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Eight Years of Failure ?
It is Xmas 2011 and I am fighting a losing battle. The turkey has been eaten, and I am discussing “The Arsenal” with my brother. I am in full flow, but he suddenly propels himself forward, his face going red, almost falling out of his armchair, jabbing a finger in my direction “BUT.. BUT…after the […]
Arsenal Crisis
A guest parody post from Muppet We iz in the crisis now at Arsenal, innit.? Cos of the gaffer, the big chief Gazidis with ze wodge of dough, and Kroenke dat comes ere once in de blue moon. We iz the fans, and we iz not happy with ze proceedings this summer. We haz a […]
The Blame Game? – Oh dear oh dear oh dear (Sorry Frank, I stole your line).
Time for a bit of fight back I think. As no news of concrete signings have arrived, the mood has grown progressively worse. We knew that the atmosphere would be poisonous at the Emirates if we lost the Villa game, and our worst fears were confirmed with the chants of “spend the f*cking money”. Twitter […]
Sing When You’re Winning
Big Marvin came up hard. Not inner city sump estate hard. A different kind of hard. Big Marvin grew up a part of the only mixed race family in a small hick mining town in the wilds of North Somerset. He endured the name calling, the bullying, being singled out while those around him […]
These Boots Were Made For Walking
A few years ago I clambered aboard my trusty mountain bike and set off upon an epic journey. My plan was to cross the barren wastes of Dartmoor and then to negotiate the hills and valleys of Exmoor. I didn’t do this in order to raise money for charity nor to raise a laugh from […]
Come On Arsene Its Easy
Its easy come on Arsenal spend some of that seventy to one hundred million pounds you have sitting in the bank, or is it? Everybody and his dog are telling Arsenal they need a goalkeeper, a center back, a central defensive midfielder and a striker. Now lets look at our squad and in particular these […]
Spend Some Bloody Money – A Short History Of Arsene’s Signings Part Three: 2010 – 2013
Who’s next for Arsene Wenger? In the third and final part of The Beck’s trilogy of posts, Arsenal’s most recent signings are revisited and the timely question raised: has Arsene lost the ability to sign players good enough for Arsenal Football Club? In 2010, we signed Squillaci, Koscielny and Chamakh, as well as Miyachi, Wellington […]
Spend Some Bloody Money: A Short History Of Arsene’s Signings Part 2: 2005 – 2009
The Next Vieira? The second of The Beck’s three-parter summarizing the current manager’s signings before asking in his third and final post: has Arsene still ‘got it’ when it comes to signing players good enough for Arsenal? In 2005, as well as the January transfer window of 2006, we signed Diaby, Adebayor, Walcott, Vela, Song, […]
Spend Some Bloody Money – A Short History Of Arsene’s Signings Part One: 1996 – 2004
Patrick who? In the first of a 3-part post, The Beck starts on a whirlwind tour de force of all the club’s Wenger-era signings before, in part three, asking the ultimate question; has Arsene Wenger lost the ability to sign players good enough for Arsenal? In 1996 the first thing Arsene did as manager was […]
Why Not Suarez?
A post by Anthony Hawke from our friends over at OTBAG Time flies by, and so it seems to have again. But you only feel that if you’re really having a good time or are really excited about what’s going on. Such has been the transfer period for Gooners all over the world, ever since […]
Positively Arsenal 