“Well They’ll Say What They Say…But It Doesn’t Mean a Goddamn Thing”

Well I’ve been coaxed out of my shell, and I promise that this page will again get the attention that I haven’t given to it for a long while. Truth is, between work, life and general laziness I haven’t made the time to update this. There’s a lot of internet out there and I’m easily distracted.

Among the things that I’ve been distracted by is comedy albums, and in particular Hannibal Buress’ (Animal Furnace, it’s great, listen to it, it’s on Spotify). It has one filler line in a joke about eating penguins, and it adds nothing to the joke, but it resonates with me.

“People never have anything.”

And yes, it is tenuously linked to football, but it speaks to my view about the world of football right now. Bear with me.

It was all good just a week ago

At the start of the week, things in the Arsenal end of North London seemed alright. As the Premier League was rolling ever nearer, we had a definite point to look forward in anticipation to. And we were looking forward with a degree of optimism; 2 brand new international strikers, a largely settled squad and a few laughs to be had at Tottenham thrown in for good measure.

Then Robin van Persie, our captain, talisman and top scorer metaphorically brought out the fan on Wednesday. And Usmanov started throwing shit at it soon after. In 2 swift strikes, before the season had even started, before pre-season had even started, the ‘Arsenal in crisis’ headlines had been rolled out.

Pretty rough couple of days, huh?