Posted in match preview on Jan 14th, 2012 237 Drinks »
Decisions, decisions, decisions. The press conference chat of late decisions being made on Per Mertesacker and Tomas Rosicky due to sickness will prompt quite different reactions in each case, I’m sure. While Tomas would be regarded a ‘nice to have if he is fully fit’ option, it is probably fair to say that large numbers […]
Posted in history on Jan 12th, 2012 242 Drinks »
So, next up it will be Swansea City, or Swansea Town as I first remember them. Every time I see the name of the place I am reminded of one of the finest goalkeepers, ‘holicdad argued the finest, ever to play for Arsenal. You see Swansea was the birthplace of Jack Kelsey, and Gooners of […]
Posted in match review on Jan 10th, 2012 430 Drinks »
You will be used to me doing unorthodox match reports. Well, they’re not reports are they. Call them impressions of what was going on around me if you will. Tonight left a very special impression on me, for more than one reason. It started, surprisingly given the delayed train from home, with an early drink […]
Posted in match preview on Jan 8th, 2012 342 Drinks »
A year and a day after Arsenal came within a last minute penalty of going out of the FA Cup 3rd round against Leeds United we have a reprise at the Grove. Hopefully Arsene will have learned the lesson from last year and will not make unnecessary wholesale changes, although it has to be said […]
Posted in comment on Jan 6th, 2012 190 Drinks »
I’ve been trying to recall the first time I clapped eyes on Thierry Henry in the flesh. I have had to do some serious thinking, and have settled for his cameo appearance as substitute when we got beaten by Barcelona at Wembley in the Champions League on the 19th October, 1999. It is indicative of […]
Posted in history on Jan 4th, 2012 450 Drinks »
Around a month ago now I promised to write a piece for the truly superb Arsenal Collective when I got time. Finally tonight I got it started. Hopefully I can put the finishing touches to it tomorrow. I want something special and personal to go on there, because I think it is a site that […]
Posted in match review on Jan 2nd, 2012 432 Drinks »
Whatever anybody attempts to write in the aftermath of a match such as the one we have just witnessed at the Cottage is going to get a mixed reaction. I already know this one will because I have seen what others are venting online right now. The old saying, a game of two halves, was […]
Posted in match preview on Jan 1st, 2012 418 Drinks »
Two posts in a day, and at least my mind is functioning a little more clearly than it was this morning. I felt very strange for much of the day. Can’t think why. Anyway, Manchester City’s last gasp defeat at Sunderland means we were the only top five team to win this weekend. It is […]
Posted in match review on Jan 1st, 2012 84 Drinks »
‘holic, why do you always try to write up the matches so quickly? Because at my age you tend to forget what happened, especially if New Years Eve occurs in between the final whistle and the first character I press on the keyboard. I see we beat Queens Park Rangers by the most memorable of […]
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