Posted in comment on Aug 30th, 2016 171 Drinks »
The last ‘first day back to work after the bank holiday‘ of the year. I’m not sure I have spent many in the past smiling throughout. Whilst they were hardly unexpected the signings of Lucas Perez and Shkodran Mustafi were finally confirmed on Arsenal.com and these two players will fill obvious gaps in the squad. […]
Posted in match review on Aug 27th, 2016 181 Drinks »
Arsene Wenger opted to start Santi Cazorla alongside Granit Xhaka and recalled Mesut Ozil for the visit to Vicarage Road. It was a bold statement of intent. Clearly we were setting up to attack with more purpose and pace than we have seen in the opening fixtures. After a quiet start Arsenal were given an […]
Posted in comment, match preview on Aug 26th, 2016 96 Drinks »
At the end of what promises to have been an eventful week we prepare to kickstart our season at Watford. A second consecutive away game before the international break may not be ideal, but the away support for the majority of the match is positive and the pressure may not be as much as is […]
Posted in competitions on Aug 23rd, 2016 271 Drinks »
Hello ‘holics, We’ve teamed up with Arsenal Football Club to offer our readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to ‘Arsenal Legends’ v ‘Milan Glorie’ at Emirates Stadium on Saturday 3 September. The star studded encounter will see a host of football greats on show for both sides. Some of the Legends that […]
Posted in match review on Aug 20th, 2016 171 Drinks »
This was a match which neither side could afford to lose, and it showed. As early as the first minute the recalled Laurent Koscielny gave us a taster of what was to follow as he snuffed out the first attack of the match. Last week without him we shipped four goals at home but his […]
Posted in match preview on Aug 19th, 2016 108 Drinks »
The vultures appear to be circling the Grove once more. One match into the season the harbingers of doom are making the most noise, and in all honesty it is hard to believe that we have been so reticent to bolster a squad decimated by injuries and enforced holidays. We are the first visitors to […]
Posted in match review on Aug 15th, 2016 160 Drinks »
The opening weekend of the Premier League season. Every year the anticipation is the same. Surely we have learned from the past? This is our season? I’m looking forward to seeing the new boys. Yesterday add to that list I am watching the game with the future of the club, Junior Gunners both. Come on […]
Posted in match preview on Aug 12th, 2016 200 Drinks »
It is quite the feeling, the first preview of a new season. As happens every other year, after a major tournament, there barely seems to have been sufficient time for preparation. We have squeezed in trips to France, The USA, and Sweden. Those trips provided a bonding session for those who are likely to start on […]
Posted in comment on Aug 10th, 2016 92 Drinks »
The boss has been speaking and snippets have appeared on Arsenal.com so I was quick to browse the team news for Sunday. The combined reference to Danny Welbeck and Per Mertesacker being expected back in four to five months took me a little bit by surprise. In my head I had thought that Danny was […]
Posted in match review on Aug 7th, 2016 112 Drinks »
That was one way to spend a Sunday. England rather thoughtfully wrapped up an unlikely third test victory at Edgbaston just before Arsenal and Manchester City took to the field in the Ullevi for our final pre-season warm-up match. I won’t call it a friendly as some of the challenges were of a very physical nature. […]
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