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Archive for March, 2007

Old Holic is not a happy bunny this morning. As expected the amateurs that run the FA, having not acted on the Mourinho slur of a week ago, have charged Arsene Wenger with improper conduct and/or bringing the game into disrepute following his comments after the Carling Cup final. The Gunners boss was asked to […]

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A Rare Scrappy Delight

SuperAboufragileBapandAliareatrocious! (Sorry about that, my sub-editor will be severely reprimanded). The recent disappointments were, if not banished, certainly put to the back of the mind by the double triumph of last night. Those who have wanted to see the Arsenal win ugly got as close as they are likely to get to their wish. I […]

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No Racing Certainty

It’s a busy day for Arsenal. A trip to Villa Park provides us with a chance to bear out Arsene’s claim that “there is more than third or fourth place up for grabs”. It is Lord Wenger’s four hundredth Premiership game with the Gunners. Bon anniversaire, and all that. Flamini, Hoyte, and Rosicky return to […]

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2001, A Carew Odyssey

Some football is on the horizon at last. Tomorrow nights trip to Villa Park brings to a close the longest week of the year. There are worse places to be going as we seek to extract something from a season that fell horribly flat over ten awful days. Villa, under the highly regarded Martin O’Neill, […]

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I Don't Like Mondays

Well if Sunday was a slow news day for Arsenal, Monday has positively come to a halt. The lack of weekend action means there are no injury updates, no heated debates about conceding the first goal, and no abuse for the scapegoats of the day. We are signing the next big thing from the Caribbean, […]

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Indigestion

Sunday mornings are usually mixed affairs. The joy of forced labour not being required is tempered by the dull ache that attacks the head and stomach as the previous evenings food and wine begin to produce a chemical reaction in all points south. Often the mood is lifted by reading reports of the previous days […]

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A Quiet Friday

After all the wailing and gnashing of teeth it is now back to the Bloggers nightmare, a weekend without a game. That’s not my only gripe of the day. We now face a gap of a month without a home game between the draw (yes, we did not lose!) on Wednesday and the visit of […]

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I have been pouring over the forums in the wake of the Champions League exit to PSV Eindhoven. It’s not easy, and you can see the point at which reasonable people gave up the ghost and went to bed. The lunatics took over the asylums. In fairness it cannot have been easy being a teenage […]

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Talking Double Dutch

The first time I saw a Dutch team at Highbury was the great Ajax side of 1970 in the Fairs Cup semi-final. Arsenal won 3-0 at home and lost 1-0 away. That was the Ajax of Cruyff, Neeskens, and Krol. This PSV team is not Ajax. “Ah yes” said cousin Clogholic, “but this Arsenal team […]

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PSV On The Offensive?

The PSV game looms large in our thoughts and I am indebted to another of my continental cousins, Clogholic, for his update on the situation from Eindhoven. “Hey man, defensively we are in the deep doo-doo. Kromkamp, Da Costa, Reiziger, and Alcides are all out. That leaves just Alex and Salcido and Koeman will have […]

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