ARSENALISM©

Arsenal During these dark days it behoves me to inject a smidgeon of humour into proceedings. Here's some fun ahead of Saturday's fixture. Let's face it "if you can't laugh at yourself etc..."   Sp*rs Arsenal Sp*rs Arsenal Liverpool v Sp*rs Sp*rs "Oh, look at me! I'm making people happy! I'm the Magical Man from Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane!" [leaves the room, slamming the door, then pokes his head back in] "Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic." - Homer Simpson 

The Arsenal were winning a lack lustre game 2-0, which Fulham overturned to make 2-3. The final score 3-3 was probably a fair reflection of the merits of each teams performance and added a point to our mediocre tally. Later the same day Manchester United were losing 2-0 and they managed to turn things around making it a 2-3 victory to maintain their position at the top of the league. These two games are a microcosm of how things have changed in the standing of the top clubs that used to battle it out for domestic supremacy. The next fixture in the League is a home game against the team currently sitting above us in the table and that is all the game is (on paper): an opportunity to climb the table. However, everyone knows that the game is an important fixture on a deeper level as it is against a team who are obsessed with the Arsenal. With the negativity currently swirling around the Emirates a defeat would increase the levels of dissatisfaction that are on the in...