Last Gasp Gunners Show Their Mettle
Oct 2nd, 2016 by 'holic
The anticipated starting eleven in the preview was selected, although it didn’t take a genius to predict that. With Lucas and Olivier Giroud ruled out by injury there was a place on the bench for Jeff Reine-Adelaide. Manchester City’s defeat in Middlesex gave us a great opportunity to narrow the gap to the top of the table.
Arsenal fashioned the first opportunity as the clock ticked round to two minutes but Alex Iwobi’s effort from outside the box sailed over the bar. Two minutes later Alexis saw his first attempt narrowly pass the far post. From an offside position Vokes blasted Burnley’s first response well wide.
Perhaps not surprisingly Burnley’s first thought when winning the ball was to launch it forward, and why not. They have to play to their strengths and know if they engage in a passing contest what the likely outcome would be. Sod the purist. It made for a very interesting contrast in styles.
Iwobi’s industry provided an opportunity for Mesut Ozil, but ahead of the start of the Ryder Cup the German selected the wrong wedge and chipped the ball tamely into the arms of Burnley goalkeeper, Tom Heaton. At the other end Hendrick put Boyd through for a wildly optimistic drive wide of the target.
This was an entertaining end to end opening phase. Alexis wriggled clear on the right side and teed up Theo Walcott for another effort that went past the far post. An incredible burst forward by Mustafi created panic in the Burnley defence and Heaton had to be quick off his line to thwart Alexis. Both sets of fans were in good voice and enjoying what they were seeing.
Burnley won a rightly disputed free-kick when Vokes and Mustafi came together and it was great to see Granit Xhaka launch himself full length to block the attempted shot after the ball broke to the edge of the box. This Arsenal knows defending isn’t just the job of the defence. The battle between the German international and Vokes was becoming a feature, a sub-plot to keep an eye on.
A quiet spell starting from the middle of the half brought about the “Come on Arsenal” chant. We have become accustomed to more end product in the opening half in recent weeks. Not all games will go that way. Patience is a tough quality to have when the level of expectation is set high. Walcott broke with pace, Ozil found Hector Bellerin on the right flank, but the Spaniard’s cross found three waiting Burnley defenders rather than the unmarked Alexis.
We had a clear warning seven minutes before the break when Vokes was free to head Lowton’s inch-perfect cross wide of the mark. Alexis just failed to pick out Walcott in the box as we attempted to snatch the advantage. As the half limped to a close it was time for the home support to implore more end-product from their team. “Come on Burnley” filled the air inside Turf Moor. A bright start had developed into a war of attrition.
Three minutes after the break Alexis and Walcott again attempted to unlock the massed ranks of the Burnley defence. A second phase of that move ended with Alexis drawing a save out of Heaton at his near post. The same two combined again only for Walcott to blast his effort high. Hedrick was similarly wasteful when Defour created a long-range opportunity at the other end.
Alexis had clearly found another gear and spotted Iwobi free on the left. The resulting effort rewarded Burnley with a throw-in. The Nigerian international took some good-natured stick from the locals. They were almost more successful minutes later when combining to set up Ozil for a blocked shot. Burnley were showing admirable resilience.
Mustafi had to be alert to clear when Boyd fashioned an opportunity in the box, and Petr Cech was called on to make a super save from Gudmundson’s header. Sensing an upset Sean Dyche opted for fresh legs, sending on Arfield for Defour.
As if to make Iwobi feel better Ozil too elected to slice an attempted effort at either a shot or across from yet another Alexis pass. The midfield genius was having one of his off-colour afternoons. On commentary, Alan Smith bemoaned the Gunners lack of a striking option. The travelling faithful implored “Arsenal, Arsenal, give us a goal”. Walcott crossed too far in front of Ozil and on came the replacements.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaced Iwobi and Mohamed Elneny came on for Xhaka. Immediately we were denied a decent shout for a penalty for a handball by Keane. Elneny saw his effort deflected for a second consecutive corner which resulted in Alexis putting a great chance wide. Burnley went even closer at the other end when Cech and the woodwork combined to deny Keane’s powerful header.
