Posted in match preview on Oct 30th, 2009 31 Drinks »
‘So you are leaving at half seven, and you won’t be back until midnight?’ The management is still coming to terms with the North London derby and exactly what it means. There were occasions in the last century when Tottenham actually won this fixture, and I would go home quickly. In the last decade, however […]
Posted in match preview on Oct 29th, 2009 26 Drinks »
Previewing the North London derby is a strange experience. It is something I have tried to do in one post before, but so much is left unsaid that there is a feeling of having produced a piece of work that is incomplete. One of the problems is highlighted by my mailbox around this time. Those […]
Posted in match review on Oct 28th, 2009 46 Drinks »
Ok, hands up. Who expected to see a game like that tonight? Arsenal changed the entire starting eleven from the weekend and Liverpool only included two from the start who began in their win over Manchester United. Right up front I have to pay tribute to the visitors who contributed hugely to one of the […]
Posted in match preview on Oct 27th, 2009 29 Drinks »
Take one game at a time. How many times have you heard that? I hope the players and staff are better at it than I, because I don’t mind admitting I have more than one eye on the game that follows our Carling Cup meeting with Liverpool. It’s a certainty that Lukasz Fabianski will have […]
Posted in match review on Oct 25th, 2009 38 Drinks »
On the day the clocks went back somebody forgot to share that vital piece of information with Arsenal, convinced they had won the game when coming in at half-time leading 2-0. For the second game running the side were coasting after the break and that proved costly. It all looked so comfortable for over an […]
Posted in match preview on Oct 24th, 2009 15 Drinks »
I’m on my fourth pint of Badger Fursty Ferret, so I may just be even more bullish than usual in this preview of our trip to Upton Park. Not that there aren’t very good reasons for approaching the game with a fair degree of confidence, you understand. I have to say I wish I was […]
Posted in comment on Oct 22nd, 2009 14 Drinks »
Sixty today. Happy birthday boss. I did think about sending a card but there didn’t seem a lot of point given the lack of working postmen for the next couple of days. I have to chuckle when I hear some talk of what will be in store for Arsene tonight. There are people who work […]
Posted in match review on Oct 20th, 2009 47 Drinks »
It is hard to know where to start after one of the strangest European ties I have seen in a long time. Straight off I have to give some respect to Ronald Koeman’s side. I doubted their ability to take the lions share of possession tonight, and for over half an hour they did just […]
Posted in match preview on Oct 19th, 2009 19 Drinks »
“Arsenal, therefore, have defects. “We must take the initiative, dominate possession and take the chances that come our way.” So says the coach of AZ Alkmaar, Ronald Koeman. I had to read a bit of it twice. “We must…dominate possession”. Jebus, this is going to be a Champions League tie to remember! I want to […]
Posted in match review on Oct 17th, 2009 24 Drinks »
How many times in the Arsene Wenger era have we returned from an international break and produced a performance that bears no relation to the stuff we were producing before the squad disappeared to the four corners of the globe? Did I hear someone say ‘no change there then?’ I beg to disagree. A couple […]
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