Well, this is it, I leave for the mecca here in a little over 12 hours. The bag is all packed, I'm well rested (read not hungover) and I'm going to head in to work to tie up a few loose ends, get in a workout, drive to the airport, and then sit around for [...]

Last week, Stan Kroenke increased his stake in the club 29.9% and I'd like to speculate, along with others, on what that will likely mean for the future of the club we all love. Mostly, I'd like to respond to an article by David Tully that was posted on Football FanCast this past week. Sadly, fear-mongering has been a great feature of this struggle for controlling interest in the club initiated by David Dein in the wake of his exit from the club.

Match Reports

News of the World: Nicklas Bendtner fires up the Young Gunners

Match Video

I would link to News of the World, they claim to be #1 for video, but territorial restrictions prevent us Americans from seeing their video. As it turns out the only videos I can watch on their site are videos of scantily clad women.

Match Reports ESPNSoccernet: Arsenal's title bid suffers fatal blow Telegraph: Arsenal bereft of ideas as West Ham's run continues Quote of the day We will finish above Aston Villa. I've nothing against O'Neill. But you ask me who will be Manager of the Year and you have to wait until the end of the year.

On Monday, it was announced that Stan Kroenke had purchased another 25 shares in Arsenal Football Club for £212,500, bringing him within 17 shares of being forced to launch a takeover bid. Of course, it must be stressed that even the seemingly apocalyptic figure of 29.99% does not mean anything is going to happen.