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Archive for February, 2007

Just when we thought it was safe again to go back to the north-west for a late kick-off up pop Blackburn to win over 180 minutes with just about their only shot on target! Arsenal’s ‘week horribilis’ that started in Eindhoven, continued in Cardiff, and hopefully ended at Ewood Park, has resulted in three defeats […]

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Last Man Standing

The FA have acted and decreed, as we all expected, that Adebayor’s appeal would be rejected and he would face a further charge which will doubtless result in a six match absence. We can’t argue he reacted badly to his dismissal, but six games for mistaken identity. I have to accept Paul Merson’s assertion on […]

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The Waiting Game

The fall-out from the Carling brawl continues as the FA delay and procrastinate, so no surprise there then. I think we all know what we can expect. Adebayor lost all chance of justice with his reaction to his red card and will be caned for an official’s mistake. We continue to wait for the most […]

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Sense Of Pride

Where to start. The mixture of emotions is still powerful this morning. Yesterday was a day that brought with it travel frustrations, new friends, pride at a fantastic performance by the ‘Young Guns’, and complete and utter disgust at the assistant referee. Finals should not be decided by incompetant officials. Let’s start with Great Western […]

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I'm Losing My Train Of Thought

Just time for a very view brief rambled thoughts as I begin to worry more about our travel arrangements for Cardiff. I am starting to visualise a mad scramble for cars if First Great Western fail to honour the tickets they have sold us for tomorrow. We’ll worry about that in the morning! The news […]

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Arsene Knows – Something

So it’s the last trip we’ll be making to Cardiff for a Cup Final (because Wembley will be open for business in May, right?) We are putting a relatively inexperienced team up against the reigning champions, so Arsene Wenger must be edgy and nervous, must he not? Well, judging by yesterday’s press conference, no he […]

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Cheers!

The last two matches haven’t happened. We are now fully focused on the Carling Cup Final this Sunday, which incidentally is sponsored by that damned fine brewer, Carling. (Ok, I’m not a lager drinker, but their act of returning their tickets to the competing clubs means that Arsenal’s allocation has stretched to us mere mortal […]

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Thinking The Unthinkable

A second consecutive poor performance has brought the nay-sayers out in depth again. Frustrating as it is to read much of the negative attitudes on the various forums one has to consider that some of the points being raised may be worth further consideration. I have no time for those who just keep on saying […]

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Wenger And Koeman Play The Numbers Game

It is Carnival time in Eindhoven on Tuesday but the party atmosphere that will hopefully sweep over the rival fans at the Philips Stadium will not extend to rival coaches Arsene Wenger and Ronald Koeman. They are currently pre-occupied with the question of what formation to use in order to secure an advantage in their […]

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Much Ado About Nothing-Nothing

Just time tonight for a few brief words about the non-event that was the goal-less clash with Blackburn yesterday. If you are looking for positives then clearly the depth of the squad is now being demonstrated fully. Nine changes were made from the triumph at Bolton, and by and large the ‘fringe players’ are proving […]

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