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…

Yesterday I asked the question: If you have to choose one of them, which would you prefer as Arsenal owner, Kroenke or Usmanov? I don’t want either as sole owner or even majority owner, but I phrased the question so that it just measures the popularity of the two gentlemen. It wasn’t meant to decide…

Just out of interest, I want to see if Mr Kroenke is currently more popular than Mr Usmanov among Arsenal fans. It’s a straight popularity contest, not a discussion on the best ownership model, which for the record would not have either of them or anyone else as majority or sole owner. I’m also asking…