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Two of London's top teams fought it out on Sunday and the gunners punched holes into the blues, making the Chavski lot look like a pub team. Chelsea have lost their way since Murinho left. They don't know whether to attack or defend. They can't play, won't play so generally against a team of substance, they won't win. Grant's honeymoon period is over and now he will have to deal with skull-duggery of football at the top. The Chelsea team is shaken a bit but the good thing is that he faces a Liverpool team which is neither here nor there. Benitez is simply not the right manager for Liverpool and the Americans will be fools not to realise that. Powered by ScribeFire .

Arsenal were near invincible according to a couple of rags, a few weeks ago and now the smart money is apparently on the wheels falling off and the prediction of a mid-table finish coming true. All because of the first defeat in the league. Manchester United lose to Bolton and it is classified as minor setback from which they will come back... With Arsenal playing the way they are, Derby wish they had their problems Powered by ScribeFire .

So Arsenal finally lost to Sevilla in Spain on a night that means we have no Wenger on the bench for the last match and add Fabregas's injury onto that. It is all a bit tragic is it not? But Arsenal needed a loss now, not three weeks from now or worse yet in March. Of course it is never good to lose buit if there is a good time to lose it is when you are through to the next round of the competition. I think with this side, it will not mjatter whether they get Barcelona or one of the second tier teams that have sneaked through into the area occupied by the big boys. Having said that though, I hated the loss Powered by ScribeFire .

Arsenal score an incredible amount of goals in the last 15 minutes. They have to redefined the moniker 'the comeback kid' quite well. The game against Wigan was not the best they have played this season but they won on the day when an old boy did them a favour. It is all well and good when a team does what Arsenal does but you sometimes feel a little sorry for the also-rans such us this Wigan team. They really are out of their depth when they place the Arsenal. Powered by ScribeFire .

She shouts too much I have nothing to do Internationals are boring so I find myself watching the Poseidon Adventure and I don't even like movies Then I suddenly think that I am lonely. Come back Premiership footie... Oh please do Powered by ScribeFire .

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The player is awesome. The timing of his runs into his box is impeccable. He is a genuine finisher, a warrior-style predator in the box. He has bags of ability and he will thrive at the Arsenal. Just hope that the unlucky number9 doesnt let him down. But I am excited about him and plenty so. Got articles being published on sportingo and that is a little fun I say Powered by ScribeFire .

Mother Nature has this one rule, no human being will ever have what is termed as everything in whatever sphere of influence they may exist. Some minor chink in the armour, some indiscretion will always make you human after all. You see, the rule is there must always be some failing, some thing or things that humbles you. Much has been said about how good Fabregas is right now and I dare ask the question that scares me the most, how good will he eventually be? In light of the first paragraph I am not sure that I want to explore it too much but there are a few examples of players who had so such striking ability that you never really wanted to know where they would take it to next. George Best was the best(pun totally intended) of his generation by a country mile and he won accolades and prizes from all and sundry when he played for the Man Utd side of the 60s and 70s. And then at what would be considered by convention to be the peak of his career, he just picked up his bags and left. Ju...

It must be said first and foremost, that I care very little for who owns the club because that is a matter best left to Londoners and those who live in the north London area to be precise. It is their team and they are best place to provide all the arguments for the issue. It is my candid view however that Arsenal may need to keep a leash on the chairman who says a lot of things that the club might need to climb down from. When Usmanov bought shares in the club they might have been better off not saying anything altogether but rather engaging the Russian in private. From what I have heard about him, the noise has not been too good so perhaps the best thing to do with him would be to keep quiet or else you are liable to lose anyway. Unless of course the noise is meant to push the price up and the lot want to sell anyway But that's that. The team is playing really well. Kicking the pub team last night was not much of a feat, but it was 3 points and much like Zimbabwe cricket team the...

