People always knock Arsenal fans for being as quiet as a library that is situated in a cemetery but I think that is unfair.
Sure, the Emirates probably doesn't have the greatest atmosphere in the world, but it has it's moments though.
Who can forget how the place was rock and rolling louder than an Elvis Presley concert when Manchester United came in the Champions League semi-final?
The place was buzzing more than Lindsay Lohan's favourite vibrator on top speed. There was a fantastic vibe around the place. Then United fucking ruined it.
We get mocked for this 'lack-of-noise' by rival supporters all the time and I suppose it is something we have learnt to live with.
Despite this, and until the day I croak it, I will always say that the atmosphere at our ground isn't any less than that of other big clubs in England.
As I have said, our 'lack' of loudness at home is well documented. However, one thing is for certain, they can not knock our away fans.
Away day Gooners, in my unbiased opinion, are the best bunch of supporters in the English Premier League.
They do us proud at every stadium they flock too and in my view deserve the upmost respect.
Not only do they provide fantastic support for the team but they continue to sell out the allocated seats every game.
A Norwich fan wrote on the Sky teletext letters page that he was a season ticket holder at Carrow Road for 30 years and the Arsenal faithful on Saturday was the best away support he had seen there.
That, for me, speaks volumes and just enforces my view that Gooners are the best travellers on the road in the league.
Every away day Gooner out there gets a massive thumbs up from me. I salute you in every way possible.
Keep it up, and keep doing us proud like you always do.
Keep It Goonerish......
Monday, 21 November 2011
Saturday, 19 November 2011
Where Was Delia Smith?
What a thoroughly entertaining game of football that was. Even Robbie Williams, the greatest entertainer known to mankind, had nothing on that.
The only thing missing was a pissed up Delia Smith coming onto the pitch and cooking a Sunday roast (on a Saturday) at half-time.
To be fair though Norwich City were roasted enough as it was and had Delia showed then she would have only overcooked them.
Sure City battled valiantly, but the score of 1-2 truly flattered them. I swear I do not exaggerate when I say Arsenal created enough chances to have won at least 6 or 7 games
If we continue to play, and create, like that, someone will get a bigger hiding than the one Joey Barton suffered at the hands of Gervinho when bitch-slapped earlier in the season.
At times we were a joy to watch. The football flowed like a river and not the one that Justin Timberlake cried about.
Theo Walcott, for all his doubters, put in the type of shift that proper wingers would be proud of.
He was marvellous and I haven't seen that type of performance from a winger in an Arsenal shirt since Glenn Helder in 1995.
Seriously though, and I mean seriously, Theo did everything we wanted and more today. Except score.
Walcott wasn't the only player had a decent performance either. There were so many candidates for man-of-the-match it was unreal.
I thought it could easily have gone to several Arsenal players. Or Delia Smith.
I said on Twitter (follow me @_Wrighty7) that I'd give it to Delia Smith for her 'lets be aving ya' chant in 2006, but I think in fairness the right man in RvP shaded it for his match-winning goals.
We have won 5 games in a row in the league now and still the commentators and Sky media continue to try and create some kind of crisis at Arsenal.
Alan Smith, a former Arsenal player, appears to knock the club at every chance possible and if the mute button hadn't of been invented I think I would head-butted my TV.
Not TV as in Thomas Vermaelen, because quite frankly I think he would knock me clean out, but my actual television.
Its a shame that most of the ex-Arsenal playing pundits seem to act this way but I will not let Smith take the gloss from a great win.
I have to add my support to Per Mertesacker as well.
Yes the giant German's mistake led to Norwich's goal, a mistake that could have cost us due to woeful finishing, but in the end it didn't matter.
Let's not jump on his back because;
A) We wouldn't reach
and
B) He will become an icon with the club.
Mark my words Per will become a hero with us one day. Of that I am sure.
Keep It Goonerish..........
The only thing missing was a pissed up Delia Smith coming onto the pitch and cooking a Sunday roast (on a Saturday) at half-time.
To be fair though Norwich City were roasted enough as it was and had Delia showed then she would have only overcooked them.
Sure City battled valiantly, but the score of 1-2 truly flattered them. I swear I do not exaggerate when I say Arsenal created enough chances to have won at least 6 or 7 games
If we continue to play, and create, like that, someone will get a bigger hiding than the one Joey Barton suffered at the hands of Gervinho when bitch-slapped earlier in the season.
At times we were a joy to watch. The football flowed like a river and not the one that Justin Timberlake cried about.
Theo Walcott, for all his doubters, put in the type of shift that proper wingers would be proud of.
He was marvellous and I haven't seen that type of performance from a winger in an Arsenal shirt since Glenn Helder in 1995.
Seriously though, and I mean seriously, Theo did everything we wanted and more today. Except score.
Walcott wasn't the only player had a decent performance either. There were so many candidates for man-of-the-match it was unreal.
I thought it could easily have gone to several Arsenal players. Or Delia Smith.
I said on Twitter (follow me @_Wrighty7) that I'd give it to Delia Smith for her 'lets be aving ya' chant in 2006, but I think in fairness the right man in RvP shaded it for his match-winning goals.
We have won 5 games in a row in the league now and still the commentators and Sky media continue to try and create some kind of crisis at Arsenal.
Alan Smith, a former Arsenal player, appears to knock the club at every chance possible and if the mute button hadn't of been invented I think I would head-butted my TV.
Not TV as in Thomas Vermaelen, because quite frankly I think he would knock me clean out, but my actual television.
Its a shame that most of the ex-Arsenal playing pundits seem to act this way but I will not let Smith take the gloss from a great win.
I have to add my support to Per Mertesacker as well.
Yes the giant German's mistake led to Norwich's goal, a mistake that could have cost us due to woeful finishing, but in the end it didn't matter.
Let's not jump on his back because;
A) We wouldn't reach
and
B) He will become an icon with the club.
Mark my words Per will become a hero with us one day. Of that I am sure.
Keep It Goonerish..........
Thursday, 17 November 2011
The Tide Will Turn For Marouane Chamakh
From a Gooners perspective there are many opinions on Marouane Chamakh.
My own thought is that I think there is still a great player there but one that has hardly any confidence these days.
Like Austin Powers his mojo has been stolen.
With Robin van Persie in the form of his life Chamakh knows that he is back-up at best.
It's no coincidence that we saw the best of Marouane when he was leading the line and very much first-choice at the beginning of last season.
Most of us believed that Arsene Wenger had pulled off a master-stroke the way the Moroccan begun his career with us.
Chamakh shot out the traps quicker than John Terry nipping round Wayne Bridges house and seemed to adjust to the English league right away.
The form he showed in his early Arsenal days convinces me that deep down there is still a decent player in him.
A player who still has a part to play for Arsenal this season.
If Marouane Chamakh can gain back his self-belief then we have an asset. A different option.
He is being linked with a move back to Bordeaux but he brushed talk of that away and confirmed his commitment to Arsenal.
Isn't that what we want? Players committed to the club?
I am not saying that Chamakh will ever be a world-beater but he is a decent squad player who needs to believe in himself again.
He earned a move to Arsenal and that ability to do so hasn't gone. Just his confidence.
When he gains that confidence back I'm sure he will win round the people who doubt him.
Keep It Goonerish...
My own thought is that I think there is still a great player there but one that has hardly any confidence these days.
Like Austin Powers his mojo has been stolen.
With Robin van Persie in the form of his life Chamakh knows that he is back-up at best.
It's no coincidence that we saw the best of Marouane when he was leading the line and very much first-choice at the beginning of last season.
Most of us believed that Arsene Wenger had pulled off a master-stroke the way the Moroccan begun his career with us.
Chamakh shot out the traps quicker than John Terry nipping round Wayne Bridges house and seemed to adjust to the English league right away.
