The last ten days have been introspective for Arsenal as a club and its supporters. Wenger1000 has dominated the media. We have been thrust into looking into the past – It’s been wonderful selecting our favourite teams yearning for Patrick Vieira, yearning for Thierry Henry yearning for those super technical athletes with a winning mentality […]
AFTER THE THRASHING – THE DRESSING ROOM (Parental guidance advised – contains very strong language.) After the thrashing, the hacks had gathered like hungry seagulls hovering around a trawler for scraps, awaiting Arsene Wenger’s press conference. “We have the cunt now!” “Backed right into a corner, mate!” “No defending this one, can’t even mention mental […]
Chelsea 6 Arsenal 0 – Arsenal Humiliated On Wenger’s Special Day When the sun finally sets on Arsene Wenger’s illustrious career, it’s safe to say that he won’t look back too fondly on his 1,000th game in charge of Arsenal. In the 18-year long tenure to date we’ve endured some humiliating displays especially in recent […]
Today I am delighted to introduce the follow up to the ‘If you were Wenger for a day’ article in which our writers selected their Arsenal team from a fully fit squad. It throw up some varied selections and indeed some interesting formations as well. In Part 2 in is the turn of Gunners Town […]
Despite the remarkable consistency of our back four this season, which has yielded 20 clean sheets in all competitions, it’s the midfield strength that has seen us compensate for lack of top quality up front. In a summer where the priority was to sign a world class forward, Arsene Wenger ended up getting two experienced […]
The Rioch Arsenal Years – 1995-2000 It started off with such positive feelings. Welcome to my commemorative post, celebrating the five years Bruce Rioch had in charge of The Arsenal. I will attempt to faithfully look back at the pivotal moments of his five incident-packed seasons at our famous North London side: 1995-96. Rioch’s debut season […]
We all love a bit of moaning on social media don’t we? We all think we know better than Arsene Wenger don’t we? We all think we can make tactical substitutions at the right time! We certainly all think that playing with the same formation week in and week out, regardless of the opposition and […]
It’s been a season to remember so far for Arsenal fans. Arsene Wenger’s men are still well in the title race, and overwhelming favourites to lift the FA Cup at Wembley on May 17. But for some Gunners fans, the party won’t stop there with touchdown in Rio for the FIFA World Cup just around […]
World Exclusive: Latest News of the World phone tapping tape TheSundayMorningGooner has been passed a world exclusive. The final phone tap undertaken by the News of the World was passed to me under the table in The London Hotel, Balmain by Geezer down the pub, my reliable supplier…… of information. The following is a direct transcript of […]
A belated Happy St Patrick’s Day! While the majority of the country were making their way to work yesterday morning in a miniature state of depression, with the knowledge that the sunny weekend has come to an end and the reality of returning to plugging away for another five days beckons, the mood among Arsenal […]
