Following Saturday’s evening’s Newcastle vs Arsenal game, PGMOL have decided to get an independent review undertaken on the VAR decisions. They reached out to my 12 year old daughter, who is a Game Leader (Junior Referee) for Balmain District Football Club, in Sydney. Below is her exclusive assessment of the Newcastle goal(?) Checking Goal – […]
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GunnersTown Exclusive: Emergency FA Meeting To Replace VAR
A week on and still the ‘pundits’ are debating whether Romeo handled the ball. Frank McAvennie (if you are under 30, google him) yesterday added this comment: “You can always tell when players claim for a penalty. You can tell, when one or two do it is not a penalty but when they all do […]
“Gooners to be cheerful, you’ll see” – a light-hearted season prediction
Reasons to be cheerful, you’ll see Gooners to be cheerful, 1, 2, 3 Good summer jolly, more transfer folly Good golly, Miss Molly and high, high hopes Brazilian Martinelli, fellow countryman Gabi First game on the telly, no time to choke Ode down the channel, Wrighty on the panel The rest just talking […]
Got n’syncing feeling in your gut? This one’s for you: “Granit, Bye Bye Bye”
Bayern LeverHey, hey Granit bye, bye bye Bye bye You’re doing this tonight You’re probably gonna start a fight You know that the time is right Hey Granit come on We loved you endlessly Always there for the team Now it’s your time to leave and and find a new home I know you […]
5 Questions on 22/23 that every self-respecting Gooner should know the answers to
1 – Realistically, at the start of the season, where did you expect Arsenal to finish? In the words of Zach Galifianakis in The Hangover 2 “not you, not you, not you, not nobody” expected The Arsenal to be challenging for the title. If we had been offered fourth in August, we would have bitten […]
Mind The Gap
Not the way we envisioned it happening, but hurdle one is complete – Champions League Football is confirmed for 23/24 As the song goes: “We’ve got Super Mik Arteta, He knows exactly what we need, Kieran at the back, Gabi in attack, Arsenal on the way to Champions League.” The cherry on top. That time […]
Arsenal: All or Nothing. Part 2
This is short but sweet: Micah Richards (MailSport) “Arsenal fans will not see things this way but what has happened over the last seven days has the potential to work in their team’s favour. Put simply, there is now no grey area around next week’s trip to Manchester — they have to get a result.” […]
Richard Keys: Offended by The Arsenal…..Again!
As sure as the sun rises in the East and Chelsea abuse the FFP, the serial Arsenal/Arteta hater has found a way to be offended by The Arsenal……Again. This time it’s not: Over exuberant celebrations Mikel Arteta’s passion, OR Breaching technical area limitations. This time it’s ……. Scoring goals in added added time!!!! While ‘hanging […]
Saka Star-boy: Public Enemy Number 1
Since Little Chilli burst onto the scene 4 seasons ago, teams have struggled to deal with his pace, guile and all round sheer genius. However, since the restart after the World Cup, it has become clear that a combined tactic has been adopted to stop Star-boy in his tracks. Through my covert contact, I have […]
Gary, Jamie, Danny et al! – No agenda, no honestly, really, no agenda!!!
Agenda 1: Arsenal Crumble Gary Neville, again, on the bandwagon – “The only thing Arsenal have proven in the last few years is that they crumble at the end of the season.” Jamie O’Hara, with his usual impartiality – “When it comes to the last month of the season, I don’t think they’ve got the […]