Interlull: Mannone + FIFA and Murphy on bad tackling
Warm Friday greetings to you all. Hope this finds you in good spirits and not as grumpy as an Arsenal goalkeeper.
They're a moody lot, aren't they? Vito Mannone is the latest to let the world know how far from gruntled he is with his lot, following in ...
Interlull: And the Oscar goes to …
You know the way the bible talks about that old story about God creating the world in 7 days? You would think, given he has all eternity to sit around afterwards, and that humans aren't really that interesting after millions of years, that he would hav...
Interlull: Reduce the reducers
Morning all.
We're right into the thick of the Interlull now but due to injuries Arsene has a bigger than normal squad of players to work with. Cesc Fabregas is more or less fit now, he claims he didn't play against Chelsea in case he had a setback and...
Learn the right lesson + Wilshere & Pires
Apologies for the slightly late arrival of this morning's blog. I was on airport retrieval duty, fetching Mrs Blogs after a trip to the US of A. Typically I slept through my alarm and the flight arrived early but I got there just in time.
I believe she...
Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal: Better but still not good enough
In the cold light of day I can look back at yesterday and not feel as downhearted as I did last night. It was certainly a better Arsenal performance than in previous games against Chelsea yet we were undone by two moments of carelessness. And when you ...
Chelsea preview
Normally, going to Stamford Bridge without Cesc, van Persie, Vermaelen, Walcott and Bendtner, and with Fabianski in goal would fill me with terror. Today I'm only filled with a mild trepidation.
Chelsea are champions, worthy ones at that, and until las...
Saturday round-up
Oh if only there were some entirely made up word that would describe my hangover in one handy soundbite.
Sweet suffering Jebus I blame the Mugsmasher for this. 'Fancy a quiet pint?', I said, 'nothing mental mind. You know me. When Mrs Blogs is away I a...
Early Chelsea news + Arsecast 170
Morning all,
I am being tailed everywhere by an ancient basset. Normally he's Mrs Blogs' shadow but she's away at the moment so this means I am the one to follow. Not good news for a dog - normally content to lie around a lot - when he has to keep goin...
A dollop of perspective required.
Its very much the way of football these days that most of the stories this morning centre around Lukasz Fabianski.
It seems that footballers are judged pretty much only on their last performance. Have a good game and you're Johnny Wonderful, cock somet...
Partizan 1-3 Arsenal: Lukasz feeling Fab
When a Kieran Gibbs foul gave Partizan Belgrade their second penalty of the night I have to admit I was worried. I know there was only a few minutes to go and they were down to ten men but I have the utmost confidence in this team's ability to complet...
Partisan Partizan preview
So Champions League tonight and a chance to put a few things right after the weekend.
The most notable piece of team news is that Manuel Almunia is out with an elbow injury meaning Lukasz Fabianski gets another chance. There are those who think Almunia...
Keepers and desire
There was a curiosity to last season in that we stayed in the title race despite some very poor results. It seemed that just as United and Chelsea looked to be getting ahead of us they'd drop points.
This weekend something similar went on. We could be ...
