The Far Side Q (& A) Are You A “Grade A” Arse? by Steve Wellman Following the apparent popularity of The Arsenal Citizenship Test, I thought I’d give a monthly Arsenal quiz a go. This months results will be graded as follows: 0 to 5: Dumb Arse 6 to 10: ‘Arf An Arse 11 to […]
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The New and Improved Nicklas Bendtner: Is the ego still cashing cheques his talent can’t cash?
Far Side View Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, there was a young boy called Niki who dreamed of playing football. So to fulfil his dreams, at the tender age of 17 he left Kjøbenhavns Boldklub to join The Arsenal, where he met Arturo Lupoli and they became best of friends. Steve […]
The Rambo Quadrilogy: He shoots, He scores, Now no one dies
Far Side View Follow Rambo’s journey from deepest darkest South Wales to the bright lights of London to start a new career with The Arsenal and his progression from being the kid who choose Wenger over Fergie, to becoming only the second player born in the 1990s to score a Champions League goal. It could […]
Giroud, Rambo, Ozil; Arsenal’s weekend highlights
Far Side View As I have been away sunning myself for a long weekend in Noosa (it’s in Queensland if you don’t know), I haven’t had time to write my usual musings. So I thought I’d do a quick list of my weekend highlights. Steve WellmanEnglish by birth, Australian by choice. Traffic Engineer, Arsenal ST […]
So you think you’re a Gooner? Well take The Arsenal Citizenship Test and prove it
Far Side View Sö the circus that is the summer transfer windöw is finally över and we find öurselves in the midst öf anöther ‘Inter-lull’, perfectly placed tö disrupt the seasöns mömentum. Such is FIFA’s want. One way to relieve the boredom, in the short term at least, could be, say, to undertake some sort of […]
Arsenal Football Club is not Championship Manager, leave Arsene Wenger alone
Far Side View This week’s edition of The FarSideView is a bit of a mash up and a bit of a muddle. Please accept my apologies in advance. It’s partly a piece I started a couple of weeks ago (and never really got around to finishing) and partly inspired by a three-word Tweet last Thursday. […]
Just what happened & Where did the time go?
Far Side View April 2013: Ivan runs into Arsene’s office, “Arsene, Arsene, We’ve done it, we’ve signed Stevan Jovetic. It’s a done deal, all sorted, no dramas”“Now Ivan, are you sure. I’ve heard these sort of stories before” retorts Arsene“Well, we’ve agreed terms with the player” Ivan responds excitedly.“Really Ivan, really?”“I’m about to speak to […]
Can Arsenal win the Premier League? Can Spurs break into the top four? Will Liverpool make the Europa League? Let’s ask the Aussies!
Far Side View It’s that time of year and time for bloggers of the world to unite and get on with their predictions for the season. To mix it up a bit, I have consulted some fellow Aussie Gooners to give a Combined Far Side View on how we see the top six panning out […]
Arsenal the envy of the Premier League as top rivals fall behind
Far Side View Please note this is an alternative look at the non-activity in the transfer window and not my definitive view! Could no change bring about a big change at The Arsenal. With last season’s top three going through the change (HRT and other medicines are available), could the break that Arsenal need, be […]
#BringArsenalToAustralia – Pack your bags Arsene Wenger, you’re off to Oz
Far Side View Now that the “Asia Tour” seems to be a permanent feature in the Arsenal calendar, this is my request to get the next years jolly extended to an “Australasia Tour 2014”. I have discussed this topic on my Twitter feed in the past and the usual responses were based on the population […]