I am currently enthralled by Song, some of his defensive interventions are amazing, last gasp tackles are becoming standard for him. He has the rare ability to make time and space for himself with the ball, through a turn here, or a shimmy there, a trait few in the game have, but perhaps more gloriously possessed by Fabregas. I am particularly impressed with his positional and tactical awareness. He moves quickly to fill holes when our midfielders or defenders go marauding into the opposition’s areas. Or when one of our players is in possession, particularly in the midfield areas, makes himself available for a short pass to either link or offer an outlet. And finally, his passing sometimes borders on the sublime, although he does make the occasional gaff. For me, he is developing into a truly world class defensive midfielder, who is also fully capable of moving into attack. All I think he needs add to his game is perhaps the odd crunching tackle.. Long may it continue Song, you proved many of us wrong..

“One Song, we’ve only got one Song”
(The chorus that rang out at my pub, after his involvement in the ruckus over nothing..)

Perhaps the ‘u’ in colour has something to do with pronunciation?? Speech has changed, but spelling has remained the same..

As for Mr Orangy-Brownish-Red, the less said about him the better.

ManU got spanked. Chelsea are finding out what the other EPL teams are made of. Hughes found out money is not the solution to all problems; and that what goes around comes around.

Comeuppance all round.

Dude, it’s a joke. If anything I was taking the piss out of myself.

I love the English, I love the Arsenal and I’d be happy to prove it to you in person over a pint when I go over in March.

Cheers.

Someone here suggested we pick up 32yo Luca Toni. Good news, Bayern Munich will let him go for free this January. Parting shot from Louis Van Gaal: “Football is not about individuals, it is a team sport. It is not a hobby, it is a profession…”

You have to admire Portsmouth going after Liverpool.

Fulham’s up field defensive pressure reminds me of the NJ Devil’s neutral zone trap (before the lock out).

Man U lost. Defense missing 7 starters. No one even mentions when Rio will be back. We’ve got a slightly used CB that we can sell them for say 10m to help them out:) They wish they had Sylvester back

Chelsea draw. Too bad for Chelsea Mike Dean seemed to be on an anti-diving crusade. The usual suspects were falling all over the place without getting any reward.

This season seems to be proving that the big 4 are no longer feared and we have to ready to claw and scratch every game for 3 points.

Remember Diaby decided to hit the weights during the preseason. This is I believe only his 2nd season back from the Dan Smith tackle. Yesterday, Diaby rewarded Wenger for his continued faith and support.

Almunia just has to be the GK who beat out Lehmann and made PK saves against Roma.