The whole world is falling over themselves as they try to get to the front of the queue in giving the latest accolades to the young Arsenal juggernaut. So sometimes I wonder what I could say that is different from everyone else... Top of the league, through to the next round, good start in... got this, got that. There is a sense of belief in this young side that is a bit scary. You can see it in their eyes. They want to dominate, they love winning and they treat opposition teams like prey. They are smashing goals from way out... If Ghandi aka Henry was around they would be passing those but they are firing them in from way out now. It takes belief to do that and it seems they have bags of that. Having come to that realisation, you wonder when they could just lose it all, not at a whim but by a sudden and catastrophic loss of confidence. what then? Will they believe that the next loss, perhaps the 28th of October against Liverpool is just a minor blip on the radar or will they validate ...

Jose Mourinho is a special manager and not just because he says so but because of his achievements at Porto Chelsea. He won those championships in his own way and showed that he was a man of substance when upon being asked to do things in a way that wasnt he his, did the honourable thing and quit. But that is that and I sort of fear for Chelsea a little. They have missed the trick here and they are going to be the Real Madrid of Perez. Away from them, a super performance from Arsenal, a club said to have been in so much turmoil this summer it was even suggested they would be battling for mid-table mediocrity this season. What with captain Ghandi gone and all meaning the team wouldn't score to save their lives in a brothel. Last night Sevilla side fancied for some unfathomable reason as being Champions' league contenders in spite of thjis being their debut, the Arsenal youngsters put together the perfect show. I dont think I will mention any particular player by name but the wh...

I found it laughable that people were even suggesting that wily Frenchman was on his way out. I saw him buy players last year for the long mid to long-term and I am not even sure it is newsworthy to mention the contract that will be signed in a minute. Of course for the gooners it is brilliant that we have it on paper that he will be with our lot for the next three years and the madrids and whoever else fancied him can just fog off into the whatever... And that's that. International break now so a good reason not to care about football especially with the Rugby world cup starting this weeknd...

Arsenal may have just gotten the perfect start to the new season with two mentally challenging games. They could easily have had a cvouple of 3-0s and walked around feeling good about themselves. They have played two teams who played the way that teams often did against Arsenal. The boys needed to know whether they were over the way they played last year. Often they shied away from the hard games and that sort of thing but this season they have shown that they can be patient enough and that their players are willing to come to the party even in an unfashionable game. I thought that full backs played really well against Sparta and that was important. Will Fabregas score more goals this season? Maybe. He would have missed that chance last season. But then again he scored in the early part of the season and couldn't score in a brothel in Amsterdam the rest of the season. It is important for the internationals to do the job home and away this season. Do I think they can win the league....

The Arsenal is a team that thrives on everyone thinking that have lost it and that they have no way of getting what they want. A few years ago Arsene once said that the team could go through a season unbeaten. Everyone had a laugh when he was beaten after 30 games. Then he did it, because he had a single-minded approach to getting things done. Arsene knows what he wants and he knows how to get it even if it makes him the loneliest man in the world in that opinion. That is one thing that has galvanised this side and made them into a super team. The malarkeys of the lot at news and newsingtons want to demote the side to just a top half of the table team, just able to beat a pub team on penalties. Not over Arsene's dead body even. Arsenal is an institution and it will profit for many years from the hard work already put in. RvP looks hungry; Hleb, Rosicky and Diaby look tenacious; Fabregas is a class act with a thirst for success... Gallas, Toure, Gilberto and da Silva are warriors.....

So then we were going to sell the club to some bloke for a couple for a meal ticket and shoe polish the other day. And we were going nowhere since Thierry left. The manager by the way would go off and coach a cteam in outer Mongolia and we would end up getting a few lads from Somalia to play for the team because they would play for food stamps... What has the pre-season told me? Nothing. Absolutely nothing I didn't know. I know that Arsene Wenger knows what he is doing. I know that van Persie is a phenomenal player... I know that Gallas is a warrior who should have started playing for Arsenal bags ago... I know that Eboue does well on the wing... I know that Arsenal rocks. So bring on the rest and let's have a bit of fun. It was all getting a bit desperate. I almost joined dancing classes....