As the final few minutes turned into an exercise in attack against defence Walcott narrowly missed the far post once more from another potential Alexis assist. Burnley lumped it forward again and Vokes floored Mustafi who had frustrated him all afternoon. He was rightly aggrieved that referee Pawson took no further action against the assailant.
Into last of two added minutes Oxlade-Chamberlain saw an effort deflected for a corner from which a dramatic finale emerged. At the far post Koscielny forced an effort in via his hand. It happened too quickly to be adjudged a deliberate handball and the Gunners had remarkably drawn themselves within two points of City.
Burnley 0-1 Arsenal
I understand neutrals feeling sorry for Burnley, who had fought an outstanding rearguard action. You can see why this was their first home defeat, so determined are they. Perhaps they will, on reflection, accept that this Arsenal team showed similar determination to grab a last gasp triumph that had looked for so long beyond them. We know what was said of United teams when they did the same thing on countless occasions.
Five wins in a row. Four clean sheets in a row. I think that is what you call momentum.
174 Responses to “Last Gasp Gunners Show Their Mettle”
In at the death!
Slipping, Guvnah; must be at least ten minutes after the final whistle.
*goes to read post*
Never in Doubt!
😀 😀 😀
that was mighty quick on a day that everything seemed to come late Guvnor
it might be our year!! to shitty wins.
Handsgoal! I’ll take it anytime, anyday. Important point for team’s confidence.
COYG!
Didn’t see the game; didn’t listen to a radio commentary; followed the last twenty minutes or so in this bar.
Agree totally with BB@4.
Fine report ‘Holic; well worth the wait.
COYG
Onward to another bloody interlull. Sigh
on 02 Oct 2016 at 6:48 pm68ATG
Was that a hand ball by Kosser? My word that was lucky but you have to give it to Burnley they defended with their lives and almost made us pay!
Three point in the bag that is all that matters!
UTA!
Very frustrating to watch but the end and the three points made it worth it. Great that the players persevered and at no stage allowed their heads to drop. Have to say that playing the same eleven game after game will affect the players fitness and performance and it showed today. I only hope that our players come back from the international break without injuries.
Followed the game on Wifi in the plane after watching the Spuds beat Citeh. Travel is changing. Delighted that my prediction came true and Kis is in my fantasy team !
Mayhap it was handball.. but he knew nothing about it.
If I recall correctly then, there was also a handball on the other end, a clearance which hit a Burnley defender. As the ref did not blow for that, he rightly shouldn’t for this as well.
All in all a brilliant result, we never gave up and our defence was resilient once again.
😀
Much of the game was forgettable but the result memorable in the way we plugged on to the end and got our just reward.
Thanks Holic for another great instant report.
COYRs
And it’s Walcott who headed the ball to Ox’s path, amother sign of more good things to come from that guy…
Ox didn’t get a touch, otherwise Kos would have been offside. Look again, people.
We were rubbish, goal was a little fortunate. Do I care? Hell no! Three points, City Invincibles dream denied, two points off top, lucky last second winner. As Pat (the Irish North Londoner behind me on the North Bank) says “I love a bobbly one!
Sometimes a bobbly one is better than a 30 yard screamer.
1-0 to the Arsenal.
And I don’t have to get up for work tomorrow. or ever again.
I have opened some slightly special red and will spend the evening with the wife, the golf, the wine and you guys.
Come on you Gunners!!!!
The great escape. Love it. & now there is a script on how to play Man City.
I question Ozil’s body language sometimes, especially when he gives away possession.
Kos’s goal and never a handball.
If a ref had given a penalty for that, for any team, pundits and fans would think he was out of his fucking mind. Therefore, it’s not handball.
Speedy Gonzholic strikes again. Fine report, sir, even though it made me relive that horrible match.
