Is Wenger changing? The stereotype of Wenger, at least before this season, has been: A (formerly) great manager A manager who seldom ever changes his team to suit the opposition A manager who cannot motivate his players for the big games A manager who believes that tactics is moot, and that sexy football conquers all […]
Power shift? Only in Poch’s engine transmission, little else… I’m still buzzing over our glorious win vs. that lot. But then this power shift nonsense has made me think. Compared to 10/15 years ago, yes – we and they are pretty much on a keel. On the pitch, at least. Off the pitch, we still […]
Thriving in adverse environment is sometimes made possible by the siege mentality. It’s the world against you, so will you put your hands up and surrender or will you mount a fightback? It’s a very simple notion, one that can be encapsulated in a phrase: “sod everyone, I will do it”. Arsenal took the latter […]
Arsenal 2-0 Tottenscum Premier League Review Yes! We beat the Scum, and about time too. The club that hasn’t won a trophy since 2008. The club that has not won the FA Cup since 1991. The club that has NEVER won the Premier League The club that believes it’s bigger than us, despite having far […]
Morning folks, It’s the North London derby day and, despite losing just two weeks ago, I can’t help but feel optimistic regarding our chances. In part this optimism is down to a good recent home record. The Gunners have won 10 league games in a row at the Emirates – setting a personal record in […]
Premier League (and Arsenal) fans are in for a shock this season. I honestly believe that 2017/18 is going to upset a lot of people. Any sense of entitlement will be severely challenged. “We’re a big club so we deserve to win the league” is a thing of the past. The EPL is traditionally dominated […]
Here are my predictions for the season for what it’s worth. Champions: Arsenal Runners up: Man City Those two are interchangeable. I’ve gone with heart and the fact that no Europe will be huge for Arsenal in first half of season (assuming Wengy sticks to his promise to play the kids). But in reality it’s […]
Gunners Town is delighted to host the following guest post from Brad Smith @ArsenalFCView I’ve spent the last few days considering the praise that Spurs are getting from all sides of the media. “Best starting XI”, “Best Kids”, “Best Negotiators”. It all seems a little strange to me. So I started out writing a ranting […]
I did not see the Everton game as I was in Spain, so I am indebted to Alex “The Tsar Cannon” for his review of the match. After last week’s results, we all knew that we were not going to qualify. Of the trio of Man City, Liverpool and us I doubt that the bookies […]
I feel like in the last couple of months I’ve traveled every road in terms of covering Arsenal losses. Home and away, league and Europe, big and small margin, tough opponents and weaker sides, mostly bearable and totally destructive. Yesterday’s loss to Spurs probably wasn’t anything I hasn’t been party to. As someone rightly noted […]