Arsene you sly fox! All types of names were thrown in the ring including P Diddy's butler and he brings in this chap that noone was looking at. Bar this article from the guardian not much had been said on Arsenal's latest signing, a superb one I must say. According to the stats at least and if he can get 10-15 goals in his first season then why not? But it feels good to have something coming in and the good news that Cesc is not interested in Real and Barca which makes a lot of sense for me. Cause there as a free spot for a hero at the Emirates right now. There is room on that pedestal for someone who encapsulates the hopes and dreams of the fans. And he has a real shot at that. But I will say once again, way-to-go Arsene.

There is a lot of speculation doing the rounds saying le Boss will be leaving the club unless David Dein is back. Well that would be disappointing and would show a lack of ambition on his part. Look at it this way, if your boss was fired for under-handed dealing, and you had a clear path to his position, would you really think of leaving just because your boss is not there? And I dont think Arsene is that dumb. All that trash about Henry leaving being another push factor. I am sure that Arsene has worked with a few players in his life and that he can work with a lot more of them. So what do I say? It's all a bunch of codswallop and whoever is going around wrting these articles ought to be shot. Just like that Barca suit who is going around gloating over the signing of Henry which sounds a bit ridiculous and lacks class on whatever level you look at it from. But then again... who cares. Arsenal will be fine.

After spending eight years looking at himself in the mirror and posing a few camera takes while scoring a goal or 200+ Thierry Henry has left the building. Now before I even talk about why he has left I would like to thank him for the moments. He was a gentleman and in the invincibles team, he was a star who thrilled and amazed many fans and not just the Arsenal fans. We loved him and we will always have a special place for him in our hearts. But as I said he was an integral part of the invincibles and that cast a huge pall over the next version of the Arsenal. While Vieira was able to go through teh different phases, Henry and his narcissist attitiude was eventually no good for the team. He complained too much, sulked too much, and generally did all the things that leadership is not about. Arsene Wenger I think, would have sold him in February if he could. He simply got fed up with Henry's antics and to be fair so did teh Arsenal fans. But that is my humble opinion and I think th...

So is the media really obsessed with Arsenal? I mean when we had Vieira he was leaving every minute and now that he is gone Henry is leaving everytime. I mean there is not much to read from Henry's comments. He was making comments which I am not sure he should be making as captain of the club, especially one with so many kids in it. It unsettles a lot of people but then again if he came out and said that the twist was not correct then he would have many dogs barking to kick. So I say like Gallas says, if he wants to bugger off then by all means let him fuck off. If not then the Arsenal haters viz a viz idiots like Marca and their lot need to fuck off

I suppose I have to say who I think Arsene should be buying even though I am he couldn't care less what my opinion was. Personally I think he needs to get a coach. Because whichever player comes to Arsenal will be taught the Arsenal way which is to do everything but score. So a coach who teaches players to finish would be in order. Van Persie is a direct player who showed that he can finish quite effectively, gracefully, cleverly and all we need is someone to teach the lot that is up front how to do it more often than they try to pass. If I have to think playing staff I am not sure anything other than a super-talent would add anything to Arsenal. Eto'o? He is a problem child and having two players upfront going to the Africa Cup of Nations every two years is a headache. It's bad enough that we have the Ivory Coast boys going and by the looks of their qualifying group they are on their way there. But having said that I would say that he would be interesting. Anelka? I don...

