Yay, Gooners, the transfer window is open! Too bad we already finished our business by signing Petr Čech… Yes, I do believe our squad is complete already: we added a reliable, experienced and the points-winning goalkeeper we have been lacking since David Seaman. The Czech will provide some extra security to our back line and […]
Arsenal’a Unsung Heroes – David Platt and ‘That Header’ that gave the Gunners Double Winning Belief!
Hello again, loyal readers. After some all night bartering, with negotiations reaching a delicious climax as the summer sun slowly submerged ‘neath the horizon with a shimmering ‘adieu’, I was re-signed for Gunners Town for the princely sum of a packet of ‘Nice ‘n’ Spicy’ Nik-Naks and a barely touched can of Tizer. My next few […]
Petr Cech’s first day at Arsenal – Official Video
An Arsenal Media film of Petr Cech’s first day with the club… [youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJkz-aqYsq0″ width=”560″ height=”320″ rel=”no”] —- Special thanks to Arsenal Media for supplying Gunners Town with the clip.
A Welcome Ode to Petr Cech – Gunner’s joy is Chelsea’s pain
A short poem about ARSENAL’s Petr Cech With facts like this you earn instant respect Will try my best to ensure it rhymes For a man who’s been capped 114 times To find a man capped more is more than tricky 14 more than his buddy Tomas Rosicky His bro Mozart said Petr, stop bench […]
Young Guns (Go For It) Part II – The Next Generation
Following on from last week’s review of the ‘more established’ young guns, this week I thought I’d look at the chances of the ‘next generation’ on the outskirts of the match day squad and assess their chances of making the grade. Krystian Bielik: The young Pole was signed in January 2015 from Legia Warsaw for the obligatory […]
Petr Cech – first official interview as an Arsenal player – Video and Transcript
[youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4TgTTPGHgw” width=”560″ height=”320″ rel=”no”] Petr, welcome to Arsenal. How does it feel to have signed for the club? It is exciting. I first came to the Premier League a long time ago and I still love playing in the Premier League and the challenges it poses with the great players and great teams […]
No to Madrid on Koscielny without player exchange and Arsenal reaping benefits of investing in a ‘Home Grown’ policy.
This week has been a very interesting one as far as non-playing weeks go. We’ve signed another promising youngster who may or may not turn out to be special. I really feel that we’re going to see an awful lot more of this sort of thing from other clubs now that the ‘home grown’ quota […]
Arsene Wenger Leaving Arsenal Football Club Part 2 – Dealing with the change!
Welcome back to my 2-part series of posts on dealing with change as a fan. I suggest you read the first part here for some background. George Graham’s Era to the Fans & the Wenger Parallel George Graham won 6 trophies with Arsenal – 2 league titles, 2 League Cups, 1 FA Cup, 1 European […]
Arsene Wenger Leaving Arsenal Football Club Part 1
This post is a little premature; but, the combination of my disinclination towards transfer rumors, trying to get into the mind of Arsene Wenger to offer opinion on squad requirements, and the close season, I thought I’d address an event that is inevitable: Arsene Wenger leaving Arsenal Football Club. This is post that is broken […]
Who will be next season’s surprise Superstar? 2013/14 Ramsey, 2014/15 Coquelin, 2015/16 ???
One thing I look forward to every season is which player, who was previously doubted will step up to the plate and make himself undroppable. We tend to have this scenario every year and what I love is that it’s always in a position we need someone to step up in most. The obvious most recent […]