You Know When You Have Been Zico’d On Lars TaB!
Sep 25th, 2011 by 'holic
It’s a funny thing, but nonetheless true, that some of the games you least look forward to become the most pleasant of experiences. Yesterday was a case in point.
Someone up there clearly was smiling kindly on me, from the moment I caught an early train, thus allowing time for a healthy breakfast, to the moment I woke up from a drunken slumber as the train pulled into my station at late o’clock.
The pre match meeting of Goonerholics Anonymous proved to be the perfect way to limber up the vocal chords for the match to follow. Strange that so many characters were able to fit around one table, and typical of cosmopolitan London that nobody batted an eyelid at the strange looking fellow in the speedos and jimmy choos. Guinness and Glenfiddich provided courage and belief, and sufficient volume of both lowered the centre of gravity ensuring a safer stroll to take up my seat.
The feeling it might be our day wasn’t the over-riding emotion when only a superb Szczesny save prevented Bolton from taking the lead from a second minute set piece, but to my admittedly dodgy recollection that was both the first and last serious threat the visitors posed.
Thereafter the only surprise was that we had to wait until the opening exchanges of the second-half to secure the lead. Throughout the opener the crowd had sporadically burst into song, offering steady support to a side recovering from its early slumbers to piece together some eye-pleasing, if not entirely incisive football. There was no hint of discontent as the players trudged off at the half. Perhaps the late summer sun had lulled most into a happier frame of mind.
When the action got underway again Ramsey burst through to feed van Persie and the Dutchman nailed his ninety-ninth Arsenal goal with what looked a cool finish from my awkward viewing angle. Having grabbed the advantage, Arsenal set about ensuring the three points by not taking their foot off the gas. Bolton’s chance probably ended when Wheater saw red for hauling back Walcott as he burst through.
The skipper was hunting his Arsenal century, and it arrived when he feasted on a Walcott cross. “Robin van Persie” chanted a happy crowd, some six thousand short of a sell-out, but still impressive given the opposition and the circumstances. Significantly a chant of “one Arsene Wenger” then reverberated around the four sides of the stadium. It is clear most are still willing their man to succeed even if total faith in this collection of players is not yet forthcoming.
The only downside for me came when the skipper’s team-mates stood around and watched him being bullied by five visitors when Bolton appeared to play on with one of their own down injured. Upset that Arsenal chose to do the same when the move broke down, they reacted churlishly. It was telling though, and disappointing for those of my vintage, that his team-mates did not immediately come to front up his abusers. Doubtless some will claim we showed commendable restraint. I would argue it says more about the lack of an ‘us against them’ unity in the side when the going gets tough.
There remained time for one of those rare but enjoyable sights. An Alex song foray into enemy territory resulted in a superb finish from Sagna’s cut-back. There also remained time for the customary Gunners injury, as Theo Walcott pulled up, gone in the fetlock, and now doubtful for at least the midweek Champions League tie.
So we sauntered happily back to the pub to carry out a post-mortem with our numbers reduced. Zico, as I thought a bad influence before the match, disappeared to catch a delayed flight. TaBS and Lars continued to ply me with alcohol, as indeed did the excellent Tagadab and West Stand. My desire to get home relatively coherent were shot down spectacularly, but as I mentioned previously some higher power got me home in one piece to be greeted by the opening music to ‘Match of the Day’ and then…
Twelve hours of zzzzzzzzz.
A great day. Thanks all. You know who you are.
272 Responses to “You Know When You Have Been Zico’d On Lars TaB!”
You know how you just know you’ve missed out on something big? That’s how I feel. The first official Holics meeting π
Lol…
Glad you guys had fun.
Quality, that’s what you guys are.
As I said in the last drink in the last post – I’m joining the next one! It’s, sadly, quite easy to get a ticket nowadays.
Good post ‘Holic! I wouldn’t mind a bit more of a description of your time in the boozer, but I can understand you wanting to keep it down out of what must be respect for the privacy of alchohol-infused ‘holics.
Pleased you had a good day. I hadn’t realised that when they had their one and only chance of the first half, Kos was off the pitch waiting be allowed back on following his head clash with Ngog. As 7am pointed out, they had one shot before Wheater was red carded and one afterwards when, as Motson said somewhat optimistically, ‘they could have equalised’. Gibbs ran back brilliantly to put Eagles under pressure and Szczesny made a comfortable stop.
I don’t think it is time to get carried away, but is cautious optimism that confidence is being rebuilt.
At least you didn’t get tanked on sherry…
Firstly props must go to RVP for reaching 100 goals for the club during the game; this is a very fine achievement particularly considering the erratic quality of the Arsenal sides he has played in since he joined. Two really good finishes as well.
However, the real satisfaction for me from the game was a confirmed sighting of that very rare bird; a clean sheet.
If we can get the focus on really tightening up at the back the results will improve.
I know itβs bloody obvious but you canβt lose if you donβt leak any goals.
Perhaps a pint of Pride is in order after this.
Ding-Ding! Red Corner Robin On Song.
Arsenal entered this championship ring like a middleweight contender whoβd taken a couple too many straight rights to the chin in bouts in which heβd punched well below his class against lesser pugs. They looked mindful that another sucker punch would have them on the canvas with their chances of surging toward the top quartet, out for the count before collective referees had blown ten bells for premier league starts.
But for a brilliant save for the Pole Between the Poles from Pratley, a punch in the mid-rift would have had Arsenal on the canvas inside five minutes. Moments later, Koscielny appeared to be punch drunk and out for the count, following a clash of heads in a huddle in-close, with EggNog. The lack of confidence being shown by our championship contenders was dispiriting and appeared to be sucking completely the energy from Gooners whoβd been trying hard to lift eleven very talented young men in red, all displaying a noticeable lack of belief in their undoubted ability.
The first half resembled more a bottom of the bill contest than the main event of the evening. We saw a supreme, below the belt, through pass from Arteta to Flipper. Then followed a cute free-kick lay off from our new number 8 for a Robin Van Persie left swing, upper cut, pile driver. But apart from these, there wasnβt too much for fight fans to get overly excited about.
And so the end-of-round bell rang for a much needed sponge session and a spit in the half-time bucket. Really, it had been all Arsenal, but carrying too many weights and not the fast punching outfit that usually looks so good on the speedball. At least this week, the Gunners had spent little time on the ropes and had, so far, suffered no rib-cracking body blows.
But our corner-manβs half-time cut repairs and nasal sniffs from the ammonia bottle worked wonders and saw our boys skipping out of the gym for the next round. The sound of the half-time bell had barely faded between the ropes when our southpaw, Cassius Van Persie, floated like a butterfly into the Bolton box before stinging a jab, a Barecelona-esque repeater between Jaaskaleinen and his near post.
This cued an immediate upsurge in punching power and from that moment, Boltonβs glass jaw was exposed and Arsenal were going to be the only takers of this title, the undisputed champions on a unanimous decision. When Theo was mauled to the ground moments later, Boltonβs reduction to ten men almost had Owen Coyle throwing in the towel to avoid more blood-spill.
Delayed and belated by injuries, Robin Van Persie became Arsenalβs newest centurion shortly after with his second goldan glove. A goal set up by Walcott on speed and at his very best. In truth, Walcott should have scored twice more before Alex Song netted a beauty and landed the knock-out blow for his first of the season and 3-0 to The Arsenal.
SO, THE CRISIS CONTINUES! Arsenal have only won their last three home games. And if you pick very selectively from the last four and a half seasons, that equates to nineteen home game defeats and fourteen draws in a row before these three, lucky, narrow wins in which weβve scored seven goals for one against.
Doomed. Weβre aβ doomed!
Arsenal, Bloody Arsenal. A big pint of doom, half full, for me please, barman.
What our wonderful Barman neglects to mention is that it was he who introduced the Glenfiddich into the proceedings, and at a very early juncture too.
It was of course the right thing to do. π
Already counting the days till my next trip to the Grove.
