Arsenal thoughts – the great fade, desire, Stoke and the mystical squad overhaul

It has been a while. I've been on a self-imposed blogging break, partly due to work pressures, partly to do with an inability to collect my thoughts into something coherent. If I had written anything, chances are it would have been something of a ramble, repeating many of the things I'd said before, with a few platitudes thrown in for good measure.