Can Kroenke and Wenger’s Arsenal compete with Abramovich’s Chelsea?
Gunners Town welcomes guest writer Hari Ramachandran, who was invited to expand on some of his comments on a previous post and has graciously done so in the following article. Thanks Hari – look forward to seeing more from you in the future. Putting things to bed: it’s time to get behind the Arsenal The […]
The ‘Admiral’ble Nelson and other Post-Match Talking Points – Exclusive From Gunners Town Sydney
And so it came to pass, that ‘The Mighty Arsenal’ came to the ANZ Stadium in Sydney and started the 2017/18 preseason tour with a win. It was not the most convincing but it was a win. 80,000 turned up, on a cold winter’s night, many for the first time, and did Arsenal and […]
Laca Laca Boom! Lacazette scores on debut: Arsenal FC 2-0 Sydney FC
Today, Arsenal officially kicked off their pre-season campaign in Australia following an exciting 2-0 game against Sydney FC. The fixture saw the first-team debuts for summer signings Sead Kolasinac and record-breaking transfer Alexandre Lacazette. To kick off the game, the club handed starting appearances to Academy players Joseph Willock, Krystian Bielik, Cohen Bramall, and, Reiss Nelson […]
Arsenal’s original ‘Fox-in-the-box” – Highbury Hero Tony Woodcock
I’m setting the dial on the time machine back to the early 1980’s. When The Arsenal swooped to bring an England striker back to good old Blighty after three years plying his trade in Cologne, Germany. He went on to be our top league goalscorer for the four seasons he spent with us. This week’s […]
Yes Wenger may not be a Failure to Kroenke but he would be to Abramovich
Yesterday’s article from @invinciblog caused quite a stir. Most understood that the author had done the research to understand by Stan Kroenke might want to keep Arsene Wenger as his manager. The arguments was compelling but as one Gunners Town reader pointed out in numerous tweets the view is dependent on the owner. A certain […]
Arsenal Optimism abounds, no time for the Pessimists and Haters but do we miss David Dein?
Dear Fellow Gunners Quite a few points to cover;- The Cup Final was on 27 May and the first match of the new season is on 11 August. Six weeks since we saw our team triumph in style against Chelsea at Wembley and another five weeks before AFC open the new season against […]
Is it a Make or Break Season for Oxlade-Chamberlain and even for Ramsey in 2017/18
Australia here we come! A group of 25 players has been selected to take part to the usual increase-your-commercial-revenues summer tour – to Australia, this year. We started with three consecutive Far East tours from 2011 onwards, which saw the Arsenal playing games in Malaysia, China, South Korea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Vietnam (remember the Running […]
If you believe Wenger is a Failure, you’re Deluded. Here’s why.
Introduction I don’t know how to break this to you gently – so I’m just going to come out and say it… If you have been clamouring for Arséne Wenger’s departure based on any reason other than you’re throwing an emotional hissy-fit of entitlement and frustration – then you are, at best, seriously misguided, and at worst, […]
The Curious Case of Lucas Perez and the Arsenal No.9 Curse
As Arsenal jetted off to Australia at the weekend, the newspapers were quick to tell us which players did not travel. With the futures of Carl Jenkinson and Kieran Gibbs up in the air, the defensive duo were left behind, with moves away from N5 imminent it seems. Another who didn’t go Down Under was […]
‘The Grateful Eight’ – The Young Guns with the chance to Shine in Sydney
Last night, Arsenal officially announced their 25-man squad that would be contesting in the club’s four international pre-season fixtures. Overall, the list contained no major shocks, with the likes of Shkodran Mustafi and Alexis Sanchez missing out on the tour after contesting in international football following the end of the season. Additionally, a variety of […]