Posted in match preview on Oct 5th, 2007 6 Drinks »
Enough though of the over-rated, flat-faced striker and his colleagues at Tottenham. This weekend we welcome his namesake to the Grove as Sunderland and Niall Quinn pay the Premiership leaders a visit. Quinny still evokes memories of Arsenal’s 1987 League Cup semi-final triumph against another club from North London, currently involved in a fight for […]
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Posted in tongue in cheek on Oct 4th, 2007 7 Drinks »
I am deeply indebted to the Daily Mirror for some insightful reporting into Chelsea’s Champions League clash at Valencia. Strangely, apart from the result, I am unable to fully grasp the nature of the Chelsea performance. I am however treated to the views of Mrs Cheryl Cole, and what an indictment of the education system […]
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Posted in match review on Oct 3rd, 2007 4 Drinks »
Conventional football wisdom says the mark of a good side is one that can win when not playing well. In that case Arsenal are a very good side indeed after the single goal triumph in Bucharest. The positives to be taken from the performance once again centred on the supposed ‘lesser lights’ of the side. […]
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Posted in match preview on Oct 2nd, 2007 Comments Off on What Have The Rumanians Ever Done For Us?
It’s back to Champions League action in Bucharest tonight, and seeing as how my deep and insightful knowledge of Rumanian football could be written on the back of a postage stamp with a felt tip pen I have included the BBC preview here. I am being a little harsh on myself there. I was present […]
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