For very long time, so-called small teams used to apply an ultra-defensive approach when facing technically superior opponents, sitting deep in their half and tightening spaces available for their rivals. As they couldn’t compete on technical level, they HAD TO find a different way to avoid a heavy defeat and hopefully bring a point […]
Exclusive interview with Olympique Lyonnais Expert on Lacazette for Arsenal
Is Alexandre Lacazette the new French bargain for Arsenal? Gunners Town’s own @Grooverblog chats to @Eurolyonnais After a frustrating 15-16 season, where Arsenal failed to lift a league title obviously opened, a lot of questions remain about the offensive ability of the striking squad. Olivier Giroud wasn’t efficient enough, and neither an out of form […]
Arsene Who?
Part one -The first 10 years…. 20 years? 20 years since the unknown French manager walked through the door and who would have thought he would still be manager to this day. Wenger arrived at Highbury in October 1996 and Arsenal fans didn’t have a clue who he was. Wenger had a lot to prove […]
Champions of dull defy expectations
Euro review: Final I have written less than 400 words about Portugal during this Euro. To give you some context: this is my 8th article covering the tournament. I average 1200 words per article. Meaning roughly 5% of my pieces were about Fernando Santos’ side. That can be down to any old number of […]
Arsene and his transfers Part Deux- The Vieira gene pool experiment
18th January, 2005: London, England The day had been a long time coming for Patrick Vieira. Being an Invincible had been too much of an achievement for his ultra competitive personality to accept. He needed a challenge to flourish, to establish himself as one of the all-time greats of world football. For that, he […]
Arsenal’s August attacking alternatives?
Some solutions to Arsene’s striker crisis Could there be a striker crisis in the first few weeks of the season for Arsenal? With a couple of tough fixtures to start off the season, including Liverpool and Leicester, Wenger may have to improvise with his team to find someone who will do a job through the […]
Drax-Got ‘ze firepower to secure Alexis & Ozil.
Arsenal’s numerous unsuccessful attempts to bring in a world class striker has been well documented in recent times, and rightly so. Once again, this ‘weary-tale’ has begun to take centre stage this summer, with a section of the fan base already bracing themselves for what has now become a customary ‘market impossible’ mission at the […]
Nick Hornby suggests being a Gooner requires patience as social media reaches Fever Pitch
Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby is by far one of the best books I’ve ever read about football, and one of its many interesting aspects is the writer’s willingness to lay bare his obsession and discuss what it really means to be a fan. Hornby talks about how Arsenal helped him deal with the divorce of […]
French Gunners march on but Ozil and Ramsey head home heads held high
So, the semi-finals are behind us. Needless to say I’m heartbroken Wales couldn’t beat Portugal, however the other semi-final was a win-win situation, seeing as there were Gunners involved on either side. Let’s shoot to the analysis of what happened then. Portugal 2-0 Wales Without the suspended Ben Davies and Aaron Ramsey Chris Coleman’s side […]
And the Award for the best team at Euro 2016 goes to ……. Arsenal!!
And the best team at the Euros are… What a great Euros it has been for Arsenal players. What I will argue here is that Arsenal as a club have had the best performing players at the tournament as a whole. With Giroud scoring three goals and helping France get themselves to the final, surely […]