The one that doesn’t have them – how controlling the controllables sometimes isn’t enough(Positives Needs & Hopes)[ARS 1-1 BRE]
The one that doesn’t have them An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Control and consistency. If you were to ask the elite football coaches for the two things that they strive for more than other it will be these two. Everybody’s trying to attain what Arsenal have achieved already. Nobody’s going to hand out […]
GunnersTown Scoop! Exclusive Interview with Gary Neville
Late on Saturday night, through a mate of mine back in England, I managed to wrangle a 5 minute call with ex-Valencia coach and part time club owner, Gary Neville. This was a bit of a scoop, for an Aussie-based, wannabe sports writer, so, I prepared thoroughly, got my questions sorted, took a deep breath […]
Arsenal to Bounce back v Brentford but will Tomiyasu get the nod over White?
Blimey, 3pm kick off? A 3pm kick off on a Saturday? That timeslot is a definite rare occurrence for the Arsenal. It does feel a while since we were afforded the chance to play football at a time which wasn’t dictated to be played for the convenience of a television network. Especially considering we are […]
Learn to love everyone – The Key to player rotation with 3 games a week fast approaching
Another article on rotation you say? Well Why not, it is after all the hottest topic of them all. Dont put player A against player B and create a toxic community. 18 league games in 15 available weeks with added Europa League games. 3 games in 7 days are just ahead of us starting today […]
League Cup final here we come! – The Arsenal Women Journal
The good news is that we created chance after chance.The bad news is that we had to wait until the extra time to convert one of them. I feel like I am writing the same thing over and over, lately. I cannot say any bad word about how the team is setup, how the players […]
How much do Arsenal fans pay to watch Premier League on TV around the world?
How much do Arsenal fans pay to watch Premier League on TV around the world A recent study outlines the shocking disparity in cost for gunners fans in different countries It’s been a sensational first half of the season for Arsenal as Mikel Arteta’s side mount an unexpected but increasingly credible challenge to win a […]
Granit is a TEAM guy, not THE guy, and that’s OK! ”The sensitive subject of rotating Xhaka”
There is no player in the Arsenal team that has divided opinion during the years more than Xhaka. He joined us in 2016 and there was confusion about what type of player he really was. He took the captain’s armband in 2019 and got stripped of it in the space of a few months. And […]
The Arsenal Women Journal – Painfully close, yet so far: another draw we can’t afford [WHA 0-0 ARS]
The second draw in a row might prove to be a very harmful one. After conceding a last-minute draw at home to Chelsea, Jonas Eidevall’s team travelled to south London determined to keep-up with the league leaders, who won at Tottenham, but could not get past a resilient West Ham team. The leit-motiv is always […]
Welcome to That Sums It All Up – Arsenal’s 1-0 loss to Everton was just a bump in the road…
Full-time. Sean Dyche’s Everton 1-0 Arsenal. Let me be clear – this was NOT the game I envisioned writing about in my first piece. I suppose you’ve always got to start somewhere! Anyway, I’m Alfie, and welcome to my brand new column on Gunners Town – That Sums It All Up. What EXACTLY am I […]
The AWFC Journal: A tale of chances taken and missed
The AWFC Journal – A tale of chances taken and missedA new page of the AWFC Journal was long overdue, I know. It’s been a while and more precisely since the home draw to Chelsea, which left a bittersweet aftertaste. Although we comfortably dispatched Aston Villa in the Conti Cup (3-0) and Leeds United in […]