The form he showed in his early Arsenal days convinces me that deep down there is still a decent player in him.
A player who still has a part to play for Arsenal this season.
If Marouane Chamakh can gain back his self-belief then we have an asset. A different option.
He is being linked with a move back to Bordeaux but he brushed talk of that away and confirmed his commitment to Arsenal.
Isn't that what we want? Players committed to the club?
I am not saying that Chamakh will ever be a world-beater but he is a decent squad player who needs to believe in himself again.
He earned a move to Arsenal and that ability to do so hasn't gone. Just his confidence.
When he gains that confidence back I'm sure he will win round the people who doubt him.
Keep It Goonerish...
Monday, 31 October 2011
Gooners = United (But For How Long?)
What a Van-tastic weekend!
Smashing Chelsea easier than a plate was absolutely brilliant.
I am still buzzing more than a Bumble bee high on speed and its not only the result that made me that way.
Scrolling round the Arsenal interweb since the Stamford Bridge massacre I have found that Gooners seem to be really, really happy.
So much so, we even appear to be getting along!
Now, for me, this is one of the best things that could have happened since the invention of pornography.
These days I am so used to seeing Gooners being as divided as a mathematicians dream come true that it shocked me to see fans united.
The terms AKB's, D&G's. ABC's and whatever else Arsenal supporters can be labelled with went out the window.
For the time being the bickering has disappeared like a David Copperfield illusion and hopefully it can remain that way for a long time.
Seeing the disharmony develop amongst Gooners in recent times has been John Terryble to witness.
There have been arguments, blatant disregard, cussing, and at times no respect shown whatsoever between fellow Arsenal fans.
This saddens me as much as suffering from SAD so to view a little bit of that spilt being closed by a deserved victory over Chelsea makes me happy.
I am not that naive to know that people can't always get on well. There will always be a difference of opinion and I'm fine if that is portrayed in the right way.
But perhaps now we can move in the right direction.
We all want what is best for Arsenal Football Club, our club, and Gooners uniting will become a huge stepping stone for good things to happen.
I've loved seeing the happiness spread faster than Wayne Rooney smearing chocolate sauce all over a sprawling naked OAP's body amongst us this weekend.
And I would love it even more if this feel-good factor could remain. For ever.
I can dream can't I?
Keep It Goonerish....
Smashing Chelsea easier than a plate was absolutely brilliant.
I am still buzzing more than a Bumble bee high on speed and its not only the result that made me that way.
Scrolling round the Arsenal interweb since the Stamford Bridge massacre I have found that Gooners seem to be really, really happy.
So much so, we even appear to be getting along!
Now, for me, this is one of the best things that could have happened since the invention of pornography.
These days I am so used to seeing Gooners being as divided as a mathematicians dream come true that it shocked me to see fans united.
The terms AKB's, D&G's. ABC's and whatever else Arsenal supporters can be labelled with went out the window.
For the time being the bickering has disappeared like a David Copperfield illusion and hopefully it can remain that way for a long time.
Seeing the disharmony develop amongst Gooners in recent times has been John Terryble to witness.
There have been arguments, blatant disregard, cussing, and at times no respect shown whatsoever between fellow Arsenal fans.
This saddens me as much as suffering from SAD so to view a little bit of that spilt being closed by a deserved victory over Chelsea makes me happy.
I am not that naive to know that people can't always get on well. There will always be a difference of opinion and I'm fine if that is portrayed in the right way.
But perhaps now we can move in the right direction.
We all want what is best for Arsenal Football Club, our club, and Gooners uniting will become a huge stepping stone for good things to happen.
I've loved seeing the happiness spread faster than Wayne Rooney smearing chocolate sauce all over a sprawling naked OAP's body amongst us this weekend.
And I would love it even more if this feel-good factor could remain. For ever.
I can dream can't I?
Keep It Goonerish....
Saturday, 22 October 2011
Charlie Nicholas Puts Most Other Ex-Arsenal Pundits To Shame
There have been many times when I have blasted ex-Arsenal players, that have become TV and newspaper pundits, who continue to knock Arsenal when we are down.
These 'experts' claim to love the club yet jump on a bandwagon that has gained more pace than Frank Lampard chasing an ice-cream van down a hill.
Its easy to follow the herd and repeat what a lot of others say when you don't have a brain or your own opinion.
Paul Merson is the greatest example in recent years. He contradicts himself left, right and centre.
One minute he says Arsenal need to spend money, and when they do, he says its panic buying. Indeed.
Merson, like a lot of other ex-Arsenal players who have to turned to punditry, says he only wants what is best for the club and that he love the Gunners with all his heart.
Bollocks. It is more fashionable than Gok Wan with a mullet to have a pop at Arsenal at the minute and easier than shagging Lindsay Lohen to do so.
When people have a go at Arsenal it makes my blood boil hotter than a kettle could.
I can keep my cool if the argument or criticism against the club is justified.
But when it is apparent that person is so anti-Arsenal, for whatever reason, it drives me insane in the membrane.
That's why Charlie Nicholas is like a breath of fresh in the world of these TV 'experts' and has been for a long time.
Charlie needs a gee-up because you just know that he genuinely loves Arsenal.
When criticism of Arsenal is needed he will criticise. But he does it more fairly than the football TV rights in Spain.
What I like most about him though is that he defends the club better the famous back-five of Seaman, Dixon, Bould, Adams and Winterburn.
During his job on Sky Sports, with other pundits, if Arsenal are knocked, then watch the way Nicholas sticks up for the club.
It is lovely to watch and I only wished that the other ex-Arsenal pundits took a leaf from his book.
Maybe then I wouldn't dislike most of them them the way I do. It hurts to say I don't like ex-players of the club. The same people I used to idolise.
Keep it up Charlie Nicholas. You go up in my estimation all the time.
Keep It Goonerish..........
These 'experts' claim to love the club yet jump on a bandwagon that has gained more pace than Frank Lampard chasing an ice-cream van down a hill.
Its easy to follow the herd and repeat what a lot of others say when you don't have a brain or your own opinion.
Paul Merson is the greatest example in recent years. He contradicts himself left, right and centre.
One minute he says Arsenal need to spend money, and when they do, he says its panic buying. Indeed.
Merson, like a lot of other ex-Arsenal players who have to turned to punditry, says he only wants what is best for the club and that he love the Gunners with all his heart.
Bollocks. It is more fashionable than Gok Wan with a mullet to have a pop at Arsenal at the minute and easier than shagging Lindsay Lohen to do so.
When people have a go at Arsenal it makes my blood boil hotter than a kettle could.
I can keep my cool if the argument or criticism against the club is justified.
But when it is apparent that person is so anti-Arsenal, for whatever reason, it drives me insane in the membrane.
That's why Charlie Nicholas is like a breath of fresh in the world of these TV 'experts' and has been for a long time.
Charlie needs a gee-up because you just know that he genuinely loves Arsenal.
When criticism of Arsenal is needed he will criticise. But he does it more fairly than the football TV rights in Spain.
What I like most about him though is that he defends the club better the famous back-five of Seaman, Dixon, Bould, Adams and Winterburn.
During his job on Sky Sports, with other pundits, if Arsenal are knocked, then watch the way Nicholas sticks up for the club.
It is lovely to watch and I only wished that the other ex-Arsenal pundits took a leaf from his book.
Maybe then I wouldn't dislike most of them them the way I do. It hurts to say I don't like ex-players of the club. The same people I used to idolise.
Keep it up Charlie Nicholas. You go up in my estimation all the time.
Keep It Goonerish..........
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Fabregas' Shadow Looms Over Arteta
When Cesc Fabregas left us to follow his dream people asked how can you replace him?
