When will they notice? POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES I get the feeling that the outside world sees Arsenal as ‘an improving team.’ That’s fine. We are. I think we are more than that though. The foundation of my thought is this…. Arsenal won the FA Cup, Community Shield, beat Man Utd, Wolves, Chelsea, […]
Willian as Grealish I don’t think that the first line up of the season is too tricky to guess. It looks like Leno will start after the Martinez move. It’s unlikely that Saliba AND Gabriel start, so with many CB’s out injured/just returning/about to be sold, its highly likely we go with Tierney. The 3-4-3 has been […]
Ask the readers… Part 2 Many thanks for the reaction to Part 1. Here it is if you haven’t read it… Here is Part 2….. Predicted line up? The whole squad isn’t visible here, but this is my guess at what Arteta wants. If we make all the sales we want to, this is […]
Season of Surprises – Crystal Ball 20/21…. Asking the GT readers (Part 1) For the first time in a generation I’m very excited about an Arsenal season. Fans feed on belief and Mikel Arteta is obliging. To preview the season, I thought it would be fun to ask the Gunners Town readers for your opinion […]
The Surprise of the Season I was listening to Craig Burley on ESPN before the game. He was upsetting me. Not because he thought Liverpool would win but because he thought that Arsenal couldn’t compete this coming season. Then I paused and realized that the vast majority of Arsenal fans don’t believe we […]
The 3 year plan As ever, there has been a small bucketful of Arsenal news and rumours every day this summer. By far the most interesting and insightful piece of Arsenal news has been washed over. I think it’s the core of Mikel Arteta’s plan. Five days ago a journalist asked Willian what persuaded him […]
14 for Fourteen POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES Perhaps there is no bigger compliment to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang than Arsenal winning the FA Cup off the back of two huge TEAM performances where all the players take huge credit yet one man STILL stands out! That’s some feat! Each player will get credit (below) as they should […]
Can we sign Trust? I don’t trust Arsenal. I don’t think I have for over 10 years. My son and I get comfortable and excited on the couch. Out Arsenal run. My son looks at me. He does it every game. It’s a mix of fear and adrenaline I see in his face. He’s only […]
The 90 minute commercial Sometimes I wonder why Coca Cola bother with advertising. Where I live many people call any fizzy drink ‘a Coke.’ That’s when you know you’ve got a successful product, right? The Villa game was an inadvertent 90 minute commercial for the bleeding obvious…. that Arsenal need a creative player or two. […]
Nine years coming POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES February 2011, I was truly impressed. Barcelona were peak. We were good but they were arguably the best team of all time. I always prefer to feel my football with my heart and the last time I was so impressed was this Barcelona game. We’ve won bigger […]
