As we're unlikely to see terraces again at football, this is the virtual equivalent where you can chat to your hearts content about all football matters and, obviously, Arsenal in particular. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical.
I know they want to hype up the women's football, but why do the pundits, media and commentators pussy foot around any kind of criticism about bad play by woman footballers l, the teams or tournament as a whole.
Any open goal missed, goalie mistake, shit penalty or shanked pass seem to be treated as unlucky play or some kind of anomaly.
Anything close to that in the men's game and the player or team involved would be absolutely ripped to shreds.
Last edited by Natural Born Gooner on Mon Jul 28, 2025 1:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I know what the female ex footy player said here(my workplace) about certain aspects which she thinks will come out (lol) in the washing in 10/20 years time.
I know what the female ex footy player said here(my workplace) about certain aspects which she thinks will come out (lol) in the washing in 10/20 years time.
As DB had forgotten to put 50p in the meter and the forum is all fooked
Thought I might be able to access it through the Online Gooner site.
Lo and behold what do I find as the lead article....
Is it about The Arsenal..... nope
Is it about the Arsenal lezzers ..... nope
Hmm, what interesting piece of Arsenal related journalism could it be.... well, the lead article is about the fucking lionesses https://www.onlinegooner.com/
What in the name of all that is holy, is the Online Gooner doing writing a piece on that pile of steaming shite?
I just don't have the words
Nurse, nurse, bring my meds
If the forum closes down for good, where do we all go?
It's like the Island of Misfit Toys on here; we can't go and join other forums with other, more positive, people!
Most would be banned within 24 hours, including receiving warnings
Trouble is, forums tend to be full of the brain dead who hang on Diet Pep's every word, so when their cosy little world is questioned, they throw their toys out of the pram and those who don't demonstrate unquestionable loyalty are drummed out pretty quickly
Its only a personal opinion but the gooner itself has been in steady decline since KW left as editor and the current soy boy took over, he/she/they have practically turned it into a cesspit of lezzerball with the odd smattering of the real game, its sad to see but its not surprising when they have to beg for subscribers every year from a fan base of god knows how many millions.
On the forum...if it ever does go and us gentlemen of a certain vintage are out in the cold with nowhere to go, i'd have the tech smarts and a bit of funding to stand up a new gig and just circulate the new address via twatter or similar...mind you id actually have to join twatter first.
But hopefully it never comes to that as i reckon this place is one of the last bastions of fairly sane if a little eccentric gooners with the clubs genuine interests at heart.
Agreed Dec, Kev is an old school Gooner who certainly fits the mindset on here and ran the fanzine very well. If I remember correctly, the new guy was some local, minor football/Arsenal journo or blogger, who seems to epitomise modern, woke football fans.
Good to hear that if this place were to go, you have the wherewithal to get something up and running. Obviously you’re a tech guy?
As you say, most of us on here wouldn’t fit elsewhere. Miserable, cranky old fuckers, but understand the game and love this club. I often wonder how long I could have limped on through the Wenger years without this place. I’d been reading the forum for quite a while before joining, but didn’t post for years after signing up because I knew it would become a drug that I couldn’t shake. Even though I wasn’t posting back then, it was good to know that others felt the same way about Wenger, because pre 2009/10, I thought I was the only bloke who knew the Old Fraud was washed up. The gallows humour on here was brilliant through those final 10 yrs of his “reign” and kept me going.
It’ll likely keep you chugging along for the next 10 years of Arteta’s reign of terror, as well.
As DB had forgotten to put 50p in the meter and the forum is all fooked
Thought I might be able to access it through the Online Gooner site.
Lo and behold what do I find as the lead article....
Is it about The Arsenal..... nope
Is it about the Arsenal lezzers ..... nope
Hmm, what interesting piece of Arsenal related journalism could it be.... well, the lead article is about the fucking lionesses https://www.onlinegooner.com/
What in the name of all that is holy, is the Online Gooner doing writing a piece on that pile of steaming shite?
I just don't have the words
Nurse, nurse, bring my meds
If the forum closes down for good, where do we all go?
It's like the Island of Misfit Toys on here; we can't go and join other forums with other, more positive, people!
