The High Press and Long Ball set to conquer at Anfield; The Return of Rosicky?
Hi everyone. I suspect it will be a short one today, despite the scale of the fixture – mainly because as I’m writing this the arrows on the clock are inching towards 10 p.m. on a Monday. It wouldn’t be such as issue had I not been forced to put in only 5 hours of […]
Arsenal, Entertainers and Winners not just Entertainers – The New Pragmatic Wenger
As seems to be the same every season, Arsenal are set to embark on a hugely difficult set of fixtures in the coming months. With Liverpool away the first of many challenges coming at Arsene Wenger and his merry men it will be interesting to see how the squad copes. However, for once in what […]
Will the Gunners firmly end Klopp’s Honeymoon Period with Liverpool Fans?
Arsenal’s visit to Anfield on Wednesday kick starts a run of games that will be crucial in determining the strength of Arsenal’s title challenge this season. As I wrote before the FA Cup tie against Sunderland, the destiny of the Premier League title will be decided by Arsenal’s away form given the number of tough […]
Wenger can learn from Ranieri; will Afobe come back to bite us?
. Ranieri at the Lane minutes after his team have conceded a penalty on a controversial decision by the referee “If the referee gives the penalty then it is a penalty” Excellent. Love it. Why can’t Wenger do the same? Why does he have to gesticulate on the touchline when decisions go against us and […]
Shocker as ex-ref Elleray brought in to update Football Rules.
Football re-imagined David Elleray has undertaken a clarification / tidy up / common-sense-ification of the rules of association football. On explaining the process undertaken, Professor Elleray, MBE, explained that; “We have tried to use much clearer language. We tried to avoid a lot of unnecessary repetition and we tried to make it up-to-date. Because the […]
The Thin White Prof pays tribute to the Thin White Duke
Gunners Town was saddened to hear of the death of David Bowie, who succumbed to cancer at the tender age of 69. Hero. Legend. Shape-shifter supreme. It seems that we weren’t the only ones held captive by Ziggy Stardust. [youtube_advanced url=”http://youtu.be/WbxsgsouBdQ” width=”560″ height=”320″ rel=”no”] I have been listening to his latest album Blackstar (released only […]
January is here & ITKs are back – We love the FA Cup but the Transfer Window turns the sane insane
Happy New Year. We begin 2016 on top of the league, and we got off to a good start in the defence of our FA Cup on Saturday with a 3-1 win over Sunderland (more on that later.) Yes, if we had beaten such and such, and if so and so had been rested against […]
FA Cup Man of the Match Joel Campbell makes it hard for Wenger now – AFC 3 – SFC 1
So, we started out cup defence campaign successfully on Saturday, having dispatched Sunderland 3-1. It was, I think, a thoroughly enjoyable viewing for the neutrals and even Arsenal fans might have relaxed a little bit in the latter stages, after the Gunners went 2 up. Let’s shoot straight to the points of interest then. Team […]
Can Wenger afford to risk resting Ozil v Black Cats? For who?
Howdy. We start our FA Cup defense on Saturday by hosting Sunderland in the 3rd round. Once again we play a Premier League side, having played Hull City last year and Spurs before that – in fact, I don’t remember when was the last time we played a lower-league opposition in the 3rd round, but […]
Wearsiders Worry Wenger’s Winners will Worsen the Woes of their Weakened team
So we begin our second defence of the FA Cup in as many years. Successive triumphs in 2014 and 2015 were my first trophy winning experiences as an Arsenal fan and it was then I realised how stupid arguments such as ‘It’s only the FA Cup’ or ‘The League Cup is not even a major […]