Mar 26
A lot of attention has been devoted to our Champions League exit lately, but I’ll tell you what. Compared to the League title and the FA Cup, I don’t give two shakes of my big, green, reptilian, cold-blooded tail about Europe.
What’s a European trophy? It’s the frame on the Mona Lisa. It’s the intermission music at a showing of Gone With The Wind. It’s the mint jelly that goes with your lamb. It’s the President James Garfield proof of the Pythagorean Theorem.
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Mar 25
Here’s a rebuttal from The EINY to my recent response to his last article. Or something like that. Read the last EINY and my comments, then read this…
I’m glad you’re “not buying” what I had stated in my last article as I wasn’t selling anything!;) I was just pointing out the truth of the matter when it comes to Arsenal in Europe. With players that have won European championships and World Cups you seem to forget something intricate-France’s ‘98 WC winners at AFC-Vieira, Petit, Henry and Pires-how much time did they play on that squad?...
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Mar 25
I really felt we were going to beat Chelsea all along. Yes, they had been playing well of late, but the bottom line is, they don’t have the stones to win a big game like this. When it’s time to nut up, Chelsea go walking. Over the last nine years they have been to the FA Cup final four times. They’ve won two, and lost two. Their opponents: Aston Villa, ManU, ‘Boro and Arsenal. No prizes for guessing the losses came to ManU and Arsenal.
There’s a reason they last won the league in Black & White. Maybe we can’t get it done yet in Europe, but we’ll...
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Mar 25
For the second straight game Patrick Vieira played like a champion, and a Captain. Rather than sulk after the exit from Europe, Patrick looks to be on a personal mission to bring in every other trophy available.
A more than honourable mention to Sol Campbell. He’s playing hurt, but you don’t hear him complain. A rock in the middle.
Heck, I’ll even throw some love to Ray Parlour, who was a bulldog against Chelsea.
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Mar 25
JWaldman grades the Gunners performance against Chelsea…
Forwards: B+
Jeffers and Wiltord were good when they actually got a chance to make runs and possess the ball, which wasn’t as often as Wenger probably would have liked. But Jeffers did a nice job of running off a defender on the first goal, allowing Vieira to cross to a waiting John Terry (though I’m sure he wasn’t waiting to put the ball into the net) and Wiltord finished beautifully on the second goal. Henry was a little shaky to start when he came on, but ended up being his normal self, although...
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Mar 25
WHOA!!!!
OH THAT DOUBLE FEELING!!!!
WE’VE GOT THAT DOUBLE FEELING!!!!
AND IT’S OURS! OURS! OURS!
WHOA YEAH!
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Mar 25
My apologies for not getting this up prior to the Chelsea match, but I think you get the drift…
Enough of this pessimism. I will not have it. Oh thee of little faith. Those Arsenal fans who begrudge and moan certainly did not live through the Don Howe years, the Terry Neil Years and the Bruce Rioch temporary reign. We were shocking. We had no talent, no ideas and no championships. We get knocked out of the Champions League and suffer one defeat in the Premiership and the doomsayers take over the airwaves of www.arsenalamerica.com. Shame on all of you. We need to show encouragement...
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Mar 24
In case you were not tracking it, St. Totteringham’s Day was today! With Spurs defeat at relegation-threatened Bolton, They are now on 43 points with 7 to play. This means that the maximum points they can achieve is 64 (in their dreams!), which is still 2 less than Arsenal’s current tally of 66.
I think we should all lift our glasses in salute to our good friends from the other end of Seven Sisters Road.
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Mar 24
Chelsea v. Arsenal, FA Cup Quarterfinal replay
Tuesday, March 25, 2:45pm Eastern
TV: FOX Sports World US and Canada
Radio: www.bbc.co.uk (check the Radio Five Live channel)
Live Text Play-by-Play at bigsoccer.com
Ken Bradley previews Ken Bates? Boys?
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Mar 24
I like to think that I call them as I see them. At times I’ve been critical of Patrick Vieira. I thought he went missing at times and I just didn’t feel he was fulfilling the roll of Captain. Recently though, I think he has turned me around. He scored an important goal a week ago and then yesterday against Everton he banged home the game winner. Now, I’m not suggesting he has to score tons of goals. But these were big ones. And in general from accounts that I’ve read, he took a more vocal stance yesterday. Good to see that, and so, Patrick Vieira, we award you the Iron...
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