There are some people who genuinely believe that the reason Arsenal seemed to get into the habit of selling their best player every summer for several years in a row was because they needed the money. This kind of belief really demands a willingness to ignore facts that must give hope to extremist politicians everywhere.…

Some interesting calculations appeared in The Times on Monday (21st April), where the estimable Bill Edgar looked at how injuries have affected the current top four and Man Utd this season. (Bill rightly has no time for the smaller clubs who are never going to make a serious challenge for the title. *cough* Spurs!) Using…

Phew. Got away with that one.

I’m puzzled as to why the Arsenal manager thought it was a good idea to go into the season with one recognised striker. I’m puzzled as to why he thinks Yaya Sanogo is ready to play in the Premier League. I’m puzzled as to why he didn’t make more effort to buy anyone in January…

I’ll keep this fairly short. Arsène Wenger is right when he says, as he always does, that fans and media overreact to a single defeat. You only need to see how the media change the title race from two contenders to four to three, to whatever they fancy after a single unexpected result. That much…

I originally posted this about a year ago, with figures up to 901 games for Arsene. With the help of Andy Kelly I’ve updated it to present day and added to and corrected various stats from early days. I am only including competitive matches in what are now considered the major competitions. Charity/Community Shield matches…

Here’s the result of the poll from a couple of days ago: So Man City are hardly overwhelmingly preferred as champions if Arsenal don’t win, but they are considered the least offensive of the three other options. My reasoning for a City vote was fairly well summed up by a commenter on the previous post:…

I want Arsenal to win the title. In fact I would love it, LOVE it. It’s a four horse race right now – with two big bloated rich subsidised horses, and two slightly smaller horses who’ve been around ages and are still buying their own hay. I think that’s the common metaphor these days. Anyway,…

Okay, he hasn’t actually said those words, but he did say he believed he would have failed by 2011 if he hadn’t won a trophy, as you can see from this piece from 2009. We Arsenal fans still await a trophy, therefore by his own definition he is a failure. All right, I’m just kidding,…

One point from the two most recent matches against our top four rivals and Man Utd is not great. But to take our minds off that, Arsenal’s half year accounts to the end of November 2013 will be out soon. One figure of interest will be the cash balance. Arsenal hold by far the biggest…