ARSENALISM©

THE GOOD Beating the eventual League Champions. Being in the last 16 of the Champions League at the End of the year. The spirited 2nd leg against Milan. Carzola. The 5-2 x 2 against that lot up the road. Thierry's goal against Leeds. The end of Almunia.The Reading comeback. Buying Jenkinson. Diaby v Liverpool. The return of Jack. THE BAD Losing our fifth captain in seven years. The increase in season ticket prices. The first leg against Milan. 'The wonder of you'. Boxing Day cancelled. Decline of Arshavin, Chamakh and Gervinho. Diaby injured again. Contract wrangles.  Deadwood. Defence. Kroenke. Playing 'what's my position?'. In-fighting. THE UGLY The purple and black monstrosity.  Bradford.  The curious case of Park Chu Young.

Arsenal Football Club Band Blaze Away! (A Holzmann) Semper Fidelis (JP Sousa) 1934 Eclipse SC145 Arsenal Football Club Band With Sword and Lance (H Starke) The Thunderer (JP Sousa) 1935 Eclipse SC153 Arsenal Football Club Band Triumphant (JD White) Orion (J Lafont) 1935 Eclipse SC155 image 2 courtesy  http://educatedleftfoot.blogspot.co.uk/

Loath as I am to write anything that might be construed as a match report here on arsenalism © ( others do that sort of thing far better than I) but watching today’s victory against Wigan athletic I was transported back over the decades and fully expected to hear the dulcet tones of Brian Moore as the game felt exactly like an old episode of The Big Match. A grey wet day, that feels like a Sunday, with the Arsenal playing a Northern team in a slightly empty stadium in a match that was mostly perspiration over style, bringing back a 0-1 result. British players on display and a Christmas gesture from the club to the travelling support. Still a win is a win and a momentary slaking of thirst. A pity we now have to wait until the 29 th for hostilities to resume. A home game against Newcastle will no doubt be a good opportunity to get out of the house and shake the cobwebs of Festive over indulgence off. I dare say I will see some of you readers before/after ...

The Madjeski stadium is an intimate old-fashioned friendly stadium and one in which I saw the Arsenal notch up a well deserved 2-5 victory. Regardless of the fact that Reading gave Carzola, Wilshere and Arteta lashings of time on the ball the performance and indeed the team selection was effective and invigorating. En route I saw the number plate CG11 AFC and was pleased as punch to see Charlie George behind the wheel on his way to the ebulient away section. I was also pleasantly surprised when stumbling upon the ‘Jazz Café’ that is part of the Mad Stad. It looked like a fine example of old school club aesthetics with its proud display of previous acts including Alexander O’Neill, Shakatak, Average White Band and The Stylistics. If only the Emirates had an eighties style Jazz Funk nightclub attached to the Clock End, happy days would ensue of that I am sure. This was the first away game that I had travelled to in a while and I was nestled among th...

Planet of the apes is not only a great and seminal Sci-Fi movie but, when watched again, one can draw strong analogies with Arsenal Football Club in 2012. Here's the 'talking doll' evidence. Stranger in a strange land-Critics Taylor is a critic of the apes Utopian idealism and Dr. Zaius literally wants to silence any criticism. Changing landscapes-Changing face of the game Dr. Zaius is dogmatic about his view on ape culture and is dismissive of evidence that suggests his views are flawed. Doggedly continuing down a path that prevents sub divisions within the apes from developing and challenging the status quo. Reverse evolution-Decline in achievement Although the apes are the new order they are, technologically less advanced than the culture they replaced  Science over religion-Statistics over Belief The apes belief system is kept intact by having dissenters ridiculed and marginalised. The Tribunal-The Board Hear no evil, see no evil, speak ...