http://arsenal-mania.com/feeds The Arsenal Website For Arsenal Fans 2011-09-04T14:46:01Z http://arsenal-mania.com http://static.arsenal-mania.com/favicon.ico text/html 2011-08-30T13:39:57Z http://arsenal-mania.com Antonio Gramsci http://arsenal-mania.com/articles/3110426/Absolutely-nothing.html I don't really know what to say when you've taken a really terrible punch or stream of verbal abuse or maybe even just indifference from someone you love, especially if you've taken it repeatedly, and especially if the person doing the hurting acts as though you've no right to feel hurt at all. What to say? text/html 2011-05-01T19:14:50Z http://arsenal-mania.com Jonathan Chong http://arsenal-mania.com/articles/3110210/Wenger-We-deserved-to-win.html Manager Arsene Wenger praised his side's performance over leaders Manchester United today, saying that his young team gave everything, and won. text/html 2011-05-01T18:51:21Z http://arsenal-mania.com Asser Ghozlan http://arsenal-mania.com/articles/3110209/A-smidgen-of-pride-and-plenty-of-regret.html Well, it just was meant to be, wasn't it? A victory against Manchester United is welcome in any form at any time. But this is just way too teasing, isn't it? Bittersweet takes a whole new meaning here. text/html 2011-04-21T15:22:19Z http://arsenal-mania.com The Brain http://arsenal-mania.com/articles/3110181/Tactical-observations-from-Spurs-3-3-Arsenal.html Wojciech Szczesny concedes three but still a talent text/html 2011-04-21T15:17:16Z http://arsenal-mania.com Helen Trantum http://arsenal-mania.com/articles/3110180/The-other-side-of-the-fence.html I'm not generally much into match reviews, but I watched the game from a Sp*rs stand last night, and it has really helped put things into perspective. Having had to hide my feelings for the whole match, it came as something of a surprise to find that a lot of fans are again down on the team, when the overwhelming feeling as I left that dive was one of positivity. text/html 2011-04-02T21:02:06Z http://arsenal-mania.com Jonathan Chong http://arsenal-mania.com/articles/3110103/Wenger-We-were-lacking.html Manager Arsene Wenger has conceded that his team were found lacking today against Blackburn Rovers, the game ending in a goalless draw. text/html 2011-03-20T13:02:36Z http://arsenal-mania.com Asser Ghozlan http://arsenal-mania.com/articles/3110071/Losing-me.html I am Arsenal FC... text/html 2011-03-14T13:05:18Z http://arsenal-mania.com Helen Trantum http://arsenal-mania.com/articles/3110064/Replacing-Arsene.html It's a very long way home from Manchester after being knocked out of the FA Cup, but the more depressing part of the day for me was seeing Twitter, 606 and Talksport flooded by fans clamouring for Wenger to resign or get the sack. Of course everyone is entitled to their opinion, but it all seems more than a little knee-jerk to me. Sure, it has been a terrible fortnight for Arsenal Football Club, but the time to judge this team is at the end of the season. We are not in a relegation scrap - a change of personnel is not going to change the result of this season - so let this team see out what they have started, and there might just be a pleasant surprise in store. text/html 2011-03-10T20:20:49Z http://arsenal-mania.com Helen Trantum http://arsenal-mania.com/articles/3110060/Incompetence-or-bias-its-all-the-same-to-us.html I had hoped that by waiting a day to write this, I might be able to bring a calm and reasoned approach to this article. Unsurprisingly, the injustice of last night's exit is still lingering in the memory, along with the bitter taste of 'what might have been'. The hope is that Arsène can use that same injustice to further motivate our players for the forthcoming games, starting with the FA clash at Old Trafford. text/html 2011-03-09T07:45:00Z http://arsenal-mania.com Asser Ghozlan http://arsenal-mania.com/articles/3110057/Running-scared-again-(and-clutching-at-straws).html Before carrying on any further, I am not interested in labouring on referee Massimo Busacca's frankly shocking performance for too long. It was indeed as I have just labelled it, worthy of any homer you will ever see (and you will probably see being played out again at Old Trafford come Saturday evening just so you know). text/html 2011-03-03T21:22:55Z http://arsenal-mania.com Joel Che http://arsenal-mania.com/articles/3110051/Unimpressed-by-the-Orient-thumping.html That 5-0 win was a big lie. It was all about Orient not showing up. I couldn't enjoy the game because Arsenal were pathetic until Wilshere and Nasri came on. With injuries to key players, it was disappointing to confim that the squad is carrying too many passengers when we have a really good chance to fight for the title. text/html 2011-02-28T07:45:00Z http://arsenal-mania.com The Brain http://arsenal-mania.com/articles/3110033/The-thing-with-Cup-finals.html The thing with cup finals is that there is no redemption. No chance of forgiveness. And certainly at the moment Laurent Kosicelny and Wojciech Szczesny decided to make mess of a rudimentary clearance one minute before full-time, there was set to be no reprisals. It may go on to be a symbolic moment of Arsenal's season, for better or for worse, but for many others, it highlights a very apparent issue with the team; that of a lack of leadership. It is, of course, very superficial to blame that moment, as an example of Arsenal's need for leaders but it perhaps displays a certain lack of assertiveness and ruthlessness of the situation that is missing in the side. Arsenal's use of a number of different captain's during the course of the season (Fabregas, Squillaci, Nasri, van Persie, Rosicky and Almunia have all donned the armband) has been, and rather bafflingly it must be said, been used against them as an argument for their failure to pin down a dominant captain. text/html 2011-02-27T20:04:31Z http://arsenal-mania.com Asser Ghozlan http://arsenal-mania.com/articles/3110032/What-doesnt-kill-you.html This is, without exaggeration, possibly the most depressing of depressing days in the modern history of Arsenal Football Club. text/html 2011-02-21T06:24:13Z http://arsenal-mania.com Asser Ghozlan http://arsenal-mania.com/articles/3109985/Barca-can-we-play-you-every-week.html Go on a long, good run, beat the world's best side having been behind and against the odds, followed up by some talk of quadruples and what have you. What happens next, I hear you ask? text/html 2011-02-18T06:46:04Z http://arsenal-mania.com Jonathan Chong http://arsenal-mania.com/articles/3109970/Bendtner-I-saw-the-chink-in-Barcelonas-armour.html Striker Nicklas Bendtner has said that he spotted a weakness in Spanish giants Barcelona's armour on Wednesday night whilst he was warming up.