Tag Archives: Gunners

Making the Case for… Part 1: Frank de Boer

By ‘#ABW Chief Blogger’ The Other Geoff (@Hollefreund) A few weeks ago, I approached our Regular Columnists, Simon Collings (@sr_collings) and Jake Arsenal (@JakeArsenal1) with a unique proposal – what if the three of us all wrote a blog on … Continue reading

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Why Wenger Won’t be Buying a World-Class Defender in January

By ‘#ABW Regular Columnist’ Simon Collings (@sr_collings) Somewhere in the halls of the Emirates Stadium. Agent of Player X: Thanks for taking the time to speak to my client and I in person Arsène, it means a lot. I am … Continue reading

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The Foxtrot, The Pause And The Defensive Metronome

By The Other Geoff (@Hollefreund) When I was in elementary school we used to get herded into the gym on occasion to be taught how to dance. It would typically be without any type of advanced warning (as anti-dance fever … Continue reading

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What Can Arsenal Learn From The World Cup Group Stage?

By Paul Sweeny (@thesweeney51) 1) Football’s become a goal scoring arms race and Arsenal need to weapon up This World Cup’s seen the most goals scored at a final in a very long time – 3.14 goals on average per game. … Continue reading

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The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Gunner

By Michael Steyn (@Die_Kanonnier) In the afterglow of Arsenal’s 2014 FA Cup win some of the more prominent Gooners on Twitter re-tweeted a Niagara of photographs and YouTube videos of celebrating fans from across the world. As I sat in … Continue reading

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The Football Fan

By Dave Hillier (@davehillierr) The definition of a Masochist according to Webster’s dictionary: One who takes pleasure in being abused or dominated; a taste for suffering. If you take that definition and apply it to football, there is only one (not … Continue reading

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Moral Turpitude And One Pound

By The Other Geoff (@Hollefreund) What would you do to win? Anything within the rules of the game? Anything within the rules of society? What about just plain anything? What would be right and what would be wrong? Are there … Continue reading

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Will The FA Cup Win Make The Emirates Feel Like Home?

By Paul Sweeny (@thesweeney51) When you move homes you always lose something in the process. Arsenal lost one of English football’s unique stadiums – a tribute to art-deco architecture tucked behind a row of terraced houses in North London – … Continue reading

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Football, Five Year Olds & Pantomime Villains

By The Other Geoff (@Hollefreund) I have a five year old son with a vivid imagination.  It’s my own fault of course.  I’ve read him all manner of books, let him watch movies about dragons and spacemen and openly encouraged … Continue reading

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World Class Shopping Or Bargain Hunting?

By Kris Carpenter (@AFCfreddie8) Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Podcasts, Blogs, Forums, TV & Radio; these are the things we all use to judge what IS World Class& what WE all crave at Arsenal — but is World Class the necessary evil required … Continue reading

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