Yellow

Even though, as @LittleDutchVA recently pointed out, yellow kits aren't the traditional away strip many believe them to be, there is just something about that color combination that gets us all excited. Worth a ridiculous chant no? 

Look at the stars

Look how they shine for you

They're Arsenal through and through

And they were all yelloooowww

Arteta's hair

Poldolski, Jack, Giroud

Cazorla plays it through

Finished off by Theoooooo

We came along

We wrote a song for you

know what goes good with blue?

Well it was all yelloooowww

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The Corporal Will Tear You Apart

It is a well-known fact that Carl Jenkinson comes from a family of Gooners and as such he has perhaps taken on a bit of a cult status with the Arsenal support. Alan Davies just might have a hand in that by dubbing him The Corporal. Earlier this season the Arseblogger unknowingly set up a hilarious scenario for the pre-Olymiakos press conference with this tweet. I remembered how last season we endured that spell without a first choice full-back on either flank, and of course that inspired a ridiculous chant. I hasn't caught on yet for some stupid reason.

[Total Eclipse of the Heart/Bonnie Tyler]

Once upon a time we didn't have a right back

Now we don't know which one to start

If Sagna isn't fit

The Corporal will tear you apart

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Dies Ist Meine Box

The most striking component of the Invincibles side [no pun intended] was their collective attacking ability, representing the epitome of Arsene Wenger’s footballing philosophy: score first and ask questions later. Although not quite held to the same high regard, there was a much-vaunted resilience in that Arsenal team that became a hallmark as well. While Wenger has managed to achieve some similarly breathtaking attacking play since then, we have all witnessed a massive decline in that latter quality.

There is an all too familiar scenario: a tough road trip after a grueling run of games against the likes of United, Chelsea, and Liverpool, traveling ‘up norf’ to play on a less than ideal pitch, towards the end of a long and difficult season. It is the kind of cocktail that would mean almost certain defeat to recent squads. In 2004, it was the kind of game that threatened the unbeaten run.

We Won A Golden Trophy

These days you just about cannot turn around without someone reminding you how long it has been since Arsenal last lifted silver. Just recently as I took in a match down at the Factory with the NY Gooners, we had the misfortune of having to stand next to a bunch of Chavs watching their match. But it was the one against Southampton, so we had the good fortune of watching them lose that match. Early doors, TJ made a joke about Torres’ face-mask, then started be-bopping and skatting all over it. One of the Chavs took umbrage and asked how many trophies we had.

Historically the Arsenal sit third in terms of league titles at 13, since you asked. And the last one, as long ago as it may seem to some narrow minded twits, is made of gold. There’s only one such trophy in the history of the Premier League, and it’s ours by virtue of competing for an entire season without losing a single match. That we did so against the likes of commercial behemoth United and oil-daddy funded Chelsea, makes that gold shine just that much brighter. That we did it just a year after Wenger was lampooned for claiming we could do it, even more so. Deserves a chant no? The color and winning the league in May ties in nicely with “She Wore A Yellow Ribbon.” 

We won,

We won,

We won a golden trophy

We won a golden trophy in the merry month of May

And when

 They asked

 Why was the trophy golden

We said it’s for the Arsenal ‘cos we never lost a game

Not a game,
Not a game,

We won a golden trophy ‘cos we never lost a game

Not a game,
Not a game,

We won a golden trophy ‘cos we never lost a game

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We Love You Freddie

In honor of Freddie's return to Twitter I'm posting this classic. It should be said, there's nothing ridiculous at all about this one. This is Gooner gospel.  Continuing on the theme of boozy, throatily sung la-la's from the last Ridiculous Chant, this one mixes up the order to make perhaps the best intro of any player song. 

There's nothing like the build up of the da-da's and hitting maximum volume on the first "We love you Freddie." NY Gooners added another verse when his billboard popped up in Times Square. To quote the man himself, it's fucking excellent.

Daaa-da, daaa-da, daaa-da da-da da

Daaa-da, daaa-da, daaa-da da-da da

Daaa-da, daaa-da, daaa-da da-da da

Daaa-da, daaa-da

We love you Freddie

Because you've got red hair

We love you Freddie

Because you're everywhere

We love you Freddie

Because you're Arsenal through and through

We love you Freddie

Because you're in Times Square

We love you Freddie

even your underwear

We love you Freddie

Because you're Arsenal through and through

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