I don’t think we were rubbish countryman @14. We had a few players who were a tad jaded and whose passing was less crisp than usual and as a whole the team were less pleasant on the eye than in the last two matches principally because of Burnley’s work rate and lack of ambition.
We worked very hard to create the few chances we did create and on the basis of our persistence deserved our stroke of fortune. No one could deny that Burnley had done their very best to stifle our attack and had largely succeeded. Therefore they too deserved something from the game but had they pinched a goal from one of their few forays up the pitch they would have been praised to the heavens for their tactical brilliance.
I think the Arsenal players deserve huge credit for not settling for a point with ten minutes to go and redoubling their efforts as Burnley tired (N.B., we had a midweek game which they did not).
Well done Holic and bloody well done Arsenal.
Top man Countryman! 😀
Well in Goonerholic!
Momentum Mettle!
Damn interlull! ?
UTA!
AFCOF!
Golf is shit anyway.
Holic
Koscielny was not offside when Alexis crosses the ball into the box Burnley defender is in line with Alexis therefore playing him onside.
https://postimg.org/image/p85ujuobt/
You’ve really got to hand it to the lads for their persistence. ?
Three points, that’s all that matters.
Cheers, Holic,
comprehensive account.
Horrible, frustrating game to watch for the most part. A scrambled effort, elbowed in with literally the last, er, touch of the game.
Does anybody care ? Not one bit. Mark of Champions we would otherwise be informed.
Best goal we’ve scored since, I believe, Gallas netted with his arse in a Champions League game against Celtic (if memory serves – which it probably doesn’t). ?
Watching MoTD, I hear that David Herd died earlier today. I’m a little surprised there was no mention in the bar. Just slightly before my time, and yours too I expect ‘Holic, but I’m sure two or three of the regulars will have some tails to tell.
COYG
Enjoyed your report more than the game, Holic. Tough to watch but I like this momentum thing.
Mark of champions.
But only if they are from Salford apparently.
Pangloss, David Herd’s passing was recorded on Twitter today. He was just before my time a Gunner, but I was an admirer of him at United as a result of the connection. I would have seen him play for us before I was ‘compus mentis’.
Loving the momentum, iBtM. 🙂
No disrespect to David Herd, but there seem to be a lot of black armband moments these days. I can just about remember the guy, but not as anything more than an average player. Yes he was a prolific goal-scorer, but in a poor era for Arsenal and I guess someone had to score them.
Sory, that does sound a bit disrespectful, but if the black armbands are out for all such former gunners we might as well sew them on permanently.
Today’s game had all the hallmarks of a third (and least important) game in a week. Tiredness and carelessness and general lack of sharpness all over the pitch. Yes were lucky to score with the last kick (handle?) of the game, but that’s justice against a team who park buses in our way because they are rubbish up the other end and so look to survive with 0-0 draws.
Theo with a headed assist? In their penalty area? After beating out an attempt on our own goal line minutes earlier? When will this dream end?
Iwobi is beginning to worry me. Lovely at times but more and more like another Danny Welbeck, lots of industry and threat down the left, but rubbish in front of goal. He and Mesut need a lot of shooting practice. And when did Santi last attempt a pop at goal? I remember some memorable goals in the past, but he seems reluctant now. Someone from deep needs to be contributing other than Xhaka. Talking of whom I wish those forever begging him to shoot wouldn’t, cos I think it’s putting him off trying.
But 3 points is 3 points and more than welcome in what is developing into a potentially tight season we have a sgood a chance as any of winning.
Cheers H! Fairly grim viewing, but fuckin’ excellent result. Now – another fucking interlull. Ho hum.
David Herd scored 107 goals in 180 games for Arsenal and 145 in 265 games for the Mancs. He was our top goal scorer for four seasons in a row in the late 1950s, but left the club for Manchester in 1961 because he thought the team too poor to win anything. He won the FA Cup and two league titles there. He was an old-fashioned no 9 and a sufficiently prolific goal scorer to have got to 100 Arsenal goals in fewer games than TH14 or Dennis Bergkamp. And he scored more goals for United than Cristiano Ronaldo. One historical footnote, before joining us, he and his father both played in a Third Division North game for Stockport Co.
