Everybody wanted action. Everybody wanted changes. Fresh faces to get excited about, to plug the gaping holes in a squad that looked nowhere near challenging for the title. But surely NOBODY expected this: From left to right we’ve got André Santos, a stereotypically attacking Brazilian left-back signed from Fenerbahce; Mikel Arteta, an experienced, reliable Spanish [...]
Just thought I’d open a post for you guys to share news, discuss rumours and get chatting about Transfer Deadline day. Per Mertesacker, Park Chu-young and André Santos have already been confirmed. Who’s next? Spread the Arsenal love by leaving a comment.
Sunday the 28th of August, 2011. The day when the Arsenal Football Club, our club, were handed their heaviest defeat in Premier League history, conceding eight goals and slumping to 17th on the table. It was painful. It was embarrassing. It was surreal. A six-goal loss to a team we aim to compete with each [...]
Arsenal have agreed a fee, believed to be around £22 million, to sell Samir Nasri to Manchester City. It’s unbelievable to see him go really, considering he only joined the club two seasons ago. He’s an ambitious, confident footballer who knows what he is entitled to and in many ways it will be a shame [...]
The following is a guest post from Mark Thompson, a London-born Berlin-based Gooner who is filling in for me while I take some time off in Sweden. Two games in to this 2011 Premier League campaign and a quick number crunch reads one draw, one loss, no goals scored and two conceded; Gooners haven’t seen [...]
Liverpool and the first home game of the Premier League season is just around the corner. Will we win? Will we lose? Will we draw? For once the answer to that question really matters. You see, the excellent folks at Pelé Sports have once again thrown some lovely gear my way to give you guys [...]
I had a lot of fun watching last night’s win over Udinese. We scored early, absorbed a lot of pressure, defended like lions hyenas and somehow managed to come away with a 1-0 victory. It was a similar story to the Newcastle game: we looked relatively harmless going forward and most of the good work [...]