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By Paul Blythe The Art of Name calling. We all have one, more often than not several. The ones
bestowed upon us by our loving parents and those used by friends and foes alike, often to describe
our obvious flaws and shortcomings. However names often have a deeper more powerful and historic
significance often lost [.
By Phil Gregory Righto, so Arsenal have released their latest financial statements, so let's have a
look at them. There's been much ado made over record breaking profits and turnover, but it's
important to remember that this is solely attributable to the property development side of the club
and so these bumper profits are largely [.
By Tony Attwood I pointed out in part 1 of this article that Wenger brought to Arsenal a new
approach to football, not just in the style of playing, but also in the style of coaching, of
economics, and of running the club. However the world changes, and football was not blind to what
Wenger [...]
Good Supporters? By Paul Fowler A few months ago I made a conscious decision never ever to post any
opinions on football blogs again. Being a fervent gooner, and apparently currently undergoing the
phenomenon that is trophy-cold-turkey which if you believe the press, is a football condition only
experienced by Arsenal fans I [.
By Walter Broeckx from Arsenal Worldwide The Arsenal Worldwide project off and running. I mentioned
last week the Arsenal Worldwide project has started, and now we really are moving. It took us some
time to get started, and like all new starting things it takes some time before you really get an
audience.
by Roxy Beaujolais Well! There I was in the first class lounge of Geneva International Airport,
Geneva, which is Overseas (as we travelers say) when who should turn up but the England full team,
along with their bagmen, carriers and barristers. You could have knocked me over with a six
hundredweight bag of cement and [.
By Tony Attwood Before the round of games on September 11th I wrote in a semi-joking manner that
both Tottenham Middlesex and Liverpool RBS would see the weekend as an opportunity to claw their
way into the top half of the Premier League. I have to say I am rather surprised to find my
prediction [.
by Walter Broeckx Last season I tried to compare our season with the one before and as some readers
rather liked the idea I thought I would try to do this again. Last year I used the method of
comparing the games against the same opponents, no matter at which time in the season they [...]
Can Arsenal win the League with Almunia in goal? by Paul Collins A couple of weeks ago I saw an
article in a major newspaper that asked the question "Can Arsenal win the League with Manuel
Almunia?" The writer concluded that Arsenal could not win the Championship with Almunia playing
in goal. The writer used [.
Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 5 By Dale Higginbottom Do Arsenal get more injuries then their
Premier League rivals? That's what this series of articles will try to answer and put the difficult
run of injuries into some perspective. As the match intensity increases to include cup competitions
we should expect the league campaigns to [.
I have a dream. By Paul Blythe (With obvious apologies) Fourteen years ago, a great Frenchman, in
whose symbolic shadow we stand, signed the first of his many contracts. This momentous decree came
as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Arsenal Fans who had been seared in the flames of
the withering [.
By Billy the Dog McGraw OK, everyone's dead, semi-dead or deadbeat so we are on the edge of using
the 9 year old youth team for the match against the Woobooloos. Here's one line up – the one
that Tony tried out on an unsuspecting public the other day... Almunia Sagna Squillaci Koscielny
Clichy Song [.
Read between the lines. By Terence McGovern So the annual financial figures are in and all is rosy
in the garden. It is notable however that many Arsenal fans are not exactly overcome with
enthusiasm about it and so we should ask ourselves, what we want from these figures and really at
the end of [..
By Phil Gregory Partizan away is by no means a game to be taken lightly. Our away form in Europe
isn't the greatest, but to be fair, the lack of wins has much to do with the fact that many of the
ties didn't actually require a win, with dead rubbers and the like tossed [...]
By Tony Attwood We've often taken a little look at the finances at clubs such as Man IOU, Barca and
the like on this site. Swiss Rambler does the same, often in more detail, and recently did a
brilliant piece on Inter Milan, showing how they too are facing an absolute financial crisis, and
how [.
Phil Gregory So with the transfer window shut, and no deals still pending approval for last
season's top three, let's see how this year's title contenders have fared in their summer dealings.
Arsenal arrivals: Koscielny Squillaci Chamakh Arsenal departures: Campbell (11) Silvestre (12)
Gallas (26) Eduardo (24), 11 as a substitute Numbers in brackets represent [.
By Walter Broeckx The beautiful (I still haven't found the right words to praise it) article from
Paul Fowler about good supporters had made me think a bit. Forgiving is indeed maybe a big part of
what we as good supporters should be able to do. A good supporter can forgive a striker to have
[...]
By Imade Itup Another England match, another England footballer wins an injunction banning the
reporting of allegations about his private life. According to my records that is now three
England players currently with publicly listed injunctions stopping the press and blogs from saying
anything about their lives.
By Paul Blythe With apologies to William Golding During an unnamed time, a plane carrying a group
of boys crashes over the Pacific. The pilot and crew of the plane are killed, but many of the lads
survive the crash and find themselves stranded on an uninhabited island. Amongst the oldest of the
boys, handsome [.
By Walter Broeckx We all have read about the madness that has gone in to football when it comes to
spending money. The likes of Chelsea and Manchester City with their financial doping is already
well documented on this site in many articles. And let us not forget it is a force which Arsenal
have [...