Oh and congratulations RvP, its amazing to think how many more he would have to his name if he hadn’t lost so much time to injury.
BtM, if you change your mind about that half-full pint, I’d gladly top it up for you!
Afternoon Chaps ,
Zico’d indeed !! π
Not so sure the midday Glenfiddich was such a good idea now .
Thanks to Dr Z , Lars , Trev and of course ‘Holic for a memorable day , though my memory of it all is now somewhat shaky π
Nurse !!!
I believe we awaiting a shot of the table at midday from our Swedish snapper, zico.
Don’t ask me how or why I remember that…
Afternoon TaBS. Didn’t expect to see you conscious this early π
Cheers, ‘holic!
Afternoon Holic .Barely conscious , strapped up to life support at the mo π
Yo Boz π
Holic @ 10 I was ready with my best Dr Feelgood smile, only to be told that I wasn’t needed in the shot – merely the glasses. Probably just as well. π
Toby @ 2 – the more the merrier.
tabs, have you had that cheese roll yet?
Zico, I presume you are talking about pints and/or wallets π
I have just had a quick look at the HT League.
“We are top of the League, said we are top of the League” π
It would appear I have a shot of Lars wallet π
I’ll put the photo online tomorrow, haven’t got my laptop with me so can’t do it now, unfortunately.
Tabs, my memory is also quite shaky. I have absolutely no idea how I got from the Tollie to Finsbury Park, but it was a brilliantly great day out. It was almost twelve hours of drinking and footie, can’t really ask for more than that, can you? π
Heh Toby, they would help π
Holic, I was at the game yesterday, also had time to partake in a pint or two at the tollie. Now I feel like a bit of a stalker: Do you have short grey hair, glasses and you were wearing footballers headphones (bad choice there) around your neck? π Not sure why I though this chap was the holic; Looked friendly and drinking Guiness I ‘spose?
You’ve been rumbled, Barman 8)
I’m taking out a restraining order, Paul π
And I think you’ll find the footballers can afford Dr Dre ‘phones. I had good old-fashioned Bose, more befitting of an old duffer.
Good to meet you again yesterday ‘holic, and good write up.
Lars @19 – We walked !! not quite sure how . I had to reassure you that I knew where I was going π
One of the many highlights was disappearing off to the Bar in The Tollie , and coming back to find you standing on the table , putting a Doomer to rights π
Dr Z@15 – never did have that Cheese roll . Decided to forsake solids , until a last knockings takeaway curry . Messy . Glad you got home ok mate . Always a pleasure . π
Likewise tabs.
Lars was on the table? Quality.
I was with you all in spirit – a few rum and cokes at Heathrow and nearly getting into an argument with a real plastic chelsea fan (see last set of drinks), helped me while away the delay.
Unfortunately, instead of heading for home when I got back to the airport, I swerved into Edinburgh for more drinks. What seemed like a good idea at the time, was put into perspective when I was faced with driving. Fortunately Roxette saw the look of terror, and decided to keep my license intact.
Anyway, 3 points, a clean sheet, a milestone for RvP, some clear evidence that Ramsey is finding his way back and a successful D L Ltd Board meeting – yes a very good day all round.
Beers are one me – whenever you can face it π
Glad to see everyone made it back safe and sound.
Good win yesterday and a solid performance. Do you think maybe that’s why that there are so few drinkers in the bar? Pretty sad when you think about it.
Nevermind, a drink to all you HTΓ©rs.
Good to see you yesterday ‘h, your neighbour seemed to be a bit deaf on one side though….
Great to meet some ‘Holics yesterday, Tabs, zico, Lars, The Guvnor himself, and a man who introduced himself as “some c*nt from Potters Bar” who didn’t appear to be a c*nt, and then said he wasn’t actually from Potters Bar! Maybe he was a c*nt then!
Good to put faces to some of the regulars – genuine old-school Gooners.
Sorry I don’t have the physiology to join in with the heavy consumption, but looking forward to another meet.
Apologising, again, zico, for being a bit serious – probably just tiredness after a few pretty serious weeks – both AFC and non-AFC related.
Glad everyone got home ok. I’ll try and build up to a whole pint next time π
Congrats for staying safe, ‘holic! π
And haha, Trev, cfpb is most definitely not a cunt indeed.
Was it you then Ollie and I didn’t even know ?
Thought I read here that you couldn’t make it.
ID’s in the real bar are getting as confusing as those in the virtual bar, or even Potters Bar.
Haha. Sorry Trev, your generous contribution was worthy of a mention in despatches. Thank you. It was good to meet you too.
Heh Trev,
you’ll know when you’ve met Ollie π
I had forgotten about CFPB. That was decidedly funny.
And I can vouch for Trev, guys, a true gentleman.
Cheers fellas, it was a pleasure.
Clean sheets make for a good night’s sleep. RVP 100 goals for the club must almost match the number of games he has missed due to injury. Quite an achievement in itself but now that he has a few years on him and his bones are a little more solid there’s no telling how much faster his second 100 can come. Glass of Glenfiddich please barman to toast the flying Dutchman. π
Don’t worry ‘holic you’re safe. Next time i’ll pop over and say hello. Love your write ups! I should have been one of those profilers like Cracker, not as fat though. π
It was my 1st premiership game (I went to the shrewsbury game). Must say: I really enjoyed it! The crowd seem to have developed a much lower expectancy level. Also, much more supportive, less “shhoooottts”. Mertesacker seems to be settling in well, you don’t need to be the fastest defender to be good. Arteta as well; works his socks off and he takes no crap.
Tabs, thanks for enlightening me on the walk, still can’t remember it one bit though π And me on the table??? Crikey…
Old Hee-Haw Hansen blabbering and blethering again about Robin Van Persie as a captain and as our leader, I see.
βHe doesnβt lead by exampleβ. βI wouldnβt have him as captainβ.
Well Hee-Haw, you don’t speak one grain of good sense and I wouldn’t have you as a commentator. Fortunately, we have other options. Just keep watching Robin trend to 200, enjoy, and please, keep quiet.
4-1 to the ladies at the moment. Just a few minutes left. The trophys are coming thick and fast at the moment.
Seemed like the crew had a great day out. I enjoyed the second half as the team pressed Bolton when they were in possession and made them relinquished it on the few occasions that they did have it. I was really impressed with the workrate of Arteta and Ramsey. Arteta has fitted in with such ease like he has Arsenal “DNA”. Song was immense and the back 5 did well overall. Congrats to the skipper for his century and looking forward to at least another one. I hope Walcott’s injury is not serious as their backline was terrified of his pace. He should have had a brace. We got the solid victory that I hoped for, so unto the next one. I think it will be another solid victory in midweek. Gunners4life! By the way, the doom-mongers are missing in action. Nevertheless, as I stated last week this is expected whenever we get a decent result.
…and there is the treble. Just the WCL left now! Congratulations!
Hansen must be on some drugs, BtM
Botox, Ollie π
Did someone mention drugs ? π
Lars , no prob , glad to be of assistance π
Trev , heh , I’d forgotten Mr Potters Bar ! Great to meet you , albeit all too briefly .
Dr Z – sounds like you had quite a day there ! π
Drinks for all Barkeeps , and some rehydration tablets for me .
Haha, true, Dr C.
Having just noticed the Arsenal Ladies have won some intercontinental cup, as a North American supporter it’s great to see there were two goals scored by a Yankee. The only thing I don’t understand is why they keep calling her Yankey. Oh well, the British press are sometimes slow on the uptake, as I’m sure you will all agree. π
@ Toby
Just puts the icing on a great weekend, doesn’t it? Arsenal Ladies march on – beat Birmingham City 4-1.
Solheim cup really puts the icing on the cake! π
BtM @ 40
Arseblogger does a very good job of putting Hansen in his place on his blog today if you haven’t already read it.
He (Hansen) really is a tool. I’m afraid he still cannot hide his bitterness from that fateful night in 1989.
