Crazy soccer

Why didn't I stay at Arsenal?"

The classic "rope-a-dope" almost worked for Chelsea. Almost. For 90+ minutes, the Premier League side allowed Barcelona to pound them in the guts (as Ali did with Foreman in Zaire), to pass them off the pitch. After 38 minutes, Didier Drogba had his chance to land a sickening sucker punch, as we all knew he would. But this time Victor Valdes was up to the job, making a splendid double save.

Barcelona failed to score at the Camp Nou for...

Is it acceptable to base an entire blog around a lame pun? Probably not, so I'll only devote a part of this post to the revelation that RvP said this week he wants "a happy ending" to the season. Tee-hee. He also said it would be "an incredible failure" if Arsenal fail to qualify for the 2009/10 Champions League.

Will Arsenal claw their way back into a Champions League position? A few weeks ago I predicted they would, and with Aston Villa fading (they lost 2-0 to Man City last night), fourth place...