No word of a lie, the truth is you can not replace someone like Cesc. He is irreplaceable.
As soon as Mikel Arteta signed for Arsenal it was proclaimed that he would be the man to fill our former skippers boots. And become Tomas Rosicky's new shower buddy.
That is not fair.
Mikel Arteta is Mikel Arteta. Not Cesc Fabregas. Not Fabregas Lite. And he is certainly not a vampire.
The comparisons need to stop because how can Arteta thrive at Arsenal with Cesc's shadow looming over him?
In time Mikel will settle into life with the club. He already looks comfortable in the team and will only get better.
Taking a pay-cut shows how much Arteta wanted to join us. Well that, and the shot-gun Pat Rice was pointing at his head.
He was desperate to play for Arsenal.
That alone makes me believe we should give him room to stamp his own authority on the pitch and not become Cesc 2.
I was very excited when Sky Sports announced that Arteta had beaten the transfer dead-line by 2.9 seconds to sign for Arsenal.
In fact, I was nearly as excited as the time I saw Rihanna posing topless on a tractor in a field.
I think he is that good and I hope that in the future people will stop the Cesc comparisons because he is his own man.
Keep It Goonerish....
No word of a lie, the truth is you can not replace someone like Cesc. He is irreplaceable.
As soon as Mikel Arteta signed for Arsenal it was proclaimed that he would be the man to fill our former skippers boots. And become Tomas Rosicky's new shower buddy.
That is not fair.
Mikel Arteta is Mikel Arteta. Not Cesc Fabregas. Not Fabregas Lite. And he is certainly not a vampire.
The comparisons need to stop because how can Arteta thrive at Arsenal with Cesc's shadow looming over him?
In time Mikel will settle into life with the club. He already looks comfortable in the team and will only get better.
Taking a pay-cut shows how much Arteta wanted to join us. Well that, and the shot-gun Pat Rice was pointing at his head.
He was desperate to play for Arsenal.
That alone makes me believe we should give him room to stamp his own authority on the pitch and not become Cesc 2.
I was very excited when Sky Sports announced that Arteta had beaten the transfer dead-line by 2.9 seconds to sign for Arsenal.
In fact, I was nearly as excited as the time I saw Rihanna posing topless on a tractor in a field.
I think he is that good and I hope that in the future people will stop the Cesc comparisons because he is his own man.
Keep It Goonerish....
Monday, 17 October 2011
Theo Walcott Needs A Fresh Challenge
I look at Theo Walcott and I see a frustrated figure.
To me, he is in danger of becoming as stale as the loaf of bread that's been in my bread bin since 2007. Though he isn't as mouldy.
At the moment Theo doesn't look like he is enjoying his football.
His body language is worse than my French and his face looks like a smacked arse.
Walcott needs a new challenge. Bad.
Not necessarily one away from Arsenal as I have seen written on some websites, but a new one with us.
On the wing he needs to use his footballing brain. Many have said that he lacks one of those though and that the Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz has more savvy.
I'm sure Chris Waddle has had a pop at Theo in the past saying 'he doesn't understand the game'.
To be fair I can't understand what Waddle says full-stop and how a man who had the dodgiest hair-cut of all time can say anything I don't know.
So piss off Waddle.
The notion that Walcott has no brain is unfair because I know for a fact that he must have at least 1 brain-cell.
After all, he goes out with Melanie Slade who is an absolute winner.
Walcott is all about instinct. He needs to act and do things without thinking.
Not because he thick, but that is just the player he is.
That's why he needs to be in the box. On the end of things and not trying to create stuff because it usually ends in frustration. Or row Z.
We will see the best of Theo when he plays upfront, getting in behind defences and finishing moves off.
It can be said that Walcott finishes better than Ron Jeremy in a porn-film. I'd like to see him given that chance more often.
His pace would scare the shit out of defenders. Honestly they would resort to wearing nappies.
That should be Theo's new challenge. Not making defenders mess themselves, but playing upfront.
Its down to Arsene Wenger and I'm sure he is just waiting for the right time to move Theo up alongside Robin van Persie.
For me that time needs to be sooner rather than later or Walcott might stagnate.
Keep It Goonerish........
To me, he is in danger of becoming as stale as the loaf of bread that's been in my bread bin since 2007. Though he isn't as mouldy.
At the moment Theo doesn't look like he is enjoying his football.
His body language is worse than my French and his face looks like a smacked arse.
Walcott needs a new challenge. Bad.
Not necessarily one away from Arsenal as I have seen written on some websites, but a new one with us.
On the wing he needs to use his footballing brain. Many have said that he lacks one of those though and that the Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz has more savvy.
I'm sure Chris Waddle has had a pop at Theo in the past saying 'he doesn't understand the game'.
To be fair I can't understand what Waddle says full-stop and how a man who had the dodgiest hair-cut of all time can say anything I don't know.
So piss off Waddle.
The notion that Walcott has no brain is unfair because I know for a fact that he must have at least 1 brain-cell.
After all, he goes out with Melanie Slade who is an absolute winner.
Walcott is all about instinct. He needs to act and do things without thinking.
Not because he thick, but that is just the player he is.
That's why he needs to be in the box. On the end of things and not trying to create stuff because it usually ends in frustration. Or row Z.
We will see the best of Theo when he plays upfront, getting in behind defences and finishing moves off.
It can be said that Walcott finishes better than Ron Jeremy in a porn-film. I'd like to see him given that chance more often.
His pace would scare the shit out of defenders. Honestly they would resort to wearing nappies.
That should be Theo's new challenge. Not making defenders mess themselves, but playing upfront.
Its down to Arsene Wenger and I'm sure he is just waiting for the right time to move Theo up alongside Robin van Persie.
For me that time needs to be sooner rather than later or Walcott might stagnate.
Keep It Goonerish........
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Drogba Is A Gooner. Would You Take Him?
I have read in the past that Didier Drogba is an Arsenal fan and I am 99.6% sure that I saw him supping on a pint of Guinness in The Gunners Pub way back in 1999 before a home game against Everton.
Now my judgement that day may have been cloudy due to the 3 bottles of lemon Hooch (remember Hooch?) I drank before entering that superb venue, but I am positive he was joining in on a chorus of '1-0 to the Arsenal'.
That for me says enough about the man to suggest he is a Gooner and to see an Arsenal man wearing the red and white of the club would be a fantastic sight.
We appear to have several Arsenal supporters in the actual squad these days. Emmanuel Frimpong and Jack Wilshere are the biggest fans and I am sure that they would welcome Didier Drogba to the club with open arms.
This would mainly be due to the fact that Drogba would no longer be able to score against us or even more so because he is a fucking great lump who, despite diving as bad as Jurgen Klinsmann from time to time, looks like one hard bastard.
Arsene Wenger has admitted in the past that he admires Drogba as much as he admires the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Which incidentally, is an art museum in his home town of Strasbourg. And the Chelski man is indeed a work of art.
Wenger missed out on signing Drogba when the player was at Le Mans in France for £100,000. Rumours were that he told Le Mans £47,874 and a Firestick Peperami was his final offer and we lost the deal.
Well that can be redeemed within the next few months. Drogba is in the final year of his contract with Chelski and, despite being 67 years of age, I am sure he could still do a massive job for us.
We need another striker and someone with the quality of the Ivorian man of steel would still be a fantastic asset to the club.
As I have said, age may well be against Didier.
But the man can still cut it at the top level of English football and I think if he doesn't agree a new deal with our West London neighbours of Russian descent, then he would be available at a cut-down price or a free transfer.
It could well be the time to make Drogba's dreams come true in putting on the Arsenal shirt and I would take him faster than Usain Bolt running for his pre-race meal of Chicken Nuggets.
Keep It Goonerish..........
