We are pleased to mark England’s opening game (sans the One Love captain’s armband) of the 2022 World Cup by republishing a thoughtful piece by TTG that was first published on Gunnerstown after a dialogue over the controversies that have surrounded this event since good ol’ Sepp tentatively pulled the card bearing the name Qatar […]
Category Archive for 'Review'
The Season So Far
Posted in Review on Nov 19th, 2022
May 22nd, 2022. Arsenal thrash Everton 5-1 at a sun-soaked Emirates Stadium as we are pipped to the final Champions League spot by our fiercest rivals. But the mood remains upbeat. Throughout the 2021/22 season, Arsenal supporters are beginning to see Mikel Arteta’s fabulous process show significant signs of development. Despite being consigned to another […]
The Enmity is Still There
Posted in Review on Sep 6th, 2022
Embed from Getty Images This is a rather rushed recollection of yesterday’s game in which Arsenal surrendered their unbeaten record to Manchester United. Recent seasons have seen the intensity of the rivalry between the two clubs diminish but yesterday’s match events and the comments of the pundits after the match ensured that all those long-suppressed […]
The Unbridgeable Divide
Posted in Review on Jun 18th, 2022
Who is best placed to prosper out of Arsenal and Spurs going forward? I’ve found the last few weeks very dispiriting from a football point of view. Some people compartmentalise seasons and believe that everything is wiped clean at the end of a campaign. Unfortunately, that’s wrong. Football nowadays is a continuum. Occasionally there are […]
A Tale of What Might Have Been (Long read)
Posted in Review on May 27th, 2022
Embed from Getty Images Most season reviews are relatively easy to format. You ask, “Was the season a success overall, and if so why, and if not why not?” I guarantee that if you asked these questions of most reasonable Arsenal fans about the season just ended, they would find it hard to answer unequivocally either way. […]