This week Jonathan Neale forwarded me a great article on the new man Ivan Gazidis and from reading that it seems that everything about him is good. It is doubtful that after all this time Arsenal would have done anything other than get the very man they want, and that could mean some significant success…
And that something is… Rio Ferdinand. This is the man who says ‘Croatia were fined a few thousand quid. What good is that? It’s not going to stop people shouting racist or homophobic abuse.’ but who remains utterly silent about the abuse given to Sol Campbell. Then he says that we are all being very…
We’ve had Randall, Simpson, Vela and Gibbs in our list of next year’s stars. Now Alex Song. Alex Song had to suffer being nominated as one of the worst players ever to play for Arsenal because of one poor performance against Fulham. But the criticism was always unjust – a knee jerk reaction to a…
In a bizarre U-turn the government has announced today (May 12) that it will no longer seek to collect tax from overseas players who play for non-UK clubs in European cup finals. As a result of this change of heart, Wembley can now bid for the 2011 European Cup Final. However the change comes just…
On the day when everyone is raving (quite rightly) about our team of 3 year olds there’s nothing more to add on that front – save to reiterate that it was possible to get a ticket for £10. If we had been playing the Tiny Fantasists they would have demanded the standard A prices…
Blimey – I write a bit about the financial situation and how Liverpool Insolvency might be in trouble, and the next thing you know, they are on the brink. Liverpool (to recap) can only pay the interest on their loans by constantly being in the final stages of the Champs League. Without that income they…
We saw last week how the government had manipulated the situation to ensure that Arsenal’s bid for a UEFA cup final at the Emirates would fail – and then changed the rules again so that Wembley’s bid would succeed. Now they’ve gone much further. A bunch of MPs that make up the culture, media and…
You might remember last summer. Everyone from the guys who write football blogs in their garden sheds to the journalists with the national daily papers said the same thing: in 2007/8 Arsenal will sink without trace. In fact, to be precise the prediction was that Arsenal will drift down to mid-table and Tottenham will end…
Of course these conditional exercises are difficult to see through – there are always far too many variables, but still it is interesting to look at the options… Thinking of Hleb I think we would have been far worse off. Nasri would not have been signed, and we would have had a lot of dribbles,…
Except today’s crisis isn’t at Arsenal – its with Manchester City who have spent the megabillions and don’t seem to win very many matches. There is talk of their manager known (in this house at least) as The Ooze, being given the push. Ever since he had his spat with Cesc and asked for an…
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