Far Side View With an apparent £100m to spend, Arsene Wenger has started the transfer window being linked with various new dance partners from all parts of the globe. In the striker department, three main candidates have been mooted. Steve WellmanEnglish by birth, Australian by choice. Traffic Engineer, Arsenal ST Holder, Sun DreamTeam Winner, Writer […]
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Message to impatient Arsenal fans; Don’t worry, be happy!
Far Side View In signing players we have some trouble Chelsea and City will pay them double Ivan say, don’t worry, be happy? We can’t sign superstars, or so it’s said That we can’t convince them to play in red Stan say, don’t worry, be happy Steve WellmanEnglish by birth, Australian by choice. Traffic Engineer, […]
WAG SPECIAL: Arsenal Ladies Alternate XI
Far Side View Living in Australia, it’s difficult to get away from old skool misogynistic views. You only have to look at the politicians here to see its still the beating heart of a proportion of Australians lives. So, following “Jack The Lads” recent admission that, if Gonzalo Higuain signs for The Arsenal, a picture […]
Gary Neville; Arsenal Media Darling, Stewart Robson; Gunners Hate Figure
Far Side View “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring […]
Gonzalo Higuain gives hope in 14-day medical nightmare
Far Side View A slight deviation from the norm, with everything that as gone on in my life over the past fortnight, I thought I’d do a ‘diary’ blog. So here goes. Monday 10th June: 10pm – Long weekend over, they give us a day for the Queen’s birthday here, it’s great, quick look on […]
Does modern football led by UEFA reward mediocrity and failure?
Far Side View Being laid up on a hospital bed for the last week and sky high on morphine, my blog this week will be short and sweet and is a revisit to an old topic I discussed on my own site a few months ago. Are UEFA breeding a generation of footballers who believe […]
Around the World with Arsene Wenger
Far Side View As summer slowly descends on Northern Europe, Gooners all around the globe are planning their summer holidays & thinking of that once in a lifetime around the world trip. As we know, in the last 16 years, Arsene Wenger is a past master of such jaunts, but there are some places we […]
Podolski to stay and break the curse of the number 9 shirt
Far Side View A couple of curses seem to be plaguing The Arsenal, one may have been solved but the other, I fear, is still rumbling on. The first in question is ‘The Curse of the Number 9’. Steve WellmanEnglish by birth, Australian by choice. Traffic Engineer, Arsenal ST Holder, Sun DreamTeam Winner, Writer on […]
Ant &/or Dec Football; Who would play in an Arsenal Celebrity XI?
Far Side View I would like to dedicate this blog to Scott aka @OzGooner, who sadly passed away last week. Although I never met him, he was a top Gooner, a top bloke to talk with at all times of the day & the the first Aussie Gooner I spoke with on Twitter. Sadly missed […]
Ashburton or Gone For A Burton? Who will stay and who will go at Arsenal this summer
Far Side View “Hi my name is Vernon O’Leary and welcome to EPSN 8’s new game show – ‘ASHBURTON OR GONE FOR A BURTON’, brought to you in conjunction with ‘Duffmeister – the official beer of game shows about football’. Over the next 12 weeks we will be asking the question, based on their performances […]