Rocky, Merse, Bergkamp or Henry? Arsenal players or Arsenal squad? Football is not Highlander anymore
Hello there you wonderful reader you. I’ve been threatening to pen some thoughts for Dave for some time but never really managed to get enough time to jot down something vaguely coherent enough for what I think is deemed worthy of Gunners Town. Usually my rambling nonsensicalness (that can’t be a word, surely, but I’m […]
Can you feel it Arsenal fans? Write us off at your peril Premier League
Week Twelve – And Now You’re Still Not Gonna Believe Us….. This week we played two teams that I have an extreme personal hatred for, and it turned out to be the perfect example of how the emotions we experience throughout the season can change so quickly and dramatically in the course of just a […]
Arsenal back in for Luis Suarez, Jack Wilshere crocked once more, and time to silence the haters at Manchester United
The topsy-turvy emotional Gooner rollercoaster continued this week with a loop-the-loop that left you feeling like a kebab being primed and ready before being dished out to an unruly drunk member of the public in the early hours of a Sunday morning. But enough about my recent adventures with good pal Vodski, and onto what […]
Ryan ‘Rocky’ Rocastle’s October Round up – Feel Good, Feel nervous but certainly feel optimistic!
Welcome to ‘Rocky’s Round Up.’ My third look back at the previous months highs and lows from a passionate fans perspective. We began with ‘feel good,’ had a wobble or two, a few wins when not playing so well, always a good sign and ended on a real high. Players to return and a huge […]
Ooh to ooh to be,ooh to be a ‘Gay’ Gooner!
In the United States, at least, to be an openly gay (sadly, over here, being queer still needs to be prefaced by “openly,” but a separate issue for another time) sports fan is viewed somewhat askance. We’re just looking at the players is a common refrain, as if one can’t be queer and a student […]
Hey, John Dubya! Want some of what we’re smoking at Arsenal?! – AFC v LFC Reflections
♪ What a diff’rence a day makes, 24 little hours ♪ Oh how I wish Dinah Washington remixed it to “What a diff’rence 4 days make, 96 little hours”, it would’ve been so so much more fitting. Can we all just for a moment cast our minds back to the mauling we took at the […]
‘It’s Up For Grabs Now!’ – Arsenal vs Liverpool
After our midweek slump against Chelsea, I can think of teams I’d rather play that Liverpool at the moment. Liverpool are in a good run of form, not dissimilar to us and will want to do everything to keep that momentum going. With two defeats in two games at The Emirates, we can’t afford to […]
Arsenal; Splash £25m on Lars Bender, stick with Wojciech Szczesny, Nicklas Bendtner out, Chu-Young Park’s alive
Five things we have learnt about Arsenal this week: Hello gang, thanks for dropping by and coming back for some more of my own-brand, taste the difference pieces on our beloved Arsenal Football Club. I for one have had an interesting week; my eleven month old daughter has been recovering from her first stomach bug […]
Four tactical Arsenal errors that Arsene Wenger MUST FIX NOW that could otherwise cost them this season
Many of us flock to the computer in the morning to read the latest blogs by serial Arsenal bloggers Arseblog and Gunnerblog. There are many other solid blogs out there, but those two always struck me as the two largest from our kin. Most of the time I agree completely with what they say, and […]
Could Olivier Giroud get the Golden Boot this season?
If you forget about the recent losses at the Emirates against Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea, it’s been a very good start to the season. We’re top of the Premier League, spent big money on a genuinely world-class player in Mesut Ozil and have a good chance of getting through our group in the Champions […]