Now my judgement that day may have been cloudy due to the 3 bottles of lemon Hooch (remember Hooch?) I drank before entering that superb venue, but I am positive he was joining in on a chorus of '1-0 to the Arsenal'.
That for me says enough about the man to suggest he is a Gooner and to see an Arsenal man wearing the red and white of the club would be a fantastic sight.
We appear to have several Arsenal supporters in the actual squad these days. Emmanuel Frimpong and Jack Wilshere are the biggest fans and I am sure that they would welcome Didier Drogba to the club with open arms.
This would mainly be due to the fact that Drogba would no longer be able to score against us or even more so because he is a fucking great lump who, despite diving as bad as Jurgen Klinsmann from time to time, looks like one hard bastard.
Arsene Wenger has admitted in the past that he admires Drogba as much as he admires the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Which incidentally, is an art museum in his home town of Strasbourg. And the Chelski man is indeed a work of art.
Wenger missed out on signing Drogba when the player was at Le Mans in France for £100,000. Rumours were that he told Le Mans £47,874 and a Firestick Peperami was his final offer and we lost the deal.
Well that can be redeemed within the next few months. Drogba is in the final year of his contract with Chelski and, despite being 67 years of age, I am sure he could still do a massive job for us.
We need another striker and someone with the quality of the Ivorian man of steel would still be a fantastic asset to the club.
As I have said, age may well be against Didier.
But the man can still cut it at the top level of English football and I think if he doesn't agree a new deal with our West London neighbours of Russian descent, then he would be available at a cut-down price or a free transfer.
It could well be the time to make Drogba's dreams come true in putting on the Arsenal shirt and I would take him faster than Usain Bolt running for his pre-race meal of Chicken Nuggets.
Keep It Goonerish..........
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
I Hope Henri Makes It At Arsenal
After Thierry Henry a man with the name Henri will always get my backing to well at the Arsenal.
Not only that, a local boy like Henri Lansbury will get my backing even more than trap 4 in the 12:17 at Crayford dogs.
Lansbury hasn't had many first-team chances at Arsenal.
In fact, he has been loaned out more the dirty magazines I found under my brothers bed when I was 13.
But I hope he has a future with the club. Turning 21 years old tomorrow he certainly has time on his side.
I wish I was 21 again....
Lansbury has been at the club since he was a schoolboy in 1999. I even heard he was a Gooner. So one thing is for certain, he loves the Arsenal.
Every time I've seen him play I have been impressed. Especially since he scored on his full-debut for us against S*urs.
For the England u21's he looks a very decent prospect. I'd go as far as saying I'd rather have him than £16-20m Jordan Henderson.
And that is no joke.
Henri has had some bad hair-cuts in his time but I'll put that down youthful exuberance or just the fact that he let Tomas Rosicky cut it for him.
But I won't hold that against him. He's sorted it out now.
When he returns after his latest loan period away from the club I'd like him to be given the chance to be part of the match-day squad more often.
I think he is good enough to establish himself as squad player.
Especially if Denilson played nearly 100 times for the club.
Keep It Goonerish.....
Not only that, a local boy like Henri Lansbury will get my backing even more than trap 4 in the 12:17 at Crayford dogs.
Lansbury hasn't had many first-team chances at Arsenal.
In fact, he has been loaned out more the dirty magazines I found under my brothers bed when I was 13.
But I hope he has a future with the club. Turning 21 years old tomorrow he certainly has time on his side.
I wish I was 21 again....
Lansbury has been at the club since he was a schoolboy in 1999. I even heard he was a Gooner. So one thing is for certain, he loves the Arsenal.
Every time I've seen him play I have been impressed. Especially since he scored on his full-debut for us against S*urs.
For the England u21's he looks a very decent prospect. I'd go as far as saying I'd rather have him than £16-20m Jordan Henderson.
And that is no joke.
Henri has had some bad hair-cuts in his time but I'll put that down youthful exuberance or just the fact that he let Tomas Rosicky cut it for him.
But I won't hold that against him. He's sorted it out now.
When he returns after his latest loan period away from the club I'd like him to be given the chance to be part of the match-day squad more often.
I think he is good enough to establish himself as squad player.
Especially if Denilson played nearly 100 times for the club.
Keep It Goonerish.....
Sunday, 9 October 2011
Robin van Persie Owes Arsenal
If Robin van Persie doesn't sign a new contract at Arsenal in the next few months, the rumours that he is leaving will be off the Richter Scale.
Any theory that made Dinosaurs extinct will have nothing on this.
Robin's reluctance to agree to a new deal is apparently linked to what Arsene Wenger does in the January transfer window.
I can understand him wanting to see Arsenal ambitions in the transfer-market before he commits his long-term future to us but he owes Arsenal.
He has been at the club since 2004 and I can count on one hand the amount of appearances he has made.
I suppose it is not van Persie's fault that his body is made of glass but it's fair to say he has spent a huge amount of time in the treatment room being put back together.
We've stuck by him through every tear, break and reconfiguration of his body parts and I think the least he could do is repay back the club by signing a new deal.
If Robin signs a new contract it will be a huge boost for the club amid all the negativity being thrown at us in recent times.
Not only that it gives Arsenal the added protection of knowing we will get a decent transfer fee if he decided to leave in the future.
It's clear that Robin loves Arsenal, and even clearer that Gooners love him too.
He is our best player by miles.
If he left then I really believe I will lose the plot and end up dribbling in the corner of my room whilst sucking my thumb singing and clapping to 'Robin van Persie, clap, clap etc'.
I owe my Dad a fiver but our new skipper owes it to Arsenal to sign a new deal.
Most clubs wouldn't give a player his own treatment-table or as many chances as we have given to van Persie.
Wenger has turned him into a genuine world-class player (when fit) and that faith in him should be returned back to the club by him showing his faith in Arsenal.
Keep It Goonerish......
Any theory that made Dinosaurs extinct will have nothing on this.
Robin's reluctance to agree to a new deal is apparently linked to what Arsene Wenger does in the January transfer window.
I can understand him wanting to see Arsenal ambitions in the transfer-market before he commits his long-term future to us but he owes Arsenal.
He has been at the club since 2004 and I can count on one hand the amount of appearances he has made.
I suppose it is not van Persie's fault that his body is made of glass but it's fair to say he has spent a huge amount of time in the treatment room being put back together.
We've stuck by him through every tear, break and reconfiguration of his body parts and I think the least he could do is repay back the club by signing a new deal.
If Robin signs a new contract it will be a huge boost for the club amid all the negativity being thrown at us in recent times.
Not only that it gives Arsenal the added protection of knowing we will get a decent transfer fee if he decided to leave in the future.
It's clear that Robin loves Arsenal, and even clearer that Gooners love him too.
He is our best player by miles.
If he left then I really believe I will lose the plot and end up dribbling in the corner of my room whilst sucking my thumb singing and clapping to 'Robin van Persie, clap, clap etc'.
I owe my Dad a fiver but our new skipper owes it to Arsenal to sign a new deal.
Most clubs wouldn't give a player his own treatment-table or as many chances as we have given to van Persie.
Wenger has turned him into a genuine world-class player (when fit) and that faith in him should be returned back to the club by him showing his faith in Arsenal.
Keep It Goonerish......
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Clive Allen Should Look In The Mirror
Before calling Arsene Wenger 'Two-Bob' perhaps Clive Allen should take a long good look in the mirror.
Mind you, I don't think there is a mirror out there powerful enough to withhold his ugly mug for longer than a second.
If Clive Allen was dignified in victory then maybe Wenger would have shook his hand in the aftermath of our defeat against the Spuds.
Instead, Allen had the look of a deranged lunatic intent on winding up Arsene and then acted like a petulant teenager when ignored.
