Posted in match review on Apr 28th, 2008 15 Drinks »
Finding a balance is sometimes very difficult. I, and my fellow bloggers, have been accused of arrogance by supporters of the vanquished on more than one occasion. Tonight I would love to crow about the quality of the Arsenal performance, and yet the experts on Setanta are putting it down to Derby being the poorest […]
Posted in match preview on Apr 25th, 2008 4 Drinks »
I have to do something tonight about our next fixture because I am just about to jump in a car and head for Devon to celebrate my father’s eighty-sixth birthday. A weekend of good food and wine will keep me away from the world at large. It won’t take long for football to become the […]
Posted in comment on Apr 24th, 2008 24 Drinks »
I hope the Football Manager 2008 crew were watching the Champions League semi-final first leg in Barcelona. As the press hounds start to bark out their stories of discontented Gunners seeking pastures new there is a danger that every blog and forum produces a desperate wishlist of replacements for players who have not, and may […]
Posted in match review on Apr 21st, 2008 6 Drinks »
If, like me, you have spent your Monday evening watching the reserves in action against West Ham you will not fail to have been extremely impressed with the work done in the attacking third by sixteen years old Jack Wilshere as the Gunners won 2-0. I wrote last Monday of the players that had impressed […]
Posted in match review on Apr 20th, 2008 12 Drinks »
Some days just work, don’t they. Yesterday was one of them, although it would appear Sunday is giving me a good old fashioned kicking to make up for it. My day started at some absurd hour so I could get to North London in time to mooch around some places that are dear to me, […]
Posted in match preview on Apr 17th, 2008 12 Drinks »
Regulars will know it is not an unusual occurrence for me to be previewing the weekend game on a Thursday. Tomorrow I appear to have nowhere near enough time to do all of the things that are required, and as Saturday is a lunchtime kick-off I will be leaving at the crack of dawn. The […]
Posted in comment on Apr 17th, 2008 13 Drinks »
Short and sweet today. We are being linked with around two hundred million pounds worth of talent as the rumour mill goes into overdrive. Think about it, eh? What was far more comforting to read yesterday was that Bacary Sagna sees himself being with the club for a long time yet. That cheered up both […]
Posted in comment on Apr 14th, 2008 26 Drinks »
Whilst I am looking forward to attending the game against Reading on Saturday there is a kind of end of term feel about today. I thought I was relatively restrained in my report on the game yesterday, but a day on and the quality blogs have been a haven of objectivity. Arsene has decisions to […]
Posted in match review on Apr 13th, 2008 14 Drinks »
I’ve been here before. For nearly an hour Arsenal were in complete and utter control of the game at Old Trafford. In the final half hour it was an even contest. Yet those who made the journey to the north-west are once again coming home disappointed. The texts have come rolling in on the mobile. […]
Posted in match preview on Apr 11th, 2008 8 Drinks »
I’m seeing some wonderful ideas about the Arsenal line-up at Old Trafford on Sunday. I have to say but for one small fact I would even be tempted to go with some of the wilder ones myself. Hands up though, who remembers Sunday, 25th February, 2001? In the wake of a Champions League draw at […]
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