Comments on: Police raid Chelsea terror centre, and Arsenal announce surprise team for match

By: 0.9 Calibre

0.9 Calibre — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:22:07 +0000

@ Johnny: Sorry for the late one.. but I read it on ESPN- STAR.. you know that sports site that have a heck a lot of typos.. Personally, I feel it wont happen.. but like u said, it is an interesting poser…

By: Rhys Jaggar

Rhys Jaggar — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:40:28 +0000

Did your friendly copper get done for not being sufficiently drunk to get back into his motor, then??

By: GodWoreTen

GodWoreTen — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:20:35 +0000

Hi Tony,
Looking over your team, I notice your striker is blind! A courageous tactic but perhaps a little risky? Would have been 2-3 otherwise I expect.

By: nicky

nicky — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:32:58 +0000

On the law of averages, over the last 80 years, Arsenal are more likely to win this one than win a home game against Portsmouth!

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:04:57 +0000

The only precedent I can remember from my 2000 years of watching football is Accrington Stanley going bust in the 1960s when this is exactly what did happen.

They went kerphut half way through the season, and all the results against them were cancelled from the record and there were a few interesting adjustments to places.

My bet is that they won’t do this, and will go into administration (or have they done that already – it has been going on so long I can’t remember). It will be another Leeds.

As far as I can recall, again just working from memory, Portsmouth have been in the 4th division, and with Southampton in the lower reaches they can perhaps play local derbies again.

As for Arsenal’s fans leaving look at the crowds for 1969/70 when we came 12th and 1970/71 when we won it. There was an upsurge in attendances for the last four home games in 1971 but otherwise the figures were much the same.

There is a regular level of support at Arsenal, 40,000 season ticket holders, a ten year waiting list that will not evaporate over night, and a lot of nutters like me who would queue up to see them in the Southern League.

By: Jonny

Jonny — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:05:24 +0000

0.9 where did you hear that? I have no knowledge of this and can’t find anything on it.

It’s an interesting poser though – if they collapse as a club mid-season and every team was then stripped of the points they had gained against them the real winners would be Liverpool, who lost 2-0 not so long ago.

By: 0.9 Calibre

0.9 Calibre — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:52:46 +0000

On a more serious note.. we get stripped off 6 points if Portsmouth go bust, and there is a good chance that they’ll.. how on earth is that fair? I know that all the others would probably thump them just like they got thumped today by the mancs but still.. its not fair.. Life is like a box of chocolates (aint it now?)

By: 0.9 Calibre

0.9 Calibre — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:46:04 +0000

Tony your screwing around with my thetans mate! Fuzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!

By: tim

tim — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:55:11 +0000

Bob Dylan and L. Ron Hubbard in the same team? That’s just blasphemous.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:36:53 +0000

Very enjoyable read as per the norm. Thanks, also, for the tip about the movie – downloading right now! It’s impossible to find it here in NE Thailand, so…
Woke up about an hour ago having dreamed that we won 1-0 at Chel$ki – hope that dram comes true!
Looking forward to your next post.

By: walter

walter — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:34:46 +0000

About what Cesc really has said: again it has been quotes in Spanish media like I have said before never trust the English or Spanish media as they have an own agenda and are not there to tell us the truth. Their only goal is making money by producing story’s and fairytales.

Better remember what he said in arsenal media: ‘If I would leave without winning anything with Arsenal than this would mean failure to me, and I don’t want to fail.”

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:15:32 +0000

Yes its the Blues, they are all blues singers, and Laf Ron Hub was a sci author turned creator of the scientology religion but his name sounds as if he ought to have been a blues singer.

I put in Arshavin because looking at him he could have been a white man singing the blues, and I had run out of blues singers whom I really admire, and the other oddity, just for fun is the Diddley Bow which is a one string guitar from which Bo Diddley took his name – and which Seasick Steve sings about on his latest CD.

And if you read “Making The Arsenal” you’ll know that Jacko gets totally hung up on singing “Rich Man’s Blues” after hearing it at the pub.

Tonight I watched the French movie “Tell No One” which is utterly, totally, amazingly sensational. Now its late and I am tired.

But life’s fun ain’t it?

By: biggy

biggy — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:12:11 +0000

Walter: I have to admit that my faith in our captain has been sourly tempted. Everyone loves their home town, but in the context that he is raising the issue, I am not so sure that he was thinking about retirement homes in Barcelona. This must be the first time an Arsenal captain is professing love for another club while very much a part of the Arsenal family

By: biggy

biggy — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:01:41 +0000

So why was Arshavin the only one to survive the cull. Was it for his selfish play or for diring to suggetst that we lack class? Love him or hate him he is still a great player, and I am glad he is on our side.

By: Jonny

Jonny — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:23:05 +0000

They’re all blues musicians, except for Arshavin who is a tiny, tiny footballer who we have yet to see the best of, and L Ron Hubbard, who was a cosmic twat, who left a corrosive legacy.

I’m guessing the link is the Blues i.e – Chelsea?

By: walter

walter — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:06:54 +0000

I think we are playing the blues tomorrow, Tony and like I said, Arshavin will be our conductor and orchestrator.

By: walter

walter — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:04:44 +0000

Critic in the years that Wenger won prizes, before the Emirates every year players left us. It is part of football. Anelka, Overmars, Vieira all left after a season when we won things.

And if Cesc tells it to me personally or on Arsenal.com then I will take it but not because ‘someone’ has said that Cesc will leave now because we don’t win anything.

Have you so little faith in our captain ?

By: walter

walter — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:01:47 +0000

Well I’m going to give it a go Tony and I think we have a very musical line up with all musicians and Arshavin is going to play the first fiddle tomorrow.

By: critic

critic — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:53:40 +0000

“How do you feel about Arsene Wenger and Andrei Arshavin?” in arsenal mania….a very nice article..very balanced…and very true……people will leave if arsenal don’t win trophies…that’s a fact…fab has for the first time this season has come out said “yes he wants to go to barcelona”….it doesn’t only include players but fans…whatever u call them plastic or poythene and that will effect arsenal’s global appeal….and u all will keep chanting financial foul…whatever…and i think arshavin is already fed up with arsenal….he’s already out of world cup and i don’t think he can play another one…so it will be club success that will matter to him…which clearly is not possible with arsenal…..may be half of the bloggers will leave to..and u still be chanting financial foul….lol…ur a funny man tony…. funny man….u will make fans laugh on other teams during destruction of arsenal…may be last line was bit inspired by D n G group….

but maybe players and all other fans are not patient enough like u guys…

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:53:29 +0000

Come on guys this is not good enough.

What links all these names together and who are the odd ones out.

For goodness sake – you are not trying are you?