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The Fabregas show 2008-05-13 18:01:00 I was fortunate enough to obtain a backstage pass for the much hyped Cesc Fabregas show that is due to be shown on Sky this Monday coming. I'm not normally one for this type of mildly glitzy occasion but seeing as Cesc, Arsene and a few others might be around I thought it would be fun to head down.
The location was a largish studio just opposite Wembley Park tube station, which appeared
Play up pompey! 2008-05-18 01:44:00 Well done to Portsmouth, I did enjoy watching the cup final yesterday because it was a decent game, and it was played in a pretty sportsmanlike manner without the gamesmanship and cheating that would have taken place if a Chelsea or a Man U had taken part. The Champions League final promises to be a cagey and bitter encounter, it's a great shame the best footballing side got done out of it by
Defending big Phil 2008-05-22 16:34:00 Whatever one thinks of Philip Senderos as a footballer, he has always come across to me as a genuinely top bloke on and off the pitch, in fact I don't think I have ever seen a player look so genuinely remorseful after being hashly sent off earlier this season. Big Phil is a good guy and should be shown a little bit of respect by us Arsenal fans.
One blog recently led with the headline 'Nasri
A shame someone had to win 2008-05-22 02:20:00 My heart bleeds it really does, it couldn't have happened to a nicer bloke than JT, a man who shows respect to officials week in week out, a man who never tries to cynically cripple his opponents with dirty off the ball antics. Just think of poor Ashley Cole too, another Champions League final defeat, there is no justice in the world.
In all seriousness, there wasn't a great deal between the Read more:shame
Prophetical transfer musing 2008-05-21 04:11:00 The transfer
speculation is reaching fever pitch, I particularly like A Cultured Left Foot's amusing take on events. It seems that some people do not learn that there are many boys aout there who like to cry wolf, naively seeing the French newspaper L'Equipe as a printer of the gospel truth. Having spent several closed seasons in France reading L'Equipe, I can tell you that it prints its fair
Sack Wenger and spend a billion 2008-05-25 03:10:00 I am an Arsenal fan and under the Human Rights Act subsection 3(iii) I am entitled to demand the immediate sacking of my club manager if we should go anymore than 5.8 nanoseconds without a whiff of silverware, and as a paying support I am also entitled to demand that the club spend millions to satisfy my unquenchable cravings, and if they do not then I have the right to take the club to the Read more:Wenger
, billion
Good riddance 2008-05-24 04:08:00 Some players are complete professionals, and despite leaving always showed respect to the club and fans with their behaviour in so doing. Mathieu Flamini was an example of a good pro in my book, he may have left, but he never behave improperly and did everything by the book, with his agent never trying to unethically engineer a move whilst he was not allowed to. Players like Mathieu deserve no
Euro 2008 - a bit of football 2008-05-26 16:37:00 Euro 2008 is on the horizon and obviously there isn't much of a buzz around because England have failed to qualify. I am sure that the hosts will be rather glad that the cohorts of lager swilling English louts will not be descending upon their streets in June. The dire football England have played over recent years will be missed about as much as our supporters.
