Posted in match review on Nov 29th, 2015 94 Drinks »
On a blowy old afternoon in East Anglia Arsenal welcomed back Aaron Ramsey in place of Joel Campbell. The Gunners went into the match still in fourth place but with a chance of moving level on points with Manchester City and Leicester at the top. Arsenal took control early on and in just the fourth […]
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Posted in match preview on Nov 28th, 2015 83 Drinks »
“Our team play was very good, we played like a team, we responded like a team and we played together. My love for football is the team play and I felt the quality of our movement, the quality of the way we combined was very, very strong and when you are responsible for a team […]
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Posted in match review on Nov 24th, 2015 118 Drinks »
Arsene Wenger resisted the urge to start fit-again Aaron Ramsey and replaced Francis Coquelin with Mathieu Flamini for the visit of Dinamo Zagreb. The other change saw Joel Campbell replace Kieran Gibbs who dropped to the bench. Those in attendance had to get through a security cordon made necessary by the events in Paris a […]
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Posted in match preview on Nov 23rd, 2015 82 Drinks »
“In the last two games we have dropped points. We know as well that before that we won five games on the trot and you can go through a spell like that. It is how you respond to that and that is what makes your season. That is why it is a good test for us.” […]
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Posted in match review on Nov 21st, 2015 85 Drinks »
Arsene Wenger decided to go with Laurent Koscielny, Olivier Giroud, and Alexis Sanchez at the Hawthorns. Kieran Gibbs reward for scoring the equaliser in the North London derby was to start on the left flank with Alexis switched to the right. A slow start to the match was made worse when Francis Coquelin limped off […]
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Posted in match preview on Nov 20th, 2015 46 Drinks »
So, I have done four and five pint previews, but not any “I can’t remember” previews. I’ll start with an Arsene quote. “It is difficult but it’s a good opportunity to focus on something else and to get it out of your mind a little bit. Sometimes the best way is to concentrate on something […]
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Posted in comment on Nov 18th, 2015 48 Drinks »
The evening after England played France while matches in Belgium and Germany had to be cancelled. It’s less emotional. The events of last evening will never be forgotten, nor should they. The next time someone looks down their nose at you and talks with a sneer about ‘football supporters’ do remind them about the night […]
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Posted in comment on Nov 16th, 2015 29 Drinks »
A solemn weekend is giving way to a week in which life starts to return to something resembling normality. That’s not to say that the events of Friday will ever be forgotten, but human nature persuades that terrorism will not distract people from living as normally as possible whilst mourning the pointless waste of life. As […]
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Posted in comment on Nov 14th, 2015 43 Drinks »
There were minutes last night where I thought this morning I would be writing about Olivier Giroud and Santi Cazorla. Just minutes. Long before the final whistles last night something far more important than football was happening. Our thoughts and prayers go out this morning to the victims of senseless, barbaric, terrorism. Last night it […]
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Posted in Guest Tales, history on Nov 11th, 2015 111 Drinks »
Once again the break in proceedings has led to our very own North Bank Ned to unsheathe his mighty quill for another look back into all our yesterdays. Once again I am indebted to him for his contribution. Cheers Ned. The Emirates, idly unused while some international nonsense interrupts the season, is Arsenal’s sixth ground. […]
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