Clean sheet re-discovered
in North London

The Arsenal recorded their first win of the decade and kept their first clean sheet this century and seemed to have stemmed the tide of this current so called 'crisis'. The 3-0 thrashing of those defensive minded midland boys was the prefect tonic for what is going to be a pivotal week for The Arsenal. Goals from Pires and King Henry's double sealed the points for the gunners. Even though The Arsenal scored three goals and kept a clean sheet you would think the way the game was reported by some media that we lost. I must admit I don't mind the media writing off The Arsenal, there's no pressure on us in that quarter then and if we do win something - well we can shove it down their throats.

Saint Wenger dropped Jens 'the nutter' Lehmann to the bench and brought in Manuel Almunia in the only change to The Arsenal in a game we had to win after the Chelski's early kick off against The Toon ended 4-0 to the London Russians. The game was a bit closer than the 3-0 scoreline suggests however with Emile 'carpet' Heskey in the Brum forward line the defence must of known it would a quietish afternoon. There was only one heart attack moment from The Arsenal which was provided by Almunia - who after initially saving the ball dropped it on his line and then gathered it up - but the biggest cheer of the day besides King Henry's second and The Arsenal's third goal, a 'rare' headed goal at that was when Pires attempted a chipped pass but managed to smash the ball fully into Robbie 'Lilly' Savage's boat - good work fella.

King Henry to lead the troops

With Patrick 'Le Boss' Vieira out of the next two crucial games, King Henry will be made captain and will need to put to bed that he is not a 'big game player'. King Henry will need to be at his best and give both the Norwegians and Chelski the runaround. We're not quite sure why King Henry has been singled out by the media for not performing recently - he is the Premiership's top scorer with 13 goals, four more than his next 'rival' who happens to be Bobby Pires with nine.

Saint Wegner to tie Edu down?

With the January transfer sales only weeks away Edu can talk to any club and with the likes of Barca and Real Madrid being mentioned that could be too tempting for some. Saint Wenger has stated that if Edu doesn't sign an extention before January he will look to sign another experienced player for the midfield, and as reported here previously that could mean Manu Petit donning The Arsenal shirt for a second spell. Wenger has also stated should Edu not decide his future before January who could find himself frozen out.

And it's the potters in the cup

The Arsenal have been drawn against Stoke in the 3rd round of the FA Cup. The draw gives The Arsenal a home tie which could see some of our kids who play for the 'Little Arsenal'

Brum match - my verdict - reaction

Well three goals, three points and a clean sheet - who would of thought it.. a clean sheet that is - the first one in 12 games. We played well enough limiting the northern monkey's to only a handful of chances - The Brum came to defend - so the longer the game went on the longer the frustration went on but Bobby Pires' goal in the 33rd minute made everyone relax a bit more as it meant The Brum would have to come out and play - which we didn't allow them to do. Freddie Ljungberg took the game to The Brum and was a livewire from the first to the last minute - let's hope over the bext 180 minutes we have eleven players in red and white who want it as much.

60 second roundup

'Le Boss' Vieira says he wont be missed in the next two games as he believes The Arsenal lead by King Henry will come through with victories..... Chelski reserve 'keeper Claudio Cudicini has been linked to The Arsenal in the January sales transefer window..... King Henry say's if The Arsenal fail in their next two games he will be blamed but goes on to tell his critics to go 'jog on' as he feels he's been receiving unnecassary flack.....another Brazillain this time in the form of Anderson Silva who plays for Racing in La Liga has been strongly linked to The Arsenal....oh and tonight there's another bit of London bragging rights on the line when The Arsenal reserves play The Scum reserves....

Win an EXCLUSIVE T - shirt