Arsene arrived at Arsenal on 1st October 1996, under a blaze of overwhelming mockery. The press didn’t know him, the fans didn’t know him and the players didn’t know him. Tony Adams summed up the general consensus; “At first, I thought, What does this Frenchman know about football? He wears glasses and looks more like […]
A tale of two clubs. Chelsea and Arsenal. What is the difference between them and us? 8 top division league titles. That’s right. We have won it a respectable 13 times and Chelsea have won it only 5 times. Albeit we have won it less number of times in the Premier League era than them but […]
“The past four days have been extremely trying for me, and all Arsenal fans I would assume, following our opening day defeat at home to Liverpool. Sunday’s 4-3 reverse meant that we have only won one of our last six games on the opening weekend of the Premier League, which was that last-gasp 2-1 home […]
I have read the excellent articles by Petits Ponytail, Alex Baguzin and Timothy Hargreaves and this contribution is designed to augment them rather than to try to improve upon them. The one by Timothy was predictive and was written pre the Liverpool match and that is the cue for my lead in. Just before the game […]
So, Arsenal are starting another season short-handed. The striker to help Giroud has not been found and AFC are still one centre-back short. Granit Xhaka was brought in immediately after last season ended to ensure season ticket renewals and I don’t think the Club had any concrete plan to fill up the gaps in the […]
So having helped build up Gunners Town from scratch in 2013 I am now going to be writing for it more often. A regular column here along with a bi-weekly Shoot feature will be my blogging homes for 2016/17. So amid all the ‘will he won’t he splash the cash’ and do what we all […]
We can hear if we cannot see, from all directions, pressure coming hurrying with the whirling winds of the globally envied English Premier League. Another EPL season is nigh and the competition could not be any stiffer. We have more money coming into the Premier League, elite coaches gracing it with their presence, stadiums being […]
Ethical – definition – relating to moral principles It’s August 6th and Maureen is off already. Apparently it is ‘unethical’ to comment on United’s worse kept secret of spending £100m to RE-SIGN Paul Pogba from Juve. Arsene stated that the valuation of the ex United youngster was ‘completely crazy’ and Klopp has been reported as […]
ARSENAL CIRCULAR 151 30 JULY 2016 Dear Fellow Gunners As the summer goes all the distractions from soccer are fast disappearing. Wimbledon has happened; The Euros are over; Hamilton won the Grand Prix; Stenson won the Open. BREXIT has happened. Ms Brasier – as she was – has replaced Mr Cameron. The US Presidential Election […]
It was only a couple of months ago that I was praising the club for securing Granit Xhaka’s signature so early in our preparations for the forthcoming campaign. However, with just three weeks before we return to competitive action, there remains no sign of Granit being joined by a senior centre back or forward. I […]