Isn’t it odd how when we win five in a row traffic here is so light but when we get beat there are 250 drinks?
Still buzzing from last second win yesterday.
We’re the Arsenal, countryman, we expect to win 5 in a row, so nothing to say.
But when we lose we’re all experts with insight and wisdom to assist players and management correct their deficiences and lead us down the pathway to glory.
It was ever thus.
Hear hear Chris.
Both to your 36 and earlier. I wasn’t calling for wailing, gnashing of teeth and rending of garments, just questioning the lack of mention. That has now been corrected and thanks to the Barman and NBN.
Is the intrrlull over yet?
COYG
Win, 3 points ,and the last gasp goal, well that usually happens against us right?? Well, thank you ox/kos for at the end of the day, winning is all that matters.
Ozil had a poor game and i wonder if the strain of playing at the intensity of the last 2 games was the reason. remember he has not had an assist so far. We need to protect our best playmaker right, so should Arsene have looked at substituting him earlier? All of his previous managers tended to have him taken off around the 70 min mark. Can we afford to do so?
Alexis excellent and so were the center backs. Overall 5 wins and just a couple of points behind city makes it a perfect time for an international break.
Now can have all our players come back safe and sound and in fact can they pick up a small niggle to keep them out of the 2 games coming up?
Less than a stellar performance but more than a massive three points. The fact is we have allowed only three goals in our last six league matches and that is worthy of a “stand up and take notice” as well as a salute to the Mustafi / Koscielny axis. Although I recorded the game it is not one I will care to watch again. Burnley will certainly survive for another season based on this evidence.
Swansea sack Guidolin and appoint Bob Bradley, meaning Arsenal will face a club with a brand new manager in the first game after the international break. New manager adrenalin boost, beware.
Yeah but it’s Bob Bradley. Piss on him.
He lacks star quality Cynic but if workmanlike is what they want they have made a workmanlike choice. For Swansea’s sake though they had best be hoping he doesn’t bring in his son and make him captan..
According to Dermot Gallagher (and the Landlord, but not Ian Wright) the ref was correct to award Kos’s goal.
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/10604261/ref-watch-laurent-koscielnys-winning-goal-was-correctly-awarded
Obviously I’m delighted but that law has to be changed. I would change it to “if a team obtains a clear goal opportunity advantage by means of the ball striking the hand, whether intentional or not,a free kick will be awarded (or a penalty if in the area). If, in the view of the referee, the handball was clearly intentional, a yellow card will be shown.”
Still problematic (players hitting the ball at other players hands deliberately?) and needs more thought but the current law is a mess and the worst in the book.
just back from oktoberfest, a 3-day blacksmithing gathering in the hills of mendocino county. no internet, no tv, hammers ringing, and a bunch of kind folk making cool stuff. good food, too.
saw the game last night on dvr, not knowing the score. esso had it right, “fairly grim viewing” indeed. i thought it was going to be one of *those* games, especially when they hit the bar late on. when the final corner went short, i thought it was going to be whistled for the end, and i picked up the remote in disappointment…then had to rewind, put the sound on, and listen to the winnah…
we looked tired. and the ref was giving vokes the run of the game; mustafi was right, though wrong, to show him, vokes was definitely holding mustafi. but don’t do that, lad, you can get into trouble.
bob bradley at swansea is a good short-term appointment. he’s an organizer, and one who (from seeing his us teams) elicits hard work. but the hard, organized work palls after a while, so i’m guessing he’ll make this season, and if he keeps them up, most of next before he’s moved on. agreed bt8, michael bradley would be destroyed in the prem.
