Who would want to be an Arsenal fan at the moment?

It was a long, long, long week for Arsenal fans. With no mid-week match as a distraction there was nothing left to do but ponder, speculate, and rehash the events of last weekend, the result and individual performances against Man United.

It did not make for a pleasant week. So much hope had been built up heading in to that match that by the end of the 90 minutes anyone who dared even consider that next up was a trip to Stamford Bridge was reaching for the whiskey/vodka/tranquilisers.

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This week from the tipster I’m looking at the weekend’s fixtures and finding some value.

I know, it’s been a while.

I’d love to say I was doing Uni work, but well…

Anyway, with John Terry seemingly desperate to not win a World Cup by shagging international teammate’s girlfriends, I’ve had a think about what else the England squad could do to ruin our best ever chance for World Cup glory, add your own…

1. Appoint Wayne Rooney as team dietician. Kebabs, pies and Carling may be Mr Rooney’s spinach, but not for everyone.

2. Allow the WAGs to be as important as the players. Again

3. Take either of the Neville brothers.

4. Paul Gascgoine as recreational events coordinator. I know I play brilliantly after a night of cocaine, prostitues and hard liqour.

5. Rio Ferdinand dog-fighting, anyone? Not Rio fighting a dog, just organising the fights.

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A couple of months ago we launched a competition to win one of Zuku.com’s Soccer Pro Pack’s (Containing 6 sachets). We gave you a rather tough question last time around, but we decided to change it to make it easier for you guys…

How to win a pack is after the jump…

This week from the tipster I’m looking at the weekday fixtures and finding some value.

Which is better, Nani’s incredible run or Guti’s backheel assist… (A Football Report)

Is Robbie Keane a liar, or just confused?… (Caught Offside)

Who did Barcelona have bids turned down for?… (Soccer Rumors)

LadyArse airs her greivances about Arsenal’s lack of action in the window… (LadyArse)

Check out our sister site for all your sports tipping needs… (I Am The Tipster)

Become a fan of ours on facebook… (Facebook)

Wigan sign Moses, but will he save them?… (Never Captain Nicky Butt)

Its like Digg, but for football stories… (3Nil)

It seems like everyone is taking sides in the John Terry – Wayne Bridge saga. So here at In The Stands we decided to be no different…

The shirts that Tevez, Ireland and De Jong were sporting on Sunday.

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We’ve joined not so much to support Wayne Bridge, but declare our anti-John Terry stance. The man is a disgrace and doesn’t deserve to be England Captain. We all know he only has it because he is sponsored by Umbro.

Why you ask? The Mirror has 10 reasons why…

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This week saw Arsenal begin their “death run” as they drew against Villa and lost to Man Utd, lets see what LadyArse has to say about it…

Arsenal headed in to what some supporters are calling the ‘Death Run’ with a not-quite-deadly display away at Villa Park. Villa, Man United, Chelsea, Liverpool. What fun. For those who have masochistic tendencies.

The only talking point to come out of the Villa match was Martin O’Neill’s ridiculous reaction to something Wenger didn’t even say. The fact that he was still yammering on about it three days later shows that MON might be feeling the pressure a little bit as every Arsenal fan thought sure that once he had read what Wenger had actually said he would realise he’d made a tit of himself. Not so. Whether he chose not to read the full statement, or read it and thought his stance placed him in closer proximity to Alex Ferguson, who knows, but what is certain is that the story will now go down in history as one in which Wenger called Villa a long ball team when he actually said:

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It’s always the Rooney’s and Terry’s of this world making the headlines (although not always for the right reasons) so it’s about time some of the lesser players got some kudos. So here it goes.

10. Danny Murphy – A key, key man for Fulham. His experience, his ability to pick a pass and his set pieces are integral to how Fulham play. He will be very hard to replace if and when he retires.

9. Leon Osman – Did you know that Osman has scored 4 goals in all competitions for Everton this season? He also scored 7 in total last year. Okay, this may not sound like much, but considering Everton aren’t known for their scoring ability, the goals that do come are usually precious. There is no denying that Osman is a key member of the Everton squad.

Despite being a United fan, as I watched Bellamy being hit by a coin I couldn’t help but think what a stupid move it was by the thrower. Not just because it’s attacking someone with a missile, but because he is going to get banned from football for life. Here is a picture of the mug…

So to exact revenge, City fans got hold of this lads address (I should say parents address, despite being 26) and have started ordering him a host of wonderful things. It’s a bit daft of Greater Manchester Police to release his details following his arrest, but anything he gets in return he can’t really complain about. Here is a list of the things ordered for Adam Teese by City fans from the clubs biggest fan forum, bluemoon…

(picture property of NOTW)

Now I have to congratulate those City fans for this prank, it is truly hilarious. Unfortunately for Adam it looks like this might continue until City win a trophy. Get comfortable lad, its going to be a long few years still…

John Terry has proved that he really is scum as it was revealed today that he got Wayne Bridge’s ex preggers and then helped her abort that baby…

Terry, Bridge and Perroncel

News of the World have some cracking pictures and some interesting news on the affair;

Married Terry – whose bid to stop us exposing his affair was thrown out by the High Court on Friday – was at the bedside of secret mistress Vanessa Perroncel for the procedure in a private clinic.

Afterwards he gave her £20,000 to “cheer herself up”.

Terry organised the abortion for his secret mistress just weeks into their affair.

Lingerie model Vanessa, ex-partner of Terry’s England team-mate Wayne Bridge, got pregnant at the beginning or their relationship.

A source close to the French beauty revealed that she was worried because the lovers hadn’t used protection. A fortnight later, tests confirmed she was carrying married Terry’s child. And around seven weeks into the pregnancy the pair decided the baby should be aborted.

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