3 at the Back – and other Numbers that may point to a Better Season for Arsenal
Popular author Richelle E. Goodrich once implied that statistics mean everything to men and nothing to gods. This piece is effectively a part 2 or a follow up to the Leaky Numbers article earlier to day that you can read here That may have been true as despite some of these encouraging statistics which we […]
Leaky Arsenal: The Numbers That Derailed Our Season
Men lie, women lie, but numbers do not lie. I do not have the slightest idea whom that quote came from, but what a smart man or woman he or she must have been, cause a nail could not be hit more clearly on the head. Arsenal has always had torrid seasons, in the last […]
Two More Years Of Actual Victory Through Harmony
There he stood on the sidelines of the hallowed turf of the home of English football resplendent in his well ironed white shirt with a tie in the color of our favorite football club, flying resolutely just like the man who wore it, in what certainly must go down as one of the worst turns […]
Take the Wenger Pill, bitter as it is – it’s time to heal: Forward, Together
With the ink drying on Arsene Wenger’s new two year deal, it matters little which side of the fence you were. Whether you were a staunch ‘Wenger Out’ brigadier, paying for planes armed with messages or perhaps you simply felt that time for the manager had run its natural course and a change was […]
Will the madness prevail? Or can Wenger turn things around? Judge him in 2019.
Back from holidays, back to business. It felt rather strange not to watch the FA Cup final against Chelsea as I was travelling, I tried not to think about it but I knew it was mission impossible, so I nervously waited for a fellow Gooner’s phone call to find out that we actually won it […]
They want him to stay. They want him to stay. Arsene Wenger, board wants him to stay.
Arsenal Football Club and Arsène Wenger have agreed a two-year extension to his contract as manager. This will come as a surprise to many. A relief to some. Where do you fit in the reaction spectrum? Two more years of Wenger. How do you feel? #Arsenal — Gunners Town (@GunnersTown) May 31, 2017
Arsenal Wembley Victory – A False Dawn or a New Hope?
Is the recent run of good results – THFC apart – a flash in the pan or a portend of good things to come. Reading social media and you can see that both views are present. Let us look at them.,,,, The False Dawn approach is born of two attitudes. First, there are fans […]
Where the Gunners Won the Final -The Little Moments that made a Big Difference
The Arsenal we know and love was on full display Saturday. They showed a blend of industry, guile, and fluid attacking football that helped me fall in love with this team over a decade ago. Regardless of whether or not you feel Alexis’ early goal should have stood, you can’t argue that we were the […]
Wenger – Stay and concentrate on delivering performances like that BUT let others run Arsenal
Well I did not expect that. In fact, I was dreading the match beforehand but I was cheered up by the supporters who were behind the team from the start. The Chelsea fans began quite vocal but as the game progressed, the Gooners took over. The players were clearly bolstered by the support and; to […]
On Reflection Arsenal’s Cup Win was the $5 Dollar ‘Happy Ending Massage’ at the end of a Dodgy Holiday
$5, $5, You want happy ending? And so it came to pass, you study hard, scrimp and save for years, to pay you dream gap year backpacking around South East Asia. You finally land and things go from bad to worse; You fall out with your BFF over your accommodation, You save your wages only […]