Posted in comment on Sep 29th, 2006 3 Drinks »
I would like to apologise for being the only Arsenal site not to celebrate the tenth anniversary of our Lord, Wenger, yesterday. In all honesty I felt that everybody had said all there was to be said about the great man. Others captured perfectly what we already know, that we are extremely fortunate to be […]
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Posted in tongue in cheek on Sep 28th, 2006 Comments Off on Spurs In New Food Scare
You couldn’t make it up! Listeners to TalkSport yesterday afternoon were treated to the real reason behind our friends and neighbours poor start to the season. Asked to comment on Tottenham’s early season struggles, their new defender, Pascal Chimbonda, apparently observed ” our mayonnaise has not yet set”. Now forgive me for perhaps being less […]
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Posted in match review on Sep 27th, 2006 1 Drink »
All things considered that was a very good night’s work against Porto. Let’s not kid ourselves that the opposition bore any resemblance to the side that lifted the trophy just over two years ago. Nonetheless they were the first to admit that they could not live with the quality of their hosts football last night. […]
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Posted in match preview on Sep 25th, 2006 Comments Off on Unleashing the Beast?
With just twenty-four hours to the Gunners Champions League clash with Porto speculation is rife that Julio Baptista may be let loose on the 2004 winners. The on-loan Brazilian has only featured from the bench thus far but Wenger has confirmed his time is close. “It is more adaptation to the pace of the game […]
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Posted in match review on Sep 24th, 2006 2 Drinks »
Well, for an hour or so yesterday the signs were not good. Another limited opponent was in danger of frustrating Arsenal at their new home and rather than witnessing the blunting of the Blades (sorry, but everybody else used that line in their previews!) the assembled throng were in fact doing quite the opposite. Knives […]
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Posted in comment on Sep 21st, 2006 Comments Off on A Real Arsenal Legend Writes
The beauty of e-mail is that sometimes you can get back from a hard day in the office and an unexpected message brings happy memories flooding back. One such occurence has lifted me this evening. I quote ‘Perry Groves spent over a decade in the footballing spotlight and his new book ‘We all live in […]
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Posted in comment on Sep 20th, 2006 Comments Off on The Ashburton Experience
As anybody who has ever moved house will know, this can be the most traumatic of experiences. A great deal of effort has been put into your abode and then, for whatever reason, you move upmarket, and the experience is not always without its drawbacks. So it is also with Arsenal’s move to Ashburton Grove. […]
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Posted in comment on Sep 19th, 2006 4 Drinks »
Just a brief comment today on the Beeb’s latest effort to drag football through the mud. You’ll remember a few weeks back that the Newsnight team tried to drag the good name of Arsenal down for alleged illegal payments to a Belgian feeder club. You’ll also doubtless recall that in their thirst for sensation they […]
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Posted in comment on Sep 18th, 2006 Comments Off on 'Blame Wenger' and Other Animals
It has been a fascinating day to be an Arsenal fan. Walking into work on a Monday morning with a spring in the step has not been a regular occurence of late! There is something predictable but comforting about the first half hour in the office. Everybody skirts around a game that didn’t affect the […]
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Posted in match review on Sep 17th, 2006 Comments Off on Adebayor My Lord, Adebayor
I have waited a couple of hours before composing my thoughts on the defeat of Manchester United at Old Trafford. I didn’t want to write anything in the warm afterglow that followed the final whistle, and perhaps overdo the celebrations. Let me backtrack four hours. I arranged to meet the man who runs the finest […]
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