Thanks to Pangloss for raising the subject of David Herd. He got the only goal of the match on my first visit to Highbury in 2961. Excellent goal scorer with a very hard shot.
RIP David
Sorry 1961! I’m. It a time traveller !
Can’t even type that correctly on a bleeding iPhone ! Apologies!
Greetings to Guv’nor and the entire Gunnerverse.
It is with deep sympathy that I say a silly sorry to any who tries to cancel (in their heads or wherever) Kos’ goal. Like seriously, I don’t give a rat’s a**. 3 points for the Arse, 3 points plucked from shiteh, all before the interlull. For once the grub neighbours did something right at the right time.
Alexis will be involved in two WC qualifiers on 6.10.16 Ecudor and 11.10.16 Peru. He will be one tired person hen he returns given the long distance travel and the intensity with which he plays. Without a fit Sanchez we are screwed. Hate these qualifiers and international matches. Hope our players come back safely and are fit to face Swansea at home on 15th.
Classic TTG above
🙂 🙂 🙂
COYG
Look on the bright side, ksn, we could get to see OG starting for the first time this season, and will he ever want to impress! I’ve been waiting forever to see he and Theo playing together rather than alternately.
IF they’re both available. Unfortunately $iteh have managed to get Sterling ruled out, so Theo will probably have to play for England in the lull … and we know what that means…
Ttg, your first game at Highbury must have been against Blackpool.
Swansea have had Rodgers, Martinez, Laudrup, Monk, Guidolin and now Bradley as managers in a comparatively short period of time .Don’t think I’ve forgotten anyone. It’s amazing that a club that has no history of success is quite that ruthless but the money involved in being a Premier League club makes it a high stakes game.
Arsenal are in a different world with the same manager for twenty years. It will never happen again and I fear when Wenger leaves we will jump on the managerial merry- go- round with the common teams . Let’s treasure the stability while it lasts.
Ned,
You’re a marvel of detection !
It was a 1-0 victory in April 1961 and Herd scored after about sixty five minutes. Stanley Matthews played for Blackpool but wasn’t very good. I saw him play again, after that for Stoke against Chelsea and Ron Harris kicked him from pillar to post. I’ve seen less shocking seal clubbings. There would have been a petition to jail Harris now…….actually that’s not a bad idea!
Younger ‘holics might not realise that Perry Groves’s uncle, Vic, played for Arsenal at the same time as David Herd (they both played in that 1961 game against Blackpool). As an inside forward and later a wing-half, Vic Groves laid on a lot of Herd’s goals.
Ttg, I saw Chopper Harris do the same to George Best. He didn’t take prisoners.
Here he is with Matthews:
http://www.gettyimages.fr/detail/photo-d'actualité/football-15th-may-stoke-city-footballer-stanley-photo-dactualité/79653629#football-15th-may-stoke-city-footballer-stanley-matthews-in-action-picture-id79653629
That’s a slimline Terry Venables in the background.
And, more to form, Chopper ‘tackling’ Stan Bowles:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/15/article-1118103-007C41F100000578-259_468x508.jpg
Another curiosity about that Blackpool game, you saw one of the only two first-team games Frank O’Neill played in a two-and-a-half year career with the club. He was the young Irish right winger. Returned to Ireland that summer and became a stalwart of the dominant Shamrock Rovers side of the 1960s. Won 20 caps for Ireland, too.
ned, the monks are on fire. they might need more than a wee dram to put them to bed tonight.
Not sure if I was at the April game because I don’t remember seeing Herd against Blackpool. I think I must have attended the October game when we had George Eastham playing alongside John Charles’ bro Mel at centre forward. I think we won easily on that day.
Those were the days, Ned, all 11 starters for Arsenal in both games born in the UK 2, Scots, 2 Irish, 2 Welsh and 5 English.
Hang on, I got the mix wrong but all born in the UK (including N. Ireland) + O’Neill from Repub of Ireland.
Chris@57. 3-0. Mel Charles got two.
