I don't even know where to begin this morning. In fact, I almost don't want to begin, because after what I witnessed yesterday the malaise I have over the football club I love and support has almost completely enveloped me. I'm even at the stage where I've thought to myself that whilst the title was [...]
It's a trip for me and the better half today up to Lancashire to watch The Arsenal take on Burnley at Turf Moor and with City and the Tiny Totts playing each other today, it's also an opportunity to close some ground on now of those teams at least, so we need to take advantage [...]
I'd like to say that youd have to give an almighty Nelson Muntz'esque 'ha-ha!' to Spain, after their defeat to Croatia yesterday, but after watching pockets of the game in between making a late dinner and eating said dinner, I've come to a different conclusion. Croatia are actually quite good. They did England/Sp*rs up their [...]
With the story of Mourinho still dominating the press pages (he would want it no other way), there is little else that the nationals are interested in, so they've put down their rainbow coloured invention pens, focusing on the North for now. I hope that it is the same for the rest of next season. [...]
Righto, this is a new month, it's a new me, one in which I have now formally given up alcohol until May and at a time in which my other habit - The Arsenal - has driven me to even more drink than usual, I'll have to find a way of numbing the pain of [...]
The aim of yesterday was to get a win, by hook or by crook, so with that firmly front and centre within my own thoughts this morning you have to say that the team achieved its primary objective. Secondary objectives of playing well, scoring loads of goals and 'wowing' everyone watching, were simple 'nice to [...]
As the final whistle went yesterday, with Arsenal securing a point at The Britannia, it was hard for me to properly assess how I felt about the result. On the face of it it was a hard-fought point. It was more than City got against the Orcs and sees us go back to the top [...]
Some times you've just got to take an ugly win when it comes along. Yesterday, up against a resilient Newcastle United team, that's exactly what Arsenal did. It felt like a bit of an arduous afternoon, didn't it? Perhaps the Arsenal players were so happy to be playing at a 'normal' time - i.e. Saturday [...]
Doesn't Petr Cech just sound like one of the nicest people in football. Never a bad word to say about anybody and, having worked under Jose Mourinho twice, he would have plenty of reason to spill the odd bit of bile, in the mould of his one-time manager. But no, he's just a happy chap, [...]
I've seen three different first team Campbell's in my time as an Arsenal supporter. Kevin was a decent forward, Sol was an immense centre half and now Joel, who I will admit I have been a clear sceptic of in the past, has stepped up in an important game and maybe what Arsène 'smelt' in [...]