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Posted on January 14th, 2012 | No Comments

Needs or Wants? Transfer Window Fever!

The holiday season may have passed us, but the real fun has just begun. Tis the season to go crazy with anxiety over the transfer window and all of the associated hype! The rumor mills are in full swing, and it is driving me mad. I can’t keep straigh…



Posted on December 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Yonas: Arsenal are set up for present and future success (from an Eithiopian Gooner)

There are a lot of reasons why I fell in love with Arsenal. The first and the most important reason is the way we play – Arsenal plays the most aesthetically pleasing football in the premier league if not the world. We play with finesse, style, c…



Posted on December 26th, 2011 | No Comments

Happy Gooner Christmas! (Arsenal 2011 in Pictures)

First of all I would like to say thank you to my readers for making JustArsenal into one of the most popular Arsenal Blogs on the World Wide Web, with an average of ONE MILLION visitors a month. I hope I can carry on giving you all the up-to-date Arsen…



Posted on September 13th, 2011 | No Comments

Stagnant Wenger?

Has a long reign made Wenger reactionary? I’m not sure. He was certainly revolutionary when he arrived, changing training methods at the club, but perhaps he’s stagnated.You could argue that the last-minute buys were forced on him by the fans he’d love…



Posted on July 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

Nitesh: I’m a proud Indian Gooner – Arsenal is my religion!

What it means to be a Gooner in the lands of the cricket… by Nitesh Padhi Football is a universal sport. It binds together many regions, many countries, many religions. North and South Koreans come together to support a club, Indians and Pakistan…



Posted on May 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Arsenal place bid for Premier League star

It has been reported that Arsene Wenger has put an £8 million bid on the table for Blackburn captain and defender, Christopher Samba. Speculation has been rife around Samba ever since he admitted that he was very close to signing for Arsenal in January. “Everybody knows that I am an ambitious player. I think a read more »



Posted on May 27th, 2011 | No Comments

Transfer Update: Karim Benzema

A Gooner? The French striker has had an impressive season at Madrid, largely thanks to Higuain’s injury. He has netted 26 goals in 48 games, which has prompted the media to suggest that he may leave. Wenger has been quoted to say: “Signing him does not seem impossible. He’s a player that I like. He’s read more »



Posted on April 21st, 2011 | No Comments

Tottenham Away – Happy 50th Anniversary

  “Now they’re in Tottenham. Three miles behind enemy lines. Between them and safety stand 20,000 cops and 100,000 sworn enemies. They’ve got one way out. They’ve got one chance. They’ve got one night.”   I am paraphrasing of course, but the above quote is the tagline from the 1979 movie, The Warriors. And that [...]



Posted on April 13th, 2011 | No Comments

An Arsenal Quiz

Hello you. Sorry I’ve been neglecting you recently but I’m back now with some flowers from the local garage (£3.99- bargain) and I’m hoping I can make my absence up to you. I’ve got a little Arsenal quiz for you to keep you entertained until the next time the Comedy Spuds from N17 play. Please [...]



Posted on March 13th, 2011 | No Comments

We’ve falied over and over again. And that is why we will succeed.

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan Michael Jordan was a childhood hero of mine. The [...]



Posted on March 6th, 2011 | No Comments

Life After Arse Wars

Hello Gooners   With the end of Arse Wars leaving a gaping hole in all of our lives (haha!) I think it’s only fair to open the floor to YOU, our beloved reader(s) to see what YOU would like to see after Arse Wars. To get your juices flowing, here are some suggestions, but this [...]



Posted on March 5th, 2011 | No Comments

Arse Wars – The Gallery

Hello   With the end of Arse Wars, I thought it would be an idea to create a one off Arse Wars gallery, filled with all of the artwork created by the one and only Daryl Booth. So without further ado, here they all are…                     [...]



Posted on February 26th, 2011 | No Comments

Arse Wars – Master Wenger (The Final Chapter)

Hello and welcome to the final Arse Wars post! I hope it has been as much fun for you to read as it has been for me to write and to get the emails from Daryl and laugh myself into a stupor. It’s been an honour collaborating with one of the funniest people I know [...]



Posted on February 25th, 2011 | No Comments

Arse Wars – Watto Cnut!

