Why Arsenal need a ‘Running 10’ and Isco is that man?
Six weeks ago in my Football London column I wrote an article that suggested that moving between the 433 and 4231 was problematic for Mesut Ozil. I mused that a ‘Running 10’ as Santi Cazorla was in his first season before the German’s arrival could not be an alternative direction for Arsenal. A player as […]
Tottenham: Our Enemy and Our Antithesis have embraced the Dark Arts we have lost!
Tottenham is the enemy. Always has been; always will be. It will take sustained success as well as actual trophies in their cabinet, however, before there can be a sensible conversation about a “power shift”. That being said, it’s not against the rules to respect your enemy and see things from its perspective. I would […]
A Stark Contrast of Compelling Progression 2 v Stumbling Regression 0 #NLD
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 […]
Reality Bites – it’s a Sign of the times – By Harry Styles is a Gooner
Reality Bites – it’s a Sign of the times Old Skool movie, New Skool tune Music: Harry Styles New Lyrics: TheSundayMorningGooner Just stop your crying It’s a sign of the times Welcome to the new reality We’re now competing with 5 teams you see We can’t expect to win it all every year The competition […]
Inflict Final Pain at White Hart Lane – Gunners Opportunity to ensure it is still ’61 Never Again’
Howdy. It’s the North London derby today and a start of a very tricky run-in. After playing Spurs away, we face United, Southampton, Stoke, Sunderland and Everton, with only former game and the latter two at home. Can’t remember when we last had a finish to the season so challenging. However we are totally culpable […]
Stan the Man – The Original Cultured Ball Playing Centre Back (Rob Holding have a read!)
This week’s Highbury Hero takes us right back in the time machine to the swinging sixties and it features the quietest member of the 1970-71 Double team. The greatest English centre back never to play for his country. It’s the magnificent Peter “Stan” Simpson. Stan was a cultured ball playing centre back who complimented Frank […]
Media Outrage at Alexis whilst Benalouane Using Giroud as a Step Ladder Ignored – New Pictures
Today the ‘Media’ have had a feeding frenzy on Alexis’s foolishness whilst banded together in equally false outrage at the ban given to their darling Joey Barton. All this whilst ignoring the incredible challenge of Yohan Benalouane on Olivier Giroud, which was an obvious Red Card if ever I saw one. Here are some previously […]
Exclusive Inside Track on Future Arsenal Star Sead Kolasinac from the man who broke the story
Gunner Town reporter James Howson has an exclusive on Sead Kolasinac, the man tipped to be a future Arsenal star. The Bosnian Hulk, The Tank as his countrymen call him or simply Sead Kolasinac as he’s more commonly known is set to sign for Arsenal football club. Firstly I know this is no secret […]
Welbeck back in for Giroud to taunt the Foxes once again – AFC v LCFC
Tonight’s clash with Leicester City marks our first game on home soil for three weeks, with that 3-0 win and performance against West Ham now a very distant memory. Since then we had the disaster that was Crystal Palace away, followed by Arsene Wenger’s unexpected tactical switch to a 5-3-1-1 with wing-backs at Middlesbrough. Then […]
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Future Giroud
Wembleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey! What an uplifting feeling it is to play another FA Cup final in May, the third in the last four years. It’s been fantastic to see Rob Holding handle his Wembley debut with such composure, to see Gabriel offering us his best Martin Keown impression, to see Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain put in a cherry of […]