Posted in match review on Oct 30th, 2010 125 Drinks »
We’ve seen it before. The visitors, dismissed as cannon fodder ahead of the contest, having the temerity to raise their game against The Arsenal. It may not have been pretty, but banks of four and five worked overtime to frustrate, and frustrate they did. I know I am not alone in berating sides that come […]
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Posted in match preview on Oct 30th, 2010 82 Drinks »
Marvellous, isn’t it. I haven’t missed the Irons for years. I’ve seen them become the last visitors to win at Highbury and the first to win at the Grove, and a few more upsetting afternoons as well down the years. Today it seems the world and his dog are expecting a big Arsenal win against […]
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Posted in match preview on Oct 29th, 2010 42 Drinks »
Those of you who regularly browse the ‘drinks’ will be familiar with the unique, and quite brilliant, work of Bergkamp the Man. At the end of this busiest of week’s for me I am delighted to report that he has taken time out from his significant anniversary celebrations to furnish us with his thoughts on […]
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Posted in match review on Oct 27th, 2010 111 Drinks »
The temptation to eulogise is strong. Feet need to be firmly planted, however. This was our second best against Newcastle’s second best. The breathtaking start we made owed much to vision, quick passing, and guile. Readers of the pre-match drinks will know I was almost in orbit when Carlos Vela was presented with the first […]
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Posted in match preview on Oct 26th, 2010 71 Drinks »
It is always amusing watching Arsene Wenger’s pre-match interviews on ATvO. Interviewer and interviewee walk a tightrope as one attempts to persuade the other to part with information he would clearly rather keep to himself. I have long since learned to take these chats as a guide, but no more than that. The squad to […]
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Posted in match review on Oct 24th, 2010 95 Drinks »
What do you expect for free? Shakespeare? The roast dinner has just tasted particularly good after an aperitif rich in spirit and substance. Ninety minutes that held the attention from beginning to end have resulted in the three points from a title rival that Arsenal desperately needed. Full marks too to the other two parties […]
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Posted in match preview on Oct 23rd, 2010 50 Drinks »
“We can win big games and we have an opportunity on Sunday to show that.” Arsene’s pre-match interview on ATVo produces the most telling quote ahead of the trip to Eastlands. Forgive the impertinence, but I would have put it slightly differently. “We can dominate our rivals and not be floored by the sucker punches […]
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Posted in match review on Oct 19th, 2010 80 Drinks »
Did I watch a different first-half to Andy Gray and the Sky pundits? Presumably, being a cautious and nervous old soul I did. I try to give an impression, rather than a match report, and tonight my opinion of the opening forty-five minutes varied wildly from those who are paid a fortune for the benefit […]
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Posted in match preview on Oct 18th, 2010 67 Drinks »
I can’t cope with this at my age! After two long weeks of nothing we are in a cycle of preview, review, preview, review, as the games start to come, in the words of the inimitable Arseblogger, like Aaron Lennon. Thick and fast! What a great wordsmith. Team news always dominates the start of the […]
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Posted in match review on Oct 17th, 2010 73 Drinks »
You can probably tell what sort of day I had from the fact that I arrived home last night just in time to watch Match of the Day, and promptly slipped into a lovely ‘power nap’! Hence by now you will all be familiar with the details of the contest, and have seen the replays […]
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