Oh and well played at # 6 above – never had you down as a doomer π
Evening βholics. Finally off the life support machine now (otherwise known as massive restorative Sunday lunch and a kip).
Having a bit of trouble remembering all of the events of yesterday, but I think they were something likeβ¦drinky, nervy, drinky, cheery, drinky, drinky, drinky, drinky, drinky, drinky, drinky, drinky, drinky, drinky, drinky, wibble a bit, fall over.
Although to be honest Iβm pretty much just guessing at quite a lot of that really.
I would very much like to commend the βholics on their selfless and clearly very successful attempt to drink the team to victory yesterday.
Well played fellers, you clearly did a fine job, and I salute you.
If thereβs room round that table for another sometime, would love at some point to join ya.
Now, with a much-wanted win at the mothership yesterday, and a fine victory for the Arsenal ladies today, I might need another little lie downβ¦ (nothing to do with anything remotely *boilk*-related you understand…)
π
heh, Snowy, you would be most welcome I’m sure – it sounds like you have the correct credentials.
Here, here – nice one @6 BtM.
Report a bit heavy at the start, but cheered up towards the middle – wait, even lighter at the end.
A veritable welter of boxing terms from our trans-global cruiser.
Must fly, have a nice bantam in the oven for dinner. π
Traore picking up with QPR where he left off with us. Its like that car with 3 wheels you were able to pawn off as a collectors item when you sold it…a warm glow of ripping off a gobshite..step forward Neil Warnock ha ha..
I have to say that my favorite moment in the match was the 90th minute.
59,727 (minus about 3000?) stand up and sing “One Arsene Wenger, There’s only Arsene Wenger!”
Nothing made me as happy as that moment.
Glad to see all had a good time and the 3 points was just what the Dr ordered sorry I couldn’t make it now was planning on making a visit but after a dodgy flight home and being held on the Tarmac for a little longer than expected I thought bed rather than another skinful was the order of the day π Defo count me in on the next Holicathon tho !!!
On another point took in my first game of baseball in St Louis thought I’d hate it but was a good night and all for the princely sum of $5 which is about Β£3 Happy Days π !!
Should have added did anyone else watch the Michael Watson boxing tribute on sky Top Top man and will always be a top gooner, he is an absolute Gentleman and credit to his Family and what he’s achieved since that night is testamount to him,
Evening Holic’s
Still enjoying my cup of Earl Grey and yesterday’s solid performance.
All you say is true Holic but I’m glad no one else got involved in the captains scrap. It was little more than hanbags,nothing he couldnt have handled and it gave no opportunity for Clattenburg to balance out Bolton’s bad red card with one equally as bad for us.
If it had escalated I’m sure Song would have got involved and probably booked. Better he didn’t and left his contributions to a good show in the midfield a goal and an assist. That’s more than enough for one day and we can save the bookings for White Hart Lane. Tea’s up Cheers all.
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Arsenal-captain-Robin-Van-Persie-puts-contract-talks-on-hold-article804303.html
I have to say, this really stressed me out.
*stresses
Evening ‘holic, evening chaps,
Quick comment on RVP’s ‘face off’: I was actually pleased that no one came to support him, why? It shows that Arsene has delivered a discipline chat to the boys, told them to not become involved and I see it as a positive… Just my view
So we’ve got fifty fucking years and still counting next! (In the league)
…Cunts!
To be honest if City want to pay Β£30 mill, let’s pay more of the mortgage I say!
Please say it ain’t so RVP. The previous captain’s drama has only just ended, not to mention that of the traitorous Nasri. Surely we have had more than our share of this drama, with new characters inserted in the lead role each time.
π
But the last paragraph of the story about RVP seems to suggest that Theo’s injury is not serious if he may be fit for Wednesday?? Knock on wood, I seem to remember some similar story about Wilshere shortly before his surgery was announced. π
lcg @ 59 & Geoff @ 62: I tend to agree. Why risk more red cards? And from the highlights clip it didn’t seem to be much of a barney to start with.
Snir Geuli @ 60 & bt8b @65: You could read the quotes in that interview either way. Headline seems stronger than anything in the story.
bt8b @ 66: I think our physios work in dog years. Multiply however long they predict an injured player will be out by at least seven.
NBN, I know what you mean mate but the article just reminded me of what’s gonna come next summer and I really don’t feel like going thru all that bs.
Must congratulate CogHTDulalis for picking Sagna as captain this week and collecting 18 points as a result. CogHTDulalis are at 14th place in the Holic HT League but could be on the rise? π
Sagna also captain of Storey’s Strollers, it appears. Clairvoyance is running amok. π
This story confirms, Saltatio (Dancing) Concordia Crescit:
http://tinyurl.com/3e48mpr
Good interview on arsenal.com about AW’s state of mind after Bolton:
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/-i-m-happy-but-we-have-a-long-way-to-go-
Good evening/night/morning fellow ‘holics.
As you may or may not have gathered by the lateness of my recent posts (it’s now 6am here) my smoking licence in the bar seems to be paying off π
I’d just like to say that I agree with the above drinkers in thinking that it was a good thing that no one else on the pitch intervened with RvP’s barney, Robin stood his ground and was more then a man about it, he is the captain, so always has the right to interfere and talk to the ref, a courtesy that the rest of the team is not afforded.. We all know that decisions usually go against us, but because none of our players threw a Barton, the situation was quickly defused by the ref and we kept a clean slate (bookings wise) This can only be a good thing. Disipline must be at a 100% level, especially in light of recent events.
Snir.
I read the same piece (over RvP) but in the Dutch media, the UK meeja (aka wankers) have grously misquoted what he has said and blown it out of proportion, just to make a story where there is none…. Go figure.
We are back on track, we played a good game and won, but where’s the fun in that for the Fleet Street Tossers?
The answer….. Nowhere.
So what do they do?
The only thing they know how, and that is to rock the boat.
Fuck those pond scum sucking invertabrates.
Robin is down for the cause, he is a gooner, and so are we.
Vodka shots for all still standing.
Good game, great result and congratulations to our Boy Wonder Robin on his Centurion. Long may he stay with us and prosper in the red and white!
Sounds like you holics had a good time out filled with alcohol and stories, glad to hear it! Always good to share football with friends, we’ve been sharing it with fiends for too long you see π
Old Speckled Hen for everyone in the bar, it goes down easy, just like the other hens we’ll be playing next weekend π
8ball @70… wait! Sagna (no goals, no assists) gets 20 points for being captain. RVP (2 goals) also gets 20 points as captain??
*hurriedly logs on to FFL to read the “rules”*
…and you change your captain from week to week??
Dark days…..
*shakes head, muttering about “traditions of the game”*
CG, the traditions of this game entails doing weekly tests of mental strength to determine your captain for the weekend π
I usually pit my players against digital oxen and whoever’s left standing gets to be captain…
Haven’t seen the argy-bargy on video yet, so without the benefit of that I’d say yes, Song or Gervinho involved? Don’t want another red, so probably wise.
As for articles re: RvP contract, It’s clear a lot of the media are gutted we didn’t drop points or even concede a goal, so they had to find another ‘crisis story’ pronto.
Fuck’em.
Drinks for all.
Ollie, spot on.
Especially, the Fuck ’em bit.
Oh, and a happy birthday to the one and only arseblogger!
RVP vs 5 Bolton twats…… they should be the ones looking for their friends to help! π
At no point did he ever look worried….
Iβve been busy for a few days so havenβt really been around, but I think it’s safe to say that LJW will be out for the season if reports in the papers coupled with our history with our players and surgery!
Great!
…are anything to go by!
Morning All
Snowy @ #52 – FYI, a certain Mr.Smallballs and Edwin are strongly rumoured to be visiting a certain Sh*thole this coming Sunday. Obviously, it’s a quick in and out job to their crumbling dump (unless of course Cousin Op would like to ‘entertain’ us) but once inside, I recall a bar in the downstairs away supporters section where you can’t get served so a chat and a meet-up would be just fine and dandy.
