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Archive for January, 2007

Good Morning Fellow Holics

This will have to be a real quickie. There is a pint calling out to me as I prepare to hit the train to the match. The last twenty-four hours have brought about a slight amendment to yesterdays preview, in as much as Baptista has failed to recover in time for the contest. No drama […]

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Great Expectations

The chances of me being able to pen a column prior to setting of for the Grove tomorrow are slim, so it’s preview time on Goonerholic this morning. The injury situation appears to have improved according to reports yesterday, with Eboue, Djourou, Aliadiere, and Baptista apparently fit to play. Tottenham are not so fortunate, with […]

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The art of negotiation isn’t dead, but my skills are slipping a bit these days. Take this transcript of my discussion with Mrs Holic last night as an example of how not to do it! Holic “Sweetheart, do you remember when we went to visit the boy when he lived up north?” Mrs H “What’s […]

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Oops, They Nearly Did It Again!

In order that I can go on Wednesday, I struck a deal with the dearly delightful to watch todays contest in the local. It’s sometimes a blessing in disguise to watch games in the pub. The level of noise means you have to concentrate on the football a little more because the commentary is drowned […]

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A Classic Cup Tie?

Lots to do today, so it’s just a quickie this morning (how Mrs Holic hates those words!). I have been trawling some of the Bolton sites to get an idea of how they are approaching this afternoon, and shock, horror, they are human, just like us! There is an equal mixture of confidence and nervousness, […]

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Farewell My Lovely!

Cast your mind back to the late seventies and early eighties. Do you remember singing ‘You are my Arsenal’ to the tune of ‘You are my sunshine’? The last line was ‘Please don’t take my Arsenal away’. Did you ever imagine you would see Highbury looking anything like it does in the snap above? I’m […]

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So after the caviar that was the two goal comebacks against Manchester United at home and Tottenham away we are back to far more basic fare against Bolton Wanderers on Sunday. The team selection will be fascinating. Has ‘the Beast’, after notching six goals (make that seven!) in two tough Carling Cup ties in enemy […]

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Boys To Men!

Oh my thumping head, my churning stomach. Last night it hurt with laughter, this morning the distillers finest is definitely extracting full revenge for the way I glugged back the Glenmorangie, rather than savouring it. Yesterday I thought we might be good enough to get a draw at the Lane, and after a shaky start […]

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Third Time Lucky For Young Guns?

Well, the day has arrived. Once again the young Gunners have reached a Carling Cup semi-final, but this time, with all due respect to Middlesbrough and Wigan, the opposition provides some added spice. Tottenham, for all the ridicule we heap upon them, are developing. There has been a predictability about them in the last decade […]

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Happy Daze At The Lane

It’s a mixed blessing being a Gooner of advancing years. The downside is I can remember, all those years ago, when we used to go to White Hart Lane thinking we could be beaten, and sometimes having those worst fears confirmed. For the main part though there have been many great memories at the home […]

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