anxiety is setting in

four more sleeps until the big game. the biggest arsenal game since i've been a fan. the biggest arsenal game ever, really. and i am beginning to stress out.

i've had a couple of obsessions in my life, but none so strong as film until football took over. but with film, and in particular harrison ford films, i never felt fear the week before the film opened (at least not until after ford made hollywood homicide). but sport is a different beast. it is a once in a lifetime chance. it is unscripted. it allows fans to be part of something, to root their team on, to embrace the chaotic nature of winners and losers. it is a drug. and i am addicted.

and i need arsenal to win. i need them to win because i am in need of something good. i need them to win to keep henry. i need them to win to complete the giant fuck you to tottenham. i need them to win for bragging rights. i need them to win for my milos. i need them to win so that they will officially become as big as man utd and liverpool. i need them to win because it would bring me joy.

and i know they won't. they are arsenal. they get us close and leave us hanging. but it would be so brilliant if they did win. undoubtedly there will be more to come.

not at tottenham

Every team, has its ups and downs
Sometimes ups, outnumber the downs.
But not at Tottenham.

I'm inclined to believe.
If they weren't so down. They'd up and leave.
They'd up and fly if they had wings for flying.
Can't you see the tears they're crying.
Can there be some happiness for fans?

Not at Tottenham.

(to be sung to the tune of "Not in Nottingham" from Disney's Robin Hood)

question

not that i'm trying to rush anything here, but when do we find out who's been relegated, and who's been brought up for next season's barclay's league?

Tottenham is threatening to sue

It seems Tottenham is now threatening to sue the hotel they stayed at along with the English Premier League because of the food poisoning that supposedly cost them their Champions League berth. Of course, they were already talking about taking legal action if they were to be forced out of the Champions League by Arsenal winning this year's title, so I'm not sure what to make of this. Yes, it was a tough break for the team to go into a crucial game at less than full strength, but it's not like Arsenal was anywhere near healthy for most of the season. Who's to say they wouldn't have choked even if they were fully healthy? West Ham isn't to be taken lightly, just ask the Gunners who fell 3-2 at Highbury back in February.

I'm sure they will whine about this for the next 100 years if their moaning about how Arsenal got into the top division after WWI is any indication.