That was beyond rediculous. What an abject, rotten, inexcusable performance.
Chelsea demolished Arsenal on their own ground as a the Gunners flattered to deceive for the first 25 minutes, became bogged down for the next 10 and then promptly taken down ruthlessly by the half’s end.
Our defence was a shambles as Drogba’s strength and clever running [...]

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Apologies for the lack of blogging yesterday – problems with my internet service provider kept me quiet last night, but hopefully it’s a problem now sorted.
By now you will already know that Robin van Persie’s situation with the ankle ligaments. He has been re-assessed by the club and it turns out he’s ruptured tendons in [...]

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So we’re down to our bare-bones at left back, Gallas’ eye is doing a Quasimodo, Didier Drogba is back for Chelsea and – surprise surprise – Frank Lampard will probably be back for the chavs too. Got the Blues? Fear not.
Let’s face it, even at home we’re not favourites for this game. We have a [...]

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Arsenal hit the ground running against a very average Liege side at the Emirates stadium, with goals from Samir Nasri and an absolute spanker from Denilson settling the tie early.
Clearly Wenger’s ire at the performance against Sunderland had crept under the player’s skin as the Gunners started at a high tempo, dominating possession and chances. [...]

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The above headline goes right against this season’s grain of taking a game at a time, respecting thy opponent, not taking anything for granted. But for once, I’m throwing that all out the window today.

Arsenal return to the Emirates Stadium for the first of two home games in succession: first, Standard Liege in the Champions [...]

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DISCLAIMER: I’M BEING IRONIC
You know what? I’m just sick of people bagging out our side. I’ve had it up to hear with people saying Almunia’s not good enough, Diaby is terrible, Denilson is a softy, Sagna’s handsomer than my uncle.
I am fed to the teeth with you phony fans out there slating our players. What [...]

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Well after that, would you have preferred to wait a little longer for ‘real football’ to come along?
Arsenal put in your quintessential international-football-hangover performance against Sunderland and were unable to gel sufficiently to create chances on goal.
At one point I was fooled into thinking we were passing the ball quite well – the game had a jilted, [...]

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