Hello, hello, and welcome back to my weekly, ahem, Gunners Town column. Apologies for my hiatus in recent weeks, but when it comes to the crunch time of needing to write this blog, I’ve been swamped in work. That’s the difficulty with Arsenal playing at the weekend, while I’m at work, and then trying to […]
Arsenal rarely tend to do things the easy way but yesterday we just about had enough to beat defending Champions Wigan Athletic and reach the FA Cup Final, our first since we last won the competition in 2005. Lukas Fabianski was the hero as he saved the first two Wigan penalties in the shoot out […]
Today I am delighted to introduce the follow up to the ‘If you were Wenger for a day’ article in which our writers selected their Arsenal team from a fully fit squad. It throw up some varied selections and indeed some interesting formations as well. In Part 2 in is the turn of Gunners Town […]
We all love a bit of moaning on social media don’t we? We all think we know better than Arsene Wenger don’t we? We all think we can make tactical substitutions at the right time! We certainly all think that playing with the same formation week in and week out, regardless of the opposition and […]
A belated Happy St Patrick’s Day! While the majority of the country were making their way to work yesterday morning in a miniature state of depression, with the knowledge that the sunny weekend has come to an end and the reality of returning to plugging away for another five days beckons, the mood among Arsenal […]
Bayern Munich came crashing down on Arsenal for the second time in as many seasons, as the Germans won 3-1 on aggregate. Arsenal had lost the home leg by a 2-0 and were not able to not battle back to win against a very strong Bayern side, who were not at their best. The win […]
My feeling today is one of neutrality – the hope of a fan never left me and once I saw the team selection it was clear we had the intent of playing attacking football from both sides with some subtle positional changes. I don’t think Bayern away is the first time to experiment but I […]
Hello and welcome back to my Gunners Town blog. Don’t adjust the date on your phones, it is a Thursday, and it is the work of me (Matt Cotton) appearing before your very eyes. You see, I’m kind of the Mathieu Flamini of the Gunners Town team; not particularly attractive, but willing to fill in […]
Saturday June 14. That date will be significant for most English males, and Italians too, as that marks the opening day of the World Cup for those nations. The most important game takes place on this date as England battle Italy in their first Group D fixture, before facing Uruguay and Costa Rica in the […]
Nerves, fear, trepidation gripping both teams – robbed the watching public of a football match where expression is a required component of which gives a feeling that you are being entertained. Fear of enjoying the experience of playing football took over two professional teams and reminded us that the stakes are really high in the Premier […]
