As the age -old cliche goes: ‘cheats never prosper’. It would be lovely to think that this was true but we have to face up to a fact - it’s not. Were this true then George W. Gump would never have become President, Italy wouldn’t have won the World Cup and Bolton would have had at least three players sent off whenever we played them in the last few years.

Kiev prospered from cheating on Wednesday night, both for the penalty and for the numerous kicks Theo had to endure from opposing defenders without the ref even batting an eyelid. I’m not saying Arsenal are totally blameless on the cheating front, I still hear Pompey fans whining about that dodgy penalty Pires won against them a few years back which maintained the famous unbeaten run. More recently we’ve seen Eboue pull the odd stunt like the penalty against Rovers and a few annoying dives in previous seasons which the media always love to harp on about. While he may not be blessed in the brain department Eboue obviously thinks that if the likes of Babel, Ronaldo and Drogba can profit from a few theatrics then why shouldn’t he and who can blame him?

There is no equality in football. I learnt that when I was 13 and saw Shearer kicking Neil Lennon in the head and getting off scot-free. Had that been Vinnie Jones, Ian Wright or any other ‘hardman’ from that era without the ‘teacher’s pet’ status that Shearer had then their appeal forms would have gone straight to the shredding machine upon arrival at Lancaster Gate.

Wenger needs to get over trying to play fair all the time. We are not going to get some sort of karmic payback any time soon and we cannot expect refs to be completely fair whenever we travel to Old Trafford or Anfield. United, Spurs and Chavski are never going to be brought to book by those spineless toads at the FA for turning a blind eye to those vile chants aimed at Le Boss every time we play them. I’m not saying we have to sink to their level and start chanting songs about Munich, although I have a lifelong Man City-supporting workmate who certainly knows one or two. However, when United fans next start chanting ‘sit down you p********e’ at Wenger why not come up with a chant about Kleberson, their ex-midfielder whose wife was 14 when he played for them?

I guess my main point is that we need to start getting ugly, both in the stands and on the pitch. This weekend, if Bolton resort to their normal tactics of trying to cripple every player one by one Arsenal need to kick those savage Northern neanderthals back twice as hard. We’re not gonna get any protection from the ref - although Theo might do given his recent heroics for England, although he’s still got a way to go before he gets to that teacher’s pet status that Shearer had - so we need to play rough and say bollocks to the consequences. Diaby played Bolton at their own game last season and, although he got sent off, Arsenal won at the Reebok for the first time in ages. This was mainly because of the siege mentality that developed as a result of the red card.

The Invincibles had that same mentality after The Battle of Old Trafford II, when Keown, Lauren and the Romford Pele took the law into their own hands against that cheating equine-human hybrid they call Ruud. Although James Lawton and Murdoch’s little bitches at Sky and The Scum newspaper made it out to be Good United against Evil Arsenal I was glad as it brought about that siege mentality. It was after that game that I realised Arsenal were capable of winning back the title that season.

That same siege mentality is required again if we are to stand any chance of winning anything this year and to hell with the FA, Murdoch’s bitches, James Lawton and any other idiot who wants to have a pop. My response to them would be ‘come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough!’