Stop the Rot!

Arsenal have crashed to a 3-0 defeat at Manchester City following a tumultuous week which saw Gallas sacked as Arsenal captain.

The team's performance today was woeful and the point was hammered home once again that we are badly lacking leadership skills on the pitch.

Several signings are needed and no amount of talking-up by Mr Wenger of our current group of players can change that fact.

Watching today's game has compelled me to return to Goonertimes.com to make a suggestion about two potential short-term signings who I honestly believe would be a tremendous influence on the undoubtedly talented but inconsistent youngsters at Arsenal.

Patrick Vieira and Thierry Henry. Two former captains returning to the club they both love.




Ok - I know you're laughing; but think about it - they'd be dirt cheap and how many times have they said they wanted to return? What a morale boost it would be for the club! Their egos would love the idea of returning to rescue the club from potential UEFA Cup standard mediocrity. Who knows - it could even be a positive influence on a reprimanded Gallas!

I know Wenger's hardly going to listen... but I can dream can't I? Or maybe I'm just feeling nostalgic after an utterly crap week!!!

Clichy's a Gooner; Penalties not tailor-made for Croatia

Gael Clichy committed his long-term future to Arsenal today. This is a nice bit of business by the club which will hopefully shoot those Italian vultures out of the sky who thought that the recent departure of Flamini and rumours surrounding Adebayor may have unsettled the rest of Wenger's young squad.

An intelligent and talented young footballer signalling his desire to stay with the club can do nothing but show any potential signings and current Arsenal players -who are weighing up their options- that Wenger's project is on track.

In non-Arsenal news, one might wonder if the man who manufactures the goal-frames for Croatia to practice their penalties on, is the same guy who measures Slaven Bilic for his suits...

The Return

Today sees the return of 'The Gooner Times'. After a stint teaching in Viet Nam, and a lot of laziness since, I have decided that it's time to get this show back on the road.

The silence is deafening. Let's pretend that some of you actually care... Actually, let's pretend that somebody is actually reading this.

"The season's over", I hear you say. "What's the point?" some of you yell. "Is this not a site about purchasing weaponry and my right to bear arms?" says the slightly scary guy with a twitch.

Well, think of this as a warm-up for the re-launch of the site scheduled for the new season.
Let this new season be a season in which our beloved Arsenal will finally live up to its potential. Let it be a season that will see the team play from August to May with the same flair, style, vision and mental strength that we all witnessed and enjoyed up until February 2007. Let it be a season that will end with a cabinet full of trophies. And finally, let it be a season that won't involve the author of this website tanked up to the gills on Saigon Beer.

Actually scratch that last part - I'd love another season of booze in Viet Nam...

So what have you all been up to since June '07? In fact, is there anybody still out there?