If you’re interested, The Barman has my/our contact details. There will also be a few of us going to The Munsters home game which will present a chance for a Tollie meet-up but without Dr.z, it might not be quite as riotous π
H2h@74: excellent comment!
H2H @ #74 and Ollie @ #80 – Well said gentlemen. F*ck ’em indeed, sideways and with a fish-fork.
‘Holic/Dr.z/tabs/Trev/Lars – Livers’ recovered yet? Or do we need Edwin to source that regenerative serum? π
Dr.C – Did Nurse Wolfie report for duty y’day? Fine job manning the ‘Holic/HT Clinica Mobile. Perhaps we should nick-name you ‘Florence’. Or should we save that for The Nurse? π
Morning TS – bright eyed and bushy tailed this morning.
There appears to be a blank page on the Feelgood Diaries for Saturday though π
I shall endeavour to not drink much at the Stoke game, it being a Sunday an’ all.
Sunderland the previous week will be my test case.
(why do I have the feeling this is doomed to fail?).
Of course, the problem is not so much the sundayness of the game but the early kick-off. Or rather the extremely large period of time between final whistle and the last train (which is half an hour later on sundays…).
I might even consider going back on an earlier ST.
You stick with me Ollie. I’ll see you are alright π
TS – I think Nurse will be very upset if I take that moniker! Best save it for her.
Dr.C – Yes, good point Florence π
Ollie – How can you refuse that uber-kind offer @ #92? Edwin and I will also do our best to see you are alright on ‘Munster Sunday’. Your cup runneth over???
Dr.z @ #89 – Heh! Probably best left that way. Was horrified to hear that there might be some photographic evidence floating around, BTW…. π
Hey holics,
What do you say about Wednesday? I have to say I really want AW to rest guys like RvP and Arteta. RvP is not someone we can lose and have to have him fit for sunday. Chamakh and Rosicky should be able to be too much for Olympiacos.
Snir @ #95
We’ll need to rotate, no doubt about that.
However, if we’re to qualify, we must win all of our home CL matches as we’re in a ‘group of death’ as The Barman himself, I beleive, described it(?).
Assuming he’s fit, Yossi could be a good replacement for Arteta if he needs to be rested. Not sure Chamakh has recovered enough of his form yet and Park didn’t look EPL or CL ready during his appearance vs The Shrews. But…. what do I know? π
Was a pleasure meeting you guys after the match and discussing all things Arsenal with some actual intelligent fans
First time I checked on the site and really enjoyed it, will deffo be back
Hopefully see you soon enough in the Tolly
Politician
*Thinks: Dr.z must be hiding in the shadows now….*
I’d agree with all of that TS – RvP getting injured would leave us in a very vulnerable state till January….unless the Bodysnatchers give us the original Chamakh back.
Ton-up?
Nice assist Dr.z, cheers.
Double heh re: the bodysnatchers.
BTW, from what you can remember of the game, how did the two Nutsackers do? π
Never seriously tested to be honest
I can remember all of the game btw, but some of the chat I had with the Plastic Chav at the airport is a bit hazy.
Am I safe to start making my travel plans for Everton – i.e. is there any chance that game will be switched by Murdoch’s evil empire?
Thanks for the ‘report’ Dr.z, he should get a proper workout against the LWCs. Would like to see him fold a simian in two at the weekend but we can always leave that to Chezzer again. More likely, The Nutsacker will be asked to put thestrikerformerlyknownasanArsenalplayer into his pocket π
Can’t advise re: The Evil M, you never really know. Look forward to chewing the toffee with you again π
You guys just got featured on Arsenal.com Media Watch. Congrats! π
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Heh
Psyching myself up for the WBA game.
Drove past the home of football yesterday on the way to DWS. It made me feel warm!
God knows what Pravda make of our comments but they clearly feel comfortable enough to make a link. Of course, it’s The Maestro’s posts that make all the difference π
Gt – I felt a bit guilty talking about the LWCs when we’ve still got Olympiakos to yake care of. There’s some serious amounts of football to be played before we get to entertain Woy and The Midland Barcodes (great band BTW, did you like their lastalbum?) π
*take care of* even
I wonder what they think of our TDD comments.
I’m not sure those comments were appropriate for all ages π
As for the stated teams I rate them in the following way:
1) Olympiacos – A chance to top the table – where we belong
2) LWC – Real actual Shite
3) The Barcodes – much needed revenge
I’m sure I’d know the album if I heard it!
I’m assuming the same feeling applies for discussing Eddie and rest of his family? da da da dum…da da dum… π
Have I missed anyone?
I’d just like to say, have got the day off work and, I’m lurving it! π
I’ve still got my letterbox and windows sealed up. I dread to think what TaBS got up to after I left on Saturday. I am comforted though that it was Lars up on the tables, and not the old boy with the hollow legs π
Sorry TS the top of my post should have started a little something like this but when I cut and pasted from word I didn’t check to make sure the scroll bar was fully down!
Anyway…
…TS –
I’m still apprehensive about returning, I just hope it’s going to be a good day! π
hmmm…seems I missed a ‘da’ too! (annoying)
Gt, seriously, you shouldn’t be drinking at this hour if you’re not used to it π
Well done on 100, TS.
But that leaves a question : wtf happened to tabs?
Good afternoon ‘Holic and a big heh @ #111. Was the viking helmet put to good use?
I realise that we need to deal with Olympiakos first but can I make a personal request for an LWCs preview to include some of your memories on our more famous and historic trips there (e.g. 2 x Championship sealers) as well as the usual wry and poignant humour? Pretty please, with a Guinness flavoured cherry on top.
I dread to think, Ollie. He has magnificent brewers stamina, that much I do know.
Thank you James.
And of course, thank you Simon.
TS, you may care to view here…
http://goonerholic.com/?p=2328
‘Holic @ #118
Thanks for the link and yes, I remember that post very well. That’s why I made my request.
I realise that you wouldn’t want to repeat yourself so maybe what I should have asked for was to mark our up-coming trip to SHL with something a bit…er…’tasty’. IMHO, the NLD warrants something with added spice π
Tabs lurking for 201, Ollie, with his special “Live from the Tollie” report?
Great link there holic, you were indeed priviliged. Just what was required for a slow monday.
Re: H2H @74: Thanks for your reassurance about RVP’s comments as reported in the original story in Dutch. The timing of the story, a few hours after scoring his 100th goal for Arsenal, seemed a bit suspicious at any rate.
Apologies ‘Holic, forgot to add @ #119 that the link you provided was to a really special post, evocative writing at its best IMO.
Extract Monday 26th September
Yesterday, I awoke to find Roxette had gone.
Had she put the Private Detective back on me, and was I caught bang-to-rights, trying to entice those 2 blondes on the Tube with some “sweets” from my own personal Medicine Cabinet?
Paranoia, and alcohol intake are inextricably linked. Roxette was merely preparing food, knowing full well that my reaction to the great British breakfast would reveal to within a millisecond, the hour at which I tumbled the front door lock.
“Good day at the football yesterday?” she asked.
My eyes darted from side to side, trying to avoid eye contact as I searched for a memory involving football.
I had strong impressions of many people, clad in red and white, surrounding me at various stages during the day but the main vision imprinted on the brain was of a creature clad in swimwear and heels, curtseying to all the males in the red and white audience. A Nordic chap stood by, wielding what I thought was the Hammer of Thor but turned out to be a camera. Fortunately, no photographs of the curtseys survived.
The hours between 3pm and 5pm are decidely hazy.
I think I maybe dozed off, as I dreamt that I was at a religious mass with nigh on 60000 in the congregation. Most of the parishioners were obviously part of the same Red and White cult, of which I had met a scouting party, earlier. They whipped themselves into a frenzy as their Prophet Robin delivered them from the evil clutches of the “relegation basement”, whatever that could be.
Out of this reverie, I found myself on a train. This was a Happy Train of sorts. There were many smiling faces. But there was no Executive carriage, and to take ones mind off the lack of “facilities”, I got talking to the blonde “twins”, Tanya and Alexis.
