Have Arsenal learned from Barca – creating a modern Super Club
Anti Social-Media Behaviour It’s that time of year again, when we see the mass migration of “fans” from the “Arsene’s a wanker” and “Gazidis is a mong”, “what are they paid for?” camps over to the “Arsene’s a genius”, “Gazidis is playing a blinder”, “I told you so” camp. (you could do this in Attenborough’s […]
VOTE: Which is the best Arsenal ‘Defining Moment’?
Defining Moments As I’m sure you’ll have been aware, we’ve been running a fantastic ‘Defining Moments’ competition which has given you the chance to win a superb Thierry Henry print courtesy of Matthew Slaymaker. We’ve been asking for you to send in your own defining moments along with a few words to explain why that […]
Gonzalo Higuain gives hope in 14-day medical nightmare
Far Side View A slight deviation from the norm, with everything that as gone on in my life over the past fortnight, I thought I’d do a ‘diary’ blog. So here goes. Monday 10th June: 10pm – Long weekend over, they give us a day for the Queen’s birthday here, it’s great, quick look on […]
Drinking with Tomas Rosicky, Laughing at Tottenham and signing Gonzalo Higuain
Pre-Season Diary In Week One of these diaries I explained how my main aim was to diarise the “rollercoaster” of emotions we go through as fans during the close season. I wanted to show how we go from one extreme to the other from week to week and sometimes, on weeks such as this one, […]
Where are they now? The Search for Forgotten Gooners – Week 8: Andy Linighan
Where Are They Now?! This week’s Where Are They Now? Sees us delve back into the distant (but not too long ago) past, more specifically the 80s and the 90s. The player in question this week is someone who four major titles with Arsenal, as well as netting a dramatic winner in the final seconds […]
Arsenal’s “Media Watch”; Hate it or love it, it’s here to stay
Global Gooner Sundays I’m not the biggest fan of Arsenal’s Media Watch page. And chances are, if you’re a supporter who spends the better part of your waking hours thinking about Arsenal (or football in general), and you understand how tabloids are generally not very reliable, you’re not the biggest fan of that feature on […]
Wayne Rooney; The First Piece of the Arsenal Puzzle
Global Gooner Sundays With transfer rumors heating up, and Arsenal fans already frustrated that no one has been bought, I thought that I would discuss one of the most divisive Arsenal targets floating around in the ether. The bald virtuoso himself – Wayne Rooney. Let me preface this by saying, I’ve been in favor of […]
Ray Parlour = Mathieu Flamini = Aaron Ramsey and Arsene Wenger loves Perpetual Motion and Defensive Possession
Mr. T’s Nuts During the invincible season Arsenal were completely dominant in midfield, which owed much to the world class talent we had the time. We also had a fantastic central partnership in Gilberto Silva and Patrick Vieira, and the supporting cast of Edu and Ray Parlour were great squad options when called upon. It […]
Arsene Wenger; Doing things the right way, the classy way, the Arsenal way
You Guest It The last eight years have been tough. We’ve seen our beloved captains leave us, performances slide and we haven’t won a trophy and every single team in the Football League has changed managers, yet one. Whether you are AKB, or WOB (if you are unsure what these acronyms mean, check out @attwood10 […]
So ‘Sir Chips’ is AFC’s new Grand Burgher (Big Whopper)
What’s The Score?! Welcome to another week of “What’s the score?!” So, the rumour wheel continues to turn, but there does seem to be a quiet optimism around the club over forthcoming target Gonzalo Higuaín, among others. According to ‘Sky Sources’ (bloody Sky sources) which was also repeated on talkSPORT throughout Friday, the Real Madrid President, Florentino Pérez, has […]