Gunners Town Co-Editor Dave Seager was asked by Sunderland Blog ‘Salute Sunderland’ to chat about this Saturday’s visit to the Emirates of the Black Cats. Our thanks to Colin Randell who has allowed us to reproduce Dave’s interview and thoughts here: Dave Seager* is the man (One of!) behind the popular Arsenal fan site Gunners […]
Arsenal should be a Rolex but they are now a cheap imitation with Dodgy Broken Inferior parts
I have just read Alex`s article after the Norwich game. “Bad luck poor presentation or fragile English players”. I was going to write a simple critique on the Norwich match but I found it difficult to avoid writing the same critiques that I wrote for previous games (West Brom, West Ham, and Sheffield Wednesday etc.) […]
Gunners if you are still standing bring your boots we are playing Sunderland!
I’m still standing ? Not much to say following Sunday Bloody Sunday, well except, “Oh look it’s November, let’s all book a trip to the physio”. The defeat sucks, but the injuries are are verging on ridiculous. If all the tests are as bad as they probably will be, the best starting XI we can […]
South African Blog Awards Nomination
As you may (or may not know) – Gunners Town is a UK/South African co-operative. It is owned and run by Dave Seager – a.k.a. @goonerdave66 – (UK) and Batmandela – a.k.a. @invinciblog – (South Africa). In the two-and-a-half years that we have been up and running, we have had nearly 4 million visitors. Gunners […]
3 more down at Norwich begs the question – Injuries – Bad Luck, Poor Preparation/Rotation or plain Fragile English Players?
Well, that didn’t quite work out as expected, did it? More dropped points against opposition we shouldn’t be dropping points against, 3 new injuries to vital players and a no-wins November. I won’t even bother counting how many points Arsenal averaged this November, despite less than hectic schedule and more than manageable opponents. Simply put, […]
No November Nerves in Norwich as Ramsey returns boost Gunners
We travel to Carrow Road to take on Norwich and this is our chance to record the first league win in November (in three attempts). Frankly, I find the correlation between time of the year and points haul a bit strange, yet the facts tell us November is Arsene’s worst month as Arsenal’s manager. The […]
Arsenal are no good at Set Pieces – Fact or Fiction? Find Out here!
When Olivier Giroud scored the opening goal from a crossed Mesut Ozil free-kick in our game against West Brom, I’m pretty sure I wasn’t the only Gooner who felt that the team had been scoring a lot more frequently from set-pieces this season. I have commented on it myself on my blog, and I’ve read […]
The Rise and Fall of Bertie Mee Part 2 – ‘The Fall’
The Fall The first major error in the decline of Arsenal under Bertie Mee started the very next season. Losing Don Howe to WBA was a hammer blow for the manager and his players. I felt Arsenal should have done more to keep Don at the club and could have maybe made him joint manager […]
The Rise and Fall of Bertie Mee – Part 1 The Rise!
The Rise The 1965-66 season had been a bleak one for The Arsenal. Dumped out the FA Cup in the 3rd round by Blackburn Rovers 3-0 at Ewood Park. Finishing 14th in the League and playing in front of a pitiful 4,554 in our final home game against Leeds United. The fans had voted with […]
‘The Theory of Alexis’ and it’s Five Key elements explained
This week’s post will be inverted. First the Honourable Mentions, then the Stellar Moments and finally the Star Man. And let us not kid ourselves here we all know who that is. Honourable Mentions: Olivier Giroud: He made himself a possible target in the box every time there was one needed and his run ahead […]