Andrei Arshavin
Well, I’m glad I didn’t really care about the match last night because otherwise I’d be pretty furious this morning. I’d be bemoaning a terrible team performance in which our bright young hopefuls failed to shine. I’d be castigating the older heads in the team for failing to lead by example and use their experience…Read the Rest
I should have known yesterday was going to be a bad day. The omens were worrying right from breakfast. I suppose it was my own fault in a way. If the local café doesn’t know how to spell Eggs Benedict it’s unlikely to be the best Eggs Benedict you’ve ever tasted. But I really fancied…Read the Rest
Tricky business the foreign hotel breakfast. I’m never sure whether they’re serving up a breakfast typical of the region or an odd approximation of what they think I, as an Englishman, expect of a breakfast, and are therefore sneering at me as I tuck into my fried ham and bright yellow scrambled eggs accompanied by…Read the Rest
Andrei Arshavin has stirred huge controversy in the press this morning by, if you believe the headlines, slating all his team mates, slagging off Arsene Wenger and claiming he wants to leave the club. Well call me a dusty old cynic but when a story like this emerges that defies common sense, occasionally I like…Read the Rest
I told you I liked the Carling Cup. Once again, the result was much better than the performance. I imagine Bolton must be pretty disappointed that they didn’t get something out of that game but frankly I couldn’t care less. We put out another patchwork team last night, particularly in defence where we played Fabianski…Read the Rest
Some people are never happy. As news emerged yesterday that Arsenal have signed Thomas Vermaelen up on a new long term contract the ‘twittersphere’, home of knee-jerk reactions in 140 characters or less*, was awash with bitching, moaning and in-fighting, supporters angry that we would waste money extending the contract of another injury prone player.…Read the Rest
