A quiet day so I have updated an old post.We will look at the Villa game tomorrow. Some time ago we had a discussion about what “world class” is in relation to players. Of course we could not agree on what it meant, let alone which of our current players the definitions actually applied to. […]

Today we have a brand new guest poster Tim Head (@foreverheady, should you want to follow him on twitter,I suggest you do just that) “There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in […]

At about six-thirty last night I read a post on here by arse_ or_brain which simply said “Theo out for six months after scan revealed torn ligament nightmare” Obviously this news made me sad for Theo, Arsenal and myself. It was very depressing and disappointing. Just as the lad was back up to speed he, […]

Today,a guest post from Muppet ( @MuppetGooner ) Here we go again, it’s that time of year where everybody gets to play championship manager and decide what reinforcements we need for the assault on the title in May. Costa, screams the Twitter arsenal massive, buy him, and we secure the title. Wenger laughs off this […]

Wenger’s pitiful eleven hold London … Well that was all rather easy, wasn’t it? Spurs were riding on the crest of a United-beating wave, and we were putting out a pitiful team. So I read. From @TheHighburyInn: “Wengers pitiful starting XI Taking the FA Cup & spurzzz for granted Could end up in tears!” I […]

January 2014. Or as it will henceforth be known, Transfer Window: Round Two. Like all sequels it will no doubt promise to be bigger and better than ever but leave us all with an overwhelming sense of disappointment, akin to that of spending the night with James ‘Raul’ Stokes.  Matches and results become meaningless as […]

I could only watch about 15 minutes of the first half. I found a steam with french commentary. Besides the beautiful way in which they pronounce the names of our players, it is so enjoyable to watch a game where the commentator describes each move with an enthusiasm that rubs off on you. I admit […]

A guest post from our very own Hunter13 The last piece of the jigsaw ..? We have a beautiful football club. The set up, the organisation and the ethos.  All wonderful. We also have a very good team, nice lads generally speaking, willing and committed. We started the season in very difficult circumstances. Crowd booing […]

Still winning the battles … That was painful. Horrible. Poor football. Oh,and one of the best wins I have ever seen. It was a war. Problem was that only one team had a license for violence. As Gainsbourg69 said “I believe Tiote needs to slap a Lino in the face in order to get booked.” […]

So today is a “must win” game in what is an endless list of “must win” games, only one of which we have won. Not sure where that leaves us? Newcastle are on a great run of form and we are in the middle of a crisis.  So how the bookies have us at evens […]