ARSENALISM©

On Twitter you get all sorts of people with a plethora of views and what I have found is that when it comes to football many seem to leave their common sense and common courtesy in the metaphorical cloakroom. Manchester City fans and Chelsea fans have quite vociferous opinions on the platform and I was struck by an assertion that Arsenal have been starved of success for two decades and will therefore celebrate anything. My response was that we have won the premier League twice  and the FA Cup seven times in that time; this fact about the FA Cup unleashed hell! "Little cups don't count" "yeah but one of those was against Hull" "Big clubs are only interested in the League and UCL" "Big Club my Arse!" "If you are satisfied with the FA Cup..." You get the idea. I would say that as a club we have been in the doldrums for a while but how many teams that have been struggling to be competitive at the highest level have won stuff while doing...

MIke Riley's Favourite Album Who do you want as a leader? someone with integrity? someone who can set an example? someone respected? Yes. All of these, which is why no one need be surprised at the ever growing evidence that the PGMOL is not working. Refereeing standards are plummeting and the man in charge of this circus is Mr Mike Riley. Now every Arsenal fan knows Mike Riley, every Arsenal fan loathes Mike Riley. This is the man responsible for one of the most corrupt and incompetent displays by an official that any of us ever seen in this country. The date, which has lived in infamy, was 24th October 2004, the venue, Old Trafford...you know the rest. Riley should have faced a ban and an investigation t the time yet here he sits at the top of the refereeing tree and game in game out we are seeing more and more bad decisions. Yes everyone makes mistakes but there's a difference between making mistakes and blatant and consistent terrible decision making. Furthermore, there appe...