By Chris Wright
Yesterday, UEFA saw fit to fine Porto the princely sum of €20,000 for their fans aiming
monkey chants at Mario Balotelli not so very long ago roughly half the even princely-er sum they
charged Arsene Wenger (let alone the three-game ban) for having the nerve to question a few
refereeing decisions.
Just when Arsenal thought it had gotten rid of that fish head
The weekend did not prove to be too kind to Arsenal's prospects of finishing in the top four.
They lost to QPR and their rivals, Chelsea, Spurs, and Newcastle all caught a headwind to put
Arsenal's hopes for a top four finish in jeopardy.
Returning home after Christmas, I opened my mailbox to find a wonderful surprise awaiting me – a
copy of 'So Paddy Got Up', the Arsenal anthology edited by Andrew Mangan of Arseblog.com. How my
brother had managed to be one of the few people to snag a hard-copy, I don't know, but it was, to
quote Arseblog's famous slogan, ‘fuckin excellent' to discover that he had.
Slowly some of those long standing absences are working their way back into the Arsenal squad
and not a moment too soon. The latest update has Kieran Gibbs ready and available for next week's
Arsenal Champions League first leg against AC Milan if Wenger so desires. Thomas Vermaelen stuck at
left back might finally get some relief and relocate to his more familiar centre back role with
Laurent Koscielny.
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Well, well, well. Somebody up there clearly likes us because yesterday's results mean that we've
gone one more chance to secure third place.
Our trip to West Brom on the final day of the season will provide us with one more opportunity
to finish in third and thus qualify for the Champions League next season.
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relevant scores today (come on Fulham!
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It's been a little while coming, apologies for the delay, but the reprint of So Paddy Got Up is
now available to purchase.
Click here to go to the new Arseblog store and buy the book.
For more information about the book (including feedback and reviews) click here – and
remember, it's also available in digital format from the following locations:
Amazon Kindle
iTunes
Kobo
Any questions or problems just drop me an email through the contact form or to thearseblog at
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szólj hozzá: Milan 4-0 Arsenal - First Half
The first half: The first two stages of grief, denial and anger
predominate.
szólj hozzá: Milan 4-0 Arsenal Second Half
The second half: The next three stages unfold as bargaining, depression, and
then acceptance that Arsenal are just not good enough.
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This very day, ten years ago, I sat upstairs in my house in Barcelona. The house with the
terraces and the sunshine and the cheap beer and the sunshine and the sunshine and the warmth and
the sunshine ... sorry, getting a bit wistful here ... and I wrote the very first ever post on
Arseblog.
Feb 27th 2002 The A R S E B L O G is born amidst a fanfare of pure silence and
a rippling of no applause.
Welcome to the extra day, folks. It's all leap yeary and stuff. This is the third 29th of
February of Arseblog's existence.
On Feb 29th 2008 I had a hangover. Which is something of a surprise, as was the suggestion that
Martin Taylor, fresh from breaking Eduardo's leg, did Tom Cruise impressions in a Satanic band
called Beelzebubble.
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Arsenal 3-0 Aston Villa
Here I am again, fashionably late. A little bit like Arteta's free-kick then, which will have been
missed by hordes of Arsenal fans who'd upped sticks and begun their homeward journey already.
Among these I count the remaining members of the merry throng I sit with, including Brother
Wimbledon, Snowboard Rob and the Shedman, who had moments earlier slipped away to the pub.
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Just saw this posted on Arseblog, from ESPN Brasil:
Speaking to ESPN Brasil, he said, "In the first half Balotelli almost broke Song's leg, than he
harshly tackled Sagna. Someone had to be hard on him, put him in his place.
"Someone had to say something to him because he was doing what he wanted, and that's not how
things work.
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After much discussion and some rather tricky fiddling with WordPress, I am delighted to announce
that Arseblog and Arseblog News are now both available in Chinese!
From now on every single post on both sites will be available on our Chinese sites
http://arseblog.cn.com and http://news.arseblog.
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