The Arsenal have the North London bragging rights after 9 goal thriller

The Arsenal and The Scum were involved in what has to be the derby of the year if not the decade. Everyone knows derby's are more kick and grit than style and panache and surprisingly it was The Scum who looked the better side for 45 minutes. I don't believe The Arsenal got out of the changing rooms until about the 25 minute because they certainly weren't in the game till then.

The Scum were in fine voices after Naybet took the lead for The Scum AGAIN FROM A SET PIECE in the  37 minute. With half time seconds away King Henry scored after finally waking up with what seems like his first touch and the only shot on target after a cross (yeah a cross?!) from 'Ralph' Lauren. With the scores all tied up at 1-1 I don't think anyone would of guessed what would happen next.

The second half saw seven goals scored by seven different individuals. The Arsenal showed why in equal amounts why we are so dangerous in attack and so shocking in defence. The goals were either a show of indivualism or mistakes and there were loads. Anyway read the full report here. We have the bragging rights and the three points- which were much needed after the recent run. And the points were more important than the performance.. but what a performance.

Le Old Garcon training with The Arsenal

Manu Petit has been training with The Arsenal after battling back from surgery and injury, that's about it full story here.

Coaching role for Tony 'Mr Arsenal' Adams?

Are we the only ones to notice that Highbury leg-end TA6 is out of work and that The Arsenal are in severe need of a defensive coach? We aren't going to undermine any of the coaching staff at The Arsenal, but in this case 1 and 1 DOES make 2. So we're thinking  of starting a petition to get Mr Arsenal a defensive coaching role at the club, let us know your thoughts. allgoonerdup@allgoonerdup.com

Not another fooking set-piece

It hasn't gone unnoticed that The Arsenal can't defend set-pieces, even Stevie Wonder has seen how many times we ship goals from set-pieces so we're going to start our very own statto-a-set-piece malarkey. In the next few days we will keep a record of how many goals against us are scored from set-pieces. Back in the days The Arsenal attack were the ones teams were fretting against when set-pieces were in and around the penalty box, however this season whenever the opposition get a free kick they look like they will score - and most times they do.

Non-football related

The completely off the wall and mentalist Old Dirty Bastard from the Wu Tang Clan died on Saturday in his studio from what is reported as being chest pains. ODB has to be one of the most popular but underated rappers of his generation - we will certainly miss his complete and utter nuttiness. Peace out dirty one.