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Archive for October, 2008

I usually love Friday, and i’m sure I’m not alone in that. A new arsecast is always fun, every other week I only have to work a half day, and there is the anticipation of the weekend game. Five minutes of madness on Wednesday night have left their mark though. This is not one of […]

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You would expect old ‘holic to be looking for the positives from last night, wouldn’t you. I’ll try not to disappoint. There were two, from what I could see. Firstly, 57000 Gooners responded to the manager’s plea to get behind the side and the atmosphere they generated was tremendous. Secondly, that was due in great […]

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It’s one of my favourite weeks of any season. The build up to the visit of the neighbours always gets the pulse racing, and circumstances have conspired to make this contest one of the most keenly anticipated in recent years, by both sets of supporters. Like so many other big games this fixture doesn’t quite […]

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Without ever getting out of second gear Arsenal finally secured the points at Upton Park when Emmanuel Adebayor was summoned from the bench for the final twenty minutes or so. If that sounds mildly critical it is not intended to be. I thought Arsene Wenger manipulated the squad really intelligently and in the end his […]

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A tortuous journey back from the M25 this afternoon ended in me seeking solace in the local pub for a swift pint and the end of the televised game (thank you Albanian television!). The landlord is a Chelsea supporter, but I don’t hold that against him…. much! What a strange time we live in though, […]

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The pre-match press conference is usually an opportunity for the press to learn and share with us just who will or will not be available for the weekend, and how the manager sees the game going. Those of you who have access to the version broadcast on ATVo will know that the latest one concentrated […]

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It’s competition time on Goonerholic, thanks to the good people at Octopus Publishing. They have a number of Arsenal titles available, and have generously provided their four newest releases for one lucky ‘holic reader. The four titles ‘up for grabs now’ (sorry, couldn’t resist!) are… Arsenal: The Official Biography, by Steve Stammers, published by Hamlyn […]

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Consistency, or rather the lack of it, may yet prove to be an impossible hurdle to overcome, but regardless of how critical you may have been of this Arsenal side there are days (or nights!) where you just have to hold your hands up and say ‘Wow, that was special’. This was one. If you […]

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Let’s get straight to the good news ahead of Arsenal’s Tuesday night visit to face Fenerbahce. According to Arsenal.com we welcome Nicklas Bendtner and Johan Djourou back to the squad, and Samir Nasri is also there despite limping out of Saturday’s win over Everton. Not surprisingly though, Kolo Toure misses out after damaging a shoulder […]

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Where to start? The first-half of this contest saw Arsenal pick up where they had left off against Hull. Just nine minutes had gone when Osman left the ball-watching Denilson and beat Silvestre to give the visitors the lead. Only the alert and impressive Clichy prevented Everton from doubling their advantage with a goal-line clearance […]

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