He didn’t mean to, but he did.
The outpouring of sympathy for Shawcross in the media today is absolutely vile and sickening. The usual excuses are being trotted out, and forgotten in all of it is the victim of the crime —yes is a crime, if it was off the field, Shawcross would be charged for GBH— is all but forgotten.
Porto 2 – 1 Arsenal, not a bad result.
Let down again by poor goalkeeping, Arsenal left the Estadio do Dragão not having changed their record of 0 wins in Portugal. The first goal was down to comedic goalkeeping you won’t even see in the Sunday leagues, the second was a series of comedic moments by an ensemble cast. If last night didn’t make it clear to Wenger that we have a real problem between the sticks then I’m afraid nothing will.
Porto takes advantage of naive Arsenal... again.
A fine line between winning and losing.
Where do we start? It’s not really looking good for Arsenal when Liverpool are expected by all and sundry to leave the Emirates Stadium with at least a point. Apparently we got torn a new arsehole at Stamford bridge last Sunday, we have gone from championship contenders to Europa Cup fodder. I for one don’t subscribe to the doom and gloom predicted for us by the scribes.
Wenger cannot be happy with the defensive lapses that can't seem to be arrested.
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We’re still in it.
I must confess that the defeat on Sunday hurt me so much so that I didn’t watch past the second goal. Anyone who’ve read the blog knows I am an eternal optimist when it comes to Arsenal, however switching off the Tv was not about us not being able to mount a comeback, but watching the game made me physically sick.
Manuel opens the floodgates to a traumatic evening of football
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The four matches of doom is upon us.
Wow! It’s been almost 20 days since my last post, and by any measure this is not good for blogger or readers. The fact that we’ve had so much going on in the world of Arsenal makes my absence even less forgiveable. The reason? I’ve been having a hard time adjusting to the demands that major changes in the New year has made in my everyday life.
My predicted teal line-up for tonights game.
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Arsenal lack the strength in depth to win the title.
We’ve come to the season’s midway point, and as things stand Arsenal is 4 points off the top with a game in hand, in the FA cup 4th round, and in the knockout stage of the champions league. It is entirely possible that we win all three of those trophies. Yet if you listen to the football pundits out there we won’t win any – Why?
The oft repeated answer is that, football is a squad game and we don’t have the squad to win. That’s the refrain we constantly hear from those who know better, sadly, as with any mantra repeated enough it becomes a truth, an absolutely irrefutable belief.
Don’t believe the hype.
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West Ham 1 – 2 Arsenal
A quick look at some of the things that stood out for me in yesterday’s Fa Cup 3rd round clash with West Ham. We came out on top with two goals in 5 minutes to set up a meeting with Stoke in the 4th round, but we were made to work hard for the victory.
How high does your foot have to go for it to be deemed dangerous?
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Arsenal v Aston Villa — a battle for 2nd
A big game for Arsenal this is against Villa, although we haven’t been able to beat Villa at the Emirates surprisingly there is not a bit of nervousness in sight. Usually I’m a jittery as a teenager before his first date, but not today.
A 28 minutes cameo from Cesc Fabregas produces 2 goals to give Arsenal the win