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Archive for September, 2012

Judge us after we have played City and Chelsea. Not only I suggested that. Those two matches are now out of the way and we can be forgiven for feeling this morning that we may not be as close to the finished article as we had hoped. Both matches were dominated by the visiting midfield. […]

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For the second weekend running it is another big club to challenge, another opportunity to show we are as good as we think we might be. In his pre-match press conference Arsene summed up our visitors and his own team perfectly. “They’ve gone a little bit more creative. We’ll know a bit more about us […]

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A bloggers nightmare. No ticket, no stream. Unexpectedly a mixture of Arsenal Player, Twitter, and live text commentary on the BBC provides an amusing impression, accurate or otherwise. So, chronologically, the ‘virtual’ highlights for me included the following. I should also point out that for the first half an hour I was completing a very […]

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I’m looking out of my window as I type. The floodlights at the County Ground light up the surrounding area, as has the Capital One Cup for the team in the third tier of English football that plays there. The prospect of a third giant-killing of this fledgling season is exciting the locals. This is […]

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A strange day for all kinds of reasons. I have to say from the hotel where I was imprisoned by foul weather that news of the skipper’s absence was not well received. That was nothing to do with the quality of his replacement, our best defender last season, but more the scramble to repunt the […]

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So, fate has me relying on a dodgy wifi connection and an even dodgier 3G hook up. Serves me right for grabbing the last bit of summer on the technophobic coast. I have a feeling catching the game at City could be an interesting experience. What a game to be sweating on too. The champions […]

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I am tiring quickly of some of the ludicrous claptrap (yes Charlie Wyett, I mean you and your ilk) being written about Olivier Giroud’s failure to score in three starts and two substitutes appearances for Arsenal. Some of us who have seen the finest two players of a generation (God 10 and son of God […]

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So the plan is, if you are going to get involved in a game of two halves, be the team that bosses the second half to avoid any questions being asked of you afterwards. In that respect Montpellier will be pleased with their Champions League bow. Lest we forget those of us who punted on […]

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The suspended Arsene Wenger has been talking up Steve Bould in advance of the opening game in our fifteenth consecutive Champions League campaign. The boss isn’t the only absentee, however, so a few words in praise of Vito Mannone are in order as well. All Arsene can do is lay the foundations and rely on […]

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By now you will probably have caught at least the highlights of what was a devastating performance against a side of as yet unknown ability. If you are an Arsenal member I would take the opportunity to watch at very least the first half of the match in it’s entirety. That is what I intend […]

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