In Harry Redknapp our gaffer shook hands with the most important person he needed too. He didn't need to shake anybody else's.
Like many others Clive Allen is trying to paint Wenger as a sore loser here and believes he was in the right.
In fact, Allen was more out of order than the condom machine down my local and was just stirring up the situation.
We all know that Arsene Wenger can be a bad loser but this was just kicking a man when he is down.
Allen tried to play on this and by calling Wenger 'Two-Bob' he has made himself look like a stupid little brat.
If the shoe was on the other foot and Arsenal had won, would Allen have chased Wenger from the bench to the tunnel like some lovesick stalker?
And did Harry Redknapp shake hands with all the Arsenal backroom staff?
I didn't see Vic Akers running after Redknapp waving Gervinho's dirty sock at his face because he didn't shake his hand.
Perhaps Allen holds a grudge against Arsenal.
After all, we did buy him and then sell him two months later because his body odour destroyed all the arm-pits of the Arsenal training kits.
Or perhaps Allen wanted to thank Arsenal for his fantastic career at the club and believed the only way to show this was by shaking Wenger's hand.
Whatever the case he has made himself look like a goading infant and would go a long way by apologising to Wenger because he showed him a complete lack of respect.
Keep It Goonerish......
Mind you, I don't think there is a mirror out there powerful enough to withhold his ugly mug for longer than a second.
If Clive Allen was dignified in victory then maybe Wenger would have shook his hand in the aftermath of our defeat against the Spuds.
Instead, Allen had the look of a deranged lunatic intent on winding up Arsene and then acted like a petulant teenager when ignored.
In Harry Redknapp our gaffer shook hands with the most important person he needed too. He didn't need to shake anybody else's.
Like many others Clive Allen is trying to paint Wenger as a sore loser here and believes he was in the right.
In fact, Allen was more out of order than the condom machine down my local and was just stirring up the situation.
We all know that Arsene Wenger can be a bad loser but this was just kicking a man when he is down.
Allen tried to play on this and by calling Wenger 'Two-Bob' he has made himself look like a stupid little brat.
If the shoe was on the other foot and Arsenal had won, would Allen have chased Wenger from the bench to the tunnel like some lovesick stalker?
And did Harry Redknapp shake hands with all the Arsenal backroom staff?
I didn't see Vic Akers running after Redknapp waving Gervinho's dirty sock at his face because he didn't shake his hand.
Perhaps Allen holds a grudge against Arsenal.
After all, we did buy him and then sell him two months later because his body odour destroyed all the arm-pits of the Arsenal training kits.
Or perhaps Allen wanted to thank Arsenal for his fantastic career at the club and believed the only way to show this was by shaking Wenger's hand.
Whatever the case he has made himself look like a goading infant and would go a long way by apologising to Wenger because he showed him a complete lack of respect.
Keep It Goonerish......
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Per-leeeeeease!
On a serious level, and I mean deadly serious, I cannot believe that I am seeing Per Mertesacker being criticized for his Arsenal performances.
The man has played less than a handful of games for the club and some people are writing him off quicker than Mel Gibson's 2008 Maserati.
Ze German has played for his country at least 1000 times and has top-level experience in the Champions League.
Given these facts I think he should be given at least until next week to prove his worth.
We Gooners will give him time because he was a much-needed signing.
And given that Per is a self-confessed Gooner, who used to sneakily watch the Arsenal games at Highbury by peering over the North Bank stand, I believe he will get our support.
Some people need to remember the speed of the English game is far faster than its equivalent in Germany and we all know that Mertesacker isn't blessed with pace.
But I honestly think that after a few nights on the piss, eating some kebabs, and a court case for assault, Per will be up to speed like an Englishman in no time.
It seems more fashionable than Gok Wan at the moment to have a pop at Arsenal and these media 'bully's' are loving kicking us whilst we are seemingly down.
Per Mertesacker is an easy target, and not just because he is taller than the Eiffel Tower, but I have no doubt that he will make the 'doubters' eat their words once he has settled down at Arsenal and has a regular partner at the back.
He has too much class and in six months time that ability will show when he is adapted to the English game.
Keep It Goonerish........
The man has played less than a handful of games for the club and some people are writing him off quicker than Mel Gibson's 2008 Maserati.
Ze German has played for his country at least 1000 times and has top-level experience in the Champions League.
Given these facts I think he should be given at least until next week to prove his worth.
We Gooners will give him time because he was a much-needed signing.
And given that Per is a self-confessed Gooner, who used to sneakily watch the Arsenal games at Highbury by peering over the North Bank stand, I believe he will get our support.
Some people need to remember the speed of the English game is far faster than its equivalent in Germany and we all know that Mertesacker isn't blessed with pace.
But I honestly think that after a few nights on the piss, eating some kebabs, and a court case for assault, Per will be up to speed like an Englishman in no time.
It seems more fashionable than Gok Wan at the moment to have a pop at Arsenal and these media 'bully's' are loving kicking us whilst we are seemingly down.
Per Mertesacker is an easy target, and not just because he is taller than the Eiffel Tower, but I have no doubt that he will make the 'doubters' eat their words once he has settled down at Arsenal and has a regular partner at the back.
He has too much class and in six months time that ability will show when he is adapted to the English game.
Keep It Goonerish........
Sunday, 18 September 2011
My Toughest Time As A Gooner
Being a Gooner these days is becoming a very frustrating time.
It seems to me that Arsenal fans are torn more than a Michael Owen hamstring.
The Arsenal faithful appear to be at each others throats and it is a sight more disturbing than watching Harry Redknapp perform a lap dance.
We used to be so united.
Of course difference of opinions is more than welcome. Debate can be healthier than an apple a day.
But most of the time these days Gooners don't debate a thing. We argue.
Some of the things we say to each other disgusts me. We slag each other off like we are talking to a lippy Sp*rs fan.
All because we have a difference in how we think!
I've been accused of being an 'AKB' so many times that I've lost count. Well, I can't count past 1285 but that's not the point.
Because I believe that Arsene Wenger is still the man for the job I have been slated in the past.
Listen, I know that the situation we are in at the moment is down to Wenger and I know for a fact that he has made many mistakes in the past.
I just think he is still the right man for Arsenal.
Just as there are people who insist Arsene can do no wrong there are others who think his time is up.
That's fair enough, it's that persons choice.
But for airing their views they don't need to be vilified more than a person who has just let rip in a packed out elevator.
I want the best for Arsenal Football Club because I love the damned thing more than I love my own country.
No matter what I will always support the club through thick (Rooney) and thin (Crouch).
What gets me down lower than Paris Hiltons thong is watching my fellow Arsenal chums take lumps out of each other. Every day.
Of course seeing, before my very own eyes, Arsenal struggle on the pitch pisses me right off. It pisses me off more than actual urine.
But flicking through Arsenal websites and seeing actual civil war between people who all want the best for Arsenal destroys me.
One of the reasons I haven't written much over the past few months is because I can't handle seeing the infighting. It almost primal.
I'm actually debating whether to continue writing the blog. I want too but it does my nut in when I see Gooners calling each other 'cunts' and other obscenities.
Writing a blog I am there to be shot at. I understand that and can take it but witnessing the way we talk to each other is badder than Michael Jacksons Bad or a bad ass rapper.
There is hardly any respect these days for each other and that is so terrible to see.
Keep It Goonerish........
It seems to me that Arsenal fans are torn more than a Michael Owen hamstring.
The Arsenal faithful appear to be at each others throats and it is a sight more disturbing than watching Harry Redknapp perform a lap dance.
We used to be so united.
Of course difference of opinions is more than welcome. Debate can be healthier than an apple a day.
But most of the time these days Gooners don't debate a thing. We argue.
