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Archive for November, 2016

Arsene Wenger’s team was pretty much as predicted beforehand as thousands struggled to get to the Grove amid underground transport chaos. I hadn’t foreseen the promotion of Jeff Reine-Adelaide on the right flank, but ten changes it was. Southampton went with a very strong, although also much-changed, line-up and a difficult night lay in store. […]

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First things first. On the other side of the Atlantic an air crash has rightly grabbed the headlines today. That event means much to me in a number of ways both personally and professionally. If I am being totally honest I had not heard of Chapecoense until this happened. Now I know people like me, and […]

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Three Wheels On My Wagon

but I’m singing’ a happy song… The Cherokees don’t like it one bit, but we’re still rollin’ along. I was reminded of the New Christy Minstrels classic first by my meandering route to the match, then by Arsenal’s performance as we defied a very lively and combative Bournemouth team and (I always feel free to […]

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That was an interesting set of results on this Saturday as our title rivals set out their stall. Manchester City took over at the summit with something of a fortunate come from behind win at Burnley, and with Vincent Company out for another six weeks they do not look convincing leaders. They didn’t stay there […]

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Twenty-four hours on and it has been interesting seeing the different takes that people have on the performance of the team and certain individuals against PSG. Of course that isn’t a surprise. Why would we all agree? The only thing that most could sign up to was the fact that this was another uninspiring start […]

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Arsene Wenger surprised many by selecting Kieran Gibbs over Nacho Monreal, Alex Iwobi for Mohamed Elneny, and Olivier Giroud ahead of Theo Walcott. That meant positional changes for Ramsey and Alexis. One can only assume that Theo was considered close to the much-discussed ‘red zone’. David Ospina came in as the Champions League goalkeeper. The starting […]

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In the last post I pointed out that match day provides both Arsenal and PSG with a ‘winner takes all’ opportunity to clinch top place in group A. Only a repeat of the draw in Paris will lead to a decider on matchday six. However that prospect may not be quite as attractive as it has […]

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The week of a huge Champions League meeting with PSG has arrived. It’s a winner takes all fixture guaranteeing the victors top place in Group A. It’s also competition time again at Goonerholic thanks to our old friends at the Art of Football, who will help two lucky Gooners celebrate or cheer them up depending on […]

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Arsene surprised some by preferring Mohamed Elneny to Granit Xhaka alongside Francis Coquelin, and Aaron Ramsey to Alex Iwobi on the left. For United the fading Rooney was left on the bench. There’s no doubt the hosts started much the stronger and their early pressing had Arsenal rattled. Herrera’s dive under minimal, if any, contact […]

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The annual visit to Old Trafford is upon us. As in February, when in our preceding Premier League fixture we had completed the double over Leicester City, we go to Manchester in better shape than the hosts. However the 3-2 defeat we suffered that day to a weakened United had a far-reaching effect on our bid […]

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