There's something in the air at The Emirates Stadium. Arsenal Football Club has had a difficult 2012 so far, and patience for some, at least is starting to wear thin, leading to a protest that has brought puzzled expressions from elsewhere. At this lunchtime's match against Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League, a group of supporters plans to place black bin bags on seats at the ground prior to the match.

Me and the machines

First of 2 trips to Wearside, starting with the league match tonight and the FA Cup the following week. Beginning of a very important 7 days for Arsenal Football Club according to Arsene Wenger. 3 matches that will decide our season. An European cup tie against AC Milan sandwiched in between 2 meetings with Martin O'Neill's Sunderland.

THFC1882 welcomes another guest post by Anthony Lombardi, this one may have some foaming at the mouth:

WHY SPURS NEED ARSENAL TO BE BETTER

As Arsenal succumbed to a humiliating 4-0 Champions League thrashing by AC Milan at the San Siro, a rather surprising thought came to me:

Should we really be celebrating the demise of Arsenal Football Club?

The first two months of the season were awful, the atmosphere was angry, unsettled and going to watch the team wasn't at all pleasant. The atmosphere eased after a good run of results, putting us well back into contention for the Champions League places.

A new year run that has yet to see us win in the league has heralded the return of that atmosphere, a portion of the fanbase have been very forward with their views on the manager and a few of the players an injury crisis has not helped matters either all in all, being an Arsenal fan in the past few weeks has not been the most pleasant of experiences.

Make no mistake about it, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has created a buzz amongst Gooners that is only comparable with Charlie Sheen mangled on Tigerblood.
The boy has burst onto the scene in explosive fashion since making his first league start for Arsenal against Manchester United last month.

It's only mid-February but we're already perilously close to what The Flight of the Concords would call 'Business Time'. By that, I don't mean Arsenal football club are going to wine and dine our opponents, and then take them back to the Emirates for some 'business' - I apologise if this is getting a little weird - I mean that we're coming up to the real make-or-break period of the season.

Time to upgrade his statue to silver

If you're a Arsenal fan today, you'll be buzzing. Nothing beats coming from behind and winning by scoring in the final minute of the game. Especially when it's an away game and we weren't firing on all cylinders. Especially when the winning goal was scored by one of the club's greatest ever player.

That was the kind of performance that just sums up where Arsenal Football Club has been going wrong for the last few months. The effort was there but there just wasn't enough quality to open up a stubborn Sunderland defence. It was a very even game, we had plenty of the ball and did knock it around reasonably at times, there just wasn't enough in the final third in terms of incision and end

The respected English broadsheet The Telegraph seems to have a contact close to the Arsenal Board and they keep printing very interesting articles about what is happening in the higher echolons of Arsenal Football Club. Today they are relating that their Arsenal source is very definite that Arsene Wenger will definitely be given MORE than [.

A great deal has been written about the perceived troubles at our beloved club, almost seven years without a trophy, the inability to retain our best players, the difficulty in signing top drawer talent and moving on the under-performing squad members.

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All of the above are valid reasons for some fans to feel aggrieved and to call for change or in some cases even revolution.

A great deal has been written about the perceived troubles at our beloved club, almost seven years without a trophy, the inability to retain our best players, the difficulty in signing top drawer talent and moving on the under-performing squad members.

Image via Wikipedia

All of the above are valid reasons for some fans to feel aggrieved and to call for change or in some cases even revolution.

A year ago today, everything seemed rosy in the land of Arsenal Football Club.
We had just beaten Barcelona in the Champions League, joining only a handful of clubs who have managed to defeat one of the best club sides every assembled. We still appeared to have an outside chance of winning the title.

The one that got the ball roling

He's 5 foot 4, He's 5 foot 4, Thank you Arshavin, ...... Adebayor

Is one of the many variations of the song that would probably get some time during the derby tomorrow. Andrey Arshavin has returned to Zenit St Petersburg on loan until the rest of the season and we have probably seen the last of seen in an Arsenal shirt.