Welcome to the Short Fuse

by Ted Harwood on Apr 19, 2010 5:33 PM EDT

Greetings, everybody, and welcome. I intend for The Short Fuse to become a hub of Arsenal news and commentary over the coming months, and to that end, I will be posting match previews, match reports, bits of news, extended articles, and anything else interesting and related to Arsenal, the Premier League, and football in general.

Also to that end, please feel free to check out the FanPosts and FanShots features that all SBNation blogs have. I encourage everyone to make use of and enjoy these features. In the finest Arsenal blog tradition, there will no doubt be differences of opinion, general outlook, and other sports-related emotional charge; I ask only that everyone make every effort to treat all supporters with civility and reason, both in FanPosts/Shots and in comments.

While in some ways this season has been difficult for us Arsenal supporters, I firmly believe that we have much to be optimistic about for the near future as this squad matures and gains confidence. I look forward to sharing this optimism with everyone.

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Hey Ted

I run SB Nation’s Lakers blog, but Arsenal is my 2nd love. I’ll be here quite a bit.

by C.A. Clark on Apr 20, 2010 11:40 AM EDT reply actions

Afternoon Ted

great to see we finally get a blog.

"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"

by firejerrynow on Apr 20, 2010 12:35 PM EDT reply actions

Good to see this here

Lifelong Seattle Mariners fan, Arsenal fan since about 1992. And since I’m here:

THREE GOALS CONCEDED IN TEN MINUTES? HOLY JEBUS WHAT THE EFF WAS THAT?

okay, I feel better now. Thanks.

by pdb on Apr 20, 2010 1:11 PM EDT reply actions

@pdb: Yeah. That was not fun at 9 AM on a Sunday.

@C.A. Clark and firejerrynow: thanks, guys. Happy to be here.

by Ted Harwood on Apr 20, 2010 3:03 PM EDT reply actions

Try it at 7AM out here on the west coast

it’s like getting up expressly for the purpose of getting hit in the face with a cast iron frying pan.

by pdb on Apr 20, 2010 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions

First game of the season I've missed

and thank God for that.

by C.A. Clark on Apr 20, 2010 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions

"Missed" is a relative term

The thing about this game was that it didn’t particularly feel like one of those typical mid-00’s Arsenal games, where they took a lead and you could see them hanging on for dear life; until the first goal went in they looked more or less in command. Then it was like somebody kneed them all in the groin and punched them in the face at the same time, and they just gave up. And that’s what kills me – it’s not the losing, it’s not even the losing to Wigan. It’s the giving up, the not giving a damn.

by pdb on Apr 20, 2010 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions

There was a sort of feeling that they thought the season was over…it is hard to judge mental states, but they certainly looked flat out there.

by Ted Harwood on Apr 20, 2010 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Which is inexcusable in a team that was only six points off the pace with a game in hand

The season’s over now, but it wasn’t before Saturday, and for them to act like it was…well, I’m glad Wenger went off on them the next day.

by pdb on Apr 20, 2010 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions

The only game I've missed

was the Everton 6-1 game. Happily, I got to see it on Arsenal TV afterwards though.

"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"

by firejerrynow on Apr 20, 2010 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions

I was wondering when there would be an Arsenal blog. Great!

by Bonzai on Apr 20, 2010 7:50 PM EDT reply actions

Welcome aboard...

You guys had a great season and are always a fun team to watch.

Reyes, Thole, Wright, Beltran, Bay, Davis, Martinez, Tejada...

by Stephen Schmidt on Apr 20, 2010 9:06 PM EDT reply actions

Finally

Somewhere to vent on SBN

You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.

by 3k on Apr 20, 2010 10:26 PM EDT reply actions