*ripped page from diaries*
“Yes, dear, a really good day at the football. Not too boisterous, a couple of gentle drinks with some friends and then just headed back home. Pity about that 4 hour flight delay, but you know, all for the love of a good old girl”. I said.
“Oh that’s good. We need to go to Sainsburys. You can drive……”
Roxette can be right wicked, when she wants to.
Heh Dr.F, discrete as ever. Great post π
Some people push PR a bit too far.
I replied to an on-line survey regarding my stay in a modest hotel in Bordeaux on saturday.
I have generally good marks, don’t think I have one below average.
I have now received an e-mail (from survey address but ‘signed’ by hotel manager) apologising about the inconvenience etc….
No doubt it’s automatically generated, as the apologetic tone is truly baffling in view of my marks….
Sure I didn’t give 10 out of 10 for everything but that’s hardly expected for an Ibis, is it?
Most weird.
The first ‘have ‘ should read ‘gave’.
In true TS style π
And that’s the first two, in fact.
BAH! Drink, please π
Get your retaliation in first, Ollie. π
Coming right up Ollie, lager? A real one of course awaits for The Munsters @ home π
Haha, excellent diary@124, Dr F π
Re-reading BTA, never realised there was no Episode 7, hmmm.
Liam Brady?
Fuckin’ell.
Talk of instant fame and fate:
remember the guy who scored a backheeled penalty a few weeks ago?
Well, according to this :
http://www.francefootball.fr/#!/news/2011/09/26/145626_l-auteur-du-penalty-du-talon-est-decede.html
he just died in a car crash, aged 21….
Afternoon all, *BOILK.
I saw that too Ollie, here’s his famous spot kick for those who hadn’t seen it;
http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/craziest-penalty-ever-awana-diab-uae-lebanon-13268128/
Afternoon Chaps ,
H2H @74 – well said Sir and cheers for the vodka shot , still a long way from tickety boo here , so have given up idea of recovery by abstinence , and have decided instead to drink my way through it π
Dr C @77 – Totally agree . Changing your captain every week . Pah . Tried to shame Holic in the Tollie into an assurance that Rooney would not be re-signed for Diab’holical . All I got was murmurings about ” the need to compete ” !! What on earth is the football world coming to ? Next , we’ll be hearing about grown men attending football matches dressed in nothing more than some Speedoes and Jimmy Choos . What’s that …? … Oh π
James D@97 – Pleasure to meet you . Nice to see you on here .
Holic@111 – I was very well behaved Holic , but I have to say , I think Lars has a future in Table-Dancing π
8ball@120 – that report seemed like a good idea at midnight on saturday night , but I forgot the first rule of Journalism , and became a participant rather than an onlooker , and therefore recollections are somewhat hazy bordering on non existent π
Dr Z@124 – Heh π great stuff .
Looking forward to SHL , TS , innoculations have been done , Bio-suit has been upgraded , and have undertaken a short language course in “Neanderthal” , just in case we need to talk ourselves out of any situations π
The Joey Barton of referees;
http://www.sportpost.com/video/view/Referee+fakes+injury++Worker+v+Mirassol+Brazil
Afternoon *boilk on a schoolday afternoon, H2H? Shame on you π
tabs lives, hooray!
I haven’t checked the fantasy football in a while, but since RvP was my captain from day one, I assume he still is and gave me some points at last! π
Afternoon tbas,
Good news on your preparations, I’m going to ask Dr.T to administer mine tomorrow. I wouldn’t recommend talking to any of the local. I’ll bring scraps of food to throw, that should distract them π
Afternoon tabs sir.
Bloody Mary yourself up, plus a greasy meal.
Hangover cure supremo.
Or just down one or two of what killed you the session before.
(Not a)Dr H.
Great clips H2H, ta.
Apologies for my dyslexia and other mistakes, tabs. Caused by lack of alcohol, obviously.
Ollie, just getting my retaliation in early before the spelling and grammar nazi re-surfaces π
Monday’s my only free day Ollie, well er, the only day that I don’t drink in my own bar then. It got a bit heavy yesterday, started at 4pm on the beer, finished at 5:30am on the vodka.
It’s not just a job, it’s a fucking adventure.
Hi Ollie , H2H ,
Bad news about that penalty-taker , jeez .
And a diving ref ? Dear Lord . Actually Smallballs has done a bit of reffing in his time ….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-3cuCEt9k8
Brilliant clips tabs. Has brightened the day up for me π
I see our old defender (in the loosist sence of the word) is making new friends.
From the beeb;
Queens Park Rangers manager Neil Warnock described Armand Traore as “an absolute disgrace” after his dismissal in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Aston Villa.
**rushes back in after being summoned by the old dear at where else? (Yes you guessed it, none other than βall together nowβ…the supermarket!!!) π **
Holic, I don’t know what’s gotten in to me today! I can normally handle my tipples! π
But saying that I think a frothy one will help calm the nerves after the hustle and bustle of the high street! π
tabs π
TS @138 – Good thinking Sir .
Very sound advice H2H . Large BM Barkeeps , easy on the celery , and whatever the usual suspects are drinking .
H2H – and there was me thinking Warnock was a poor judge of character π
Did he get somone else to pay us all that lolly for Mr.Traore? That was definitely one of Arsene’s better deals, possibly bordering on genius.
What I’d really like to hapeen next is for Armand and Joey to go head-to-head on the training pitch, hopefully the result being that they both get long suspensions from their club. Muppets.
*happen* Just for Ollie π
I think the barman said ‘you have to down your drink every time you mis-type’. I can see why you do it, now, TS π
Heh! Cheeky b*gger π
Ah, Dr F.
A remarkable recovery. We really are going to have to take a sample of your alcohol dehydrogenase, spin it around a little to concentrate it and then administer it those a little less hardy in their alcohol capacaties.
Snowy and Lars are first in line. There really is a killing to be made in this market. As the donor I am happy to give you 25% of all profits. 75% to me for being the brains behind this venture.
Now, could you send in young jr Dr Z to help clear up the Quackery for the next intake?
OK, just for fun. Remember, it’s taken from The Metro but it is, I think, very nice to see a fun/positive article about The Arsenal:
http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/oddballs/876542-robin-van-persie-reveals-dancing-is-the-secret-behind-arsenal-resurgence#ixzz1YzIkiktQ
Wolfie – Your chance to introduce a Come Dancing Spectacular at The HoF?
Hope RVP not taking dancing tips from that plank savage, MOTD was embarassing. And what was with the shirt? Is he trying to be a parody.
I’m getting a bit worried when the good guys are leaving our company, nearly out of the blue.
Just received an e-mail announcement that someone was leaving the company at the end of the month (in 4 days’ time!).
Hierarchy is a bit bizarre here so he was kind of my boss’s boss without being officially it, but he certainly was a sound individual, one that allied highest competence with humanity and great moral values.
Boss is worried and so am I, as he was also one of the people who was of great importance to give work to our team.
Could be more changes soon, not sure I’ll like them.
(boss said this man was so pissed off he basically just ‘slammed the door’).
In a very bizarre twist, I happened to mention him to my sister (who used to work in the same company up until a year or two ago) this weekend as one of the great guys left in a post of responsibility…
I am a horrible jinx.
Sorry, had to get this off my chest. Carry on drinking π
Chin-up Ollie. You can’t keep good guys down….
My Dear Dr C
Fully on board (heh) with your most original idea.
May I remind you however as a mere (but highly valued) employee of D L Ltd that any royalties and profit spun off from Happy Train activites will all accrue to Feelgood Enterprises in the proportions of err 100% to Feelgood, nil to you.
I will however see to it that you get first dibs on the Columbian Medicine Cabinet prior to the next intake of patients.
Keep up the good work. 8)
My evil twin has been hijacking my account again, I see.