It’s been a couple of weeks, but ArseWars is BACK! This is the penultimate ArseWars post, with the final post to come from Daryl on Saturday- and trust me you don’t want to miss the finale of what has been such a fun series to work on and with such a funny fucker as Daryl. [...]



Posted on February 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

Samir Nasri: I Don’t Intend to Leave Arsenal Without Winning Anything

Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri insists that he intends to win something before he makes a move to further his career away from the club. The 23-year-old has put in strong performances this campaign, and has been linked with a move to Barcelona. And it appears that he intends to first fulfil his dream of winning [...]



Posted on February 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

Jens Lehmann Offered Coaching Role at Arsenal by Arsene Wenger

Jens Lehmann is to briefly return to Arsenal in a coaching capacity after being handed the opportunity to train the club’s next generation of youngsters by boss Arsene Wenger. The German goalkeeper retired from playing last season after an indifferent two-year spell at Stuttgart and is gaining experience at the Emirates before he undertakes coaching [...]



Posted on February 11th, 2011 | No Comments

Arse Wars – Darth Van Persie

Hello and congratulations on making the weekend! I’m looking forward to smashing Wolves at ours tomorrow in revenge for some real cuntery from their moron fans after Wolves away this season. Send them back up the motorway feeling humiliated and questioning their lives is the bare minimum for me. Onto some ArseWars action, and once [...]



Posted on January 31st, 2011 | No Comments

Arse Wars – Emperor Palpaterry

Hello Gooners. Welcome to another episode of Arse Wars. It’s over to my partner in crime Mr Daryl Booth again for this one… Welcome back to another ARSEWARS post from me. Once again, I would like to thank Keith for allowing me to play. So, the Emperor. The Emperor is the lynch pin to the [...]



Posted on January 27th, 2011 | No Comments

Arse Wars – Wedgelas Bendtner

Oh hello Arse Wars fans. Fancy seeing you here. Haven’t seen you since the Carling Cup semi where we confirmed that the mighty ARSENAL are going to WEMBLEY!! In the meantime, I’ve been searching high and low for a pair (or a single) tickets for the final and I think my co-conspirator Mr Booth has [...]



Posted on January 25th, 2011 | No Comments

Arse Wars – Landen Calrissian

Hello Gooners! SithTheGooner here and It’s SEMI FINAL DAY!!! SHE WORE, SHE WORE… Sorry, I’m a little bit excited today because today is the day that it’s confirmed that we will be going to WEMBLEY for a Cup Final for the first time since 1998! I really hope that I don’t have to edit this [...]



Posted on January 24th, 2011 | No Comments

Arse Wars – Anakin Cescwalker

Well here we are folks, another episode of ARSE WARS!  Once again, massive thanks to co Arse Wars righteous dude, Daryl Booth and Mystery Gooner X for the video! Please press play on the below video to begin today’s episode. In today’s episode, we will be examining the most important character in the Star Wars [...]



Posted on January 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

Arse Wars – Han Rosicky

What’s up Gooners? You know the score by now. Over to Daryl for what is my personal favourite so far of the ARSE WARS saga! Wait until you get to the video!! Speaking of which, an anonymous Gooner has very kindly and brilliantly made a brand new intro video for this series! Thank you mystery [...]



Posted on January 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

Wigan Destroyed By Van Persie!

Morning/Afternoon/Evening Gooners and jealous Spuds I’m taking a one post break from Arse Wars to have a quick chat about yesterday’s game. Don’t worry, Arse Wars will be back later on today with some more twisted views just how you like them. So we smashed Wigan yesterday. I can’t remember the last time I saw [...]



Posted on January 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

Arse Wars – AL3PO

Hello my lovlies. Getting ready for the home again against Wigan and I’ve just seen that Twitchy is at it again and is pulling an insurance scam trying to say that he was mugged in Spain. The sick bastard even spouted off his fantasy of a man on his knees tugging away at his trousers [...]



Posted on January 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

Song: I walked for 4 or 5 hours in Snow

Arsenal welcome Stoke City to Emirates Stadium on February 22 and Alex Song hopes his journey home will be rather easier than it was the last time the Club tried to play that fixture. Severe weather conditions caused the postponement of the Premier League clash last month and heavy snow prompted Song to set out [...]



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