So the Italian gangster was back at it again, engaging in his 'legitimate' business at the Olympic Stadium in Athens. He didn't score but he gave every opportunity for the nancy dancers to get about their thing. He did meet some South American heavy hired by Liverpool Soccerball Club but it was down to an old timer what they call an OG in hip hop by the name of Pipo or Filipo(Phil to his mates) Inzaghi. So Ancelotti made Rafa an offer he couldn't refuse. It was the cup or the cup. I think Rafa got a bit scared. He played the wrong team. He just didnt know what he wanted to do. He just had 11 guys out there running into each other. Pennant carried his reluctance to shoot over from Arsenal, Zenden just has no idea how to play footie anymore since Van Gaal anyway and Steven Gerrad needs a better team and better gaffer. The right team won, and that is the truth. So the rags are doing the rounds about our young spaniard Cesc doing a runner. Well they are a bunch of sods so w...

So the louts decided that they would be the first at Wembley and the whole thing was err... what it was. They were two dog-tired teams that did everything for long periods but try to score. And when they did finally get round to it, it was through the drog. Then the little girl rants about how the ref was a f?kn cheat whose testicles should boiled and then dipped in mud. That is the girl with the ponytail, yeah that one. I think the FA Cup was only glorious till the first ball was kicked. After that it was a dour affair. Did Chavski deserve fit? NO. Did Man Utd deserve it? NO. It just took a well-worked move and the luckier of the lot got it. They fancied penalties, a lottery. And who cares? We wait for Milan now...

Now I am normally here ranting about football and particularly the Arsenal but today I have a special moment for the idiot of the moment John Howard the head honcho of the boomerang shaped island called Australia. For those who don't know he just got on his high horse this weekend and banned his team from touring Zimbabwe. Now I am not a fan of Robert Gabriel Mugabe and I am sure there are very few who are. But this kinda shows how out of touch with Zimbabwe and Zimbabweans the rest of the world is. First and foremost Mr Howard has in this gross aberration made the poor assumption that Mugabe cares about Zimbabwe cricket. And that he will use the tour of the Aussies as a trump card. Now has he ever done that? In effect it has been many years since the government has even bothered to meet with a touring side. Secondly, given that inflation is about 40010007% right now I am sure that it wouldnt figure as a priority. The only people who actually care that the tour has been interfered ...

Now the rags are at it again. They say that the drag from Barcelona fancy our narcissist. And that Gilberto has this old Italian lady who spent the season locked up in the basement making eyes at him. And they say big and odd looking Senderos is off to some place or the other. While they're at it, the striker who has only scored in about 17.39% of the matches he has featured for the Arsenal season Jeremie Aliadiere is going to be house-hunting in Middlesborough soon, he along with his glass ankle, hip, knee and the lot. At this rate Arsenal will have sold the whole team by the time the season is over. never mind the close-season. And oh well... I think it doesnt really matter does it? I dont think much of that Arsenal lot wants to leave the project right now. And it seems that they seem to be all saying stuff that the fans want to hear. They are taking the blame for an average season and talking about a better season next one up.

Much like Michelle "Nintendo" Wie, this little girl fancied she could play with the big boys and was found a to be more than a tad bit raw. After meeting a shaven-head gangster by the name of Genarro, reported henchman of the mob, she tried to hoodwink him with little tricks but the beastly Genarro was having none of it. Everytime she did tried something he gave her a little kick. So she went and enlisted a brit hooligan pissant by the name of Rooney who looked a bit like a member of the Shrek cast, or maybe he was the one rumoured to have failed the audition, but he was too busy whining. So the Italian gangsters had their way and the English lads went home hoping that those other english lads(the scousers) would do something about honour. When asked to comment the little girl cried and blamed it all on the war in Iraq. Pressed for comment the Italian denied any knowledge of the girl and said he was a legitimate businessman. Because of lack of evidence(though the incident was...

