Football re-imagined David Elleray has undertaken a clarification / tidy up / common-sense-ification of the rules of association football. On explaining the process undertaken, Professor Elleray, MBE, explained that; “We have tried to use much clearer language. We tried to avoid a lot of unnecessary repetition and we tried to make it up-to-date. Because the […]
And the 2016 winner is….. It’s the start of a new year and in keeping with tradition, I thought I would ask some well known football brains their predictions for the rest of the season. Firstly, I tracked down Maureen in a swanky west end wine bar; spending his redundancy money; TheSundayMorningGooner – “Who will win […]
Support Arsenal and enjoy the ride Just when you thought it was safe to believe….The Arsenal rollercoaster starts up again.We beat Chelsea, then lose to The Hammers.We beat United, then lose to West Brom.We beat City, then we lose to Southampton. The team has been playing to its maximum ability over the past few and […]
Christmas comes but once a year! Christmas comes but once a year, Bringing Gooners everywhere plenty of cheer. But don’t forget the very best part, Chelsea imploding causing Maureen to depart. And United can score at home or away!!?? With Van Gaal facing the sack, well any day City are wasting the money from the […]
It all started way back when, way back when Gary Lewin decided to up sticks and head for the bright lights of St Georges Park and Team England. On his way out of the door he shouted back to Arsene, “I know a guy, he’ll see you right. I’ll call you from the car” Bemused, […]
I’m still standing ? Not much to say following Sunday Bloody Sunday, well except, “Oh look it’s November, let’s all book a trip to the physio”. The defeat sucks, but the injuries are are verging on ridiculous. If all the tests are as bad as they probably will be, the best starting XI we can […]
The Arsenal of the past 9 seasons reared its ugly head on Saturday. We dominated the game with 72% possession , 592 completed passes, 11 shots and a 2-1 defeat. To rub sodium chloride in the gaping hole, the Baggies only managed 1 shot on target and still scored 2 goals!!!! Here’s hoping this is […]
Recently I composed a piece regarding the ongoing curse of the number 9 and Arsenal’s continuing failure to fill the void left by Alan Smith. But there is another shirt that has suffered the same fate over the past few years, but it looks like that the curse on the 1(+)8 shirt may have finally […]
Remember this moment: 8am Saturday, 7th November, 2015 (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) Why? You ask. Well this was the moment that the world found out that Maureen finally understood everything. It was announced to the world that Maureen was on record as saying; “Wenger is right” Unfortunately, Maureen was only talking about referee. Following his […]
18 months ago, according to many, Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels was the man, the man to save The Arsenal. . Off the back of a decent World Cup, there were calls to fast track him into the first team to replace Giroud and/or Sanogoals up front to spearhead Arsenal’s attack. Again, he was overlooked and […]
