This all comes from one man. I am sure it is no coincidence that we face so much foul play when we come up against them. I look at Alex McLeish and I see a disgusting violent man who wants his team to hurt these foreigners at Arsenal. I see a man who takes his team to Old Trafford and pulls out the KY Jelly and hands it out to his team. Not a stud in sight.

So we face Birmingham Shitty in the final of the Carling cup. I was cheering for the Hammers during the game last night and was happy to see them gain a healthy 3-1 agg advantage. West Ham are a clean side who try and get the ball down and play football while their opponents are a bunch of dirty thugs.

Our last encounter at St Andrews was pure filth. I remember feeling a lot of hatred for Alex McLeish after that 90 minutes. I felt as if the ‘let them know you are there’ was taken to a new level.

We had to deal with

Johnson’s follow through on Cesc (a leg breaker if I’ve ever seen one)
Jerome landing stamp on Koscielny
Bowyer’s stamp on Sagna
Ridgewell’s fly kick on Walcott

My mind has gone blurry so I cannot remember anymore but there were plenty more. What type of ‘football’ is that?

We have a busy schedule around the final and I wouldn’t mind having our players available for other games and not sat on the treatment table nursing snapped ankles or legs.

I don’t want Arsenal to be seen as precious, a club that winge and moan about rough treatment but that is just too far. I am all for sides closing us down and using their strength to their advantage. Fair enough, it is in the rules of the game. But once you cross that line then it just turns into violence.

Cesc could have easily had his leg broken five minutes into the game. Sagna could have had serious damage to his leg.

It is no surprise that Eduardo had his leg broken in Birmingham and then Cesc picked up an injury that pretty much ended his season last year.

This all comes from one man. I am sure it is no coincidence that we face so much foul play when we come up against them. I look at Alex McLeish and I see a disgusting violent man who wants his team to hurt these foreigners at Arsenal. I see a man who takes his team to Old Trafford and pulls out the KY Jelly and hands it out to his team. Not a stud in sight. Isn’t this obvious? I can see it, why can’t the people in football who can do something about it take action.

Wenger cannot complain about it because he will be called a moaning Frenchman who doesn’t like his team being tackled. The likes of Richard Keys and co (I will get onto him later) use it to sneer and snarl behind the TV screens, then all the little lap dogs around the world lap it all up and sing that stupid annoying ‘same old Arsenal always cheating song’

Why? Because we are victimised. Call me paranoid, tell me that every fan feels the same way, well not in this case they don’t. Chelsea are not the target of foul play because they have a more talented side than Birmingham. Manchester United are not stepped on because they are technically superior to Stoke City.

The whole Sky Sports, Alex Ferguson, Tony Pulis, Rupert Murdoch, Alex McLeish, Peter Reid, Sam Allardyce, refereeing decisions and so on stinks. It really stinks.

But I am just a moaning, whinging Arsenal fan who cannot prove anything.

Are you telling me that Gary Neville chopping down a West Brom player who is clean through has just been missed? Oops ref just made an honest mistake. Are you telling me that Rafael slamming into a Blackpool player clearly off the ball was a misjudgment from the man in charge? Rubbish.

Manchester United are unbeaten because they have worked hard as a team and have had ‘luck’ on their side. Luck is when you have a shot deflected into the net, it is not banking on the referee to bail them out time and time again.

Ok, I know I am ranting now so while I am in the swing of it, let me clear my soul for today and get it all out.

On Match of the day during the Ipswich game I was listening to the ‘experts’ have their say on Arsenal. Alan Hansen, Alan Shearer and former Ipswich midfielder Matt Holland.

They were telling us that we need a goalkeeper, a good one. And we need a quality center half because the two French ones that Wenger bought are not any good. This is according to Hansen who I am sure has done his research and has watched them in many, many games. Surely he wouldn’t make these judgements without doing so, right? Yeah.. well.

Anyway, we are continuously told that we are a fancy team, who are very entertaining, play the best football in the league but we cannot defend to save our lives. If we want to win things like the Mancs then we need a international ‘world class’ goalkeeper and a top quality center back. Someone like Cahill. Hahaha! Or anyone that is being tipped as world class in the Sun newspaper.

Listen to all the experts, they tell us over and over again how good Vidic is, and make no mistake about it, he is quality. Rio Ferdinand, England captain and great defender. They are the type of partnership that we need to emulate if we want to win trophies.

Because…

Arsenal haven’t won anything for five years..
Arsenal haven’t won anything for five years..
Arsenal haven’t won anything for five years..
Arsenal haven’t won anything for five years..
Arsenal haven’t won anything for five years..
Arsenal haven’t won anything for five years..
Arsenal haven’t won anything for five years..
Arsenal haven’t won anything for five years..

Repeat until death.

