Posted in match preview on Apr 14th, 2009 20 Drinks »
It was the hardest thing on the planet. It took me over thirty years to achieve, but this is the time of the season when I start to wonder why I ever gave up smoking. The management will testify that I am reaching the peak of my ‘end of season irritability’. I want the game […]
Posted in match review on Apr 11th, 2009 25 Drinks »
It’s that day again. Happy St Totteringhams day, fellow ‘holics. Astonishingly though at 3.45 this afternoon that was the last thing on our minds. The first half at Wigan was every bit as difficult as expected beforehand. Not only did Steve Bruce’s side work energetically and virtually nullify any threat from the visitors, they grabbed […]
Posted in match preview on Apr 10th, 2009 19 Drinks »
Happy Easter to you all. The Good Friday weather here is typical bank holiday stuff, grey and miserable! An improvement is forecast though, and that will be welcomed by Arsenal’s walking wounded at Wigan. Just when it looked as though everybody was getting fit at the same time we find ourselves missing Manuel Almunia, William […]
Posted in match review on Apr 7th, 2009 22 Drinks »
So it was everything we had anticipated, and then some. The nerves kicked in, were settled, and kicked in again. We somehow lost two players to injury against a side that likes to play football like us, but regained composure to level having gone behind. Earliest blow was Manuel Almunia limping out of a clearance […]
Posted in match preview on Apr 6th, 2009 11 Drinks »
April 2006. Arsenal overcome the Yellow Submarine in the Champions League semi-final courtesy of a rare Kolo Toure goal in the home leg, and a last-gasp penalty save by mad Jens in the Estadio el Madrigal. There was not much time to reflect on whether or not Robert Pires would take a new one year […]
Posted in match review on Apr 4th, 2009 25 Drinks »
There is something about the first sunshine of spring, Arsenal playing at their expansive best, and winning a couple of bob, that lifts the spirits. The Guinness is sliding down a treat this evening. Emmanuel Adebayor, Cesc Fabregas, and Theo Walcott probably owed their starting roles to the knocks picked up by others in the […]
Posted in match preview on Apr 2nd, 2009 21 Drinks »
First off I must say a big thanks to all those who came to visit on Wednesday. I feel I should apologise to gerry (comment 64) and Gabriele, who took it all rather more seriously than was intended. Thoughts now thankfully turn back to real football, after a painfully dull international week. For us that […]
Posted in tongue in cheek on Apr 1st, 2009 105 Drinks »
The determination of Michel Platini to bring about what he sees as a level playing field in European football is not new to anybody. We have become used to his decrees from high as UEFA attempts to force quotas of homegrown players in a bid to reduce the growing power and influence of the English […]
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