Some of the things we say to each other disgusts me. We slag each other off like we are talking to a lippy Sp*rs fan.
All because we have a difference in how we think!
I've been accused of being an 'AKB' so many times that I've lost count. Well, I can't count past 1285 but that's not the point.
Because I believe that Arsene Wenger is still the man for the job I have been slated in the past.
Listen, I know that the situation we are in at the moment is down to Wenger and I know for a fact that he has made many mistakes in the past.
I just think he is still the right man for Arsenal.
Just as there are people who insist Arsene can do no wrong there are others who think his time is up.
That's fair enough, it's that persons choice.
But for airing their views they don't need to be vilified more than a person who has just let rip in a packed out elevator.
I want the best for Arsenal Football Club because I love the damned thing more than I love my own country.
No matter what I will always support the club through thick (Rooney) and thin (Crouch).
What gets me down lower than Paris Hiltons thong is watching my fellow Arsenal chums take lumps out of each other. Every day.
Of course seeing, before my very own eyes, Arsenal struggle on the pitch pisses me right off. It pisses me off more than actual urine.
But flicking through Arsenal websites and seeing actual civil war between people who all want the best for Arsenal destroys me.
One of the reasons I haven't written much over the past few months is because I can't handle seeing the infighting. It almost primal.
I'm actually debating whether to continue writing the blog. I want too but it does my nut in when I see Gooners calling each other 'cunts' and other obscenities.
Writing a blog I am there to be shot at. I understand that and can take it but witnessing the way we talk to each other is badder than Michael Jacksons Bad or a bad ass rapper.
There is hardly any respect these days for each other and that is so terrible to see.
Keep It Goonerish........
Saturday, 17 September 2011
Champions League? We Wanna Worry About The Championship!
In my whole entire stinking existence I have never seen Arsenal involved in a relegation scrap.
There is always a first for everything I suppose!
People say Arsenal will find it tough to get into the top four this season.
Well, at the moment, I'd be happy if we finish outside of the bottom four!
In all seriousness I am becoming a little worried. And I don't like that because I've always been a glass half-full kind of fella.
Of course I don't believe we will be sucked into a relegation battle.
I'm still very confident of a top four finish too.
What I am worried about is the fact that we no longer seem to be able to compete with Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea.
That hurts me bad. Real bad. In fact I'd rather suffer a year in a room with no doors and Harry Redknapp as my only companion than feel this pain.
I think its time I admit it to myself.
Arsenal are no longer title contenders but are the best of the rest after the Manchester clubs and Chelsea.
My ambitions for my beloved club have been lowered lower than Wee Man from Jackass doing the Limbo.
For the moment our 'title' is fourth place.
Any less and this season will be a spectacular flop. Floppier than a floppy disk with impotence.
One piece of silverware, and I mean ANY silverware, a place in the Champions League qualifiers for 2012 will be a fantastic season for me now.
From there we can build, again, and next season actually challenge for the Premiership title.
Keep It Goonerish........
There is always a first for everything I suppose!
People say Arsenal will find it tough to get into the top four this season.
Well, at the moment, I'd be happy if we finish outside of the bottom four!
In all seriousness I am becoming a little worried. And I don't like that because I've always been a glass half-full kind of fella.
Of course I don't believe we will be sucked into a relegation battle.
I'm still very confident of a top four finish too.
What I am worried about is the fact that we no longer seem to be able to compete with Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea.
That hurts me bad. Real bad. In fact I'd rather suffer a year in a room with no doors and Harry Redknapp as my only companion than feel this pain.
I think its time I admit it to myself.
Arsenal are no longer title contenders but are the best of the rest after the Manchester clubs and Chelsea.
My ambitions for my beloved club have been lowered lower than Wee Man from Jackass doing the Limbo.
For the moment our 'title' is fourth place.
Any less and this season will be a spectacular flop. Floppier than a floppy disk with impotence.
One piece of silverware, and I mean ANY silverware, a place in the Champions League qualifiers for 2012 will be a fantastic season for me now.
From there we can build, again, and next season actually challenge for the Premiership title.
Keep It Goonerish........
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Double Standard Mugs
Some people out there make me laugh harder than when I'm watching Harry Redknapp having a twitching fit when S*urs are losing.
Many said Arsene Wenger needed to add to the squad and 'spend some fucking money' or Arsenal would free fall into the Orpington and Bromley Division 5 Sunday league in no time.
Well, Wenger has finally dusted the cobwebs from the Arsenal chequebook and brought in several dead-line deals and all the sudden he has panic-bought!
It does my head in more than Marmite, and I hate Marmite, so gawd knows how Arsene Wenger feels.
Look, don't get me wrong, it would have been better if Wenger had had a settled squad a few weeks ago but it didn't happen.
However, he was rectified that now with some very good signings so how this is panic-buying I will never know.
If that 'diamond geezer' Harry Redknapp had done the same deals as Wenger the media would be absolutely creaming their knickers.
Sky Sports News would be going mental.
Imagine the breaking news banner at the bottom of the TV screen. It would have gone into meltdown faster than Usain Bolt having a sprint on the sun.
Harry would be proclaimed as a genius or the messiah and we should bow before him or his twitch would strike us down in fury.
Arsene still gets stick and he has done exactly what people wanted him to do!
How can he win?
These players that Wenger has brought in are of high quality and still he receives grief.
Its double standards of the highest order if you ask me.
Keep It Goonerish........
Many said Arsene Wenger needed to add to the squad and 'spend some fucking money' or Arsenal would free fall into the Orpington and Bromley Division 5 Sunday league in no time.
Well, Wenger has finally dusted the cobwebs from the Arsenal chequebook and brought in several dead-line deals and all the sudden he has panic-bought!
It does my head in more than Marmite, and I hate Marmite, so gawd knows how Arsene Wenger feels.
Look, don't get me wrong, it would have been better if Wenger had had a settled squad a few weeks ago but it didn't happen.
However, he was rectified that now with some very good signings so how this is panic-buying I will never know.
If that 'diamond geezer' Harry Redknapp had done the same deals as Wenger the media would be absolutely creaming their knickers.
Sky Sports News would be going mental.
Imagine the breaking news banner at the bottom of the TV screen. It would have gone into meltdown faster than Usain Bolt having a sprint on the sun.
Harry would be proclaimed as a genius or the messiah and we should bow before him or his twitch would strike us down in fury.
Arsene still gets stick and he has done exactly what people wanted him to do!
How can he win?
These players that Wenger has brought in are of high quality and still he receives grief.
Its double standards of the highest order if you ask me.
Keep It Goonerish........
Thursday, 18 August 2011
Samir Nasri, Its A Shame
For me, there is no way back now for Samir Nasri.
As soon as he had a little pop at us Gooners that was it.
His Arsenal career is as dead as the dead-leg I received at football training last night.
Cast yourself back six months. Could you imagine feeling like this towards Samir?
I hate clowns and the colour brown but even if he had worn a brown snood with clowns on it I'd have put that aside.
Because I felt he was one of us.
It's shame because I believed that he could become an Arsenal icon. Maybe he could have been as loved as much as Robert Pires.
Instead, if as expected he leaves for Manchester City shortly, he will become a hate figure with Gooners.
Nasri may even be disliked as much as Emmanuel Adebayor.
He, like many others, will go to Manchester City because they have been hypnotized by pound notes.
Now I hold my hands up here. If I was approached by a rival Window company and offered 3 times my salary I would run around my office naked screaming 'I quit'.
So I can understand why his head has been turned.
The difference though between myself and Samir Nasri is that I'm not a top-level professional footballer who could earn SIX figures a week.
I have to make ends-meet. I have to feed my BBQ spare rib addiction.
Nasri could have become an even bigger cult-hero amonst us Gooners had he snubbed the money on offer at City and signed a new, very well-paid, contract at Arsenal.
