Arsenal 0-1 Blackburn So I voiced my inner fears in yesterday’s preview with these words: “The effects of a disjointed performance and a cup exit on the players, the fans, on pretty much everyone, do not bear thinking about.” Well we’re now having to bear thinking about it, because a disjointed performance is exactly what [...]
I might as well just wheel out my ‘I love the FA Cup’ article again, mightn’t I? I do love the FA Cup. Did I ever mention that? And now we’re approaching the business end of it – win today’s fifth round and it’s the quarter-finals. That has the word finals in it. Maybe at [...]
The magic of the cup, up for the cup, Wemberlee, wearing yellow ribbons – here we are again on third round weekend, and I still love this competition to bits. Wenger Mark I loved it to bits too and was rather good at it – four-times winner of it, and it should have been five [...]
Sunderland 2-0 Arsenal In a straw text poll before the match last night, I asked 7 people whether it was going to be W, D or L at the Stadium of Light. Four went for a win, two for a draw (one of which was me) and two for a defeat. It just goes to [...]
Arsenal 1-0 Leeds I have nothing long-winded to say about this. There are times when raw emotion wins out. On that note, enjoy.
It’s that time of year again when I allow myself to go all misty-eyed about the FA Cup while the less sentimental (and perhaps younger) among us tut-tut and denounce the old jug as a busted flush. The Champions League is bigger, bolder, more watched, more important and above all more lucrative than the FA [...]
Morning, trolololo! The sun is once again out, spring has erupted and my miserable mood has evaporated. Arsenal are at the seaside today and I can’ wait. Wenger’s injury latest – always much anticipated – tells us that Fabregas is definitely back, Ramsey too, but that Walcott, Sagna & Song may not make the grade. [...]
I’ll admit, I’ve been rather down on the team since our defeat on Tuesday. What I fear more than anything else is the team letting the mini-slump slump along further, to the point where it’s all a bit too late. Let’s, for the sake of clarity, refer to this as ‘sleep-slumping’ to disaster. And if [...]
Confession: I used the above headline as it’s simply too cheesy to let pass, and if I don’t use it now, it will be even later than the too late it already is. [I haven't seen it elsewhere but if I'm late to the party I'll be happy to admit it]. In brief though: Having [...]
Arsenal since about 1979. Thick, thin and all that. 
