The Latest From The Marble Halls

December 5, 2012

It’s a shame we were so unremittingly awful in the second half last night, not just because every time I have to witness us play like that it feels like another icicle has been driven into my heart, but because I actually thought there were a few positives to take from the first half display.…Read the Rest

December 4, 2012

Olympiacos up tonight in a match that will only be relevant if Schalke fail to beat Montpellier which I fully expect them to do but am kind of prepared to imagine may not happen if only because I need to conjure up some excitement about tonight’s game to take my mind off of the crushing…Read the Rest

December 3, 2012

It’s hard to get motivated to write this blog when there’s so little inspiration on the pitch. I’d rather just try to switch the football part of my brain off for a while but that’s not really possible with an empty blog page beckoning. I suppose what I could really do with is my own…Read the Rest

December 2, 2012

We start this morning with the sad and worrying news that our chairman Peter Hill-Wood has suffered a heart attack having been taken ill with pneumonia on Friday. The club say that he’s recovering well in hospital and our thoughts of course go out to him and his family. But I’m guessing yesterday didn’t help.…Read the Rest

December 1, 2012

What’s your take on the situation at Arsenal Football Club these days? Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Do you see a glass half full or are you one of the increasing number of fans who see the glass half empty? If so, at least be grateful you’re not a Daily Mail journalist as…Read the Rest

November 29, 2012

God I hate November. I hate the absolute final realisation that yet another British summer completely failed to materialise and we’re now sentenced to six months of non-stop shivering. I hate fully grown men running around with moustaches like 14 year olds clearly unnecessarily proud of their ability to sprout hairs below their nostrils. But…Read the Rest