Stone Cold Friday Series

Every Friday, I write an article at A Cultured Left Foot, one of the most popular Arsenal blogs out there. In this article series, you can find the specific Stone Cold Friday Articles as published on ACLF. They are in chronological order.

1. The Establishment’s Anti-Arsenal Bias is a Blessing in Disguise

Published 04/09/2009

Inspired by the drama of the 2-1 defeat at Old Trafford, the article examines how Arsenal can overcome the innate bias from the English footballing establishment.

2. Examining The State Of The Arsenal

Published 11/11/2009

Let’s face it, nobody likes international breaks when we’re starved of proper football. What better to do than to examine the State of the Arsenal quarter way through the season.

3. Exposing The Myth of Arsenal’s Soft Underbelly

Published 20/11/2009

It’s in Chapter 2, section 4 on the manual of how to be a successful sports journalist or pundit. “Arsenal has a soft underbelly and that’s the story we’re sticking to”. We expose this myth in this article.

4. Examining The Gap Between Arsenal And Chelsea

Published 27/11/2009

Believe it or not, you could drive a Eurostar train through the gap. And no, it’s not because Chelsea are the world beaters that we’re told they are. Take a peak and find out why Arsenal is light years ahead of Chelsea.

5. Unite And Win, Divide And Fail

Published 04/12/2009

There’s no getting rid of the doom and gloom brigade. Unless Arsenal wins with a cricket score without conceding a single goal and with the opponent rolling over and dying in embarrassment, there really is no pleasing some fans. See my take on all this dooming and glooming nonsense.

6. Between The Sticks

Published 11/12/2009

You wonder why they do it. The most thankless job on the football pitch where the whole world and their dog scrutinizes every aspect of your game….sorry, your mistakes. Because the mistakes of a goal keeper of course leads to goals. This article debates Arsenal’s goal keeping situation.

7. Dear Santa…

Published 18/12/2009

Dear Santa, what will you bring for Arsenal this Christmas?

8. Arsenal AT Crossroads With Start of New Decade

Published 02/01/2010

It’s a new year, it’s a new decade, and it begins with promise. An Article reflecting over the last period and looking forward to what’s in store.

9. 8 Reasons Why Arsenal Can Win The Title

Published 08/01/2010

If I were a book maker, these are the 8 reasons why I would make the Arsenal favourites to win the league in 2010. It’s a good thing then that I’m not a book maker and no one is noticing Arsenal go about it’s business quietly – and this kind of suits us. The less notice is taken about us, the more folks will be shocked at the end result.

10. 6 Ways For Arsenal Fans To Survive The Season

Published 15/01/2010

A light hearted view about how to get through the long and arduous season as an addict of Arsenal’s brand of scintilating and sexy football. Contains 6 steps to managing your life as an addict.

11. Time For The Arsenal Boys To Become Men

Published 22/01/2010

How many times have we heard the nonsense about Boys and Men when it comes to describing Arsenal’s inexperience. I suppose sensationalism can be explained by the fact that newspaper columns have to be filled to sell papers and news cycles have to run 24 hours a day to sell advertising – but in this article, we examine the varacity of the claim that Arsenal has boys and other teams have men.

12. Why Arsenal Can Do Without Another Striker

Published 29/01/2010

It’s funny how the solution to every footballing problem is seen as “you have to buy new players”. Whatever happened to going back to the training ground and sorting yourself out. I don’t believe in the notion that players become useless overnight. Indulge in our debate as to why Arsenal can do without another striker, if they can’t find a suitable person in the January 2010 transfer window.

13. Time For Arsenal Supporters To Move On

Published 05/02/2010

A section of the Arsenal supporter base have a propensity to press the self destruct button every time Arsenal don’t win playing champagne football. To tell you the truth, this fragility and inability to withstand adversity is anoying and pathetic for most part. If only it were possible to actually get rid of such fans and get a different lot in who can actually figure out the meaning of the terms supporter or fanatic.

14. The Home Stretch Is Not For The Faint-hearted

Published 12/02/2010

The business end of the season is here with us. Who said it was easy to be an Arsenal fan. The Gunners are in a dog fight for the title and it calls for courage on the pitch from the team, and courage off the pitch by the supporters. Strap yourselves in, check your helmet and get ready for this roller coaster ride because the home stretch to the title is not for the faint-hearted.

15. Is Arsenal’s Hill Of Beans Becoming A Mountain?

Published 19/02/2010

Forget Mystic Meg or Odome Brown of the Ghost legend. I’ve got some serious rituals that I indulge in before every Arsenal game. Funnily enough – so do most people. I begin to wonder whether they work if you think that Arsenal has had some serious individual ‘howlers’ that have led to costly goals. We examine whether these lapses of judgement amount to something sinister or whether they just amount to a hill of beans.

16. Gunners Must Be Tanacious And Hold Their Nerve

Published 26/02/2010

‘Squeaky bum time’ anyone? They say you make your own luck. Well, Arsenal’s is going to be made by other teams relieving the title challengers off the points. But what good is it if we don’t do our job and win our games? tanacity and mental strenth are essential to hold on to the bumpy ride.

17. They Say Faith Can Move Any Mountain

Published 12/03/2010

It’s most definitely “squeaky bum time”, and the nerves are getting fried whenever we step across that white line. Now more than ever though, the team and the fans need to have faith. Delv into our satirical look at why those who don’t have faith in the Arsenal are getting themselves “humble pie” insurance – just in case they need to save face come the end of the season.

18. Arsenal’s Nervy Road to Vindication

Published 19/03/2010

Seems a hell of a long time since veteran defender Sol Campbell walked out of Highbury at half time and disappeared into the reservation. Who would have thunk that he would still be facing West Ham in an Arsenal shirt? With the small matter of Real Madrid and Chelsea falling off the Champions league cliff despite the millions they’ve spent, we examine the nervy road to vindicating the Arsenal way of doing business.

19. The Ghosts Of Seasons Past

Published 26/03/2010

It’s the first time in 25 months since Arsenal were at the scene of Eduardo’s assault in Birmingham. Visiting the crime scene won’t be easy, but Arsenal have to exorcise those demons. The fact that the Gunners are well in the mix of the title chase doesn’t make the trip any easier. We look at the critical factors that will help Arsenal past this hurdle.