Posted in match preview on Feb 29th, 2008 9 Drinks »
Of all the players ruled out for the trip to St Andrews it looks as though only Abou Diaby will be returning for the home clash with much-improved Aston Villa. Prior engagements mean that this preview is being prepared on Thursday night, and I have been caught out by the Friday press conference before, but […]
Posted in comment on Feb 28th, 2008 7 Drinks »
A pretty lousy week hasn’t been helped by the news that Alisher Usmanov has set his sights on a blocking stake at Arsenal. The lockdown agreement has effectively put paid to any greater ambitions in the short term. The veto itself should not be any more than an inconvenience for the existing board. After all, […]
Posted in comment on Feb 27th, 2008 21 Drinks »
It’s good to see the odd interviews creeping into the news aggregators that look forward, not back. Opinions about what has passed have become polarised. The time has come to accept that and ignore the people you don’t want to listen to (isn’t the ipod cassette adaptor a wonderful invention when you have had enough […]
Posted in comment on Feb 26th, 2008 26 Drinks »
‘Hello Dad, how are you?’ ‘Alright son, I’m glad you phoned, I can turn this radio off now.’ ‘Don’t let me interrupt anything. What are you listening to?’ ‘These clowns have been discussing Saturday again. And Green, that man just insults the intelligence of everybody listening. It’s all Wenger’s fault apparently. Hard to believe they […]
Posted in comment on Feb 25th, 2008 22 Drinks »
Monday morning. There have been better weekends. Regulars will know we had quite a time of it on here with the orchestrated invasion by the SmallHeathAlliance on Saturday night. For their benefit, but to their chagrin, I removed some of the more inane and downright vile comments. I wish I could have done the same […]
Posted in match review on Feb 23rd, 2008 149 Drinks »
There is a danger of over reaction to so many things that happened at St Andrews. Not least amongst these was the challenge that removed Eduardo from Arsenal’s season, and Croatia’s European Championship challenge. It is difficult not to be seething about the challenge depicted here and here. Balance what you see in those images […]
Posted in match preview on Feb 22nd, 2008 6 Drinks »
A little over a month ago I sat in a bar full of Chelsea and Tottenham fans watching Arsenal struggle to a draw at home to Birmingham City. The fixture list is a complex construction and tomorrow gives us a quick opportunity to set the record straight against the Brummies. A lunchtime kick-off gives us […]
Posted in match review on Feb 21st, 2008 5 Drinks »
Right, let’s get the important discoveries out of the way first. The Punch and Judy is an awful pub in just about the best location in town. Italians from Dublin are funny, and Milan will now be considered hot favourites to advance to the last eight of the Champions League after an entertaining but goal-free […]
Posted in match preview on Feb 19th, 2008 4 Drinks »
Hard to believe in less than twenty-four hours I’ll be watching Arsenal taking on Milan in the Champions League. What is really funny is that if you ask me which trophy I desperately want us to win this season, I would have to say the Premiership. Reclaiming the title of the best of twenty clubs […]
Posted in comment on Feb 18th, 2008 11 Drinks »
It has been a day for looking forward. Thankfully the magnitude of the task to come against Milan on Wednesday far outweighs what has gone before. What a contest awaits. I feel very privileged to be going. The main preview will follow tomorrow when hopefully we will have a little more of an update on […]
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