Confucious Say: The Team that Won the Cup ten times is the one that hates it most.

A quick mention to say the ‘Blog of the Week’ awards will be postponed until Wednesday due to computer issues. I’m sure you will all survive. To today’s blog, and I made a mention of it yesterday, and I will reiterate it today: Arsenal do not ‘hate’ the FA Cup. A few years back, people could not wax lyrical enough about our having partaken in a semi final five years running, reaching the final on may occassions, and having won the cup ten times, bettered only by Manchester United’s eleven.

Were Eboue Not Sent Off, Arsenal Would Have Thrashed United…

Now that I’ve gone and got your attention with a malicious over-exaggeration of a bad lie, it’s time to deconstruct the requiem to a pretty awful performance. But before we jump on many blogs’ bandwagons of “Give the fans their money back”, I point you to a little moment in time when a certain Thierry Henry dropped to the floor in agonising pain, his sciatica kicking in heavily just minutes after being brought on against PSV Eindhoven…

Will Wenger treat Manchester United as an additional league fixture?

Often, in a season that may prove dreary, inconclusive or part of a ‘wilderness-year’, the Manchester United-Arsenal derby is the highlight of the season, regardless of what team you support. When Arsenal is back to challenging for the title, that apprehension can become the sole focus for fans on either side; a nervousness and near-dread that can make the match a wriggling, tortuous anxiety with an overloaded spectacle.

Any more mention of ‘Personal Reasons’, and I’ll break something…

The outlook gets more and more dire as we approach our FA Cup fixture with the Red Devils. An already bloated injury list has added the likes of Gael Clichy (hamstring) and Bacary Sagna (sciatica plus a secret want to transfer to Barcelona), with Arsenal gearing up to play their U/16s at Old Trafford.