Posted in match review on Feb 7th, 2015 134 Drinks »
As days go this was one to forget. The defend in depth tactic that brought a welcome victory at Manchester City was again the preferred option. I saw many calling for it beforehand so to be critical of that approach with the benefit of hindsight is perhaps unwise. Rope-a-dope works so often for us, but […]
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Posted in match preview on Feb 6th, 2015 153 Drinks »
As Marvin Gaye once said, “You know what I’m talkin’ ’bout.” It’s them versus Arsenal. It doesn’t need building up. So straight into the team news. Alexis is out, no wait, he might not be. Confused? You will be. Danny Welbeck is back in the squad after a lengthy lay-off and will surely make the […]
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Posted in history on Feb 4th, 2015 135 Drinks »
The North London derby. A match that has changed in significance to the outside world in the Premiership years. Somewhat surprisingly for this fossil it also seems to be a fixture that doesn’t retain it’s rating among some of our younger fans, a few of whom look more towards the Chelsea fixtures. For the uninitiated […]
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Posted in match review on Feb 2nd, 2015 111 Drinks »
The morning after the day before. Good company, and good football linger in the memory. The discussions after recent victories have so often centred on the standard of the opposition. It is certainly true that Villa were brushed aside with ease, but credit the level of the Gunners performance please. Some of the football we […]
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