So now we know that Dennis Bergkamp will be the next statue at Arsenal. Not really a surprise – he only really has Thierry Henry as competition for the title of ‘Arsenal’s Greatest Player In Living Memory’, and Titi already has a statue. When the AST asked members last summer who the next statue should…

They must be. It’s the only explanation for this: It also makes it even more illogical to pay them huge wages in the first place, that the rest of us have to subsidise. I see Brad Friedel is one step ahead – he hasn’t even waited until he’s retired. Maybe I should have titled this…

Well yesterday was depressing – not so much the result, but the manner of defeat. Total lack of concentration for five minutes – though the warning signs had been there all game, as similar through balls to those that led to both goals were cut out by the last defender two or three times at…

This is largely an amalgamation of a couple of my blog posts from last summer. On the day of the North London Derby it seems unfortunate to have to discuss all this, but the supposed £1.5 billion bid is the big news of the day. So it seems timely to think about why supporter involvement…

So apparently a Middle-East consortium is prepared to bid £1.5 billion for Arsenal, according to two separate ‘exclusives’ in the Telegraph and Sun on Sunday. Let’s look at the headline figures first. They reckon the offer is £20k a share, which would give Stan Kroenke £831m for his 41,581 shares – which as I worked…

I’ve borrowed this subject matter from ‘Talking Reds’ column in The Gooner issue 233 (out now at all good fanzine vendors around Arsenal Stadium), as it is pertinent to this weekend. You’ll recall that in January Arsenal went 2-0 down to Liverpool, but pulled back to draw 2-2. You may also remember that the celebrations…