Instead we will see him as a greedy little bastard who sold his soul.
Forget the fact Nasri wanted to see our ambition in the summer with who will sign for the club because it wasn't about that for him.
It was all about money.
Samir had a fantastic first half of the season in the last campaign and then his form died off.
Why?
I think he was tapped up more than a tap dancing competition.
When Samir saw the money on offer at Manchester City or Manchester United his eyes went bigger than Beth Dittos left arse-cheek.
His agents eyes went bigger than the right cheek.
We were challenging for trophies when we first offered him a deal to stay at the club so his chat about 'ambition' is shit.
I suppose we might expect too much loyalty in this day and age from footballers. Especially me.
Well it appears that loyalty is an attribute that most of them don't have.
And in Samir's case that is a shame.
Especially when it will end more bitter than sucking a slice of lemon soaked in a dose of pine nuts.
Keep It Goonerish.......
As soon as he had a little pop at us Gooners that was it.
His Arsenal career is as dead as the dead-leg I received at football training last night.
Cast yourself back six months. Could you imagine feeling like this towards Samir?
I hate clowns and the colour brown but even if he had worn a brown snood with clowns on it I'd have put that aside.
Because I felt he was one of us.
It's shame because I believed that he could become an Arsenal icon. Maybe he could have been as loved as much as Robert Pires.
Instead, if as expected he leaves for Manchester City shortly, he will become a hate figure with Gooners.
Nasri may even be disliked as much as Emmanuel Adebayor.
He, like many others, will go to Manchester City because they have been hypnotized by pound notes.
Now I hold my hands up here. If I was approached by a rival Window company and offered 3 times my salary I would run around my office naked screaming 'I quit'.
So I can understand why his head has been turned.
The difference though between myself and Samir Nasri is that I'm not a top-level professional footballer who could earn SIX figures a week.
I have to make ends-meet. I have to feed my BBQ spare rib addiction.
Nasri could have become an even bigger cult-hero amonst us Gooners had he snubbed the money on offer at City and signed a new, very well-paid, contract at Arsenal.
Instead we will see him as a greedy little bastard who sold his soul.
Forget the fact Nasri wanted to see our ambition in the summer with who will sign for the club because it wasn't about that for him.
It was all about money.
Samir had a fantastic first half of the season in the last campaign and then his form died off.
Why?
I think he was tapped up more than a tap dancing competition.
When Samir saw the money on offer at Manchester City or Manchester United his eyes went bigger than Beth Dittos left arse-cheek.
His agents eyes went bigger than the right cheek.
We were challenging for trophies when we first offered him a deal to stay at the club so his chat about 'ambition' is shit.
I suppose we might expect too much loyalty in this day and age from footballers. Especially me.
Well it appears that loyalty is an attribute that most of them don't have.
And in Samir's case that is a shame.
Especially when it will end more bitter than sucking a slice of lemon soaked in a dose of pine nuts.
Keep It Goonerish.......
Monday, 15 August 2011
Arsenal FINALLY Have A Better 'Keeper Than Manchester United!
Since Jens Lehmanns (first) departure from us the position of goalkeeper at Arsenal has been a source of amusement for supporters of other clubs.
I, like many other Gooners, didn't find it funny.
In fact I'd rather have stuck pins in my eyes and pull out the hairs from my eyebrows one-by-one with chopsticks made of wasps than laugh along.
It was a liberty. And a liberty of the highest order.
Finally now though we can laugh back at the jokers. We no longer have a bad Eminem look-alike Spanish waiter between the sticks.
No we don't.
We have a monster. A tall confident beast of a man who may one day become one of the best 'keepers in the world.
And he doesn't have Barca DNA. I hope.
Wojciech Szczęsny will not become a figure of fun like the poor unfortunate Manuel Almunia did.
Like the Great Wall of China he is destined for greatness.
And now, for the first time in ages, we can laugh at others.
Finally Arsenal have a better 'keeper than Manchester United. And one that didn't cost £18m either.
I have no doubt that David De Gea will become one of the best goalies in the world eventually too.
But I know who I would rather have as my number one right now. And it aint the Spaniard.
De Gea weighs about as much one of Szczęsny's legs and I hope that opposition sides notice this.
Arsenal 'keepers have been bullied mercilessly since Lehmann left the club. I'm sure the United keeper can be too.
Wojciech will not be bullied. He is too big and nuttier than peanut butter.
Ability-wise I think our young keeper is better too. Much better.
It's nice to know that we are stronger in such a key part of the field. And I don't mean that just because Wojciech would eat De Gea for breakfast.
At last we have a man of genuine class between the posts.
I have to admit, at one time, I thought Almunia was as good as the elite. I was wrong and hold my hands up to that.
But I'm sure everyone would agree with on this.
Keep It Goonerish.......
I, like many other Gooners, didn't find it funny.
In fact I'd rather have stuck pins in my eyes and pull out the hairs from my eyebrows one-by-one with chopsticks made of wasps than laugh along.
It was a liberty. And a liberty of the highest order.
Finally now though we can laugh back at the jokers. We no longer have a bad Eminem look-alike Spanish waiter between the sticks.
No we don't.
We have a monster. A tall confident beast of a man who may one day become one of the best 'keepers in the world.
And he doesn't have Barca DNA. I hope.
Wojciech Szczęsny will not become a figure of fun like the poor unfortunate Manuel Almunia did.
Like the Great Wall of China he is destined for greatness.
And now, for the first time in ages, we can laugh at others.
Finally Arsenal have a better 'keeper than Manchester United. And one that didn't cost £18m either.
I have no doubt that David De Gea will become one of the best goalies in the world eventually too.
But I know who I would rather have as my number one right now. And it aint the Spaniard.
De Gea weighs about as much one of Szczęsny's legs and I hope that opposition sides notice this.
Arsenal 'keepers have been bullied mercilessly since Lehmann left the club. I'm sure the United keeper can be too.
Wojciech will not be bullied. He is too big and nuttier than peanut butter.
Ability-wise I think our young keeper is better too. Much better.
It's nice to know that we are stronger in such a key part of the field. And I don't mean that just because Wojciech would eat De Gea for breakfast.
At last we have a man of genuine class between the posts.
I have to admit, at one time, I thought Almunia was as good as the elite. I was wrong and hold my hands up to that.
But I'm sure everyone would agree with on this.
Keep It Goonerish.......
Sunday, 14 August 2011
I Like Gervinho Already
I like the looks of Gervinho.
Not his actual looks. Because to be honest, he is quite an ugly bastard.
But I like the way he plays football.
And I also like the fact that he bitch slapped Joey Barton with an open hand.
Very WWE indeed.
Usually players from abroad need a period of settling in. They need time to adjust to the way English football is played.
I think that Gervinho will hit the ground running. Or he will hit Joey Barton again. One or the other.
I was very impressed with him yesterday. Almost as impressed as when the barmaid in the boozer I was drinking in bent over and I saw her thong.
It was blue by the way.
Gervinho appeared more direct than Mike Ashleys very own Sports Direct empire.
And that is a welcome change from 'crab football'.
Arsene Wenger has done a good bit of business here.
I only hope that he doesn't try to turn Gervinho into a left-back or something like he tried to turn Nikki B into a winger.
Its a shame he was red-carded, although to be fair if you strike someone in the face then the rules are clear. Its a straight dismissal.
I only wish that he proper, and I mean proper, knocked Barton out.
It would have been banter if he had ripped off his shirt Hulk Hogan style and performed a Suplex or a DDT on the little mug.
I couldn't see the logic when we were after Gervinho at first. Then again I couldn't see the logic of Ryan Giggs doing Imogen (but then I realised that she is lovely).
