Posted in comment on Mar 31st, 2008 5 Drinks »
After the heart-stopping excitement of the Reebok it was a little more of what I’m used to as I took my seat in front of the Merseyside derby yesterday. Liverpool played a high-tempo game, created a number of chances, failed to take all but one of them, and ended up grateful for the points in […]
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Posted in history on Mar 30th, 2008 4 Drinks »
I have been contacted by Aron and Marc who have set up a tribute site to David Rocastle. Monday, almost unbelievably, marks the seventh anniversary of Rocky’s passing. For those of you sadly too young to have seen why David’s name is still sung with pride at Arsenal games I would suggest you take a […]
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Posted in match review on Mar 29th, 2008 14 Drinks »
What an astonishing day. It didn’t start that well. Regular readers will have noticed that the last week’s posts ‘vanished’ around lunchtime. It wasn’t Gus Caesar’s people, honestly! Having recovered just one of the posts, courtesy of Google’s cached pages, I set off for the local, via William Hill where I put the ‘holic pound, […]
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Posted in match review on Mar 23rd, 2008 5 Drinks »
I have said to myself on more than one occasion lately that I should wait until the following day to report on matches. There is no question a more objective piece would be the result. Then I tell myself that this is a blog, and sometimes I forget that. Blogs are written by people who […]
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Posted in match preview on Mar 22nd, 2008 3 Drinks »
“What’s interesting on Sunday, and was maybe not the case in the first Grand Slam Sunday, is that all four teams have a very good reason to try and win the game. Chelsea is in that position, we are in that position, Liverpool are in that position and Man United as well. It promises a […]
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Posted in comment on Mar 20th, 2008 15 Drinks »
There is little disagreement around the forums of the likely make-up of the Arsenal side at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. The signs are that the press conference will reveal only Tomas Rosicky of Arsene Wenger’s first choice eleven as an absentee, and I hope in jumping the gun that I am proved wrong. That means […]
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Posted in history on Mar 18th, 2008 6 Drinks »
Apologies to all, but I have had a lot of things to attend to today, so this is a ‘lazy’ blog post. Not an excuse, I know. Normal service will resume as soon as possible. I do however have five minutes in which to thank gonko for his comment last night, and the memories it […]
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Posted in comment on Mar 17th, 2008 5 Drinks »
Chelsea, at Stamford Bridge. For older Arsenal supporters it is a fixture to anticipate with some relish. For some reason relations with followers of the Blues have always been less strained than those with other London rivals. We have come a cropper at the Bridge on a few occasions, and possibly the most painful was […]
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Posted in match review on Mar 15th, 2008 53 Drinks »
Humble pie doesn’t taste good at the best of times. On top of a large helping of Guinness it is even less appreciated. What sticks in the throat even more is that it shouldn’t even be on the menu. Did we play well? No, of course we didn’t, but we were the only side attempting […]
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Posted in match preview on Mar 14th, 2008 80 Drinks »
Gratitude, the word of the day. A trio of thanks open with a great big thank you to UEFA for giving us Liverpool in the quarter-final, and possibly Chelsea in the semi-final, of the Champions League. We have avoided expensive trips to Germany, Spain, Italy, and probably Turkey, thus enabling cash-strapped Gooners to keep a […]
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