Callow Arsenal ripped to shreds
Manchester United 8-2 Arsenal ‘Will you quit?’, Wenger was asked following Arsenal’s worst league defeat since 1896. That Wenger’s future is now being routinely debated - and he is being…
Manchester United 8-2 Arsenal ‘Will you quit?’, Wenger was asked following Arsenal’s worst league defeat since 1896. That Wenger’s future is now being routinely debated - and he is being…
Online. Sometimes, an internet leave of absence is just what the doctor ordered. I rolled up my trouser legs, knotted my hanky and set off south for ten days, and…
Arsenal 1-1 New York Red Bulls I have been to pre-season games before. I stood on the terraces at Underhill one July afternoon and though the memory is a bit…
Another week rolls by, free of blog entries. I’ll happily admit I really have struggled to inspire myself to write much this summer. In June & July of 2009 -…
Adeus Denilson. Ta-da for now (though I am prepared to wager that the ‘for now’ part will become ‘for good’). Denilson’s departure reminded me that this summer was as much…
Arsenal signings 2 - 1 Arsenal sales Arsenal: Specialists in snail-paced transfers. The good news is that Gervinho has definitely signed - or at least, he’ll “shortly join†us “subject…
It’s 18 days since I last peered over the blogging parapet. The last time I did there were very few bullets whizzing over my head. Now there’s a full-blown barrage,…
“For the first time in a while, I will be very active†With these dozen words, spoken at the tail end of May, Wenger has kicked off a fascinating close…
Short of the Premier League changing its mind and awarding Arsenal the league title for plucky against-all-likelihood endeavour, the one thing that would have kicked the summer off in a…
What a goldfish I am. Despite an end of season that spent most of its time reeling from one calamity to another, I appear to be hankering for the new…