

Randoms
(UPDATE) Poll: Where Would Arsenal’s Injury List Finish?
By: Martin |As you know, we complain about injuries, even though a lot of other clubs (Liverpool, Chelsea) have plenty of injury problems of their own. But we now have fully eleven (UPDATE: 12. See below.) players injured, and crying doesn’t help, so why not have a little fun with it?
Our 11 players could be configured into [...]
I’m Pretty Sure I Had a Crazy Dream Like This Once
By: Martin |Exclusive Arsenal Offside Interview with Darren Fletcher
By: Martin |On the heels of third-place Manchester United’s loss to Chelsea yesterday, Darren Fletcher made the claim that he had only been called for a foul on Ashley Cole because of comments Arsene Wenger had made in the media two months ago (comments which did not even mention Darren Fletcher’s name). We here at the Arsenal [...]
100 Best Players of the Decade
By: Martin |The Offside’s Main Page decided to compile a list of the “100 Best Players of the Decade.” I thought it might be of some interest to you, especially since Arsenal is out of action for a couple of weeks. It was voted on by all of the Offside’s bloggers, as well as readers. I will [...]
Arsenal-AZ Open Thread
By: Martin |Lineups are in:
Arsenal: Starters: Almunia, Eboue, Gallas, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Fabregas, Song, Diaby, Nasri, van Persie, Arshavin. Substitutes: Mannone, Silvestre, Rosicky, Senderos, Eduardo, Sagna, Ramsey.
AZ: Starters: Romero, Jaliens, Moisander, Moreno, Poulsen, Holman, Mendes da Silva, Schaars, Martens, Pelle, Dembele. Substitutes: Swerts, van der Velden, Lens, Wernbloom, Didulica, Ari, Pocognoli.
Eboue starts at right-back and Sagna gets a [...]
Happy Birthday, Arsene Wenger (UPDATED)
By: Martin |60 years young today.
What’s he doing to celebrate? Probably having some kind of big, lavish party, with Elton John playing songs while young starlets mill around drinking champagne? How about it, Arsene?:
No, I have nothing to celebrate. It will be very quiet. I have the AGM. We have a big game on Sunday again [...]
International Break News (Yawn)
By: Martin |Sigh. International breaks are so boring. Not too much going on in the lead up to the games over the weekend, but a few things have popped up so I thought I’d do a roundup/link dump of what’s been going on this week.
USArsenal
By: Martin |As you probably know, in recent years, Arsenal has dramatically strengthened its ties to the United States. Arsenal hired Ivan Gazidis, who was born in South Africa, grew up in England, but worked as an attorney in the United States before becoming deputy commissioner of MLS, as its chief executive in 2008. Colorado native Stan [...]
Memorabilia Item Extraordinaire
By: Martin |Looking for that truly one of a kind item? Then go here for the perfect conversation piece for any Arsenal fan.
It would also make the absolute perfect gift for that very special Arsenal blogger in your life. Especially one who has an inordinate amount of love for Nicklas Bendtner. And whose birthday was yesterday. [...]
William Gallas Is Just Like You and Me
By: Martin |We sports fans, even those of us who are ostensibly grown men, have a tendency to make our favorite athletes out to be larger than life. Different, somehow, then the rest of us who show up to a job we may or may not like every day and feel underpaid and underappreciated. So it is [...]






