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Archive for February, 2013

Bits And Pieces

A free midweek has brought with it mixed news for this blogger. On a purely selfish (and profitable!) basis I was delighted with Stirling Albion’s performance at home to Rangers for the second time this season. A wider view however hasn’t yielded too much good news for Arsenal. A combination of the neighbours win at […]

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An Arsenal Writers Hangout

Unscripted, unrehearsed, a number of Arsenal bloggers were brought together by Danny Karbassiyoon for his Soccer Without Limits, or SWOL, website. The resulting hour long videocast can be seen below. If only someone had told me we would be on screen at all times (apart from the very clever Arseblogger) then I would not have […]

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Midway through the second half, and the moment came that was most discussed in the post mortem. Weimann was allowed to charge unhindered through the centre before shooting more in hope than in expectation. Wojciech Szczesny might have been distracted by the lack of a challenge by those in front of him and allowed a […]

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It’s thirty-two years since a visit to Arsenal by Aston Villa attracted so much media interest. Those who were at Highbury as Villa clinched the title in 1981 will have a variety of memories of a remarkable event, be it the appearance of Pele, or the mass pitch invasion at the final whistle. It is […]

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You don’t need the match report because I suspect half the planet watched that tonight. You don’t need some old boy in his spare room to explain to you just how poor we were in the first-half, although I would urge you to appreciate the quality that Bayern brought to the half. They worked harder, […]

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Why not? With apologies to Robin Scott we need to listen to some cheesy seventies pop and take a chill pill. Bayern are a frightening prospect and we haven’t finished lashing out after the weekend yet. I think we have done Saturday to death now, don’t you? I hope that isn’t taken as a ‘holic […]

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Comfortably Numb

“It’s all very Arsenal this. Neat and tidy around the box, dominant, but no goals.” My antipodean commentator summed up the opening half very well. Just twice we worked Kean in the Blackburn goal, and both of those from corners. The only other incidents of note were a poor effort at a dive by Francis […]

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Let’s Do It For Joe

So regulars would have seen me gushing about my first love on Soccer Without Limits earlier this week. How did we let such a talent go at the peak of his powers, I hear you ask. The answer my friends is topical. Joe Baker, scorer of 101 goals in 156 games for the Gunners, did […]

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Bergkamp’s the Man has been bashing the keyboard again, and in his own inimitable style he has looked at Arsenal. the brand. I understand that terminology doesn’t fit well with those who want their Arsenal back, but the future success of the club does depend on building income streams from across the globe and across […]

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Legends – Peter Storey

Back in 2007 I penned the following appreciation of Peter Storey for Arsenal-Land. Thanks again Darren for letting me reproduce it here. It was written three years before I had the added resource of Peter’s autobiography to lean on. Fortunately ‘Snouty’ left an impression on all who saw him, or indeed played against him! Let […]

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