Behind them they have Edwin van Der Sar, top level, experienced keeper who has been there done that worn the fricking T-shirt.

It sounds all great doesn’t it? Well how about a little bit of facts to disrupt your annoying, repetitive bile for a moment.

Arsenal have conceded ONE goal more than the Mancs, not only that but we have played Chelsea twice, they have played them zero. We have played Manchester City twice they have another game against them. Basically we have played more of the tough fixtures (on paper anyway) yet we have let in one more goal than they have.

Now why would I expect Hansen, Keys and co to pull that fact out? But couldn’t a former Arsenal player do so? Get me on there and I will make them look like utter mugs. I might not get anymore work again but at least my blood pressure could drop a little.

Going back to our lack of trophies in a whopping five years. Are we the only club not to have had success in that time period? Is it because we have massively overspent that we are required to have won something in that time? Hold on, what about our little smelly neighbours? How much have they spent in search of trophies? When did they last win something?

Liverpool, the massive Liverpool who are the biggest club side in England, they have never, ever won the Premier League. Do we hear people banging on about it over and over again? Why not? Imagine if Arsenal and Arsene Wenger had never won the league title? Everton? Aston Villa? Manchester City? All big clubs.

Don’t let their recent history of finishing in midtable fool you into thinking that they are not big clubs. They are big clubs who have failed to deliver success. Two clubs who have spent more than anyone else (minus City) have been able to win trophies. But hey, let us not get too much into that because it actually shows the great job that the French manager has been doing at that club that has no English players. Well apart from Walcott, Wilshere, Gibbs and the rest of the upcoming talent they have coming through but Shhhhh, change the subject quickly.

Paranoid? Are you sure? Well, yeah perhaps I am but should I not have any reason to be?

And now to Richard Keys and Andy Gray *sigh* what a pair of utter muppets.

I find the whole saga quite amazing really, amazing that they actually still have that way of thinking in 2010. It just shows how massively ignorant they are but I guess we all knew that already. The thing is, I am sure it doesn’t stop there. Those two are just the tip of the iceburg.

It wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest if their chums, you know the old managers club, had the exact same thought process. The type that gang around and attack Arsene Wenger so blatantly.

I would have loved if their topic of conversation was Arsene Wenger instead of the poor Lineswoman (is that what you call her?) All my paranoia would have been eased. A little.

In all honesty I have never really had a problem with Andy Gray, I have actually enjoyed his commentary and adds personality. He has never really struck me as anti Arsenal or anti Wenger but his trusty sidekick Richard ‘hairy hands’ Keys, well he angers me immensely.

I know what’s coming. It has just clicked. Richard Keys has resigned from Sky and will then join Talk Sport. The most vile radio station in the world will get stronger and more powerful and even more vile.

I can picture his face, shaking his head on Sky Sports whilst talking about Wenger’s x amount of red cards since being in charge of Arsenal. You utter pratt!

*Deep breath in..and exhale*

I feel pure and clean now, let me talk about the team and players that I love so dearly, I enjoy that much more.

I mentioned this in response to yesterday’s Your Vision article, a must read I must say. I mentioned that it feels like Arsene and his players have found the magic formula. The balance between attacking and defending seems to have been mastered.

We were ripped to shreds by Manchester United at the Emirates last season and were caught badly on the break. You cannot imagine that being the case this time round. It seems like all the players know what their roles are.

You can imagine players like Aaron Ramsey, when fit and sharp coming in and playing Wilshere’s role or even Cesc’s role with Diaby playing as the second midfielder. We have so many players of top quality who can slot in and know what they have to do to help the team.

Bendtner is no wide man but he knows that he has to close down the full back in possession and track back if needed.

Many supporters have certain players who they are frustrated with. It appears that Bendtner and Denilson are two players who top the frustration list.

My golden rule is not to judge a player until he is match sharp, which means having a run of consecutive games. This applies with new signings, especially from another country. It is also the case for injured players.

Simply you cannot just come back into the first team from sitting on the bench and produce world class performances. It is the same for the favoured players like Robin Van Persie. It has taken him a good few months to get up to speed.

So remember that when Bendtner doesn’t kill a pass dead or Denilson misplaces a pass behind his man.

We can already notice the difference in some players after the cup games. The defeat against Ipswich away and draw against Leeds at home in hindsight has been nothing but good for the squad in terms of fitness, form and confidence.

We are currently waiting to hear about what Carlos Vela will do. I hope he joins Bolton, it will be a good indication of what he wants from the rest of his career. If he chooses to go to Valencia then it doesn’t really show his manager that he wants to knuckle down and develop into a player for Arsenal.

Obviously I would much rather go to Spain and ply my trade for a few months rather than Bolton but if it is for the benefit of his club then that is what he should do.

Anyway, that is just about that for now.

Back tomorrow.