"UEFA Champions League Trophy Tour"

The magnificent trophy went on tour at Gurney Plaza last weekend, thanks to Heineiken!



There wasn't a big crowd though... perhaps the event wasn't well advertised! I only chanced upon it when I saw the advert in the Sun.


Besides the cup, there were also memorabilia from previous matches on display





This brings back bitter memories... :-S



And me helping to lift the cup on behalf of Arsenal!



... because it just seems like we're never gonna win it for real....... :'(

"Thierry Henry - Funny Trick"

Cool!

"Arsenal 2009/10 Away Jersey"

New Away kit! It's nice to see how the designers try to make football jerseys as close to casual wear as possible :)

"Champions League Final 2009"

In the 2006, we saw the heartbreak of Arsenal losing in the Final, especially feeling for our legendary hero and captain Thierry Henry.



He has since left Arsenal and moved to Barcelona.

Just now was 2009 Final: Barcelona beat Man United 2-0!



and Henry finally gets his hands on the Cup!

Hurray! Not a fan of Barcelona but it's truly a deserved win over MU! And most of all, for Henry to finally lift the trophy. He also had some words which may have referred to Arsenal:

"You can play good football, pass the ball well but unless you win silverware sometimes it doesn't count.''

So true!

"Man United v Arsenal"

*Update*

MU 0-0 Arsenal

Ok, so they won the league already. Wasn't a very exciting match; MU seems just want to defend. But I was quite surprised and pleased that Arsenal made a fight out of it. We'll be back next year!!

Catch it tomorrow, 7.45PM. MU need only a draw to win the league. Arsenal got nothing left to play for except pride. But I'd sooo hate to see if we have to be celebrating for MU at their home!

"Champions League Semi-final 2009"

Between a week of working like crazy to meet some ridiculous deadline, there was UEFA Champions League football semi-final 2nd leg to watch. Came back from work alrdy 10PM, sleep at midnite, wake up 3AM..

Semi-final #1
Arsenal v Man United
Result: 0-0 first leg, 1-3 second leg, 1-4 on aggregate. MU qualify.

Semi-final #2
Chelsea v Barcelona
Result: 0-0 first leg, 1-1 second leg, 1-1 on aggregate, Barcelona qualify on away goals rule.

Felt sorry for Chelsea because they *almost* qualified, but Barcelona scored right at the end to qualify on the away goals rule. The difference between the 2 semi-finals was that Chelsea fought for it while Arsenal didn't even turn up. It's so frustrating to see after MU were 3 goals up, they just slowed down, as if pitying Arsenal. But the truth is we were just not good enough. When it really matters the most, Arsenal went missing again. FA Cup semi final also like that, Champions League semi final also same.

Sigh, in Arsene we trust, but please do something about this!

"Arshavin signs for Arsenal!"

In response to Eric's comment, yes we Gunners are so happy and proud that Andrey Arshavin has signed for Arsenal! At last, we signed somebody!! And yup, he's definitely got that "Gunners's Look" (unlike Silvestre who will forever be remembered as Devils).

Ok, we're not playing well at the moment. In fact, this is probably the worst team we've seen: Adebayor can't seem to hit the target, Bendtner, Denilson, Diaby, Song, Gallas, Clichy, Eboue, all of them are just average (bordering on crap) players. We can't score, we can't defend.

Godfather (Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger) tells us that we are a young team, we lack a bit of experience, but we're improving. Oookay... we put our faith in him! Eh, how convenient, Arsenal, Arsene and now, Arshavin... 3Ar--... Arrr!! Good sign.... now score some goals, dammit!!