Most would be banned within 24 hours, including receiving warnings
Trouble is, forums tend to be full of the brain dead who hang on Diet Pep's every word, so when their cosy little world is questioned, they throw their toys out of the pram and those who don't demonstrate unquestionable loyalty are drummed out pretty quickly
Its only a personal opinion but the gooner itself has been in steady decline since KW left as editor and the current soy boy took over, he/she/they have practically turned it into a cesspit of lezzerball with the odd smattering of the real game, its sad to see but its not surprising when they have to beg for subscribers every year from a fan base of god knows how many millions.
On the forum...if it ever does go and us gentlemen of a certain vintage are out in the cold with nowhere to go, i'd have the tech smarts and a bit of funding to stand up a new gig and just circulate the new address via twatter or similar...mind you id actually have to join twatter first.
But hopefully it never comes to that as i reckon this place is one of the last bastions of fairly sane if a little eccentric gooners with the clubs genuine interests at heart.
Agreed Dec, Kev is an old school Gooner who certainly fits the mindset on here and ran the fanzine very well. If I remember correctly, the new guy was some local, minor football/Arsenal journo or blogger, who seems to epitomise modern, woke football fans.
Good to hear that if this place were to go, you have the wherewithal to get something up and running. Obviously you’re a tech guy?
As you say, most of us on here wouldn’t fit elsewhere. Miserable, cranky old fuckers, but understand the game and love this club. I often wonder how long I could have limped on through the Wenger years without this place. I’d been reading the forum for quite a while before joining, but didn’t post for years after signing up because I knew it would become a drug that I couldn’t shake. Even though I wasn’t posting back then, it was good to know that others felt the same way about Wenger, because pre 2009/10, I thought I was the only bloke who knew the Old Fraud was washed up. The gallows humour on here was brilliant through those final 10 yrs of his “reign” and kept me going.
It’ll likely keep you chugging along for the next 10 years of Arteta’s reign of terror, as well.
If the forum closes down for good, where do we all go?
It's like the Island of Misfit Toys on here; we can't go and join other forums with other, more positive, people!
Most would be banned within 24 hours, including receiving warnings
Trouble is, forums tend to be full of the brain dead who hang on Diet Pep's every word, so when their cosy little world is questioned, they throw their toys out of the pram and those who don't demonstrate unquestionable loyalty are drummed out pretty quickly
Its only a personal opinion but the gooner itself has been in steady decline since KW left as editor and the current soy boy took over, he/she/they have practically turned it into a cesspit of lezzerball with the odd smattering of the real game, its sad to see but its not surprising when they have to beg for subscribers every year from a fan base of god knows how many millions.
On the forum...if it ever does go and us gentlemen of a certain vintage are out in the cold with nowhere to go, i'd have the tech smarts and a bit of funding to stand up a new gig and just circulate the new address via twatter or similar...mind you id actually have to join twatter first.
But hopefully it never comes to that as i reckon this place is one of the last bastions of fairly sane if a little eccentric gooners with the clubs genuine interests at heart.
Agreed Dec, Kev is an old school Gooner who certainly fits the mindset on here and ran the fanzine very well. If I remember correctly, the new guy was some local, minor football/Arsenal journo or blogger, who seems to epitomise modern, woke football fans.
Good to hear that if this place were to go, you have the wherewithal to get something up and running. Obviously you’re a tech guy?
As you say, most of us on here wouldn’t fit elsewhere. Miserable, cranky old fuckers, but understand the game and love this club. I often wonder how long I could have limped on through the Wenger years without this place. I’d been reading the forum for quite a while before joining, but didn’t post for years after signing up because I knew it would become a drug that I couldn’t shake. Even though I wasn’t posting back then, it was good to know that others felt the same way about Wenger, because pre 2009/10, I thought I was the only bloke who knew the Old Fraud was washed up. The gallows humour on here was brilliant through those final 10 yrs of his “reign” and kept me going.
It’ll likely keep you chugging along for the next 10 years of Arteta’s reign of terror, as well.
Sadly ATID, I know exactly what you mean. I'm not entirely sure that I could go through it again. Part of me thinks that if Lego Head comes up short this year, then he'll get the bullet. I'm not totally convinced, but come next May, he will have had 6 1/2 years and will have spent over a billion!! That's total support from the owners and they will surely expect a return on that investment....surely?