@59: And thee of the Englishmen were Londoners, with fine old London names like Dave Bacuzzi, the Islington-born right back.
Stanley Bowles eh.
My extended family were always split between Arsenal and QPR – my father, brother and myself always for the Arse but most of my uncles and cousins behind the Hoops.
During the sixties and seventies, when the Arse were playing away, I would often go with my cousins to watch QPR at home from the time when Rodney Marsh was setting the third division alight. Marsh was a hard act to follow but Stan Bowles during the seventies gave him a run for his money. Both great players and great entertainers – the skill levels way ahead of their respective times.
Hard to think of comparable players today although Denis in his pomp probably eclipsed them both.
UTA.
61
Noosa- Dennis definitely eclipsed them both!
The team I saw was something like
Kelsey
Bacuzzi, McCullough
Charles Neill Groves
O’Neill Barnwell Herd ? Bloomfield Skirton
Not sure about the inside left. Eastham wasn’t playing.
I checked. It was Jackie Henderson. At least six of that team are no longer with us
RIP
Wasn’t he a golfing buddy of Kenny Lynch and Tarby?
Good grief, Cynic ?
Too many reports about Bellerin being keen on joining City or Barca and will reject Arsenal’s offer of a new deal. Serious efforts to unsettle him. I would be really disappointed if we are not able to retain him.
David Herd broke my heart when he left for United. Ksn where are these reports coming from, Hector can’t possibly leave us yet, I would be devastated, must be his agent stirring, looking for his 20%.
I know, H, I’m just biding my time until I can pun on Mr Pastry.
shower o backward looking shites
tomorrow’s a new day
tiresome
is this a fuckin care home
is it ?
ooooohhh 69
*sagely chuckles*
(My lovely, lovely, lovely horse)
My lovely Horse
(My lovely horse)
running through the field
(running through the field)
Where are you going, with your fetlocks blowing in the wind?
(All Summer)
I want to shower you with sugar lumps, and ride you over fences
Polish your hooves every single day, and bring you to the horse dentist
(My lovely, lovely, lovely horse)
My lovely horse,
(My lovely horse)
you’re a pony no more
(you’re a pony no more)
Running around with a man on your back, like a train in the night…
like a train in the night
(I Love You Anyway)
My lovely, lovely, lovely horse
cba to be perfectly accurate, no this is not a fuckin care home.
that would be man city (are you listening, hector?)
aaaahhhhhh now
come on
now
come on
aaaahhhhhh now
.
you typed all those words
jeez
aren’t you quite the fellow
and
aren’t they all lovely fellows
ladies and gentlemen
Hope you are right, Delia. So many contracts (Ozil, Sanchez, Kos, Bellerin, Santi) still not finalized/extended. Would hate to see any of them leave the club next year. Here are some links:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3821352/Arsenal-ready-offer-Hector-Bellerin-bumper-deal-ward-Barcelona-Manchester-City-Spanish-starlet.html
http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/premier-league/arsenal-star-linked-with-surprise-move-to-premier-league-rivals-35103169.html#
tesco reduced just now
bargain ?
bollocks
needn’t have bothered me fuckin hole traipsing
shoulda fuckin stayed here
shouted at you fuckin lot
?
*ctrl C*
*ctrl V*
you knows it!
out of curiosity
bought chicken roll
60p – NORMAL FULL PRICE !
eyesight slid while back
so guessing may not contain chicken
looks fuckin ridiculous
hope it’s nice
60p is something i can do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7WPI4TJImo
Will see these and a host of others at Rockaway Beach 2016 festival this weekend. Butlins Bognor – ditch the mud and the tents.
FUCK THE INTERLULL!
My perception is that Bellerin is living the dream with this Arsenal team. There’s no way he’s planning an exit.