And before I get a tap on my shoulder from a guy in dark glasses or or suicide bomber or even some dude with a beard living in a settlement I am not talking about that question. I am talking about the Arsenal question which has taken a gulf twist Mihir Bose in his BBC article on the Kroenke issue says the blokes over at the Emirates thing don't want a board change cause then they think then some CIA operative will suddenly sit on the board and accuse them of being part of Al'Qaeda and then invade their country just because they have oil. Well Mihir doesnt say that actually... He just says they just want stability and that is important in football. The thing that is a tad-bit disturbing is that Mr Kroenke has not stated his intentions. Is he trying to buy Arsenal or does he simply want to invest? But like I said last week I mean I am sitting in Zimbabwe where inflation is about errr... 369999% and I am more concerned about dealing with that than that some American is making eye...

So having spent the whole season prancing about and sulking like a two-year old who has just been told that Santa doesnt exist and that the boogie man was really just his dad, our dearly beloved narcissist and top goal scorer of all time took some time away from admiring himself in the mirror to talk about his love for... Arsene. Yes Thierry Henry came out and said he would be staying at the Emirates (Superdome if Kroenke gets his way) until Arsene decides he would like to spend more time gardening with David Dein or join up with Sarkozy deciding the future of the french. And Swiss knife wielding Arsenal big shot Daneil Fiszman(Fish to his mates) has said he has absolutely no interest in selling his shares and those russians he was hanging about with under the cover of darkness the other day were just mates from the old world. At least he didnt go the Condie Rice way and call them soviets. As for Jose Mo, the Chavski bloke, he just upset a little schoolgirl the other day by calling PF...

I am not a shareholder in Arsenal Holdings PLC so it doesnt really bother me. I do recognise his contribution to the club if his PR is anything to go by and since it is the general opinion then it must be credible. But does it really matter? If the board has messed about in sending him off then it is their loss isnt it? But if there was a fractured relationship with the rest of the board then the working relationship would have been dead anyway which would have been bad for the team in general. But I dont really care do I? I mean I am sitting in Zimbabwe where inflation is about errr... 369999% and I am more concerned about dealing with that than that some American is making eyes at the team and hoping to get in there and make a beat. It's like me being interested in the fact that Jeniffer Aniston has been warned off Jake Gylenhaal by Reese Witherspoon. That doesn' t really matter does it? I mean that is just petty issues. It's not as if what the one says to the other matt...

It's easy to sit in the back and scream all manner of obscenities at the boys for a season in which we did not do as well as we have come to expect from an Arsenal side from season to season. But I put it to most Arsenal fans that we have done very well actually. The Arsenal team at the moment is not yet version 3. Not quite there. We have a lot of new players, age aside. A lot of fans are calling for Baptista's head. After less than a season. That isnt fair is it? I mean sure he has been a tad bit disappointing but let's face it, most of the team has been, especially in front of goal. Robin van Persie aside noone has had that cutting edge that is needed from teams at this level. And he has the benefit of seasons in the premiership under his belt. Last season we punched above our weight to be honest, in getting to the champions' league final. And this season, no fan can say that Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester, certainly in terms experience and the current continuity...

There was the Baptism of fire of last week against Spurs, and the one a few weeks before that of Liverpool. Then there was last night. I never could quite figure it and the only explanation for it is that we have it. That thing that all the other clubs don't have. Did you see Denilson? 18 and playing the way he was. And he does pack quite a shot. How does Arsenal find these kids and why does it seem as if noone else is getting their hands on them. I mean gosh. They are terrifyingly talented. And as for Fabregas, Myles Palmer got it when he said Fabregas is all things on the pitch from the general to the private. And we forget he is still 19. But a toast to all the lads last night. They had it in them and as I always said before, Arsene knows. Now for the Millenium Stadium for a date Mourinho. Should be lovely.

I havent said anything in the last couple of weeks because I have been takling the new year in really. But the boys have been handling. There was the baptism of fire handed out to Liverpool which isnt really but Thierry's new hunger is. He seems interested even going back a lot against Blackburn and allowing RvP to lead the line. I am impressed. And I think it is this hunger that will give us a win against Man Utd at the Emirates this weekend... I am back