ARSENALISM©

Newcastle V Arsenal   ECL Qualifier 1 st Leg Liverpool V Arsenal ECL Qualifier 2nd Leg Manchester United V Arsenal an August Horribilis? Mental strength’, ‘Attitude’, ‘Ability’, three good fixtures to see where we are at the start of next season. Newcastle is a chance for redemption and to kick that particular monkey on the back into touch. The fixture will be all about mental strength for a team now notorious for self doubt. Liverpool ; the team with a great deal expected of them this year, a special fixture for Arsenal Football Club. Let’s see if the team have the right attitude on our opening home fixture to give the dissatisfied faithful something to smile about. Then the, always good to get out of the way early, fixture at Old Trafford. Will the new Arsenal have the ability to come away from the Champions with anything? The fact is that our performance will be the most important thing as, due to the timing of the game a loss would not be the end of the world. It’s abou...

On returning home I was pleasently suprised by the Liverpool victory over Man Utd courtesy of a Kyt hat-trick. This leaves us three points behind with a game in hand and the goal difference now three goals. Now the league is on ice until 19th March. When we begin three winnable fixtures against West Brom, Blackburn & Blackpool before Liverpool visit. Two of the three competitions we remain in will be clearer a week from now and the third may be clearer once our cassualty ward is empty. But for now three is the magic number. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVfe6rdHRKI 3 is...

Yesterday was about poor performances; Diaby Dennilson & Rosicky, none of whom should be on the Arsenal payroll. The Referee and his assistants, but most of all from the Manager of the Month whose team selection and lack of tactical acuity turned a three point catch up into a one point pigeon step. The fact that there are young players on loan who are not given a chance due to the misplaced faith in some of the squad is a contradiction of Wenger's self proclainmed 'investment in youth'; inexperince is no longer an excuse for some of this lot. We now rely on Liverppol to beat Man Utd later today. Should Ferguson come away from Anfield with three points I'm afraid it's game over for our title aspirations. A loss for the Red Devils would put yesterday in the 'point gained' category and still allow us an opportunity to close the gap. One thing worth considering though, is, would Ferguson have only taken a point from yetsrday's game if the circunmsta...