Posted in match review on Sep 13th, 2016 88 Drinks »
The timing of my latest ten day dry spell was a bit out. I should have started tomorrow, not yesterday! The team news pre-match didn’t help my nervousness. As last year Arsene Wenger put his faith in his squad. In goal was David Ospina, and a starting deep-lying midfield pairing of Francis Coquelin and Santi Cazorla […]
Posted in match preview on Sep 12th, 2016 157 Drinks »
Here we go again. For the nineteenth consecutive season we enter the group phase of the European Champions League. We don’t have a gentle introduction to this season’s competition. On paper Paris St Germain away is the toughest of our six matches in this phase. Arsene Wenger has admitted today that our opponents on Tuesday […]
Posted in match review on Sep 10th, 2016 63 Drinks »
Arsene Wenger certainly utilised his new look squad for the visit of Southampton. Both August signings, Shkodran Mustafi and Lucas Perez, were handed debuts. There was a recall for Francis Coquelin alongside Santi Cazorla, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain with Theo Walcott were preferred on the flanks. A tremendously strong looking bench includeded Alexis, Olivier Giroud, and Granit […]
Posted in match preview on Sep 8th, 2016 94 Drinks »
On Friday I play the last 36 holes of my absurdly short golfing summer. Therefore it’s a Thursday preview of Saturday’s fixture without the benefit of having seen the gaffer’s press conference, scheduled to start as I either nail a thirty footer or take four stabs from six feet on the second green. Southampton provide the […]
Posted in match review on Sep 4th, 2016 120 Drinks »
If one has to endure an international break after just three matches of the Premier League season then the insertion of a legends match proved to be an inspired idea yesterday. A very mixed crowd with lots of families in attendance enjoyed the opportunity to take in the match between some of Arsenal and Milan’s […]
Posted in match preview on Sep 2nd, 2016 33 Drinks »
It is one of the more unusual previews I have prepared in nine years and fifty weeks of blogging. Not because I am unusually relaxed ahead of what should be a fun match, but because of those likely to be on show. I know there are a couple of enforced absentees but some fabulous names […]
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