A video has appeared on YouTube this week of Ian Wright talking very openly and emotionally about his career, but even more so about his childhood and long struggle to become a professional footballer. It’s a powerful statement and makes you realise how much he wanted to play football despite every obstacle put in his…

I surveyed 656 Arsenal fans around the world to ask what their preferred ownership model is for the club. Actually I asked quite a few thousand, but only 656 could be bothered to read all the options and vote. No matter. I am happy it is a representative sample, because I kept an eye on…

Obviously I encourage comments on my blog, but some of them surprise me. Sometimes I respond in the comments, sometimes I ignore things. Sometimes comments seem so way off the mark I am amazed that anyone could hold these views. Here’s a comment that was left on my last post, Gazidis: Substance or Spin?: “This…

You have probably seen Ivan Gazidis popping up in various places in the last week giving interviews as though his salary depends on it. Which it doesn’t. But a bit of good publicity never goes amiss, and the accounts are about to be published, and a transfer window profit has been made and needs to…

Ha ha, just kidding ya, it’s too early to be getting very excited. Mind you, a convincing win is always good for the soul, though when Arsenal get six or even seven it always looks like they should have got into double figures, such is the number of chances created, the overwhelming superiority of possession,…

Last week I did a survey to gauge the relative popularity of Arsenal’s two billionaire shareholders. This showed a marked preference for Alisher Usmanov over Stan Kroenke. Although no one can be sure what actions Usmanov would take if he were in charge (I know he SAYS he’d spend money, but he also says he’s…

Oh yes, there it is on that map, look: in Middlesex. Just checking.

Recently Arsenal went to Liverpool and won 2-0. Twenty years ago the same thing happened, with that match marking the third appearance of the young Romford Pele himself, Ray Parlour. Ray’s debut the previous season had also been against Liverpool at Anfield, where he gave away a penalty and Arsenal lost. But for this match…

All the transfers to and from every club in the Premier League in Summer 2012, courtesy of The Times. Twitter: @AngryOfN5

Interesting piece here from The Times on Saturday, from the ever-entertaining Fink Tank column. It seems that long balls are more effective for scoring goals than short passing. I have my doubts about this, because I don’t think it’s comparing things properly, despite their efforts to only include passes intended to make progress towards a…