Have the Arsenal had their Achilles heal exposed & severed. For all the flair, guile & ability, has the soft underbelly been flipped over & left in the sun to be pecked at by the big team vultures. Again, we get on the plane to the North West, to a top 6 contender & boom […]
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Kim Kallstrom put to one side as The Arsenal Pledge is brought to the fore
Championship Manager 01/02 and Advance The Arsenal Flair I did have an awesome blog prepared on how good a signing Kim Kallstrom was, based on his ranking in Championship Manager 01/02, but then he went and got injured, so that fell flat on its arse. Kim, Say hello to Abo So instead I went with […]
Arsenal announce hot new Dutch signing
The Arsenal have announced a major signing that has been endorsed by club captain Thomas Vermaelen. Both exiles from the Ajax school of football. A defensive midfielder and Dutch international, only six games short of the 100 club, they will bring added steel to the centre of the park, complimenting the already expressive midfield unit […]
Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta expresses World Cup inclusion hopes and dreams for Spain…or England
Having caught up with my Doctor Who obsession with a Saturday night marathon (keeps me awake for 2am kick offs!), I think I might have overdosed, as my mind seems to have taken a trip in time and dimensions in space… World Cup Diary of Mikel aged 32 1/3 Thursday June 12th 2014 and Mikel […]
Why Spurs are to thank for Arsenal’s Premier League title surge this season
Thank You Tottenham Hotspur ? 3rd March 2013 was a day that all Arsenal fans dread. It was a day of defeat in the North London Derby. It was the start of a 24 hour period of Facebook silence for me, with my status being “I love Tottenham Hotspur” (a long running bet I have […]
Arsene Wenger, Ivan Gazidis and Stan Kroenke discuss Arsenal Germans at End-of-year review
2013, What was the difference? December 31st 2013 and Arsene Wenger, Ivan Gazidis and Stan Kroenke are holding their yearly review over a bottle of Pinot. Arsene: Come on guys, we may not have won a trophy (again), but we have beaten both the Champions League Finalists and we finished 4th (it’s a trophy, non?) […]
Merry Christmas from TheSundayMorningGooner
So this is Xmas And what have we done We brought Mezut Özil And Rambo scored a tonne And so this is Xmas Another year gone Watching Jack & Cazorla Beat players for fun A very Merry […]
Are you a real Gooner? Take the Arsenal Citizenship Test; Xmas Invincibles Special
As Noddy Holder says at the start of November every year at a Tesco’s (Coles if you are Aussie) near you: IT’S CHRISTMAS! Once you finished trying to get the receptionist trapped with you in the stationary cupboard and you stopped photocopying your genitals, you might like to have a crack at the Christmas Special of […]
Eat. Shoot. Leave. Arsenal’s midfield has firepower lacked by Cesc Fabregas and co.
A panda walks into a restaurant, sits down and orders a sandwich. After he finishes eating the sandwich, the panda pulls out a gun, pops the waiter and stands up to go. “Hey,” shouts the manager. “Where do you think you are going, you just shot my waiter and didn’t pay for your sandwich!”As he’s […]
My Team – My Religion. A Far Side Ode To Arsenal.
A is for Arsene, in Wenger we trust religion1 R is for Royal, The Queens one of us religion2 S is Saint Totteringham, a Gooners favorite day… Steve WellmanEnglish by birth, Australian by choice. Traffic Engineer, Arsenal ST Holder, Sun DreamTeam Winner, Writer on @GunnersTown, Depeche Mode, Welcome to my world…