I would guess that the apparent uncertainty regarding the immediate future of the players listed above will be resolved. once the Boss agrees to put pen to paper later on this season.
aaaahhhhhh esso
fuckin mighty
absolute classic
fuckin brilliant
top man
what’s this for album
cracker record
remember
no looking back
is this a care home
???????
that was a 10in wasn’t it
was it
fuckin ell
haven’t even broke into the chicken roll yet
UNSPEAKABLE !!!!!!
and
if ye listen cloth earedly
jaz says
“Arsene Wengers”
UNSPEAKABLE !
they got a bit heavy metal
fuck they were brilliant early on though
wish i was in the land of the moooooooooooooooooooooo
walking out in pitch dark
tunes on a wee speaker in me pocket
just fuckin brilliant
set my wee music player to shuffle
and so do i
just looked at the bill esso
how are wire that low down
(joke for wire fans)
not funny i know
but ye know
don’t ye
hate it when the drinks get near the ton
decorum and bladder relax
compose
but it’s a
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k6Sx_J6NxQ
“ours is not to look back”
“ours is to continue the craic”
mind u Mark E
grumpy cunt
met him once
well stood near him
he was a spanner
miss spellchecker
check the spelling
have i missed something
esso
that festival
i’m guessing yer goin
cos it’s not far not hard to reach ?
they had to have used that lumpy line
on the posters
didn’t they
come on
no
*tuts*
.
Sheena
“not going”
.
Shirley
“you could hitch a ride”
Time to pull this out of me locker again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeuCebw5gto
put it back in yer locker sunshine
they got heavy pish
and right an metal quick
sounds like saxon
This will be sacrilege to Who fans, but I’m not one so I think it’s clever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EiDmsaDT9Q
Pushing you on to the ton cba.
lost the will , cynic
.
the money grubbing relations are furious
In Arseblogs post this morning,he has a link in his sidebar,to an interview Arsene did with US TV when the Club were in California pre season.
The link is named Men In Blazers.
It’s the full transcript,and is the most fascinating and insightful view of Arsene’s philosophy on life and football.
Every Holic should take the time to read the full transcript,or scroll to the bottom and watch the video of the interview.
It is simply a magnificent portrait of Arsene Wenger and his life at Arsenal.
Looks like Francesco Guidolin’s entire backroom staff (Diego Bortoluzzi, Gabriele Ambrosetti and Claudio Bordon) left with him when he was sacked so who will be left to cook the spaghetti?
to be honest cynic
ye coulda got the mighty ‘holic
to introduce a rainbow in curved air
pretty much the same
.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cmo6MRYf5g
wildlife documentary on bbc 1 now
F off, cba (#69), some of us older mystics get nostalgic for the days when our first XI was exclusively a team of Londoners … well Englishmen anyway, or Brits, or UK citizens, and okay maybe an Irishman (repub of). The current lot are just a bunch of mercenaries.
Have we had a Londoner since the Romford Pele?
Lovely interview in Arseblog, Clive, AW living with all the uncertainties of football and surviving thanks to his inherent love of the game. Then, right after the interview there’s another link to Arsene fuming about Mesut playing that final corner short to Alexis instead of getting it into the box … only for Alexis to Theo to Ox/Kos and into the net for a win.
Says it all for me.
? chris
yer good value
60p perhaps
The sidebar with the link to the article Clive refers doesn’t appear on mobile devices. As a public service, I present the link – the article is here .
Sorry, that didn’t work – herehttp://news.arseblog.com/2016/10/arsene-wenger-meets-men-in-blazers-full-interview-transcript/?utm_source=feedburner.com%2Farseblognews&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arseblognews+%28Arseblog+News+-+the+Arsenal+news+site%29
selfless individuals fight with themselves for supremacy
billy bingham was just on
what a ridiculous accented herbert
Ironic that Mel Charles was mentioned in posts above,after the passing of my first childhood Arsenal hero David Herd.
Sad then that nobody seems to have noticed that Mel himself sadly passed away the day after Herdy.
a grief competition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-vzmtQnNOc
You buggers, so many things that matter. Wish I could make the weekend. Let’s stay here and Grizzle.
weirdo
Here’s another go at posting that link … to the Men in Blazers transcript
Yay! Off to bed now, the better to Grizzle in the morning.