The remarkably bland Owen
Close season rambling 2008-05-25 16:18:00 Time seems to go rather slowly in the close season, sort of like in a Hollywood action film when time is slowed down to allow the hero to get his gonads in between the President and the flying munitions, it's just not quite as exciting watching the close season. There are those of us who are optimists who enjoy dreaming of winning every game next season and maybe even Eboue shinning one in, Read more:Close
Rage against the machine 2008-05-27 18:00:00 Several days have passed since I last expressed my fury at Arsene Wenger and his inactivity in the transfer market. Yet the propaganda merchants at Arsenal.com still reveal no new major signings, instead the talk is of our useless young players who never make it through; while the shiny website that is funded by our supporters money continues to go on about last season as if it wasn't a Read more:against
Fiszman speaks - no surprises 2008-05-27 04:12:00 If there's one thing you can guarantee in an argument, it's that if someone tries to polarise it into 'you're either with us or against us' then they're getting pretty desperate, and it's probably a sign that their argument is not based upon Granite foundations. Danny Fiszman has been speaking on Arsenal.com about his and the club's support for Arsene's transfer plans. While there is no
Where to fortify castle Arsenal? 2008-05-28 09:30:00 I have tried to analyse where our squad is short for next season, obviously the list below is rather subjective and several players can play in several positions, however acknowledging these simplifications this is how I see our potential squad taking shape:
Goalkeepers: 1. Almunia 2. Fabianski 3. Mannone
Right backs: 1. Sagna 2. Hoyte
Left backs: 1. Clichy 2. Traore
Centre Backs: 1. Gallas 2 Read more:Arsenal
Homegrown hysteria 2008-05-30 05:22:00 There's been a lot of talk about the big corrupt fat one at FIFA's attempts to introduce a rule that would limit the number of non-domestic players playing for teams, the so called 6 plus 5 rule. Unfortunately for the corrupt fatty the EU have given his proposals the red card, as they contravene EU law:
"1.Freedom of movement for workers shall be secured within the Community.
2.Such freed
Arsene knows less than I 2008-06-01 17:39:00 It's hard carrying the world on one's shoulders, not only is the world heavy but having to bear the responsibility that I have chosen to take on is no mean feat . Fortunately I am made of better more hardy genetic stock than your average Gooner, so I have decided to appoint myself as the single unified voice of Gooner reason. This was motivated by watching years and years of dismal failure under Read more:Arsene
Sweating out the summer 2008-06-05 15:53:00 Not a lot of any substance has happened over the last few days, and it shouldn't be particularly worrisome that not much has happened, one can always read into things in a way that suits one's particular predetermined interpretation of events. It's also always sensible to think before opening one's mouth or writing down one's take on events, otherwise the product of our thoughts can be rather
Platini - xenophobe at best 2008-06-08 11:46:00 Not much is happening on the Arsenal front, so I won't bore you by filling this page with transfer gossip, that would be rather tiresome. Euro 2008 is underway, it hasn't exactly set the world on fire as yet, however it's still better than having nothing at all on the box. I'm sure it will pick up a bit once a few of the weaker nations have been sent packing, then the real competition can start Read more:Platini
Ramsey chooses wisely 2008-06-10 04:27:00 I hope I am not being premature but even the official Cardiff City website is reporting that Aaron Ramsey has opted to join Arsenal, snubbing Manu and Everton in the process. Although Ramsey is inexperienced and unproven, this must be seen as a bit of a coup for Arsene Wenger given how keen Manu were on the player.
Ramsey is very highly rated, technically gifted and at home either on the right
Magnum PI or useless manager? 2008-06-10 11:28:00 There have been some very strange selections so far in the Euros, for me Raymond Domenech's utterly inept management of the French side stands out head and shoulders above anyone else. This is despite Aragones playing Xavi ahead of the marvellous Fabregas, but here my opinion is probably a bit more contentious.
Firstly how on earth Domenech can leave both Clichy and Sagna out of his squad is Read more:useless
, manager
Ramsey signing confirmed 2008-06-13 11:37:00 Arsenal have just confirmed that Aaron Ramsey is now officially an Arsenal player. Despite some rather mentally challenged calls for Arsenal.com to indulge some fans' calls for more transfer gossip and speculation, I am glad that our club only speaks once deals are done and dusted; the club generally conducts itself incredibly well as regards transfers and rises above the pathetic behaviour that Read more:signing
Tabloid slurry 2008-06-13 06:37:00 I never ceased to be amazed by the way in which baseless rumour is swallowed as unbridled fact by some rather naive and/or foolish sections of the Internet community and media. This piece of manure written in the Mirror demonstrates my point nicely:
"...But Wenger admits agreeing terms with the player could be difficult and Atletico would promise him more starts."
