Because of the expanded away support on Saturday, I was closer to the away support than normal. It was embarrassing to say the least.

When Argyle got their first corner, it was though they had just scored. Of course they were excitable, it was their final, but we simply failed to muster a decent response for the first 45 minutes of the match. Not a song of note.

2-1 and you still don’t sing. That was the cry from the visitors after they had pulled one back. And our response? We didn’t let them down anyway. It wasn’t that cold on Saturday was it? Most of the fans seemed to be frozen to their seats.

59,400 my arse, come on Arsenal, we aren’t stupid. It was clear to see that it was our worst attendance since the move from Highbury. 52,000 at best. Stop counting the prawn sandwich eaters who didn’t fancy it on Saturday, ‘cos it was a bit nippy, and count the turnstile clicks. Is the credit crunch hitting or is my predicted desertion of Ashburton now underway, due to indifferent results. Real fans will always turn out. The problem is that Arsenal no longer have a 100% true fan base.

And now I read that we are being linked with Arsharvin again. Come on, we need leaders. He will be great when we are 3-0 up at home to a team of pie-eaters on a warm Saturday in August or May, but will he stand out on a wet, cold Wednesday night in Jan-Feb at Wigan or Hull? Methinks not.