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Satanta coverage of Arsenal an absolute disgrace

Setanta Television, the diminutive Irish satellite channel, delivered a performance on Saturday 30 August 2008, that was so appallingly biased and self-opinionated that it will be hard for them ever to recover any respectability as a commentator on the game.
The channel used the build up to its live coverage of Arsenal vs Newcastle to indulge […]

Man U finances in trouble; Arsenal flying

It was much reported this week that Arsenal are at last saying openly, “Just read our financial statements and reports” in the face of endless mindless commentary about Arsenal having no money.
What was not reported however was the fact that Manchester Bankrupt’s situation is so bad that they are now having to cut costs anywhere […]

Platini offers Arsenal everything

If you are reading this it is either because
a) you don’t want to read any more of the negative stuff that it pouring out from Arsenal blogs hour after hour – all saying that we are bust, we are doomed, we’re going into the Conference, no one wants to sign for us, Wenger has lost […]

Arsenal night: Guardian very funny, BBC truly awful

There is a piece in the Guardian today concerning last night’s Arsenal / Twenty Twenty game which really made me laugh out loud.   Scroll down through the report, to the be underneath, and there you will find a minute by minute Dutchness rating of the McClaren.  Not to everyone’s humour I’m sure, but it […]

I told you journalists were dodgy

Although this column is about Arsenal, a central part of our thesis is that much of the problem in football is caused by the way certain journalists and their editors report the doings of football clubs – in particular Arsenal.   The malicious twisting of the stories about Arsenal’s finances are a case in point.
Thus […]

The secret behind the transfers, getting wet and going bust

Two important pieces of transfer news and some big financial chit-chat.  First: Senderos – exactly why do Milan want him?  According to the Sun (yes I know its not going to be true, but sometimes you get a laugh) the Manager said that Milan had searched high and low for the best possible big central […]

2012 Olympics bad news for Arsenal

The next Olympics (they are being held in London – but maybe you knew that) will cause Arsenal much bigger headaches than those that have just been held in China. This time we only lost Song.  Looking at the number of youngsters coming through the chances are that we are going to be decimated in 2012.

Olympic […]

Dont panic: its just an injury thing

This article was published a little while back, but didn’t get logged on the news sites, so I thought I would give it another go. Going into the Fulham match Arsenal had 8 players unavailable: Silvestre, Eduardo, Rosicky, Diaby, Fabgregas, Senderos, Bischoff and Vela.  No other club had disruption on that scale.

Here’s the run down (figures […]

Arsenal’s problems are entirely down to injury

Going into the Fulham match Arsenal had 8 players unavailable: Silvestre, Eduardo, Rosicky, Diaby, Fabgregas, Senderos, Bischoff and Vela.  No other club had disruption on that scale. Here’s the run down (figures from the Guardian on Saturday morning 23 August) Aston Villa – doubtful 0 injured 2 Blackburn – doubtful 0, injured  0

Bolton Notlob – doubtful 1, injured […]

Arsenal do not have to emulate Tottenham

The Tottenham response to failure, year after year is to buy, buy again, sell someone, buy a few more, spend £30 million, buy and then buy.  Year after year they fail, celebrating widly when their first team beat our kiddies in the diddly widdly cup.  That’s what they get, that’s what they win, that’s what […]