Why Arsenal were wrong to thank Aaron Ramsey Well it was finally confirmed what many Arsenal fans knew for some time, that Welsh international Aaron Ramsey will be leaving Arsenal to join Italian champions Juventus in the summer. The news was first broken by BBC sport journalist and Arsenal Oracle David Ornstein, when […]
West Ham United vs. Arsenal Premier League preview We travel across London to the London Stadium near Stratford, for the first of two London games this week. West Ham was unlucky not to get something from the game at our place in September. We won 3-1, but this scoreline flattered us to […]
Where does Ozil fit in the new Arsenal system? Subjectivity is one of the most important things when being a writer or covering sports for any format, sadly certain papers or pundits disagree with that but I think anyone worth their salt will, or should agree. The reason I started with the last statement is, […]
FC Vorksla 0-3 Arsenal Europa League Review The kids, and some oldies too, did well in stricken Ukraine. Despite the moving of the venue, due to serious political tensions between Russia and Ukraine, the kids amongst the oldies, did well to get a spectacular win here. Smith-Rowe shone brightly and grabbed an early […]
It’s fair to say that Aaron Ramsey has divided Gooner opinion since he joined Arsenal from Cardiff as a 17-year-old in 2008. Snatched from beneath Sir Alex’s nose in one of Wenger’s better deals, Ramsey seemed an exciting young prospect. Axed down in an horrific tackle by Stoke orc, Ryan Shawcross – it looked like […]
Under a sunny Swiss sky in 2008, at a café near Basel, Arsène Wenger made his pitch. And a young, 17-year-old Welshman listened. Six years later, Aaron Ramsey delivered Arsenal their first trophy since 2005. Ramsey is all that remains Wenger’s British core; a generation of players whose moments of brilliance form a collage of […]
“We have our Arsenal back!!!” I think most heard the chant “We have our Arsenal back!!” at the Fulham game. Surely those who attended and those watching on TV, caught earshot. My thoughts were it was premature. Yes, I can empathise with why they said it. But in my view, we only will have […]
It started with Hector Bellerin winning back possession in his own penalty area. 19 seconds and 9 passes between 5 players later, Aaron Ramsey had flicked the ball between his legs and Arsenal had scored their wonderful third goal amongst a quintuple of accomplished finishes that put Fulham to the sword at Craven Cottage. Unai […]
Fulham 1-5 Arsenal PREMIER LEAGUE REVIEW Today was always going to be tough, considering our trip to Azerbaijan, and then an early kick-off albeit in London and not far away. However, today was sexy football. Yes, Fulham is a promoted side, which whilst with much historic PL experience, may go down again this season. […]
Stories from the Riverview So, I was in The Riverview (my local in Balmain) on Friday night with my American mates Dan and Jadon, when Dan (whose from Atlanta) gets a call from his ex-pool boys, dog sitters, postman’s sister, who gives him some inside news from the step brother, of Atlanta United’s groundsman’s […]
