Well now, when it comes to football, one man has for many years been the most noticeable, the most controversial, and occasionally the most successful blogger this country has ever produced. His pithy words and abrasive style make him as famous off the pitch as he is on it. This man is Escapini. "I love football. Football she's a cruel mistress. She's, she's more than a mistress. She's a wife, she's a mother, she's a daughter, she's an errant child. She's a… she's a… she can make you laugh, she make you cry. She can bring tears me eyes. She can bring blood to me shoulders. She can bring a kettle to the boil." "Cause football is about nothing, unless it's about something and what it is about, is football."

1 min readPublished 25 Sept 2011, 13:00Updated 25 Sept 2011, 18:05

Arsenal Football Club

‘I am Not An Idiot, I Am A Polar Bear’ Arsene Tells UK Press

If anyone can explain what was going through the Arsenal coach’s mind when he made the remarks below to John Cross at The Mirror on Friday, please feel free to share.

“When you have heavy criticism of a young player I am more worried about it I am supposed to take the bullets and absorb them. Like a bear. A polar bear.

In fairness, it does not hurt too much. You worry more about the young player who gets in the team at the moment and gets slaughtered, it’s much more difficult. When I was 19 that was much more difficult to take for me.

I’m a human being and I prefer it when you say I am not an idiot. But I know that it is an emotional game and I have to deal with that.”