Posted in comment on Oct 18th, 2007 2 Drinks »
The news that the current board of Arsenal Football Club have reached agreement about an extension to the much-publicised ‘lock-down’ on share dealing is indeed welcome. The announcement also goes some way to allaying the fears sparked by recent reports that Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith was considering all options with regard to her near sixteen percent […]
As if I didn’t already know Arsenal mean much more to me than the England side these days, it came home to me again at the weekend. I had arranged to play golf with an old friend this afternoon without realising the alternative attraction. ‘Do you want to play another day?’ he asked when discovering […]
Posted in comment on Oct 16th, 2007 8 Drinks »
Just time for a brief comment this evening. Not so much a comment as a series of links really. Let me quote the opening paragraph from Fran Merida’s profile on Arsenal.com. ‘A creative, highly technical central or left-sided midfielder, Fran made a huge impact following his arrival at Arsenal in the summer of 2006.’ Then […]
Posted in comment on Oct 15th, 2007 12 Drinks »
I remember having a discussion with a good friend as this season was about to start. The gist of his argument was that this version of ‘Wengerball’, the third, is in roughly the same stage of formation as the second was in 2001-2002. The similarities are there for sure. As then, this season began with […]
Posted in comment on Oct 14th, 2007 2 Drinks »
Sunday morning generally brings one of two feelings. Sometimes it is ‘the sun’s out let me walk to the newspaper vendor acknowledging everybody in sight with a cheery wave as Lionel Richie coos quietly in the background’. Others are like this morning. Dry mouth, banging temple, a strange buzzing between the ears. Obviously it was […]
The headlines must be screaming at Jens Lehmann these days. The Mirror, among others, rather briefly and coldly transports the message from Kicker’s interview with Oliver Bierhoff. Roughly translated he is alleged to have told his goalkeeper to reclaim his Arsenal place or leave. Lehmann himself believes he will be back for the clash with […]
There are certain things you have to do if you run a fans website or a blog. Principally one is required to ridicule the work of the mainstream media as often as possible. There are opportunities aplenty it has to be said as stories are ‘created’ from thin air to satisfy editors’ lust for column […]
Posted in comment on Oct 8th, 2007 8 Drinks »
It seems my view of Mathieu Flamini’s performance against Sunderland was not shared by all, and I am absolutely delighted that a number of fans are leaping to his defence. I should clarify what I meant. This was probably the first performance of the season where the two full-backs, the ‘Samsonesque’ Bacary Sagna, and Gael […]
Posted in match review on Oct 7th, 2007 7 Drinks »
This was the day the world almost turned upside down. The players who have, perhaps surprisingly, impressed most in Arsenal’s unbeaten start decided to choose today to have a collective shocker. Manuel Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Gael Clichy, and Mathieu Flamini, all had a rare off-day. Yet the contest had started so brightly with Arsenal racing […]
Posted in comment on Oct 6th, 2007 4 Drinks »
It is really good to see the various Arsenal supporters groups coming together to oppose the potential takeover of the club by individual predators. I would like to thank the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association (AISA) for permission to reproduce an important statement. At its AGM on Thursday the AISA unanimously agreed a resolution as follows. […]
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