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Arse (n.) = an Arsenal player or fan Arse drivel (n.) = crap spouting by the press about Arsenal, usually about the team's imminent demise Arsenalicious (adj.) = pertaining to footballing greatness and style Arsquire [Arsq.] (n.) = honorary title given to esteemed Arses (eg. Mr. Fredrik Ljungberg, Arsquire) arsetimate (vb.) = to consider the strength of an Arsenal side arsewiped (adj.) = injured intercescuality (n.) = when a midfielder, usually of prodigious talent, is able to seamlessly fill in for Fabregas Invinciblitis (n.) = acute nostalgia for the Invincibles era Le Prof-iteering (n.) = the buying and selling of players at a huge profit Theo (vb.) = to hurry, or move very rapidly (eg. Will you please Theo up, we're going to be late for the match) Young Gun (n.) = member of the Arsenal youth team. Any Arsenal player under the age of 21 Head on for a full Lexicon of Arse.
Category Archives: Match Report
Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool: Sluggish Arsenal Get Exactly What They Deserve
As Robin Van Persie slotted home an immensely late penalty and the Emirates erupted I had a headline all ready to go for today’s blog; ‘Still Alive, But So, So Lucky’. And lucky is exactly what we would have been … Continue reading
Man United 2 – Arsenal 0: History Repeating
Posted by Sonuvagun Being an Arsenal fan is beginning to feel like being a follower of Opus Dei. A great deal of fervour and blind faith is needed, as is a love of pain. I don’t know about you, but … Continue reading
Disappointing But We Live To Fight Another Day
Posted by Sonuvagun Sack Arsene Wenger! Sell Koscielny! Shoot Szczesny! We’ve lost the Carling Cup Final today and I’m sure more than one fan will be calling for some radical reactions to what they perceive went wrong on the day… … Continue reading
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Arsenal 2-1 Barcelona: Sweet Delirious Whooping
Posted by SmartArse We at COTA have been a little lax of late, but were well and truly roused by what can only be described as a gob-smacking win against Barcelona. I watched the game, then I watched the highlights … Continue reading
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Wigan 2 – 2 Arsenal: 8 changes, 2 penalties and 2 dropped points
Posted by Andre The Giant Judging from the reaction on Twitter last night (again), you’d think that Arsenal had been 2-0 up against Wigan (again) and lost 3-2. In fact, we were 1-0 down and eventually drew 2-2 in a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2-2, Arsenal, Arshavin, Bendtner, Penalty, Rotation, Wenger, wigan
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Arsenal 3-1 Chelsea: Not A Cheese Induced Dream
Posted by SmartArse It’s been two days since we beat Chelsea and I’m delighted to find that the whole thing wasn’t some dairy induced dream caused by a monumental intake of Brie around Christmas. In fact, we didn’t just beat … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Song, Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea, Premier League, Theo Walcott
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Man Utd 1 – 0 Arsenal: a borefest of epic proportions
Posted by Andre The Giant Zzzzzzz……what…………zzzzzzzzzz……blog………drink………girls…………na na na na Nasri…….. Right, awake again, blog post, sorry about that. Before the game today, Arsenal had the best away form in the league, with 5 wins, 2 draws and only one loss … Continue reading
Arsenal 3-1 Partizan: Dithering, Denilson, Road Runner And The Bobbsey Twins
Posted by SmartArse Wednesday’s game was, to be blunt, uninspiring, but we got the job done. To be honest I didn’t ever actually think we wouldn’t win the game, insipid as we were. While most teams that we inexplicably hand … Continue reading
Arsenal 2-1 Fulham: Starting To Swoon For Sublime Samir
Posted by SmartArse During last week’s horror show against Braga my usually reasonable Dad, in a rare fit of hysteria, yelled angrily at the tellybox that Cesc Fabregas was our only world-class player and nobody else was fit to wear … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Song, Andrey Arshavin, Fulham, Premier League, Samir Nasri
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