What Kind of Arsenal Topics Does Gunnerblog Cover?

Gunnerblog is an Arsenal fan blog that ran from 2004 to 2014, and the posts preserved on the site show a clear editorial focus: match reactions, player and transfer debate, and season-level analysis of where Arsenal stands. If you want to know what you'd actually be reading there, it's less a news wire and more a supporter's running commentary on results, performances, and the arguments around them.

Match reactions and post-game analysis

The most visible category is immediate reaction to specific fixtures. Posts are tied to named games and results rather than general previews.

Examples from the page evidence:

• A reaction to a 1-0 win over Burnley, framed around whether the performance was "gritty," "niggly," or "ugly," with the author settling on "unusual looking."
• A post titled "Arsenal 4-1 Liverpool: Is there a better team in England?" — a result-driven piece arguing Arsenal were the best team in England at that moment.
• "Arsenal 3-0 West Ham: On What Might Have Been, and Why It Wasn't" — a result used as a jumping-off point for reflection rather than a straight report.

The pattern: take one match, react to it, and use it to make a broader point. The Burnley post even notes there probably wouldn't be a longer write-up because there was "incredibly little to say" — so coverage depth varies with how much the game actually offered.

Player and transfer discussion

Transfers and squad decisions appear as debate prompts, not as confirmed-news reporting. One post is explicitly framed as "On The Whistle: Who would you swap Giroud for?" — a discussion question about Olivier Giroud's value in a swap, rather than a transfer announcement.

The Liverpool reaction post also folds in transfer commentary, criticizing Chelsea's January signing Juan Cuadrado and suggesting they "should just have bought this lovely curtain set." That's opinion and humor, not reporting.

Team performance and season-level takes

Beyond single games, Gunnerblog covers the bigger question of how good Arsenal actually are and what a season means.

The Liverpool post is the clearest example: it argues Arsenal were the best team in England at that point, dismisses league-leading Chelsea's form since Christmas, and frames an upcoming match against Jose Mourinho's side as a chance to "lay down a marker for next season." It also notes Arsene Wenger had never beaten Mourinho, calling that record "both bizarre and embarrassing."

So the season-level content tends to be argumentative and forward-looking — what results mean for momentum, reputation, and next season — rather than table-and-fixture summaries.

Video content: the On The Whistle series

A recurring format is the "On The Whistle" video series, which appears alongside written posts.

• "Video: On the Whistle reaction to Burnley"
• "On The Whistle: Who would you swap Giroud for?"
• "Video: On The Whistle Monaco reaction – 'Why do I do this to myself?'"

These are reaction videos tied to specific matches or debate topics, and the Burnley post points readers toward a related "Arsecast Extra" podcast for further discussion.

What this means if you're deciding whether to read it

The through-line is a fan's voice reacting in the moment and arguing about what it means. The site describes itself as "Blogging about all things Arsenal from 2004 – 2014," so the content is historical rather than current — treat it as an archive of one supporter's take on that decade, not a live news source.