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Arsenal: this is getting insane

I read an article on a blog yesterday in which the writer (who claimed to be writing one of the most highly read of all the Arsenal blogs) said that this was the time when Arsene Wenger had to prove himself.
It struck me as one of the most crazy things I had ever read, although […]

This is a great moment for Arsenal

I write this in reply to a detailed letter that has been published on this site, which says why we should no longer support Arsenal.   I believe the opposite.
Partly, because I am a naturally cheery guy (except when I am not) and partly because I am currently writing the history of Arsenal in 1910, and […]

Arsenal: not quite the end of the world.

We’re not playing well, it was a lucky escape, and we’re further behind Aston “if you fall over hold your head” Villa.
So all bad news then.  Except…

It is  nine match unbeaten run which has included games against a number of clubs near the top or at the top
Three of the four players that you would […]

Man City’s illegal transfer move, Rangers collapse: we’re approaching the end of football

The image of the band playing on the Titanic while the iceberg joined in with the percussion is so hackneyed that I always try and avoid it, but after half an hour of sitting here I can’t find anything better to describe the news swirling around football.
While most of the media focusses on the day’s […]

A total genius or a ****i** turnip

Tomorrow or the next day it will be known.    25 hours ago (that is around 7am UK time on Monday) I made my wholesome and exciting prediction that a certain Russian was on his way to us.   At that moment virtually no one else was running the story, so I felt rather good (or rather […]

Looks like we are just about to sign Arshavin

I’ll confess straight up that I don’t have a hot line to Leningrad, nor do I have the ear of Mr Usmanov. In fact I don’t even have his email address.  But I think we are going to sign Arshavin, today or tomorrow. Here’s why…

First, the whole saga has been full of deadlines – the last two […]

Money first, football very much last

The time wasting at the end of the game at Cardiff, with the home side holding on for a draw, rather than going for a place in the next round, sums it all up really.   If Cardiff do get into the EPL they will fit there perfectly alongside clubs like Bolton, Blackburn, Fulham, WBA, and […]

Police 4 (or more) Arsenal 0

Last time I saw a game at Ninian Park I found the most interesting thing of the afternoon was the police tactics – but I thought that was a one off.  This time it was crazier, more bizarre, more insane.  Even in the wild days of the 70s it was never quite like this.
As we […]

From your man, on the spot, sampling the atmosphere, interviewing the locals.

I’ve been in Cardiff for a couple of days, having managed to tie together a couple of meetings with today’s game.
I’ve driven past the hotel where the lads are staying, and if I were writing in the pop press or for ITV or BBC I’d be “sampling the atmosphere”, but in truth there hasn’t been […]

Football finance collapses; Liverpool face disaster

That most disgraceful of clubs, Liverpool, are en route to join Manchester Money as the laughing stock of football, as the long-predicted changes in the way football is financed, finally appear on the horizon.
I’ll try and cover the changes to football finance in a moment.  First, Liverpool.  Al Kharafi, the Arab, has offered to buy […]