Remember Rocky

He Looks To Chip Schmeichel.......AND IT'S IN!!!

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Look How He Plays A One-Two

Down at the Factory we've aired a few Cazorla chants [I have a couple corking Christmas ones that may show up at a later date] but haven't settled on one just yet. The Seven Nation Army one doesn't seem to have legs with our grumpy bunch, but we've done the Tuesday Club Chim Chim Cher-ee one with mixed success.

Recently, fellow NY Gooner John said he thought this tune would make a catchy Cazorla chant [probably after screening Cinderella with his kids], since his name fits so nicely in the meter of the first line. He set me the task of coming up with something but I didn't know the tune. Once I heard it the words happened almost instantly. You've got to talk about his two-footedness of course, and I copped the last line from the Tuesday Club. Fair warning, it can get stuck in your head. On the plus side of that, it's easy to sing over and over to the annoyance of any rivals nearby.

[Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo/Perry Como/Cinderella]

tune suggested by a fellow NY Gooner

What a footballer
Santi Cazorla

Look how he plays a one-two

He can do magic with each of his feet

He is much better than you

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Just Knock The Ball Up To Giroud

Not too long ago, @7amkickoff tweeted that someone should come up with a Giroud chant to this tune. Diseased as I am, I couldn't resist. I tweeted it back to him in two parts and several folks retweeted and commented back, so I started giving it the gas down at the Factory.

Surprisingly TJ, who normally hates my stuff, rather enjoyed it. I've been toying with this Ridiculous Chants column idea for a while, so I figured I'd better launch it while the stars are aligned. Almost as soon as I posted it Jack chimed in with the line substituting Frenchman for future from the end of the song, and next thing you know I had another verse. Jack's dream is to get the hmmm hmmm hmmm's going down at the pub. Maybe this weekend. [edit: changed it to ooooh ooooh ooooh. Can't get much volume with the hmmm's]

[I Melt With You/Modern English]
special mention to @7amkickoff for suggesting the tune for a Giroud chant

The Frenchman's open wide, he’s in acres of space
Runs like an ostrich, but he’s got a chiseled face
When he attacks, defenders crash around the place
Never really knowing he was always....fucking ace

Just knock the ball up to Giroud
He started slowly
but he's getting better all the time.
He's more handsome
than me and you,
Just knock the ball up to Giroud.

[The Frenchman's  open,  wide]

ooooh ooooh ooooh. 

ooooh ooooh ooooh ooooh.

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Give And Go Jack

I've been toying with this Ridiculous Chants column for a while, so when Jack Wilshere recently re-emerged on twitter during a particularly lully interlull, I figured I'd pull the trigger. I have a Jumping Jack Flash one as well, but this one's a little more fun, especially since Ed is particularly fond of busting out the "WHAT YOU SAY????!!!" line that keeps the chant going.

[Hit The Road Jack/Ray Charles]

Oh look at Jack Wilshere he’s quick and he’s mean

He’s the best midfielder, that we’ve ever seen.

There’s one thing that we know,

When he gets the ball the Arsenal go [that's right]

Give and go Jack

When the ball comes back

We’ll score, we’ll score, we’ll score, we’ll score

Give and go Jack

And when it comes back we’ll score [WHAT YOU SAY????!!!]

Give and go Jack

When the ball comes back

We’ll score, we’ll score, we’ll score, we’ll score

Give and go Jack

And when it comes back we’ll score

And when it comes back we’ll score

And when it comes back we’ll score

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The Return Of The King [Redux]

Dumping Carragher on his ass. Thierry Henry.

As 2011 came to a close there were more than whispers that Thierry Henry would return to the club on loan, in a period when Arsenal definitely needed freshening up. Just how much impact he might have was a source of great speculation, with factions both for and against the move. To pay homage to his second spell at the club I wanted to select a trademark moment from our French master, perhaps optimistically wishing for a revival of Henry’s vintage form.

Which to choose from so many? The volley versus United? The Charlton backheel? The 227^th goal [even if the 226^th was way nicer, and by the way how fitting that he would tie Ian Wright’s record then surpass it in the very same match?], the full length pitch run versus Tottenham? I decided on this goal, that played such a crucial role in Arsenal’s crowning achievement.

Like A Boss

"Yet Again Arsenal In A Matter Of Seconds Have Turned Defending Into Classic Counter Attack"

It is a well-worn tale that Arsene Wenger insisted upon the signing of Patrick Vieira from AC Milan before he would put pen to paper on his own contract to join the Arsenal. As much as Wenger was an unknown quantity, so too was Vieira. It wouldn’t take long for either to justify themselves in the Premier League. Vieira became the fulcrum around which Wenger weaved Arsenal’s intricate passing game, combining the graft and guile with which to strip opponents of the ball and immediately launch the Gunners into attack.