Posted in match review on Jan 30th, 2016 77 Drinks »
As expected Arsene Wenger made wholesale changes for the visit of Burnley, nine in total, with only Laurent Koscielny and Olivier Giroud surviving from the starting eleven against Chelsea last weekend. There was a debut for Mohamed Elneny and a welcome return alongside him for Francis Coquelin. Alexis made his first start since November. Just […]
Posted in match preview on Jan 29th, 2016 82 Drinks »
“We have to be humble enough to think it’s not because we turn up at the Emirates and play against Burnley that we will win the game. We have to earn the right to go through this round and qualify. If you don’t do that, we’ll have a bad surprise.” The COCup defeat to Sheffield […]
Posted in Guest Tales on Jan 27th, 2016 61 Drinks »
It’s always a pleasure to find a little surprise in the evening’s email, and today’s guest post from our very own TTG was very much one of those pleasant surprises. thank you so much for this piece about the excellent left-backs we have been able to boast in the last 45 years or so. I […]
Posted in match review on Jan 25th, 2016 67 Drinks »
The morning after. I thought social media a place best avoided last night. The reaction to defeats such as this tends to be over the top, although to be fair that was another ‘Southampton’ performance from us. There is some justification, perhaps. Playing Chelsea with eleven players (something we haven’t been able to achieve this […]
Posted in match preview on Jan 22nd, 2016 206 Drinks »
For most Arsenal supporters these days the upper hand that Chelsea have had over us in the last decade is unprecedented. There is a correlation between the arrival of Roman’s roubles and the bus stop in Fulham’s upturn against us. Some in the drinks though will recall the swinging sixties when Chelsea teams managed by […]
Posted in comment on Jan 20th, 2016 96 Drinks »
Rather than one major story being out there it looks as though there are a lot of little ones, and so please find a summary of what has caught the eye since Sunday. Nacho Montreal Extends His Contract Back in June I was lucky enough to meet Nacho at the Puma 2015/16 home kit launch. […]
Posted in match review on Jan 17th, 2016 122 Drinks »
The morning started badly. Arseblog carried the potentially bad tidings, ‘Whispers this morning say we’re going there without Mesut Ozil’. At half-time in the mid-table clash at Anfield Sky confirmed our worst fears. Ten of the starting eleven in midweek were supplemented by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Mohamed Elneny was named on the bench, but there was […]
Posted in match preview on Jan 15th, 2016 135 Drinks »
31/3/34 Stoke City 1-1 Arsenal; 06/10/34 Stoke City 2-2 Arsenal 23/10/37 Stoke City 1-1 Arsenal; 07/2/48 Stoke City 0-0 Arsenal 29/11/52 Stoke City 1-1 Arsenal; 26/9/70 Stoke City 5-0 Arsenal So you have heard various matches described down the years, and indeed this season, as ‘must win’ fixtures. After we could only draw at Anfield on Wednesday […]
Posted in match review on Jan 13th, 2016 89 Drinks »
The heavens opened pre-match and Arsene Wenger opted for the starting eleven that most expected, with Joel Campbell and Theo Walcott getting the nod ahead of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on the flanks. David Ospina was again ruled out and so Matt Macey was on the bench once again. Perhaps not surprisingly the two teams started wary […]
Posted in match preview on Jan 12th, 2016 126 Drinks »
“Every time we go to Anfield, we face a team who is up for it. It’s always a ferocious battle, no matter who the manager is. They had a very strong manager before, they have a very strong one now, and Klopp has the personality to do well there.” Arsene Wenger’s response to being asked if […]
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