Au Revoir Arsene and Hola Unai – One Man’s view of a club in transition.
For fans on the red side of North London, it has now been over a year since we said au revoir to Arsene Wenger and Hola to Unai Emery. I was actually born before Arsene actually took the manager reigns of a club, I had come to love so much. All I have known pretty […]
Project Youth – Can Arsenal learn from the The LA Lakers and the New Orleans Pelicans in the NBA??
It was interesting to see that no more than a few hours after the Toronto Raptors sealed a (pre)historic NBA Championship over Golden State, that the LA Lakers – a team that has missed the playoffs for a sixth straight season and been all but irrelevant for quite a while, sent shock waves through the […]
Arsenal Reboot: the Perfect Summer Scenario (and it’s totally doable)
‘Arsenal and the ideal summer scenario’ Talent and impatience. A difficult concoction. Amidst the frustration of not having the budget of those we are trying to catch, Arsenal need credit for their work in the Academy. This is the hope for progress and the chance to catch up. Thankfully, the Ljungberg promotion will have given […]
Ode to a modern football fan
Ode to a modern football fan This is not me advocating the acceptance of mediocrity. It’s just me requesting some perspective. Please guys, please, please relax Please guys, please, please chill out Please guys, reign in the attacks Please guys, reign in all the shouts Remember, success, it is not a right Remember, […]
Arsenal’s Plate Spinning Transfer Window Explained – It is so simple!!
Much has been written about just how many players Arsenal have been linked to already in this transfer window and of course, this is no different to any other window in reality. The question is less why are we linked to so many players but more why does that surprise anyone. In fact, being linked […]
I’m Still Standing – Jenkinson picks up the pieces of Arsenal’s British Core
I’m still standing (With apologies to Elton John) With the recent release of Rocketman (not sponsoring this article but if Paramount are reading ???), I started humming some Elton John tracks. Then ‘I’m still standing’ popped into my head and then so did Carl Jenkinson. I’m Still Standing: Starring Carl Jenkinson You could never […]
Arsenal Transfer Talk through the eyes of Elmer Fudd – Its all Wewy Wewy Quiet, I’m hunting Wabbits
To some the transfer window is a joyous time filled with hope and wonder; to others, it holds the same appeal as a state visit by Donald Trump at the taxpayer’s expense. For Arsenal fans, it’s as awkward and embarrassing as a Trump and Kanye West meet and greet. It’s hard to adequately convey Arsenal’s […]
End of Season Awards – GunnersTown Review
It’s been an up and down season which includes some great performances and some terrible ones. Below, me and the GT team look back on Unai Emery’s first campaign in charge of the Arsenal. Gary Lawrence (@garythegooner56) Player of the Season: Lacazette Worst Player of the Season: Mustafi Most Improved: Maitland: Niles Most Underwhelming: […]
Top 5 Things to keep an eye on in this Arsenal Transfer Window
Here were are post season and Arsenal and their frustrated fan base enter a summer of frenzied media and social media speculation of who will arrive and who will depart the playing staff ahead of the 2019/20 campaign. What we all know, or think we know is that having failed in his first season to […]
To Baku and Back (via Istanbul and Tbilisi) – A Gooner’s Journey there and back
Part 2 – And back…… I hope you enjoyed part 1, the journey to Baku The day after the game, our moods were sombre and it was difficult to pick ourselves up and dust ourselves down to go again because neither of us were motivated and we both knew how the other felt. There was […]