Well I kwow everybody is terrifically excited about playing Barcelona so we can all find out whether Denilson is better than Xavi and Bendtner is better than Ibrahimovic and so on, and all our fantasy football manager theories will come true, but I've just checked my calendar and we are playing West Ham at home tomorrow. I remember bringing up a few posts in the past on the night before West Ham games and everybody came roaring back saying 'ooh West Ham are near the bottom of the league we will win 10-0' well we didn't at home last season we drew 0-0 and we didn't away this season we drew 2-2, if we cant make sure of a win tomorrow our season will take a turn for the worse.

Fact is the Hammers turn up mob handed to the Arsenal with a fantastic noisy support their team raises its game because to them its a London derby and that means something to a lot of their players, Scott Parker was exceptional last season as was Collins who has thankfully left, yes they are bottom of the league, yes their manager seems to have some rather strange ideas, but the fact of it is we need to be right on our game tomorrow f*ck Barcelona f*ck the Champions league, if we aren't sitting on 3 points by half seven tomorrow night the season will have taken a very serious turn for the worse and thats exactly what I am worried about.

This is the bread and butter of our season, our last two home league games Sunderland and Burnley have shown various deficiencies mainly terrible finishing and uncertain defending and we need to be focused humble and fully aware of the importance of the game. On the plus side Cesc is back and we have had a full weeks rest, but this will not be a p*ssabout and the game is every bit as important as some fantasy big time nonsense with Barcelona.

Anyone going?

Are you sitting right next to them.

Lets see what paedo songs they come out with this game. Seem to have a couple new ones every time.

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Yes about 5 seats away. I could do without it to be honest mate, I'm working all tomorrow and all Sunday as well.

Apart from spotting a few work mates and near neighbours from my local area, I don't really enjoy games like this because when alls said and done a) they will outsing us b) that lot can get all nasty especially with a 1730 kick off.

Least you might be able to stand all game since its a derby and hopefully you'll have decent people around you!

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Least you might be able to stand all game since its a derby and hopefully you'll have decent people around you!

Hmm not usually mate especially if we haven't got blocks 22 and 23. There will still be the usual collection of old ladies eating Mr Kipling cakes and bewildered foreign students with their Sony Hand cams, suddenly looking all worried when BUBBLES starts up and 4,000 nutters from East London start taunting us.

Absolute top class IMO


Though we can definitely agree on the fact that Mr Kipling has no place in football

At Old Trafford in the 0-0 league game last season (when they won the league) At half time there was this old lady a few rows back who got into a row with a bloke who was standing. She wanted him thrown out but since most others were standing he werent ejected -rightly so. So they moved her to the front. I was stood in the front row with 3 others and we were about 5 feet away from the Mancs infront of us and to the right, they were making their usual 'throat slit gestures' so the banter were decent.

The second half starts and now she's on our case. A couple of minutes in my brother gets a tap on the shoulder and there she is. Goes off on a tangent and it were a bit shocking to hear her introduce herself by saying 'f*cking gimps like you are ruining everyone elses matchday'. She calls the stewards and tries to have us thrown out. Thankfully they see a bit of sense which was surprising as stewards at old trafford are worse of the lot IMO and throw you out for nothing.

So for the rest of the game while getting stuff like 'wait there after the game you tw*ts your getting sliced' from the Mancs a couple feet away this old dear proceeds to sit down and read her magazine throughout the second half after trying to have us and a few others thrown out for standing (while everyone else was aswell just as they should be)

You just cant make it up. Some of the stuff old dears get on to at football is rather surprising!

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I think you would have to dismiss this woman as an unstable lunatic PK. In fact I would like to know who she is because if that is her staple behaviour in the Arsenal away section I would imagine she is well known amongst some Arsenal fans.

Mr Kipling cakes are a terrific cake, I have always been a fan of the French Fancies but I stand by my belief that cakes have no place at a football match, the fare should be strictly unpleasant pies and warm fosters lager, if people start getting cakes out of their lunchboxes generally you know that you aren't going to be in for particularly strong afternoon of Arsenal support.

I would rather win the Champions League my dear friend.

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I actually bought some of those fine Kipling chocolate slices today what a coincidence! I may be turning into an old lady

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if people start getting cakes out of their lunchboxes generally you know that you aren't going to be in for particularly strong afternoon of Arsenal support.

Haha quite right mate. Though I did take in a kitkat at the start of last month, surprised the steward outside the turnstiles a bit . Had a bit of change so picked it up at the train station. Positive is though you dont have to leave 2 minutes before the end of the first half like all the fat b*stards do in their rush for a hotdog - which in my experience a lot of people dont even finish instead putting it half eaten on the floor, which you end up stepping on if there's a goal.

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I actually bought some of those fine Kipling chocolate slices today what a coincidence! I may be turning into an old lady

And me. Had two slices today though my last pack finished and the nearest tesco's seemed to be out of stock.

Mr Kiplings in demand.

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Its nice to have a chat about cake isnt it. Takes me mind off things. Mind you i havent had any cakes today and im off to the game where i dont suppose there will be any either. Except those mini donuts which i dont like. Im afraid to say i do look down my nose at grown people who buy sweets pringles and donuts at the emirates because it gives away the fact that they think they are at the cinema. On the subject of packed lunches, there is only one type of football fan who is allowed to take packed lunches to games and those are those ones you get at away games, on their own, with thick glasses, and badges all over their anorak. They are often called nigel or derek but they get respect off the other fans because they havent missed an away game in twenty years and have all the scores written in a notebook. Only they are allowed to bring a packed lunch, which their mother would have done for them. For everyone else it should be strictly whats available at the ground.

I haven't opened them yet PK, I know once theyre opened theyll all vanish within 10 minutes so im just going to sit and admire them for a while. All this cake talk is making me hungry now.

Man, now I want some of those Mr Kipling chocolate slices.

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