So here we are. That wonderful of rare things: a 3pm kick off. You can have your Friday nights under the lights, shove your Saturday early evening kick-offs, take all the 'Super Sunday's' you want. I'm a traditionalist at heart with some things and the 3pm kick offs are my not-so-guilty pleasure.It's The Orcs today [...]
Ahh Friday. Full of promise of a weekend of enjoyment, full of Arsenal and everything a home 3pm Saturday afternoon kick off and full of fallout from an Arsène Wenger press conference. For it is he, the man with which so much irritation appears to be directed, who has caused much consternation amongst some Arsenal [...]
In the post-international boredom haze that we're currently wading through, there's nothing like a boot in the proverbial balls by the England manager, stating that Danny Welbeck will probably be out for around six months. I'm pretty sure Arsene and some people at the club will have rolled their eyes on that one. The England [...]
Yesterday some Arsenal players were in action for England and, whilst I'm pleased that Theo got off the mark and the Ox chipped in (almost literally) with an assist, I didn't bother watching the game and it's difficult to read too much in to it. After all, I don't want to watch a pointless thrashing [...]
With a host of players currently on international duty, it's a pretty quiet time, if truth be told, so we're left with some comments from the players whilst on international duty, usually about their national team. Like Nacho, for example, who has spoken of the physicality of the English Premier League and how that has [...]
I feel like I've been a mellow Gooner this summer. Whilst others around me have wavered, have shown a much more vocal level of irritation with the club's policy, I've maintained my stance that I think the squad is balanced with enough quality players and that although I'd like to see a couple of players [...]
It just simply wouldn't be an Arsenal result if we didn't make something harder than it should have been, would it? The overwhelming feeling from this here Gooner is one of relief, but also thanks to other results, the 1-0 victory over Newcastle looked even more juicier come 7.30pm. Defeats to Chelski and Liverpool, as [...]
It just simply wouldn't be an Arsenal result if we didn't make something harder than it should have been, would it? The overwhelming feeling from this here Gooner is one of relief, but also thanks to other results, the 1-0 victory over Newcastle looked even more juicier come 7.30pm. Defeats to Chelski and Liverpool, as [...]
Winning the Champions League is hard. We've never done it and we're a club who has won almost anything you can win in football, often multiple times, so whilst it's always interesting to see who we'll get in the Group Stages of the Champions League, it didn't really bother me too much. The truth is, [...]
Forget hyperbole of Wayne Rooney being 'back' after he scored a hat trick against an underwhelming Club Brugge yesterday evening, today is all about the Group Stage proper and finding out who we'll see rocking up at the Emirates from Seltember. We're in Pot 2, which means that we'll certainly not face Real Madrid, Porto, [...]