He’s right though. π
My Dear Dr.Feelgood
Feelgood Enterprises? That’s the first we’ve heard about that venture. Anything else that you’d care to share with us whilst we’re in the mood for revelations?
On the technical side, I trust everybody was pleased with the quality of the ride in the HT this weekend? I believe that my team and I have found the perfect suspension settings, firm but comfortable, and between us we have picked the perfect bogies.
Yours,
Edwin
Hierarchy is a bit bizarre
Sounds like a company I know π
Dr F advises that the corporate structure of D L Ltd and all its subsidiaries and associated companies needs to be kept secret to protect [its commercial advantage/the not so innocent] (delete as appropriate).
Dr F is not available for further comment and is believed to be in Lichtenstein “on business”.
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wilshere-has-successful-surgery-on-ankle
Hooray!
(thankfully, I think I’m yet to hear about one of our players having ‘unsuccesful’ surgery :D)
Dear Dr F
Please review employment contract (back of beer mat). I am clearly self-employed and lease myself out to the HT (at exorbitant professional rates).
Hence all intellectual property rights, and passenger bodily tissues and fluids remain those of Quack For Hire Ltd.
I hope this clears the matter up?
Ollie @ #164
So, all being well, LJW will have a spring back in his step in The…er… Spring π
Get well soon young man!
Four-five months. That sounds so long… :/
Dr C
Feelgood has left the country. Rumour has it he has a “twin” assignment.
It is well within the realms of possibility that said gentleman will be mixing pleasure with pleasure and will be leaving any employment negotiations to one of his trusted aides (Carlos Kickemhard, who is vying with another notable, Stan Krankie, for a place on the D L Ltd Executive Board).
In the interests of your own personal safety, not to mention your professional reputation (yes we still have the negatives of you and Nanny), I would suggest that you desist with your feeble attempts to browbeat Dr Feelgood. Mr Kickemhard also has some unorthodox, erm, negotiation techniques, which involve a baseball bat.
The offer of a dip in the Medicine Cabinet remains on the table. Feelgood Enterprises takes its social responsibilty obligations most seriously, and wants to remain the Employer of Choice for 2011-12 – there is no place or the disgruntled on or in Delirious Locos.
Snir @ 167 and various before:
Are you familiar with the character, Cassandra, from Greek mythology?
I think True Storey has lost his bet quite spectacularly. Now can you prophesise some GOOD news, please?
Zico
I think you’ll find that most of Carlos Kickenhard’s techniques were passed on by me. Remember – I am a chiropractor.
As such, Carlos will, I believe, side with me should any dispute escalate.
I realise that Dr F, and not you, is responsible for FGE Ltd. However, if it is of any incentive, I note that it is time for your prostate exam. I can always tell Nurse Wolfie to “lose” the speculum and use whatever else she may possess, if necessary?
CMC – you honestly think I haven’t made a copy of the keys in all the time I spend here?
Photos of Nanny; Damn!
Ollie @164 – do you include Diaby?
In as much as, can you perform successful surgery on a piece of glass π
Alright, back home now and have downloaded the pictures from my camera and posted an image of what the table at the Arseblog end of the Tollie looked like just past 12am π
(not sure if the img tag is allowed by WordPress but if not clicking the link should work)
Oh, and tabs: do you have any recollection of you and me going into the Twelve Pins or did I do that on my own? When looking at my pictures I did, to my surprise, find a blurry picture of nothing in particular taken inside the Twelve Pins at rather late’o’clock on Saturday…
Zico, I am familiar with her but even if I do have some good news, nobody is gonna believe me, just like no one believed her π
Heh, touche Snir:)
Lars, excellent.
Headless Dr Feelgood and Holic π
Decapitation would’ve been a blessing at 8am yesterday morning.
Dr Z and Dr C – heh π
Lars , you’ve got some serious memory loss going on there my friend π
Yep , we wandered up to Finsbury Park and decided that The Twelve Pins was just the place for one for the road .
Went in and we ended up having a couple . We watched the end of the Barca game and then I staggered off to the tube , after pointing you in the direction of Manor House . No idea what time we left . π
TS @ 86 β Would be great to have a quick meet-up and chat with Edwin and Wolfgang at the Sh*t hole. Seems a bit rough that they donβt serve alcohol to visitors. Still, even the natives want to leave the place, so that says it all really π
Dr C @ 152 β I trust the, err, protocol for this βexperimentβ has had full approval from your local ethics committee, that it will be a double-blinded, randomised controlled trial, with the full results being subsequently made available on clinicaltrials.gov, and published in an internationally recognised peer-reviewed journal?? No? Oh well, fair enough. What could possibly go wrong there thenβ¦???
Dr F β epic diary. Hope the missing pages are, errr, ‘safe’.
Lars β outstanding photo – with only 6 empties at noon can we assume that you’d all only just arrived π
Great pic Lars . π
Snowy , excellent news , will catch up with you at the Sh*thole bio-suited up π
Cheers for the embedding, ‘Holic!
snowy, six empites? I can see at least seven π
zico, if you haven’t already, try rehydration tablets – works wonders for me at least. I never get a headache the day after if I take a couple before going to bed and then a couple more first thing when I wake up.
tabs, I really do seem to have had a large portion of what went on from deciding to leave the Tollie (which I actually do remember!) until I got on the bus outside the gates at Finsbury Park removed from memory…
“Lars, did you have fun?
Oh I must have had, I can’t remember a thing!”
π
Snowy,
Lars was clearly man of the match, having arrived at the Tollie 10 minutes before opening.
Hate to think what a man without pneumonia could do π
This is what comes from having the largest wallet in Europe – so much plastic, so little time. π
Incredibly busy and yet to catch up with all the drinks
Heh @ Dr Z’s diary π
Ethics commitee? Errrm..yes. I, err, put it to the head of the ethics, one Catalan Gunner, and he told myself that um, yes, it was all a jolly good idea.
He also told myself not to worry too much about all this evidence malarky – after all if we never try something new, how will we ever move on?
Anyway, there’s a beer in it for you…. just got to sort out this little dispute with Dr F first.
Doctors of medical, philosophical, chiropractic and prettymuchanythingeslsethatfloatsyourboat, persuasions…..may I interupt your enjoyable levity with a brief note of concern.
On RvP……..”The conspiracy theorists worry about his close links to Darren Dein, the agent who helped to move FΓ‘bregas out of the club, although Van Persie’s Fifa-registered representative is the Amsterdam-based Kees Vos.”
Smells fishy and is another (fish) skeleton left in the cupboard by Dien senior after his 70Mill departure.
Never mind, Arsenal has had a whole summer of practicing to keep valued players and a whole season to prepare for Robin. Shouldn’t be a problem then, should it?
BTM
lalallalalallalallalalalalla not happening not happening
*fingers in ears*
Why isn’t it Sunday already?
Lars, nice photo. But, in true Ollie-style, shall I point out that it looks a bit too bright out there for 12am? π
zico171, eh.
Sounds like one of these magical evenings, Lars and tabs, congrats to all for making it home! π
Seriously, I think that this is one of the reasons that we need to see a serious signing or two in January – to help us this season, but also to persuade RVP and TV5 etc that it’s going to be fun to stay…..
Like it or not, they will need to see intent on our behalf. No worthwhile employee stays at a company that doesn’t show ambition..
Pedant Ollie π
Where Lars lives it is the same daylight at both twelves π
Ollie, am or pm, the way I seem to have blacked out towards the end it makes little difference to me π
But to be really picky, shouldn’t it actually be 12 noon?
Catalan@188: agreed, we might need to do something to “show ambition”, especially if we should not make the top four.
By the way, Holic, I think I actually did spot you on MOTD when the players walked onto the pitch – at least I saw someone who looked very much like you π
Where Lars lives it is the same daylight at both twelves
Haha, true.
the 12am vs 12pm is quite a common mistake among non-English people though.
12 noon, noon, midday indeed avoids any trouble. π
In other news, looks like Bordeaux made their worst start to a football season since 1979. Speak of doomed….
