That was amazing. The movement, the control, the finish. The exaggerated sulks, the slow-motion running, the memorable celebration. It was like he never left. If you’re going to use the 34-year-old’s goal as evidence that Chamakh/Arshavin/[insert attacker here] isn’t up to it, that it shows what this squad currently lack, I don’t begrudge you. But […]
Thierry Henry is back at Arsenal. The legend — and I don’t use that word lightly, even if I once jokingly referred to Emmanuel Eboue in the same way — has signed a short-term loan deal to help our squad cover their arses while Gervinho and Marouane Chamakh duck off to Africa. It’s unreal, isn’t […]
This week is a peculiar one for us Arsenal fans. It’s not often we play two games in a row that do not include Premier or Champions League action. It’s even less often that we play two games in a row against lower-league opposition. But with Saturday’s 1-1 FA Cup draw with Leeds to be […]
You know how it goes by now: I apologise for being too busy to update the blog (who’d have thought flying and working would make you tired!), explain that things will soon be back to normal (Monday, people, Monday) and then rush off into the wilderness (in this case, Oscar Wilde’s for today’s FA Cup […]