Henry, van Persie, a lefty, and good health: A 2012 Wish List

Thierry Henry — 230 goals

230 just seems like a nice number. It seems like the kind of number that will come over to your house unannounced but bearing gifts. And not some chump gift either, something useful like a second Wii controller.

To get to 230 goals, Henry would have to score four goals in his loan [...]

Thierry Henry: upgrade on Chamakh or HUGE upgrade on Chamakh?

The two sides of Thierry Henry

I knew that yesterday’s post would bring out the people who moan about Arsenal moaning any time there’s a bad patch so let me start by addressing that issue. Remember the Boy Who Cried Wolf? Remember how at the end of the story when he cried wolf there was actually a wolf and the townspeople ignored [...]

Man at the match, Chary: New signings revealed in 4-0 win at Underhill

Final whistle

It’s mid July and that means the Arsenal’s 2010/11 season starts at Underhill, this being my second trip to the home of Barnet FC and the Arsenal reserves for many a year. There seemed to be a greater police presence around the pubs and open spaces around Underhill than in 2009 even though very few Barnet [...]