You Guest It The reaction to Arsene’s Wenger’s quotes following the final game of the The Gunner’s tour of Asia have been interesting to say the least. Firstly of course there is the media and, it was ever thus I suppose, the amount of spin applied to said quotes seemingly depends on whether the journalist […]
A Homage to Absentee Chairmen
Rime Thyme Absentee Chairmen don’t remember the first football match they went to The Score Who was playing. Or who took them Absentee Chairmen don’t have competitions with their pals over who has seen the most away games Or reserve games Or Youth Cup games
51 players signing for Arsenal?! Get a grip Gooners!
You Guest It In a time where no real competitive football is played, it becomes easy for the media to monopolise the mind of your average narrow-minded football fan. For the press, it’s fairly easy to conjure up a name, link them with a club and plonk it on the back page. After that, all […]
Suarez, Fabregas and Rooney – Are They Worth It?
What’s The Score?! Welcome to another week of “What’s the score?!” – Following an interesting week to say the least, despite unrest and anger on Twitter, things do now ‘appear’ to be hotting up on the transfer front for Arsenal supporters. With that in mind, I thought it was worth a look at player values, how they […]
Wayne Rooney odds drop as he makes Arsenal first choice
Gunners Town Tipster Welcome once again to the weekly blog that tries to put a bit of cash into your pockets and it’s been a very interesting week. Arsenal have been confirmed as making a club record bid of £40,000,001 for Luis Suarez. As you can imagine the odds on Suarez adding bite to Arsenal’s […]
Arsenal risk missing out on Luis Suarez if they play hardball with Liverpool
Michael Jeffares Column It feels like an eternity ago that I wrote my anti-Luis Suarez blog given the twists and turns that have gone on since then. Now, my views on Suarez have not changed but sadly (for me) I have to wise up to the fact that this signing could very well become reality. For […]
Does Arsenal buying Luis Suarez indicate the end of settling for second best?
Weekly Education How many times have you said or heard other Gooners say something like this: “Don’t settle for second best!” Or this: “Spend some fucking money!” Countless times, right? I thought so. These sort of statements are examples of ‘war cries’ (if you will) of the frustrated Arsenal fan base aimed at the higher […]
England stars relishing Arsenal return after international failure
Gunners Fair The mixed bag news of last week continues. Unfortunately the Lionesses were unable to put up any resistance against group leaders and projected contenders France and a 0-3 loss meant that Hope Powell’s side got knocked out of the tournament. They finished bottom of the group without a win in three games but […]
Club vs. Country; Where do Arsenal fans stand?
Le Groove Good morning my dear readers. Today, I won’t be speaking about the shinning (and blasting) sun on Paris, or the Gonzalo Higuain/Luis Suarez and Bernard stories which are buzzing around on Twitter. Today, I choose to speak about a moment of history in football, a moment where my two beloved teams have played […]
Luiz Gustavo to anchor the Arsenal midfield, Lukas Podolski to lead the attack
Doppelpass As the heatwave continues and we all get a bit gaga in our offices, it’s time to take a look at what to expect from our German man up front. Yes I’m talking about Poldi a.k.a the team’s entertainer Lukas Podolski. With strikers such as Gonzalo Higuain and Luis Suarez pending, the talk is […]