Battlers or Bottlers? 2 points lost or 1 point gained?
I’ve been in a situation where I have not been able to watch the Arsenal play for almost two months, imagine that! I’ve been living off highlights – the next morning at work – and blog posts. My situation doesn’t seem to be on the verge of improving any time soon and considering it was […]
Risky to sell Ospina, the Winter Break and more Arsenal Players staying on pitch to applaud fans
“Traditionalist I maybe but I am coming round to the view that a mid-season break is a good thing. Too many players in too many Clubs are experiencing injuries which may have more to do with stress and fatigue than bad tackles or unlucky challenges. The pressure for the break came, originally, from the weather. […]
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 […]