I would be more than a Read more:Tabloid
Dazzling dutch and the rest 2008-06-14 18:22:00 I've always had a bit of a soft spot for the Dutch, they play such excellent crisp technical football and their orange shirts are rather unique, so I can't say that I was particularly upset to see France destroyed 4-1 the other night. France looked like a tired old side that had run out of steam, personified by Thierry Henry who despite his goal looked a shadow of his former electric self. Read more:Dazzling
Money or Loyalty 2008-06-18 03:21:00 Cristiano Ronaldo is apparently paid £124,000 per week by Manchester United. He scored a bag full of goals last season and led ManUre to a Champions League and Premiership Double. Voted Player of the Year two years running and is widely regarding as the best player in the world at the moment. He also clearly wants to move to Real Madrid this summer, who are alleged to have offered him a mind Read more:Money
, Loyalty
Jens and his socks 2008-06-17 11:47:00 As I try to ignore the tedious Championship Manager style speculation that continues around us, it's refreshing to read the odd bit of proper news that isn't just speculation or gossip. I've never supported Germany before but with Jens in goal and given that they're up against Ronaldo's Portugal it's not a tricky decision this time. It turns out that Jens will have some detailed revision notes
The premiership gluttons 2008-06-29 12:38:00 If the quotes attributed to Emmanuel Adebayor are true then they reveal that a rather arrogant and deluded fool is residing in the Togolese's small cranial vault. They sum up just how far the club vs player pendulum has swung out of the realms of decency. It is true that clubs did have too much power in days of old, being able to treat players like slaves; however now players are routinely
Transfers, who cares... 2008-06-27 03:29:00 So then. Its been another quiet week really in Arsenal land. Not much has happened - Cesc has been great at Euro2008, Jens was a bit crap against Turkey and every single day the papers have been full of bollocks about Adebayor. For anyone who is desperate to see Arsenal making lots of transfers, and I know theres lots of you, then I suggest taking a look at the BBC website here which gives all Read more:Transfers
Seeing what we want to see 2008-06-26 03:46:00 It can be easy and sometimes convenient to see things in black and white, but the world is a little bit more grey than it first appears. I thought that this was particularly to the way that Torres' poor performance last night was turned into something 'majestic' by so many so called 'expert' commentators. It was the classical example of people having preconceived ideas and fitting these into Read more:Seeing
Top ten c***s of Euro 2008 2008-06-22 15:41:00 Instead of concentrating on the positive, I have decided to be a thoroughly vindictive bastard in nominating my top ten c***s of the tournament so far. Obviously I am making no pretence to be objective, this top ten is sculpted by my most rampantly partisan neurones that care not for the pretence of being fair minded or neutral. So up to the number one in top of the pops fashion:
10. Luca Toni
Gossip continues as Euros unwind 2008-06-21 13:35:00 It is a pretty good rule that you can trust footballers' agents about as far as you can throw them, and given that most of them are greasy overweight leaches that isn't very far in metric terms. As always major tournaments are used as an opportunity for agents to pimp their players in the window of the world's big clubs. What is in the papers in not always the truth, as Dick Advocaat points out Read more:Gossip
Supporting United 2008-06-20 07:47:00 I'll be supporting Manchester United
in their dispute with the spotty, petulant and nauseating Cristiano Ronaldo. The situation appears rather reminiscent of when a certain sulking Frenchman named Nicolas Anelka refused to play for us, whilst under a long term contract at the club, in seeking a lucrative move abroad.
It seems that Ronaldo is doing the same as Anelka did. The good news is that
Hill-wood's words of caution 2008-07-15 08:31:00 Peter Hill-Wood has given at interview on Arsenal.com, within which there are some rather interesting comments and opinions. When asked about transfers and increased player power he had this to say:
"Well they do and maybe people need to be waking up to the realities of the world and that the days of easy money have come to a pretty sudden end. There is an awful lot of talk about big
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