Saturday was a farce of a football game, if we can even call it a football game. After that Gabriel red card, it was difficult to continue watching the television screen under the belief that you were witnessing a football match played at the very highest professional level. It’s a game that left a bitter […]
Initially I had no intention of writing the review. Not because I was fuming at the result (I was, though), but because the game was lost courtesy of a highly incompetent Dean. Why write about something so trivial and done to death already? I mean, how many times can we say Mike Dean was horrible? […]
When the line-ups were announced ahead of Arsenal’s trip to Newcastle last Saturday, a bizarre feeling swept through me. It wasn’t the glaringly obvious omission of Mesut Ozil that caused a stir in my mind, nor was it the selection of Theo Walcott as the side’s spearhead. Instead, I found myself overwhelmed by a huge […]
There are draws which feel like a point rescued and draws that feel like points dropped. Yesterday’s result falls into the second category for me for two reasons: We expected a win. Quite rightly so, given the overall quality of our squad and the overall quality of Liverpool’s The last impression sticks. By that I […]
Cech, Koscielny and Coquelin – the defensive spine which makes our team great rather than good Arsenal with an effective defensive spine? Surely not. No – they have all those pretty technical midfielders, but when it comes to seeing games out they crack under the pressure. As an Arsenal fan I must have heard this […]
Triumph. I was looking for one word which can best describe what happened yesterday and I found it: triumph. Not a win. You can get 30+ wins a season and still be left empty-handed. Not a success. Success is temporary. One day you are successful, the other you are not. Success isn’t all-encompassing. You can […]
OPTION A: Eggs Hollandaise on Quinoa Pancake, with Venison Shiitake Ballotine, marinated overnight in a Dalmatian Vinaigrette reduction, & lightly splashed with a Ham & Wild Tomato Salpicon. Served with a steaming pot of Kopi Luwak. -=<~>=- Sorry. Option A has been cancelled. The Hollandaise turned out to be rather stinky. (A […]
TBIF – The Weekly Gunners Town Crew Review Friday The 22nd May, 2015 Welcome to Thank Bergkamp It’s Friday – where members of the Gunners Town writing team gather to take a look at the Arsenal week that’s just passed. It’s a simple format, really – each week, a smattering of our eclectic scribes will select a HERO, a VILLAIN, a HIGHLIGHT, and a LOWLIGHT from […]
