Posted in Fan Experience, Interlull, Opinions, Waffle on Sep 4th, 2025
I decided to try to find something appropriate to stimulate discussion as we enter our first enforced break of the season. What emerged is a bit of a ramble about my experience of watching international football and some thoughts about how the interaction between international football and club football has changed over the years. At […]
Posted in Analysis, Opinions, Review, Transfers, Waffle on Aug 11th, 2025
As we await the new season I think back to the last moments of the old one. Martin Ødegaard snatching a late winner at Southampton and it was over. And I’m going to confess I was relieved. I wasn’t ‘footballed out’, but I was glad of the break from putting my hopes and fears on […]
Posted in Analysis, Guest Blogs, Match Report, Opinions, Waffle on Jul 28th, 2025
Arsenal Suffer The Kicks and Elbows of Outrageous Fortune and Win by ClockEndRider On we moved from AC Milan to the second game of pre-season and the game against Newcastle. The team which started was Raya, White, Saliba, Calafiori, MLS, Zubimendi, Merino, Nwaneri, Saka Trossard, Havertz. Under Howe and that curious orange man – […]
Posted in Analysis, Club History, Waffle on Jul 21st, 2025
It is nice that blogs on this website are read by a number of generations. In fact, mixing historical recollection with current opinion is one of the reasons this blog exists. Dave Faber who founded the original ‘Goonerholic’ was born a few years after me but started to follow Arsenal from a very early age. […]
From the moment of his appointment, Mikel Arteta has been the focus of heavy criticism from sectors of the Arsenal fanbase and, but for a brief pause after the FA Cup victory in 2020, occasional calls for his head have persisted. Some criticisms have been constructive, many have been bizarre and sadly, some from so-called […]
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