‘Forest Gump’ has won seven titles in seven years at Juve and is one cap […]
A sad moment has just passed, Santi has left the building and rejoined Villarreal. In my mind an Arsenal legend, a touch of class in a team that was falling apart around him. In an injury ravaged 6 year stay at The Emirates, Santi managed just 129 games, with a scoring rate of a goal […]
So it’s finally over and apparently Arsene’s replacement will be announced next week. There’s been highs and lows, ups and downs, good times and bad, success and disaster, beauty and the beast, sublime and the ridiculous. So I thought I’d look back at ‘The Wenger Years’ with the rest of the GunnersTown crew and compile: […]
From Seaman to Mavropanos (and most of those in between) Between 12th October 1996 and 13th May 2018, 222 players played under Wenger’s tutorage and I thought I would write (with inspiration from Billy Joel’s ‘We didn’t start the fire’, a ditty to commemorate some of those who have passed his way. Seaman, […]
**** Newsflash **** Arsenal’s new coach to be announced imminently!!!! I met my mate down the pub last night and he said that he was told by his step brother’s second cousin’s dog sitter’s milkman’s ex-wife, that Arteta will definitely be the next Arsenal manager. His source said that the board felt that after […]
Have you ever decided, “Bugger it, I’ve had enough, I’m jacking it all in.” Stormed up to your boss, slapped your resignation on his (or hers) desk, flipped them the bird, stomped out of the office, abusing everybody you hate on the way out. Only, once you get to your car, you start thinking, “Oh […]
Sky Sports: “Arsene, over the past 14 years you’ve have had many battles with Jose. Have you anything to say about him before going into, potentially, your last confrontation?” Arsene: “Some people wrong because they are not strong enough to fight temptation and some are wrong because that do not know” The Current […]
