Three Goals And A Clean Sheet but Leeds Is All That Matters Now.

With all the madness going on at Upton Park, many of us thought that they may just have one of those days and play out of their skins. Sadly for them, it did not happen but for us, we got the three points, we scored three goals and got a clean sheet! What more can we ask for?

We also saw Robin Van Persie look as sharp as he has looked in a while! Cesc looks better every game he plays and Theo also had a very good game. Jack Wilshere was superb and him along with Cesc and Alex Song were practically untouchable in the midfield. Sammy Nasri got involved in most things and kept his good form up too.

My Theory about being more up for the League games proved there could be some truth in that too!

It was a good day in the office but its just one game. Attention turns to Leeds in the FA CUP now. This should have been a week off but us being the Arsenal, made things slightly more complicated then it had to be! Regardless, as long as we win the game, we are in a good position.

For me, its vital we have a good run in the FA CUP. With Barcelona coming in the Champions League, having the FA CUP in our lives just helps as it may even take some pressure away from the Barcelona tie. The more chances of silverware we have, the better. Winning at Leeds for me is a must, I will be a very disappointed man if we go out the cup.

The FA CUP is special and needs to be respected and i think the FA CUP could be an important part of our season. Winning the FA CUP would mean a good season and I hope we are up for it as we are in league games.

Cant wait for Wednesday! Come on you Arsenal!

Three points please!

Firstly, sorry for the lack of posts, had a lot on the last week or so. Been covering some of the Masters Snooker for another site too live from Wembley, which has been good, but not quite the Arsenal though!

I am going to avoid talking too much about the cup games but i do have a theory. The desire in the cup games has not matched the desire in the league games. The team that played against Leeds and Ipswich were more then good enough to win but just did not turn up with the sort of performance we expect.

The players that played in the two games are mostly first team squad members but not first choice players; so you would expect these players to want to take their chance to push to get into the first choice 11. That just didn't happen.

Sometimes, I feel that the players have a mind set that they know they have another game to make up for the result before. So for example, when we went to Shakhtar, we knew we had the Braga game after even though then we managed to mess up both and the next thing you know, we are playing Barcelona! The same happened in the Leeds game, we knew we had the back up of a replay and therefore did not win the original tie. With Ipswich it was the same, we knew we had the second home leg to make up for the first leg.

I am not sure if this is a mental issue or what. I really cannot explain why we looked so flat in the past two games.

The theory is most probably total rubbish but I do think we will see the real Arsenal in most league games. We have had some wake up calls earlier in the season and we know we are not in a position to drop points with Man Utd clear at the top of the league.

West ham have been struggling this season but their last five or six games have not been too bad, take away their 5-0 loss at Newcastle and their form is not as bad as people make out. So we cannot be taking this game lightly.

We must win and keep the pressure on. Its vital we win as Man Utd go to Spurs on Sunday and the only way to put pressure on is to win.

Come on you Arsenal !

Victory At St Andrews Could Prove Massive

I Must say, on a personal level i am thrilled to come away from St Andrews with three points and three goals. The memories of sitting in the stands last season was going through my mind at half time when we were 1-0 up and i was praying for a second goal.

At St Andrews, there are corporate boxes right behind us and most of them have home fans in, so therefore, last season, we could see them celebrate at the final whistle and that memory stayed with me, so it was so nice to get some sort of payback.

Off Course, the Eduardo day is still in our memories and hearts too so to get the victory was vital.

The chant of the day for me was 'We got Cesc Fabregas......Uve got Lee Bowyer'! and that was sung quite a few times during the game and after it!

But now that game is over and we move to the next game and that is another huge game. Every game seems huge at the moment and i hope a similar day to Chelsea is what we get. With the team playing with freedom and pressing the ball as well as they did last Monday and off course the fans playing there part because everyone was signing their heart out last Monday.

A win against City would mean an amazing Christmas period and another win in a big game would do even more for our confidence.

Come on you Arsenal !