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Archive for November, 2011

Such a shame. As the big stars looked on the understudies were asked to produce a masterpiece of a show, and so very nearly did it. Make no mistake this was a professional performance, not a pantomime, but in the end the writer of the piece regretted producing his work with a blunt pencil. The […]

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Monday night. Late. I’ve only just recovered from Saturday night. Getting too old for it all. Now, what’s on the agenda next? Oh yes. The little matter of Manchester City in the quarter final of the beer cup. That reminds me. Regulars will know I don’t drink in the ground usually, but Arthur was insistent […]

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Why I Love The Arsenal

This is going to be difficult. To avoid having to post in the early hours of the morning I have brought the hPad2 along so I can describe the events of the day on the journey home. You know this won’t be a conventional match report now, don’t you? This was one of those days […]

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“So come on Grandad, what chance have Arsenal got on Sunday?” I have to manage a young lad’s expectations. “Not much to be fair”, I tell him. The mood as I write my previews these days has changed from the early days of the season. Above was an honest assessment of our chances before we […]

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“Just a couple of words about Fulham. Three to be precise. We were crap.” I wrote one of my shortest match summaries in November 2006 after a particularly poor performance saw us defeated 2-1 at Craven Cottage. Had I expanded on my feelings that night I would have gone to the place that every other […]

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Ten matches remain in 2011, weather permitting, for this improving Arsenal squad. Three stand out as true tests of just how far we have come since the early season inconsistency. Manchester City, in both the Carling Cup and the Premier League will obviously be difficult contests. So is this Champions League matchday five fixture against […]

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I mentioned on Friday that I had walked in to find a couple of really great emails waiting for me. One was from Arsenal,  but I’ll wait a day or two more before sharing that with you. The other was an offer of a pair of tickets to this Saturday’s match against Fulham, courtesy of […]

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This game was brought to you by the letter V, and the numbers one and two. Midway through a particularly busy Saturday a wonderful game of football broke out, and credit both sides for the attacking intent on display. A brief summary, because I’m sure the vast majority of you saw the game live, and […]

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What a strange Friday afternoon I have had. A half-day at work presented the opportunity to enjoy a carvery lunch with friends, then a shopping expedition meant I didn’t get back in time for my usual Friday evening Guinness in the local (but don’t worry, I’m on my third tin now!). The first job when […]

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Internationals over, check. No injuries reported, check. Tedious transfer speculation, check. Nothing to write about then unless, no surely not. Blatter? He said what? You’re kidding me. It is hard to believe that an operator like the head of FIFA, so well gifted in the dark arts that enable him to remain in his extremely […]

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