Malcolm Sterling is a life-long Gooner with an appreciation for defensive midfielders and "seeing games out". Favourite players include Emmanuel Petit, Gilberto and Michael Thomas. Hates social media more than he hates "that poxy radio clown" but loves horses more than Michael Owen and enjoys a football flutter. Malcolm misses Highbury more than he can express despite only managing to visit fewer times than he's been to the Emirates.
It has been a while since Arsenal has won a trophy - almost 9 years in fact - and during that time we have seen our top four rivals clock up quite a few trophies but still Arsenal are one of the most successful teams in history, even when compared to Manchester United and Liverpool.
After suffering yet another on-season international break it has been soul-soothing to be watching Arsenal again. Winning against a good Southampton side by two goals to zero was an excellent result but for some reason the same scoreline against a Champions League opponent seems somewhat dissatisfying.
It is testament to the form Arsenal are in, the quality of the team and the expectation they have set for a two nil win against a decent Champions League team, in the as-branded 'Group of Death' no less, to be in some sense a disappointing result. We learnt a lot about Arsenal last night, lets take a look at what....
It wouldn't be the festive season at Arsenal if the legendary figure of Thierry Henry wasn't linked with a move back to the club. Arsenal's record goal-scorer has once again linked back with the club in order to maintain his fitness during the MLS off-season, training with the first-team at their Hertfordshire training base.
Arsenal posted pictures of Henry at their Hertfordshire training complex - sporting the number two on his Gunners' kit - on the club's official website.
