Posted in match review on Oct 31st, 2012 584 Drinks »
Twelve minutes. Jason Roberts takes advantage of some dire defending. Travelling Gooners “Come on Arsenal!” Eighteen minutes. The Laurent Koscielny horror show gets worse. His own-goal makes it 2-0. Carrot crunchers “Are you Swindon in disguise?” Twenty minutes. Damian Martinez gets a big hand on Leigertwood’s drive, but merely helps the ball into the net. […]
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Posted in match preview on Oct 29th, 2012 576 Drinks »
Nick Hornby and I were born three months apart. We shared a Thames Valley upbringing and grammar school education, and a rose-tinted memory of watching Arsenal in the sixties. Thereafter the gaps start to appear. I had a settled family background denied to him. Most noticeably he learned to write properly and I throw words, […]
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Posted in match review on Oct 28th, 2012 196 Drinks »
An hour later than usual I stroll in the North London sunshine into the Tollie, to be greeted by the best sort of welcome. “Your first pint is already paid for.” Thank you, you know who you are. The ‘holics arrive from such exotic locations as Singapore, Paris, Edinburgh, The States, and Finchley! It is […]
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Posted in match preview on Oct 26th, 2012 246 Drinks »
A week ago I was enjoying a weekend break in Cornwall. Fine views, fine sunsets, and even finer dining were experienced. Little did we know a trio of plagues were about to descend on all our houses. Norwich away, Schalke at home, and the AGM were sent to remind us you have to pay for […]
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Posted in Guest Tales on Oct 25th, 2012 210 Drinks »
You will recognise the style. I don’t need to tell you, do I, that Bergkamp the Man is in town? Read on… One hour before noon. The tumultuous torrent that is last night’s Guinness fights for supremacy over the Sturgeon Fish Bar’s haddock supper. The latter has locked my tongue to my tonsil in a […]
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Posted in match review on Oct 24th, 2012 244 Drinks »
Ouch. There is some hurting out there in the immediate aftermath of Arsenal’s defeat tonight. Let’s get it straight from the start. Schalke are a very good side and deserved their victory as a result of their own performance. That doesn’t alter the fact they allied their technical ability to an admirable work ethic that […]
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Posted in match preview on Oct 23rd, 2012 334 Drinks »
“I expect us to respond in a very strong way” You are not alone there Arsene. The reaction to our first really poor performance of the season will only be shown to be something of a collective knee-jerk if a result is gained against Schalke on Champions League matchday three. So many have gushed about […]
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Posted in match review on Oct 21st, 2012 336 Drinks »
A huge debt of gratitude is owed by me to Take a Bow Son, called up to oblige with this match report as I correctly called my likely lack of a consistent signal in the wild west (Well, Cornwall actually). I still haven’t seen the game so I should add the proviso that the author’s […]
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Posted in match preview on Oct 18th, 2012 376 Drinks »
So, erm, I am heading off for a weekend away tomorrow and I have absolutely no team news for Saturday. Nonetheless I have to cobble together some sort of preview of the trip to Norwich on Saturday. I could distract you with a few words about Terry Anderson, among the first players I recall watching […]
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Posted in Guest Tales on Oct 15th, 2012 440 Drinks »
It is with surprise and delight that I awake to find a guest post from one of ours in my mailbox. Steve T offers a family perspective on a day in the interlull (©Arseblog). Thanks Steve. As a passionate Englishman and someone who is still very patriotic I recently started to wonder why international breaks […]
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