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Archive for August, 2010

Blimey, where do you start. I can’t remember the last time I watched a game where we scored an important late goal and my blood was still boiling. Welcome back the emotional roller-coaster that is Premier League football. I should of course start with the positives, having pleaded on Twitter with someone else to do […]

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Well if the opening of the Premiership season didn’t give you enough of a buzz today, the news of Arsene Wenger’s contract extension must have got you excited one way or the other. I’m guessing most readers of this blog will know I am delighted by that news. I would not be at all surprised […]

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“Can someone please tell me it is not yet time to worry.” Trev is not alone in the drinks. Neither is he pessimistic by nature, I have thought as his contributions have increased. He shares the concerns I think most feel to one degree or another. Even yours truly. But in answer to your question, […]

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A weekend of furious debate has followed a freak scoreline in a pre-season friendly, and I am in need of a reminder that the vast majority of Gooners are top, top people. I don’t have to think for long either before numerous instances of good deeds being done to and for complete strangers spring to […]

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There is no doubt that if you want to see goals this coming season, then Arsenal will definitely be the club to follow. I would normally be the first to caution against over-reacting to the five goals conceded today, but I do have a couple of genuine concerns. One, nobody will be surprised to hear, […]

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Around the web the statement is being dissected. A boy from Barcelona is being analysed to the n’th degree. Tonight he is an Arsenal player, and lest we forget, a World Cup winner. I’m rather proud of him. He could have reacted very differently. Most of all though, I am immensely proud of Arsenal Football […]

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When It Rains We Get Wet

Still a problem for those in the lower tier of the Grove, as I have discovered on occasion. Then again, a little bit of rainwater never hurt anybody. As a mate has said more than once, “it ain’t battery acid”. “What’s the silly old sod on about now?” I hear you ask. Or rather you […]

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I’ve been fortunate down the years to enjoy some pretty special days with Arsenal, but I have to say yesterday was up there with the best. You don’t have to tell me how lucky I was to be among a small group entertained in an executive box. I know. I trust anybody looking in from […]

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