Posted in match preview on Mar 30th, 2010 114 Drinks »
It can’t come quickly enough now. A day of following the reports from training and the press conferences just kick-started the butterflies a little bit early. This is one of the feelings you get into football for. The game just about every football fan on the planet would like to see, and I’m going to […]
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Posted in tongue in cheek on Mar 29th, 2010 39 Drinks »
According to most pundits we are somewhere between a Rock And A Hard Place, following the two points lost at the weekend by facing Champions League holders Barcelona on Wednesday. No matter how much they try to Paint It Black though, I’m not about to suffer my 19th Nervous Breakdown. (You’re all ahead of me, […]
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Posted in match review on Mar 27th, 2010 159 Drinks »
Numb. That’s the word. The ire subsided relatively quickly. This was always going to be a tough test, and Birmingham put up a much more spirited resistance than their neighbours could muster as O’Neill’s hoofers lay down and died at the bus stop in Fulham. The strange thing was for ninety-one minutes we appeared to […]
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Posted in match preview on Mar 26th, 2010 78 Drinks »
St Andrews. The mention of the place brings mainly good memories, until 2008 that is. There is no point in going over old ground, It will just bring the Small Heath Alliance back. They loved this blog! Keep right on, indeed. Part of the preview preparation is to go and read what the other bloggers […]
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Posted in history on Mar 25th, 2010 136 Drinks »
Conversation on the drinks turned yesterday to the subject of the atmosphere at grounds these days, and the fact that by and large it is the away fans who produce much of the atmosphere at Premier League games up and down the country. It is a point that was proven by the exception to the […]
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Posted in comment on Mar 23rd, 2010 133 Drinks »
So the appeal against Thomas Vermaelen’s sending off against West Ham has failed. It is not a surprise that the Football Association have backed their officials on Saturday, but it will be interesting to see what fixtures Mr Halfwayline and his hallucinating assistant are rewarded with in the coming weeks. The enforcement of the one […]
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Posted in match review on Mar 20th, 2010 186 Drinks »
I should be as happy as Larry, whoever he is. A tidy little tickle on the correct scorecast, supplemented by a frivolous fiver on Denilson to score first at 14/1, have raised the bank balance but not the mood. Arsenal’s 2-0 win put them top of the table, and the quality of their football was […]
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Posted in match preview on Mar 19th, 2010 77 Drinks »
I know it is difficult. Everywhere you look the talk is about something I’ll come to in turn. For now we are potentially eight wins from the Premier League title, and if we are not distracted that should be seven on Saturday night. One game at a time, please. Down the years the Irons have […]
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Posted in comment on Mar 17th, 2010 93 Drinks »
Apologies for the brevity of what is likely to follow. St Patrick could not have envisaged on his deathbed 1517 years ago the extent to which he would become an excuse to get completely and utterly bladdered! Through narrow slits for eyes I have watched the most competitive of tonights games as the last sixteen […]
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Posted in tongue in cheek on Mar 15th, 2010 106 Drinks »
Looks like they want you to go home too, chap. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer fella. Close the door behind you. Checklist Pardew Jol Mourinho Allardyce Hughes Brown Who’s next Arsene?
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