It’s always a great feeling to finish the day on the right side of a hammering, so to mirror our drubbing of Blackburn here’s seven reasons to be a happy Gooner. 1. This is a little tongue in cheek but looking back at our dreadful start to this season it’s nice to know we’ve hit [...]
After a stalemate on a cold dreary night up north we ended a losing run of three games in the league and almost immediately the daggers are out again for certain players, and as always, the manager. It’s very easy to get angry in the aftermath of disappointment and failure, and since last night there’s [...]
BAM! You know what that sound was? The emphatic closing of the transfer window. And pfffffffffffft–that was the sound of Arsenal fans everywhere sighing. There was much hope surrounding this window that Wenger would attempt to strengthen the squad, and after a January that saw us pick up zero Premier League points you’d think our [...]
A rare evening for me not spent working on a Saturday night meant I could sit at home and shoot the breeze (albeit alone and in my head) about the state of play down at the Emirates and a few conclusions have been drawn. Wilshere’s setback has made him anything but “like a new signing” [...]
Hello to all. Andy here. You’ve surely all realised in recent times that I have not been contributing much at all to the blog. It’s been a huge disappointment of mine that I haven’t been able to do so, but the simple truth is that work has got the better of me of late and [...]
That was amazing. The movement, the control, the finish. The exaggerated sulks, the slow-motion running, the memorable celebration. It was like he never left. If you’re going to use the 34-year-old’s goal as evidence that Chamakh/Arshavin/[insert attacker here] isn’t up to it, that it shows what this squad currently lack, I don’t begrudge you. But [...]
A very quick one today to say a belated ‘Merry Christmas!’ and an early ‘Happy New Year!’ for 2012. You guys all know how much I appreciate you as a community, your comments and opinions and loyalty has been superb once again in 2011. Rather than talk, talk, talk, I’d just like to wish you [...]