At this stage of the season and given how well the club has done since that awful start to the season, the last news you would want to read is that we're going to be patient with the contract of Robin Van Persie. This is our captain, our inspiration and quite literally has dragged us all the way up the table.

Facing the crowd

What kind of title is that? Ask Stan Kroenke. That's the first word and the greeting that the biggest shareholder in Arsenal PLC said during the Annual General Meeting that was held on Thursday. It's the much anticipated meeting that has been delayed time and time again. I doubt that the club did take into consideration the improving results when trying to schedule this meeting.

I won't pretend to be a research doctorate in Annual General Meetings and their various intricacies. To be frank, I see it as a stage-managed social exercise conducted with an outer view to placate and appease supporters; but with most of the genuine concerns and queries being spin-doctored away by murmuring sweet nothings into said supporters' ears.

Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood insists that there is nothing serious about Joey Barton's claim that the infamous altercation with Gervinho in the opening round of fixtures prevented him from securing a move to the Emirates.

Barton, whose proved the Gunners' summer signing before overreacting to the Ivorian's slap by going to the ground, made it clear that he had no regrets over the incident in the immediate aftermath.

Amidst all the excitement and discussion about the Kroenke takeover, I chanced upon an amusing news article yesterday. The headline caught my eye and I ended up laughing for a few minutes after reading it.

CORLUKA: I CALLED FAN AN IDIOT

These were the words that had me in splits,

I told one supporter he was an idiot.

After Stan Kroenke confirmed he has increased his stake in Arsenal to 62.89%, the American's take over would take the number of English Premier League clubs under foreign ownership to ten. Speaking about the take over, ...

Arsenal chairman Peter Hill Wood declared the Club is 100% behind manager Arsene Wenger after questions were asked following last week's goalless draw against Blackburn. Speaking to the Daily Star, the Englishman branded some of the ...

Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has revealed that the club's strategy in the January transfer market is no different than it has been in the past. That is, no new faces would be arriving at the club merely because the supporters and the media want that to be the case.

In an interview with the Daily Star, the 74-year old Hill-Wood reflected on learning from poor financial decisions in the distant past and insisted that it was more important for the club to build naturally over the course of time rather than panic buy in the search for silverware.

Today Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood spoke about how fans these days are very lucky, and how he has been asked to spend money in a less than polite fashion. He cites Arsenal's split ownership through shares as a big positive because "If some bloody Russian wants to buy the place and everyone else wants to sell, then, [.