The start of the Euros might have obscured the fact that the transfer window opened on 14th June and from now until the end of August, NewsNow will be refreshed continually as transfer stories (most of which are complete rubbish) break and develop. The window closes officially at 11pm on 30th August as Jim White […]
Category Archive for 'Waffle'
First of all, congratulations again to Pangloss for a remarkable, resounding and relentless victory in the inaugural GHF Predictathon. He first hit the front in Match Week 5 and established his lead from Match Week 8. From Match Week 18, no one could come even close to catching his coattails. We’ll get to the secrets […]
Goonerholics around the world discuss the season so far
Posted in Fan Experience, Interlull, Season Review, Waffle on Nov 19th, 2023
Embed from Getty Images One of the cliches that is regularly trotted out on sports media programmes is that ‘Football is a game of opinions.’ Cliché it may be but the reality is that the debate and discussion between fans, which after all is one of the main reasons that the original Goonerholic blog was created, […]
The problem I was discussing VAR recently with a patient who was in favour of it purely on the basis that it has reduced the amount of cheating, diving, rolling around and conning of referees, as players know that they will not get away with it under the scrutiny of VAR’s cameras. Whether it has […]
Charity Begins At Home …
Posted in Arsenal Women, Club News, Waffle, Willow on Jul 1st, 2023
I offered to write a piece for the close season on the basis that I would supply subject matter as soon as something rooted itself in the old noddle. The aim was to provide something Arsenal orientated, importantly, not too serious because summer is supposed to be relaxing and fun, and not just a stream […]