It was Mikel’s first day at The Emirates School of Shithousery and Skullduggery and he couldn’t wait to get started on learning the ‘Dark Arts’. He picked up his timetable and the first lesson of the day was ‘Tactics and Psychological Strategies’, taught by Professor Ferguson. Professor Fergie was a bit old school, but was […]
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Double, double, toil and trouble – Two-In-One Match Review – In Verse!
Double, double, toil and trouble, In London and Manchester, big games did bubble Early at the Etihad, Haaland scored City hoped to put Arsenal to the sword Maanum scored early to set the tone Could the ladies go on to beat City at home? A quality pass from Martinelli And what a finish by Calafiori […]
All offences are equal, but some are more equal than others
My mate’s sister, is a cleaner at PGMOL HQ and found a copy of the minutes from this year’s PGMOL pre season meeting left on the photocopier. She thought they made interesting reading, so passed a copy on to me. Agenda: Protocol 1 – Common Sense. As part of the new procedures for this season, […]
Euro’s not even started and Anti Arsenal Agenda in full flow
A – So, Southgate picks his squad to underachieve at the Euros. Major talking point should be: No Grealish, No Maddison. But No. What does the renowned (?) Irish defender Kevin Kilbane focus on: “Watch Saka during the Euros. He’ll be limping off with 20 minutes to go and then a doubt for the next […]
Living Rent Free in a small minds
Well unsurprisingly, the spuds failed to live up to our low expectations of them and sacrificed their own Champion’s League hopes, to potentially prevent The Arsenal’s title challenge. To the form book, the so called Spud fans were, very vocally, cheering when City scored. Would Liverpool fans cheer a United goal, no. Would Chelsea fans […]
Pundits Talking Poop (for once not all pundits): Part 103
Here we go again, pundits doing all they can do to derail The Arsenal, as per their lord and master’s instructions. Teddy Sheringham is sticking to the spuds storybook and being more interested in Arsenal than his team from Middlesex. “Declan lets other players express themselves. He’s that good. I called it last summer. I […]
Physios urgently wanted for a Middlesex based football club!
A friend of mine who works for the Middlesex Daily News, forwarded me this sneak peak of an advert they are running later this week. He thought I might find it interesting. Steve WellmanEnglish by birth, Australian by choice. Traffic Engineer, Arsenal ST Holder, Sun DreamTeam Winner, Writer on @GunnersTown, Depeche Mode, Welcome to my […]
Unbelievable Jeff!!!
And here we go again, Jeff ‘I used to sit and watch football in a studio’ Stelling, has called out Benny Blanco for committing the heinous crime of ‘playing cards on holiday’. Jeff Stelling on Ben White: “He decided he didn’t want to play for England and he has been enjoying his time there […]
Wind your neck in on Ben White, Mr. O’Hara. It’s not about you!!!
Try hard, Jamie O’Hara, playing to the Talksport listener base and his clearly biased roots, again. “Very few people get the opportunity to represent their country. For Ben White to turn that down because he doesn’t want to sit on the bench or because he doesn’t like watching football? I’m sorry, but I think you’re […]
Batsh!t Crazy Arsenal Talk: Episode 56
On this weeks episode of ‘Batsh!t Crazy Arsenal Talk’, we are spotlighting ex-professional footballer-pundits and their blatant non-objectivity. (AKA doing what bosses command.) John Barnes & Rio Ferdinand both stuck to the ‘throw cr@p at Arsenal and see what sticks’ narrative, with full effect over the weekend. John Barnes – Arsenal have to play well […]