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Archive for July, 2010

Day one at the Grove. A real mixed bag, no matter which team you were following. The two games shared something of a common theme. A dominant team established an advantage, but didn’t kill the game off and paid the penalty when the substitutions kicked in and equalisers were surrendered tamely. As far as Arsenal […]

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A tough week, that one. I needed a proper pint this afternoon, and then enjoyed the added bonus of an eagerly anticipated Arsene press conference. I didn’t realise how much I had missed them. The press conferences, not the pints, obviously! This was always going to be hugely interesting, entertaining even, and both Arsene and […]

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On the day Arsenal played the final game of their Austrian training camp, the most significant news was possibly breaking in the north-east of England. Sol Campbell’s potential move to Newcastle has yet to be confirmed at the time of writing, but if and when it happens Arsenal will most definitely be considered short for […]

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Finders Keepers

A flurry of invites have kept me away from the keyboard. In all honesty I am only now starting to recover from a very boozy golf day on Friday and a quite magnificent dinner out last night. I’m not sure four different fish on a plate isn’t being a tad greedy, but that sort of […]

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Have Samir That!

You would imagine that those who missed out on the disastrous French world cup campaign would have been somewhat grateful. I have to say Samir Nasri still looked more than a little angry about that this evening, and Arsenal may reap the rewards as a result. As a pre-season warm-up fixture unfolded gently it was […]

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I’m absolutely speechless, I really am. FIFA are now carrying blatant tapping up for Barca. Must be official policy now. This shower of shit is a toothless laughing stock. Lunchtime Update Thank you all for your responses, and I’m glad to acknowledge that FIFA have taken down the offending article it published this morning. You […]

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I had a plan, did I not, that I shared with you on Friday. I have to start by thanking Transport for London for making my journey from Paddington to Barnet a tortuous affair that involved heading south to Charing Cross before being able to travel in the correct direction. Despite their best efforts I […]

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Right, the half past ten gets me to London an hour later. Round to Kings Cross, then to the end of the Northern Line, another three quarters – allow an hour. Five minutes stroll to the pub, sorted! I can’t believe I’m planning the first trip of the new season already. If I am being […]

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“He has always said that he would like to return to Spain, but whether that will be this year, next year or in two years’ time, I don’t know.” The words of one of Cesc’s agents, Joseba Diaz, back in 2006 appears to be the origin of the widely held belief among many Arsenal supporters […]

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It is, without doubt, good that I refrained from staying up when everybody else had gone to bed, or headed back on to the M6 and M5 last night. Any attempt at recording my observations on the World Cup Final would probably have caused great offence to regulars in Spain and the Netherlands. My Sunday […]

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