Arsenal kick off a three game road trip tomorrow with a match against Martin O’Neill’s hard-tackling, set piece specialists, route one footballing, counter attacking Sunderland. I say that without passing judgement on them, if they want to play a brand of football straight out of the Middle-Ages then that is their right. It’s simply a...
Defining Moments
Defining moments can be temporary, they can be permanent, they can come suddenly, and they can also be seen from afar. This is because there are many different moments which define many different outcomes. Almost as many as there are people looking at the topic I would say.
There are even defining moments within a defining...
Arsene Wenger reveals that corporations in capitalist systems make profits
You have to know that at every season’s start, Arsenal must imperatively make a profit of between £15m and £20m. I’d add to that that one of the missions of a coach is to always buy at a price he judges to be right. — Arsene Wenger
Despite heading into the third week of a lockout...
Snowstorm
Orange snow clouds rolled in, unburdened themselves of their heavy load, and a hush fell over the busy streets of London. People who would otherwise occupy their minds with the grind of life stopped for a moment, put on a pair of their warmest shoes, and went outside.
They formed snowballs first, to throw at [...]...
Man at the match, Chary: Rovers given a spanking by rampant Arsenal.
A Blackburn side without their two main pillars of attack and defence (Yakubu and Samba respectively) where dismantled by an Arsenal attack that were unrecognisable as the one that failed to score at Bolton earlier in the week.
Having kept an eye out for legions of spectators making their way to Ashburton Grove with bin bags...
Arsenal v. Blackburn: do you really need a match preview?
These are troubling times my friends. The temperature is dipping in England, the pies at the Emirates are being nuked till they are a just a few degrees south of molten lava, some guy who claims to be an Arsenal supporter has organized a protest where people are supposed to cover any empty seat with...
Tim on the Arsenal America Pod
(current status)
Hey everyone, I have an important meeting at work this morning that I have to prepare for so you’ll have to wait for my brilliant “insight” into the Arsenal v. Blackburn match until this afternoon.
In the mean time, those hungry for more Tim can listen to the dulcet tones of my voice on...
Winning will make it all better
It’s been 20 hours or so since the 0-0 draw against Bolton and frankly I’m not sure what’s left to say.
I’ve talked about the importance of second half performances before. Arsene Wenger has talked about the importance of second half performances. And yet, against Bolton Arsenal’s second half performance was one of the worst of...
Bolton v. Arsenal: a six point match
Arsenal travel to Bolton today and it’s no exaggeration to say that only three points will do.
Looking up the table, the Gunners are 6 points adrift of 4th place Chelsea who managed to get a draw against Swansea yesterday and just two points below Liverpool who beat Wolves 3-0 in their last match.
Looking down the...
Haffely, Gaffely, Gaffely, Gonward and other transfer nonsense
As Arsenal attempt to limbo under the closing the transfer window without buying or selling anyone, her supporters are busy sharpening pitchforks and tarring torches for the post-transfer-window inquest.
We need a new striker!
We need a new defender!
We need a new midfielder!
We need a new, erm, keeper!
Just, for the love of the gods buy SOMEONE… ANYONE,...
Arsenal 3-2 Birmingham Villa: Keep the Faith
Darren Bent broke free from Koscielny, gaining just enough space to fire a rocket that was parried by Fabianski. The ensuing rebound fell right to Bent and since he was faced with the tightest of angles and he wasn’t all alone in front of goal, naturally he scored. Seconds later, the half-time [...]
