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Archive for August, 2008

A week on from the debacle at Fulham you have to say this was some performance by Arsenal. Newcastle just a fortnight ago were perhaps unfortunate to depart Old Trafford with only a point. We should bear that in mind. Apart from a five minute spell early in the second-half the contest at the Grove […]

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In concluding his lunchtime interview, Arsene Wenger sums up the second consecutive Saturday tea-time clash perfectly. A little over fifty hours before the transfer window shuts tight there is the little matter of a home Premiership meeting with Newcastle. The game has been given added importance by the dropping of three points at Fulham last […]

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Let’s say first of all that we avoided the toughest group of them all. That was always going to be decided by where Zenit St Petersburg were drawn from pot three, and thankfully Real Madrid and Juventus drew the short straw. Those who are predicting an easy passage are wide of the mark, however. I […]

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I was quick to come out and criticise the side for their performance on Saturday. Just as that one setback did not rule us out of contention for honours this term, so the four goal drubbing of FC Twente does not make us suddenly favourites to triumph in the Champions League. Somewhere between those extremes […]

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It is a black Tuesday for Arsenal. Checking the official website for confirmation of the loan move for Phil Senderos to Milan I am disappointed. Nothing there yet although it is so widely reported elsewhere that presumably Arsenal are waiting for the result of his medical. I am drawn to the fact that tickets for […]

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No Defence

“Wait a couple of hours before you write that one up. Have another drink, and everything will be better.” Well I took Mrs ‘holic’s advice. I have, I did, and it isn’t. For the second time in three seasons we have departed Craven Cottage a beaten and dishevelled side. In all honesty Fulham thoroughly deserved […]

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In January I summed up the impending visit to Craven Cottage thus, ‘ I don’t want to be disrespectful to Roy Hodgson’s charges, but this contest is all about which Arsenal turns up in West London’. Much has changed in the ensuing seven months, but the sentiment remains the same. That day Emmanuel Adebayor had […]

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Get Well Soon Little Big Man

Arsenal supporters everywhere are united in their desire to wish Liam Brady a speedy recovery from the illness that has caused him to be spending the night in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin. It certainly doesn’t seem like twenty-eight years since Liam left Arsenal to ply his trade in what was, at the time, the strongest […]

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Whoooooooo?

‘Holic, have you had a bang on the head? “No, why?” “Arsenal can do no wrong in your eyes. What can be so bad about signing Mikael Silvestre” “Are you trying to wind me up? We need a big centre-half who will earn a starting berth and solve our issues defending set pieces. Experienced he […]

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Regular readers know I am a proud owner of several pairs of spectacles of a scarlet hue. I don’t apologise for that. What has become apparent in recent weeks is that those who think the end of the world is nigh share a view that many of us agree with. We are short of a […]

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