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Not only do we have stupid rules in place but those stupid rules are not even consistent. This is not even solely the FA but look at what happened to Eduardo. It seems as if he was and still is the only footballer in Champions League history to have dived. UEFA attempted to ban him for it. But hey, let us all sweep that under the carpet and pretend that it just didn't happen and we can all giggle at Real Madrid

I spoke Arsenal pre match about Theo Walcott making a difference to this game and in the 11 minute match, he was the player that made the difference. Our first real attack of the game saw van Persie clip a pass into the stride of Theo Walcott who raced through ahead of former Tottenham defender Sébastien Bassong, Bassong rather clumsily bundled Walcott over in the box and the referee made the correct decision by awarding the penalty. As Bassong prevented a goalscoring

Manchester City were pushed into a box in their own half and were not allowed to get out. The likes of Yossi Benayoun, Tomas Rosicky, Alex Song and company forced them to turn over possession time and time again. Manchester City only managed one shot on target in the whole game. As good as our defence were on the day, they did not have to perform heroic clearances off the lines or last ditch

Arsenal team”, the same people also called for Wenger’s head and called for a new manager at Arsenal, it’s worth pointing out that even before our recent form, we had a run from Oct 21 till the end of December where we only lost 1 game in the league and that was a narrow loss to Man city away. It bothers me that paid journalists failed to spot the correlation between our injuries and our form that was so glaringly obvious for all to see, yet still, most journalists and pundits alike don’t point this out and still call this Arsenal side  “The worst ever” While reading the match reports this morning, little

Moments earlier Arsenal should have scored, Robin van Persie's header from a Laurent Koscielny near post glance on (I swear I've seen that routine in my younger years) was sailing into an unguarded net but Thomas Vermaelen tried to duck out of the way and the ball hit him and rebounded off the crossbar. Incredible bad luck, you won't see that happen again for many years. Changes are happening on the pitch. Our closing of the opposition has increased considerably in recent weeks. At Everton a few weeks ago we witnessed a huge

Tomas Rosicky and David Silva could be important to either side and I wouldn't be at all surprised if the one that contributed more to their team were the team that went on to win the game. David Silva started the season flying and has tailed off towards the end of the season whilst our Czech play maker has found his stride in the second half of the season. Both players have different roles for their team, Silva starts from wider positions while Rosicky starts  from a central position. In a game of possession, both teams will be looking

You would imagine that Lukas Podolski would be the final nail in Chamakh's coffin but let us wait and see what happens. Who knows, Chamakh might spring from the bench and score a five minute hat trick on Sunday and then continue to fire us to second place and sign a new 5 year contract extension in the summer. Unlikely story ey? Almost as unlikely as Tottenham's best team since the Premier League began being 13 points clear of Arsenal at one point only to have that lead slashed to zero. (At present) I need to add the at present so I don't either jinx the team or come across as complacent. All this superstitious lark is the real deal you know. Abou Diaby wants to repay the faith shown in him by Arsene Wenger. Many a manager around the world would have turned their back on the leggy French midfielder but Arsene has stuck with his midfielder and one can only hope that he can come through the bad times and start his Arsenal

Prior to that infamous hiding, AW wasn't particularly known for signing players below 25 years of age, save for the likes of err... ahem, Mikael Silvester (lol) and free transfers like Chamack (I swear that boy just needs a run of games, but is good). After the drubbing, AW quickly pulled out his cheque book & gave us among others, Mikel Arteta & Youssi Benayoun, two players who i must say have been of much needed help. It also seems like a policy that is set to continue into the new season. Lukas Podolski is just awaiting a shirt number i suppose, while am sure Sunderland wouldn't mind mailing Sessegnon over if we racked up a figure close to what they want (but 8mil should do the job). Both are exciting transfers, & if u add the rumor that Rennes' much fancied Yann M'vila is

Both Theo and Gervinho were very important to van Persie's excellent scoring record and although Gervinho's and Walcott's goal return was not yet as great as we would have liked, the general consensus was that it would improve in time. Theo Walcott for one is a player who I expect to score regularly and we are slowly seeing that now. Gervinho has been very wasteful at times but has managed to get into scoring positions, the hope is that in time he would develop the much needed

how we should play Chamakh and go more direct to avoid the pitch but isn't that just playing the oppositions game? Would Barcelona expect to start pumping balls into the box if they were playing on a poor surface? I am sure they wouldn't because that is not how they play the game. It is different for Barcelona because Spanish teams in general are passing football teams. Even the relegation threatened teams are more Swansea than Stoke City and in the Premier League this is