‘holic will be a regular on TV/BBC website this season.
Glass of Petrus for all.
Don’t mind if I do, Ollie. Cheers.
Yes Lars, that was me.
snowy @ #177
Good news indeed that we can meet.
I may have mislead you. They do serve alcohol at The Sh*thole ‘away supporters bar’. It’s just that they were taking for e-v-e-r to do it at the last match there in the spring, crap staff, crap system. Then again, what do you expect from those LWCs?
Holic – would you please be so kind (again) and send my email details to Mr Snowy? There’s an extra drink in it for you for The Munsters game π
Glad you guys had fun and made it back intact (apart from Lars’ wallet). Some excellent accounts above.
Songs from the Caboose:
With only one attack did Bolton threaten
Denied by the most magnificent Pole
And never closer did their forwards reckon
To disrupt our third clean sheet with a goal
After a “dry” spell for the forty-five
The great Dutch master found the netting twice
To make his Arsenal century arrive
Will you please sign him up at any price
There was time enough for one final Song
“Only one Arsene Wenger” was the cry
That rang out from the mighty gunners throng
And shut up every single **** on Sky
The happy train begins its forward run
Off next to Frimpong the abysmal Sc*m
Good work, Joshua. π
Lurker?
|@70 Am actually in Limerick so surprised to see my feeble 1st team getting mentioned – had to change captain for reasons I now forget
wait a minute 200?
Cheers, ‘Holic. Hopefully one of these days I’ll make it to England and join you guys for a game.
Sorry tabs, for taking 201 π
yerss
anyway being unused to fantasy leagues went for long term consistency – who else but Bacary. must learn to review team more often
I watched match on a laptop here, was very happy with result, but am still worried about our level of goals scored versus shots on target
TS and Tabs – woo hoo, game on π
I see that Na$ri has been tweeting congratulations to RvP on his century, and wishing LJW a speedy recovery…hmmm….
*rolls eyes and tuts loudly*
Thank you, cognacgunner for your explanation of Bacary as captain. If we keep on getting clean sheets and he keeps on getting assists (goals may be a little optimistic?) I’ll be considering him for Numpties but not sure if as captain. TS still might be able to convince me, however. π
Nice one Joshua.
Snowy, tabs and TS – you do realize you are going to be put in the Quarantine Carriage (QC) for at least a week, after you’ve been getting all down and dirty?
And speaking of QC, please Dr C desist immediately, or my brother will sue. π
Quarantine?
Surely not required when alcohol is such a splendid and effective disinfectant.
π
Snowy,
There are standards of hygiene that need to be observed.
Whilst Professor Storey has done well in sourcing state-of-the-art bio suits, the health of the rest of us on the Happy Train is of paramount importance. One cannot be too careful when you mix with the cocks (yes, Wolfie we know…..).
Your biggest risk – you don’t want to get infected with small club syndrome. It is very pervasive in that part of the city.
Count to 50, and repeat on a regular basis. And come home safe.
Apologies for my absence fellow riders , but you all know how much I like an all day Bender .
Interesting week ahead , going Greek on Wednesday , followed by a Sunday outing surrounded by c*nts dressed up as cocks .
The Gooner Ladyboy Massive will be on high level alert .
zico @ 208 – heh! π
Your concern is very welcome, and I am most grateful.
However to reassure you, I learned to row earlier this year (long story, starting with a knee injury).
So basically I have spent the past 6 months rowing every week in a very beautiful river into which each year Thames Water see fit to pump 39 million tonnes of the stuff that (i’m given to understand) the Shi*thole is actually built from.
Why they don’t pump the stuff straight into the Lane I’m not sure. But suffice to say, I now have immunity. This immunity, when combined with ‘Arsenal DNA’ ensures that any proper Gooner within about 20 feet of me is immediately protected from Small Club Syndrome.
In many cases it also seems to work against ‘Plastic fan Syndrome’, ‘Doomer Syndrome’ and ‘Le Grove Tourettes”. And in the cases where it doesn’t work I find a swift verbal rebuke usually does the trick.
And thus, I could never put a genuine fellow Gooner at any risk, and fully expect this marvel of modern science to be published in the medical literature very soon.
Yours, protectively
Snowy
So the media are after getting are captain to leave with thoughts of many newspapers flying off the shelves talking of the down fall of the once mighty gunners.
The media can go fuck them selfs.
RVP is more interested in getting the team back on track, he also has the right to sit down with the boss and ask were the team and club are heading.
Will there be signings in January ?
Why shouldnt he ask ? Signing a new contract isnt the highest thing on his agenda at this moment. He wants to concentrate on team performances and that is fine by me.
RVP is a gooner and once a gooner there is no turning back i think everyone here understands that as dose he. He just wants to win trophies and thankfully he wants to do that at Arsenal, however no one man has single handed won a trophy on there own. The rest of the team also has to step up and be counted.
Now I thought I had seen every kind of match review possible. Until, courtesy of that miserable news aggregator we all love to hate, I saw this, ummm, ‘gem’:
http://www.surrealfootball.com/2011/09/26/arsenal-bolton-match-report-like-youve-never-seen/
The thought of RvP telling a Spanish footballer:
βWhoβs captain now bitch? Itβs me, Iβm the captain. Fuck tapas. Those blue and red stripes make you look fatβ
is a mental image that will stay with me for some time.
π
Wolfie @ #209
Super heh! Lucy Nutcrackerjee could prove very useful as a highly efficient chicken stuffer. I hope it and it’s Massive have tickets secured for the game on Sunday. Special request from me: could it please keep an eye out for one LWC they call ‘Cusop’? A couple of hours of ‘hardinso’ should keep it well in check.
BTW, I’ll be there to welcome The Greeks on Wednesday. Could you pass the message to tabs that it could be good oppty for a swift catch-up?
Cheers! Cinzano my friend?
Nice one snowy @ #210. tabs and I will be bio-suited and innoculated pre-match. I heard that Edwin is working on a new Sh*thole Common Universal Machine (SCUM) which auto sanitizes any Gooner or HT passenger (not pets) who have been to SHL for a visit. Should be a doddle to get ourselves cleaned-up post match π
Cinzano will do very nicely TS thanks . π
Fraid Tabs won’t be going Greek in person this week , but assures me that he will be in touch with you to discuss plans for Sewage Lane .
Can’t believe we got a mention on A.com
It’s all my hard work! huh! **shines nails
Okay mayybe Holic had a little something to do with it!
…and yes I’ve had one, okay?
The bans been lifted for the time being temporarily!
Will aim for the Champilly around Feb!
Imagine linking me then dudes? π
Catalan,
It caught me at an uncharacteristically low moment. Won’t happen again, apologies.
Lalalalalala, lalala, Hey JUde……
Re: Surreal Football @Snowy212: Thank you. This made my day! π
Judging by the short sleeved shirts @172 Saturday seems to have been a lovely day in London. On more than one front. π
Spanish brandy please barman to toast the club in #1 position in the following table:
http://es.fifa.com/associations/association=esp/nationalleague/standings.html
Snowy – I don’t know who’s weirder, you for going to those website, or the owners of the site that actually have that nonsense…
It’s so stupid it’s a bit funny hehe π
Looking forward to the Olympiakos match!
Hope Wenger gives Oxo a little cameo towards the end; give the boy some CL experience. I’m sure he’ll relish it.
Loving RVP as always. Triple figures for an Arsenal great. Lets hope he keeps smashing them in the back of the net all season.
“Owen Coyle looks like an ugly George Clooney” – from Snowy’s link
Heh π
Zico
Dr C has proposed that I forward the following way to settle his and Dr F’s legal dispute;
There is, I believe, a rugby match this coming weekend between the two certain nations. One of which has won the world cup, and one that has once won the five nations.
Whomever shall prevail in this match will win the dispute, without resorting to the lawyers.
Or I shall set my wife on you (in a legal capacity).
Dr C
Dr Feelgood is oblivious to this egg-chasing frivolity that you refer to.