But he is something that we needed. A direct player who runs at people scaring the shit out of them.
And lets face it, John Terry and co will be bricking it because they've seen how hard Gervinho can slap.
After his 'rest' I'm sure Gervinho will impress me even more. That doesn't take a lot though.
Keep It Goonerish......
Not his actual looks. Because to be honest, he is quite an ugly bastard.
But I like the way he plays football.
And I also like the fact that he bitch slapped Joey Barton with an open hand.
Very WWE indeed.
Usually players from abroad need a period of settling in. They need time to adjust to the way English football is played.
I think that Gervinho will hit the ground running. Or he will hit Joey Barton again. One or the other.
I was very impressed with him yesterday. Almost as impressed as when the barmaid in the boozer I was drinking in bent over and I saw her thong.
It was blue by the way.
Gervinho appeared more direct than Mike Ashleys very own Sports Direct empire.
And that is a welcome change from 'crab football'.
Arsene Wenger has done a good bit of business here.
I only hope that he doesn't try to turn Gervinho into a left-back or something like he tried to turn Nikki B into a winger.
Its a shame he was red-carded, although to be fair if you strike someone in the face then the rules are clear. Its a straight dismissal.
I only wish that he proper, and I mean proper, knocked Barton out.
It would have been banter if he had ripped off his shirt Hulk Hogan style and performed a Suplex or a DDT on the little mug.
I couldn't see the logic when we were after Gervinho at first. Then again I couldn't see the logic of Ryan Giggs doing Imogen (but then I realised that she is lovely).
But he is something that we needed. A direct player who runs at people scaring the shit out of them.
And lets face it, John Terry and co will be bricking it because they've seen how hard Gervinho can slap.
After his 'rest' I'm sure Gervinho will impress me even more. That doesn't take a lot though.
Keep It Goonerish......
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Just Set A Deadline For Gawds Sake!
This Cesc Fabregas saga is beginning to do my head in a little bit.
I'm starting to feel like I'm having a Déjà vu.
I'm starting to feel like I'm having a Déjà vu........eh? I swear I wrote that a minute ago.
To be honest I'm still very confident that Cesc will be an Arsenal player next season.
I know he is suffering at Arsenal, so much so he'd rather join Millwall than stay with us, but unfortunately Barcelona don't seem to value him that much.
If they did, then they would put his transfer as a priority over the Sanchez deal.
Instead they continue to flirt with Cesc like the time, and I swear on this, Rihanna did with me in a strip club one night.
Then I woke up. Sweating.
Barcelona continue to flash their knickers at our skipper in the hope he will put in a transfer request to pull those knickers down.
Well, I can't see him doing that because;
A) Despite him being in an Arsenal 'hell' he does genuinely love us,
and,
B) By all accounts he has a mega monster munch whack of loyalty money he would miss out on if he asked for a transfer.
Now Pep Guardiola has said his club have until 31 August to do a deal with us for Cesc.
Arsenal should say bollocks to that. And they should say it in public too.
And by the way, I would love to see Arsene Wenger saying bollocks.
Call a press conference and tell the whole wide world and its entire stinking existence that Barca have until 30 July to meet our terms or they can just jog on.
After that date we will ignore them like my guvnor does me when I ask for a pay-rise.
This saga is taking over our summer and I'm sure that preparations for the new season must be being affected by it.
If we are spending all our time fighting Barca off then how can we concentrate on getting the players in that we need?
Also these players might want to see if Cesc is still at Arsenal before they sign.
It is fast turning into Farcelona more than Barcelona and this farce needs to end before I go more loco than Britney Spears.
Keep It Goonerish........
I'm starting to feel like I'm having a Déjà vu.
I'm starting to feel like I'm having a Déjà vu........eh? I swear I wrote that a minute ago.
To be honest I'm still very confident that Cesc will be an Arsenal player next season.
I know he is suffering at Arsenal, so much so he'd rather join Millwall than stay with us, but unfortunately Barcelona don't seem to value him that much.
If they did, then they would put his transfer as a priority over the Sanchez deal.
Instead they continue to flirt with Cesc like the time, and I swear on this, Rihanna did with me in a strip club one night.
Then I woke up. Sweating.
Barcelona continue to flash their knickers at our skipper in the hope he will put in a transfer request to pull those knickers down.
Well, I can't see him doing that because;
A) Despite him being in an Arsenal 'hell' he does genuinely love us,
and,
B) By all accounts he has a mega monster munch whack of loyalty money he would miss out on if he asked for a transfer.
Now Pep Guardiola has said his club have until 31 August to do a deal with us for Cesc.
Arsenal should say bollocks to that. And they should say it in public too.
And by the way, I would love to see Arsene Wenger saying bollocks.
Call a press conference and tell the whole wide world and its entire stinking existence that Barca have until 30 July to meet our terms or they can just jog on.
After that date we will ignore them like my guvnor does me when I ask for a pay-rise.
This saga is taking over our summer and I'm sure that preparations for the new season must be being affected by it.
If we are spending all our time fighting Barca off then how can we concentrate on getting the players in that we need?
Also these players might want to see if Cesc is still at Arsenal before they sign.
It is fast turning into Farcelona more than Barcelona and this farce needs to end before I go more loco than Britney Spears.
Keep It Goonerish........
Monday, 18 July 2011
Yeah, Course We've Been Snubbed By Phil Jagielka!
So Arsenal have been snubbed by Phil Jagielka apparently because of our 'fading appeal'.
I'm sorry, but I haven't seen anything as funny as this since I saw those newly weds dancing to 'I like big butts' on Youtube.
Seriously, I'm not being arrogant here, do you honestly see Phil Jagielka turning down a move to Arsenal if the chance arose?
I like Everton, don't mind them at all, but I'm sure Jagielka would see Arsenal as a huge step up and any ambitious player would jump higher than an Olympic high jumper with a hot poker up his arse at the chance.
Maybe Arsenal have enquired about him in the past, I don't know, but I doubt very much that Arsene Wenger would put in a bid for him over £6-8m.
And that's a fee I'd agree with too.
The fee I've seen bandied about for him, £14-18m is more crazier than Tom Cruise on the Oprah Winfrey show during a sugar rush. Incredible.
I know what I find more credible, Arsenal refusing to meet that price and definitely NOT Jagielka rejecting us.
Yet again the 'knock Arsenal whilst they are supposedly down' bang-wagon is out in full force.
What next? Shaun Wright-Phillips rejecting us for Swindon Town?
I dunno, maybe it will be Stuart Downing favouring a move to Liverpool over us. Oh....wait.
Keep It Goonerish........
I'm sorry, but I haven't seen anything as funny as this since I saw those newly weds dancing to 'I like big butts' on Youtube.
Seriously, I'm not being arrogant here, do you honestly see Phil Jagielka turning down a move to Arsenal if the chance arose?
I like Everton, don't mind them at all, but I'm sure Jagielka would see Arsenal as a huge step up and any ambitious player would jump higher than an Olympic high jumper with a hot poker up his arse at the chance.
Maybe Arsenal have enquired about him in the past, I don't know, but I doubt very much that Arsene Wenger would put in a bid for him over £6-8m.
And that's a fee I'd agree with too.
The fee I've seen bandied about for him, £14-18m is more crazier than Tom Cruise on the Oprah Winfrey show during a sugar rush. Incredible.
I know what I find more credible, Arsenal refusing to meet that price and definitely NOT Jagielka rejecting us.
Yet again the 'knock Arsenal whilst they are supposedly down' bang-wagon is out in full force.
What next? Shaun Wright-Phillips rejecting us for Swindon Town?
I dunno, maybe it will be Stuart Downing favouring a move to Liverpool over us. Oh....wait.
Keep It Goonerish........
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