By Ronnie Browne Let me start by saying that I think Le Grove is probably the best formatted blog
of it's type there is, there are posts everyday and it's clear and easy to view and contribute to
the comments section. I have been a reader for a long time, mainly because I like reading [...]
By Tony Attwood No one quite knows the best way to react to the new 25 rule, and looking at the
official data to emerge from the EPL it is clear that the clubs have simply made occasional
adjustments to their squads to fit the new rules. What I haven't seen elsewhere is an analysis
[...]
By Tony Attwood Sometimes things just go wrong. You can't help it, but well, you know, you find
your wife is having an affair with not only the groom and the stable lad, (or maybe one of those
nice centre forwards from Man IOU) and then your mate says she was also seen with the [...]
Spot Fixing in English Premier league Dilshan Mohemad On the back of Pakistan cricket teams spot
fixing scandal one has to wonder how clean is the English game and could it be also targeted by
bookies if it has not been already. First we must understand what spot fixing is. It is different
from match [.
By Tony Attwood The issue has been raised a number of times: this blog has gone totally over the
top in praising Arsène Wenger, instead of recognising his faults. Maybe there's something in that,
and if so, it is entirely my fault. So I thought I would go back, look at Wenger, and all he
[...]
By Tony Attwood (You can go back and read the article from the start, by clicking here). So the
revised Wengerian philosophy emerged out of practical considerations. It had these basic
points... a) The new youth system is working and some of the players coming through (Wilshere is
the most obvious but there are many [.
By Paul Blythe ‘There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Marouan, and
Laurent, and Sebastien, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of Arsene, and you yourselves thrust
out.' I am a seeker of truth. I study the mystic runes and the wisdom of our ancestors to discover
a deeper [.
By Terence McGovern. It seems recently that the internet world involving Arsenal has descended into
madness. We are inundated with reactionary pieces spawned by sensationalised and generally
unfounded rumour. It is enough to drive even the most staunch supporter insane. The ridiculous part
of the problem though is that Arsenal supporters, for the most part, [.
By Walter Broeckx As we are in a dull period of the season with the international games having just
ended, and the word corruption having been mentioned in an article I thought it could be
interesting to have a look at a corruption scandal that took place in Belgium some 5 years ago. It
involved [...
By Walter Broeckx I must admit the first hours when I found out about the Walcott injury I was
down. Very down. Why oh why did it happen again to one of our players. We all remember last season.
Robin Van Persie who was on fire. From the start of the season he gave assists and [...]
By Billy the Dog McGraw Oh yes indeed!!! It's Arsenal vs Notlob Wanderers. (And by the way Tony
has a spare ticket for the Wednesday European thing match. Call me on 07714 76 2250, or email
Tony with your contact details (Tony.Attwood@aisa.org). Cost price obviously, but you have to sit
next to Tony and I [.
Wenger, Chapman, Graham a comparison By Tony Attwood I was intending to stop this series on Wenger
after covering the three basics: Philosophy, Practice and the Total Revolution. But a reader wrote
in asking me what would constitute failure in terms of the Wenger revolution, and I thought it such
a good question I [.
By Walter Broeckx our man in Belgium So here we have it again with the Cesc DNA and move to
Barceloanus. And this time it would have been Vermaelen who has said something. But has he really
said something? I will try to find out. I'm not going to say that I am going to [...]
Arsenal and Team Chemistry Something that money cant buy. By Dark Prince Team Chemistry What is
it?? It's something we cannot touch, something we cannot artificially make and most importantly,
something which teams like Man C or Real Mad cannot buy. It cannot be quantified or be measured by
any man-made machine.
By Gordon Driver and Tony Attwood We thought today that we might do a sort of match day Untold
programme, complete with special feature (the interview with Cesc), plus an updated preview of the
game, and the like. (Phil is currently installing himself in his new university in France, and so
can't make it this [.
By Billy The Dog McGraw. Allow me to explain. 02 are doing this thing with Arsenal in which they
provide entertainment and hand out some free beer, free tickets, free beer, free fun and games,
free beer, free beer, and free beer. One of these free things takes place in a tent (or "bubble" to
[...]
By Tony Attwood Paul Robinson, Martin Taylor, Ryan Shawcross and now Dan Smith – the list of
criminals walking the streets of England after committing violent and pre-meditated assault seems
to grow by the day. In any just society they would all be in prison for their attacks on
footballers, with their managers at least [.
by Walter Broeckx, the ref from Belgium, the Worldwide man Our Second home game brought us not
only the visit of Bolton but also ref Stuart Atwell, the youngest ref in the EPL. CARDS: tackle
Davies from behind on Rosciky. Ref gives advantage which goes to nothing. But with a tackle on a
defensive player so [.
Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 4 By Dale Higginbottom We certainly didn't come away form the
break unscathed, injuries to Walcott and Vermaelen were tough blows but we probably come out of the
break fairly well and I'll explain later. This is the third article in the series and I thought I'd
set out a [.
What constitutes failure? By Tony Attwood One of the most interesting issues raised in
correspondence about the "philosophy of Wenger" articles was the question, "what constitutes
failure". I was asked whether seven years without a trophy would be a failure? Or ten years?
And that led me into thinking that really that was far too [.
