Posted in tongue in cheek on Nov 16th, 2010 177 Drinks »
Gareth Bale, now firmly established as the greatest player in the world, is in no doubt about the outcome of Saturday’s North London derby. “We’re good enough to beat anybody and we’ve shown that in the past.” One cannot argue with that logic. It is a fair bet that at some point in the last […]
Posted in match review on Nov 14th, 2010 154 Drinks »
I don’t know what more you could want from a game of football than that. Two sides who by and large play the game the right way going hammer and tongs at each other. Atmosphere a plenty from the crowd, although mainly the travelling Gooners, controversial refereeing decisions, thundering tackles but no broken bones, and […]
Posted in match preview on Nov 13th, 2010 106 Drinks »
My first trip to Goodison was for a midweek League Cup encounter back around the mid-seventies. Not many Arsenal travelled that night, and we experienced the not-so-good side of the local scallys, despite getting decent tickets for the top tier of the main stand from one or other of the players. Thankfully later that night, […]
Posted in match review on Nov 11th, 2010 116 Drinks »
I do recall going to visit my father a year or two back, and thinking I would miss a Portsmouth away game. We did dinner early, and I was back in the hotel just in time to watch it. Tonight I knew I would not get to see the Wolves game live, given that I […]
Posted in match preview on Nov 9th, 2010 198 Drinks »
The management’s birthday celebrations mean I will miss my first Arsenal match (in real time) in years. I wonder if she will get really upset if I stay up to watch the re-run on ATvO just after midnight! Last season we celebrated the weekend of the good lady’s birthday up there and grand’holic watched the […]
Posted in match review on Nov 7th, 2010 183 Drinks »
That is the scary conclusion to be drawn from today’s defeat. But for Vermaelen we certainly had nine of our best ten outfield players on the pitch at one time or another today. Can anybody remember the last time we could say that? Not this year, I’ll wager. Yet Newcastle came with organisation, with confidence, […]
Posted in match preview on Nov 5th, 2010 119 Drinks »
Almunia, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Diaby, Ramsey, Frimpong, van Persie. Notice anything? We couldn’t field a whole team from the sick bay anymore. We are short a couple of defenders and a pair of wide attacking players. Fully fit, possibly only three of those would feature in the starting eleven, with another couple strengthening the bench. We […]
Posted in match review on Nov 4th, 2010 60 Drinks »
Well that, my friends, was what one would call a very mixed night. I’ll not go into one about how disappointed I am that the much anticipated HD viewing didn’t materialise because even if you have Sky Sports and Movies you have to pay even more for the HD versions. Well that, Mrs customer service […]
Posted in match preview on Nov 2nd, 2010 91 Drinks »
Sorry for the lateness of the preview. The new HD box turned up and like any kid with a new toy I have had to get it operational straight away. As any exasperated wife will tell you, that means not looking at the instructions, wiring everything up, hitting the on button on the remote, and […]
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