Posted in match review on Feb 27th, 2010 220 Drinks »
Well, that is the first objective achieved. I managed a title that didn’t include the word SCUM, for that is what those three bone-shattering thugs are. Sorry, correction coming in. They are all good honest English players who haven’t got a bad bone in their body. These soft foreigners don’t like it up ’em, do […]
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Posted in match preview on Feb 25th, 2010 91 Drinks »
“So, ‘holic, I suppose you’ll be doing lots of stuff about catching the train from platform nine and three-quarters to the big quidditch match of the weekend.” “That’s Harry Potter, you pillock. Stoke are called the Potters because they are situated in the Potteries, where the decorative ceramics come from.” Some of my colleagues are […]
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Posted in video on Feb 23rd, 2010 40 Drinks »
Those who saw the truly wonderful short documentary, A Night At The Emirates, on here last week will know just what feelings a high quality piece of filming, by a true professional, with quality equipment, can generate. There is, however, the other side of the coin. If you are over fifty, have a belly full […]
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Posted in match review on Feb 21st, 2010 60 Drinks »
“Alright mate, you confident today?” I get to the Pins earlier than expected, and so does a bad influence! The first Guinness evaporates and I already know what sort of a day it will be. As the first half of the United game plays out on the televisions we are joined by another top Gooner. […]
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Posted in match preview on Feb 19th, 2010 60 Drinks »
The arrangements are made. Taxi booked, train times sorted, and most importantly of all, arranged to meet a top Gooner for a pre-match Guinness or six! Must remember not to get stuck in to a real session as I am enjoying club level for the first time against Sunderland, and I have promised to be […]
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Posted in match review on Feb 17th, 2010 153 Drinks »
The words of Cesc Fabregas summed up the evening as Arsenal snatched defeat from the jaws of victory against a side who should have been comfortably cleaned up, bagged, and disposed of. In between two ludicrously gifted goals the Gunners controlled the contest with some ease, but in the end looked a disjointed and damaged […]
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Posted in match preview on Feb 16th, 2010 97 Drinks »
For all the football I watch, I must come clean here and say I could probably write all I know about Porto this season on the back of a Harry Redknapp tax return. Yes, that little. I think I saw them for about five minutes against Chelsea, and that’s it. It’s third in the Portuguese […]
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Posted in video on Feb 14th, 2010 65 Drinks »
Big thanks to oldgooner for sending me the link to a short film by Rohan Blair-Mangat that gives an atmospheric and thoroughly enjoyable impression of last Wednesday’s match with Liverpool. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Obviously big thanks too are due to Rohan for permission to share his documentary. So […]
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Posted in comment on Feb 13th, 2010 81 Drinks »
Wherever possible I try to avoid transfer speculation, but sometimes it is difficult to completely turn a blind eye. There are lots of reasons for breaking that self-imposed restriction today. The main one is that, having exhausted the supply of recognised strikers, the club now appears to have temporarily lost the services of the man […]
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Posted in tongue in cheek on Feb 11th, 2010 93 Drinks »
“Henry James Redknapp, you have pleaded guilty to the charges brought by this court, and it is now my duty to pass sentence. You are an habitual criminal, who accepts arrest as an occupational hazard, and presumably accepts punishment in the same casual manner. We therefore feel constrained to commit you to the maximum term […]
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