This “sport” was for all the fat blokes at school who couldn’t master the art of the Cruyff turn. π
He is however terrified of Mrs Dr C, so he is going to see if he can find the Beer Mat contract previously referred to. I’m sure an agreement can be reached over a glass of Rioja and some accompaniment from the Green Tin.
The GT and CMC underuse must stop!!
Dr F is a wise man to be terrified of Senora CG! I am too.
Right then, a bottle of Rioja and plenty of usage of the GT should sort this out. Bring those photos of Nanny.
Splendid.
8ball – quite right! π
Dentist’s time?
Groan @ Edwin.
Please leave the humour to the non-techies, thanks old bean π
8ball @ #228
What makes you think it’s being underused? π
heh
Two-thirty Prof?
Exactly Mr. ‘Holic. I told TS that I could do humour if I really tried.
TS passes on his thanks again for the intro.
No Kos, Theo, Yossi or Flipper tomorrow…
So;
—————–Woj———————-
Sagna–Big Sacks — Song —–Gibbs
Arteta ——Frimpers———–Ramsey
Ox ———–RVP ————-Arshavin
???? Not sure about that – looks lightweight to me. I’d rather go for 4-4-2
Master tactician alert….
——————–Woj—————————
Sagna —– Big Sacks —-Song ——-Gibbs
Arteta ——Frimpers —-Rambo—–Santos
———–Park ——-RVP——————–
Happier with that. Dear Arsene…..
Nice one(s) Dr.C @ #s 236 & 237. The 4-4-2 looks stronger to me too. As always, it’ll be up to Uncle A.
Do you think Park is ready for the CL?
What the flip is up with Flipper? I think he’s a big loss for tom night as is Kos. Could Frimpong play at CB too?
Oi Edwin! Use your own PC.
TS – Frimpong at CB?
ABS (anyone but Squillaci) ! π
Re Park… we’ve got to find out sometime…!
The alternative is Chamakh…..!! To be fair, I think 4-4-2 would suit him better.
Dr.C
@#240 – My point exactly (ABS), plus Frimpers is a big lump. No idea about his positional sense though…
@#241 – Agree again. Chamakh over Park if we play 4-4-2.
The B-Teamers are going to have put in a shift tom night. I’ll be giving them my encouragement, come what may.
UTA!
TS… fools seldom differ! π
TS – can you have a look around the tables at the Tollie tomorrow night and see if you can find an ounce of self respect that I may have left behind?
Something Roxette said – think she may have found some stray pages from the Feelgood Diaries…..
On more important matters, is Flipper injured?
Who is Tom Night?
And we’ve already got only one central defender left?
Damn! Doomed!
And fear not, apparently Squillaci could be back for the weekend.
Oh.
Don’t you think Miquel will play though?
zico @ #244
If I find it, I’ll put it in a tin and save it for you the next time we meet. Lucky you BTW, having a whole ounce left. Didn’t have you down as one of those who leads a quite life π
*quiet*
Hush Ollie π
Dr.C @ #243
Oh contraire π
heh, for no reason other than I fancied 250 π
haha Dr Z
Ollie @ #246
Miquel shades it for me vs Squilly but neither should be first team regulars, for very different reasons of course and esp. not against the LWCs @ SHL.
βItβs not very serious. But itβs serious enough that they say he will be out for the whole of next week. Itβs inflammation but he has not torn anything.β
That was AW’s reaction to Jack’s injury after New York Red Bulls.
I’m sorry Arsene, I love you, support you in every way, but this really is quite annoying, very annoying, you said nothing about a fracture and now you’re saying the injury changed and the fracture (WTF?!) hasn’t healed?
Why do we have to go through this every time?
It does make you wonder, Snir.
Our medical team would diagnose de-capitatation as a mild concussion.
Leaving Arsene with a selection headache…….
(I’m here all week, folks) 8)
I’m not sure why you should be annoyed, Snir, since you had the correct prognosis from the start anyway π
Ollie, TS – Miguel injured himself warming up fpr the reserves yesterday!
Truth stranger than fiction.
So, we’re dropping like flies again, eh?
I think Arsene is saving Flipper, Kos and Wallcott for the LWC’s which he probably sees as the more important game.
Team for tomorrow (based on absolutly nothing);
Woj
Gibbs Per Song Sagna
Fimpong Ramsey
Arteta
Oxo RvP Arshavin
Snir,
He was always out for a prolonged period I posted on here that I’d heard that he was along term injury but the club at that point didn’t want in known due to the departures of Fabregas and Nasri as they beleived it would lead to chaos amongst the masses, For once they probably done the right thing as it would also have increased purchase prices,
HA!!!!! Just read about Bath City’s game yesterday!!
Genius π
Chippy,
Believe me when I say that I “knew” that Jack won’t play again this season :).
I feel you on the not mentioning the severity of the injury to not raise the price and I agree that it was very beneficial in Mertesacker’s case (if TV woulda done the surgery before we bought him you know the price woulda gone up), but this is different.
I have to say I’m still not over last season and probably this is my instinctive reaction.
Last season, AW said he won’t be buying a CB in January because TV is 2 weeks away.
When it was revealed that if he would play it would only be in the last couple of games AW stated that he NEVER expected TV to come back during the season.
Now, I know that there are a lot of communication issues to consider when AW is talking to the media, but I think you have to find the balance.
I mean, as it stands now, I don’t believe a word AW says in his pressers.
It shouldn’t be that way.
I pay money to see his pressers and wanna hear the truth.
You have to find the balance between having a laugh at the meeja and inform your fans.
And Chippy, they didn’t do a lot to ease the masses.
SOOOOOOOOO many people knew that Jack would be out for a long period of time.
They could have just been straight with us, not everything is brinkmanship, and believe me, they were quoted high prices anyways because of the Β£58M they got.
Evening all.
First trip in for two days π
Nice work up top from Zico (diaries), Tabs, snowy, H2H et al,- not forgetting, of course, the obligatory c*nt from Potters Bar. Strange that I can’t get that surreal gentleman out of my head.
There must be a song there somewhere. No, not him.
TS @various – why is dyslexia so hard to spell ? π
Snir – I think it was you that asked the ‘what does bone inflammation mean’ question a while back.
I did say then, that reading between the lines and taking the protective boot into consideration, that at least three months out seemed the likely scenario.
Unfortunately I was wrong, seems like it will be seven months before he is back.
I still don’t really understand the truth of the situation. On the one hand we are told the injury was caused by a kick in a match in June, and on the other that it was a stress fracture.
A stress fracture would not be caused by a kick in one match.
Still, what does it matter. He’s out and that’s it. Makes no difference at all whether I understand it or not.
Someone must have broken a whole hall full of mirrors at AFC.
Smashing Trev, smashing π
Dr.C @ #256
Is it Squilly time? Like Blogs, I felt a little bit of sick rise into my mouth as I typed that π
Trev – My point exactly.
I just feel like I’m being taken for a fool.
What does it matter? Well, like I said, I (and all Arsenal members/Arsenal Player subscribers) pay money to watch AW’s pressers because what he has to say is interesting to me.
I’m sick of being told everything but the truth.
Like I said, I get the point in not revealing everything for transfer reasons, but you have to find the balance.
Most Arsenal fans do not believe any word that AW has to say in his pressers when it comes to injuries/transfers.
It shouldn’t be that way.
And one last thing – Nasri, you’re a cunt.
Just felt like saying that.
Catalan – hey, as a fellow professional (quack), can you explain to me how a professional athlete injures himself warming up, ffs!!
Wally, Kos and Flipper all out. Don’t even mention JW, TV5. Will this ever end? π
Snir – do you think Nasri is from Potters Bar, cos I know a c*nt from there ?
Trev @ 268.
Beyond me!
Heh to Citeh π
Not so easy to travel to Germany and play a top side, is it? Let alone come away with a result.
How do you like them apples, the chinless lesbian?
UTA!
Heh at Trev π
New post up now >>>>>>>>>>