COYG
aww ya arse lickin fucker
the boss shows up and yer Mr Industrious
i am embarrassed on yer behalf
this embarrassment will be stored for 48hrs
then kept
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCFM30pt58s
just marvellous
what a singer
what a song
saw him sing it live
loved it
no Joey Ramone
but who is
there’s only one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9YMTJGkqTc
Top of the tabla.
Allah who?
?
You and your Ramones, cba. Kool they were and Joey an immortal, but, as May says at the beginning of the following, this is the guy who inspired them all … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFL9Fe6Utjk
having moooooooooooooooooooooo d that
fuck off ya pair o daisies
fuckin trample over cunts like you
to get to a fight
not just now obviously
wi my back an these feet
i couldn’t beat an egg
*delegates giving a fuck*
Glad you delegated, cba, I wasn’t looking forward to that!
One more Paul Rodgers for luck as I bid ya goodbye … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4iGKjO9A-g
not listening
not listening
can’t reconcile you saying you like that tripe
with The Clean
yer a mad bollix
i think i like you
is the answer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol3JHWlSRzc
tally ho ya mad gooner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbJRpXUumno
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buncha Buzzcocks fans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYbHHCMpWig
fuckin shite hair brilliant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRLklfwuKH0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38Vun2LYnoY
still
mrs my mrs is a fuckin nightmare
lord above
if indeed ye are above
or exist
please take her away
pick her up and drop her on some cunt that deserves it
End of Kroenke consultancy fees or so it would seem, and if so will we be seeing him pay Arsenal back the 6 million?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3822141/Arsenal-axe-3m-Stan-Kroenke-fee-outraged-supporters-question-legality.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
Ttg@62:
Team sheet
Arsenal v Blackpool, April 8, 1961
Jack Kelsey
Dave Bacuzzi
Billy McCullough
Mel Charles
Terry Neill
Vic Groves
Frank O’Neill
John Barnwell
David Herd
Jackie Henderson
Alan Skirton
And, yes, Bergkamp was streets better than both Rodney Marsh and Stan Bowles, excellent though both were.
Grizzle
Grizzla grizzle grizzle
pick her up and drop her on some cunt that deserves it
I already did that.
best drink ever
??????
Sorry cba, but I chuckled. 🙂
‘hol
i laughed heartily
has the mighty cynic written all over it
.
cheered me up no end
sláinte god
Busted 😉
i will try and behave
my life is a fuckin mess
i am shiting in yer saloon
first i hear most of it
is reading the next day
cringe sometimes chuckle sometimes
have i ever mentioned The Arsenal in here ?
i dunno
fuckin ridiculous
though fuck esso
i tore the house apart looking for the requiem 10in
convinced that’s how it was
and i the fuck have it
but homemade slaughter water robbed me of sense
black and white cover
aaaahhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!!
found a triangular john Cooper Clarke single
appropriately
I married a monster from outer space
bright fuckin orange
of all colours
anyhoo
UP THE ARSENAL
aaaahhhhhh cynic
cheers chief
yer a fuckin diamond
??????
options r
b side of dot dash
in me head this morning
so must’ve ruined that for the turntable
sure enough was still on there
when i got up
I see that Dennis was in just after noon. I’m sorry I missed him.
Ned
Thanks for the confirmation. My first visit to THOF .
I’m enjoying the interlull here in Hawaii simply because it reminds you how much you enjoy the regular season . And the weather and scenery are quite helpful too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNxGjiMKse8
Mesut Ozil & Santi Cazorla – UnClassic Commentary
😀
never been on holiday
2weeks somewhere
hawaii sounds brilliant
thunder T
say hello to jack lord’s presence
point at magnum’s moustache
wronguns
the pair o them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKLySqS8kjg
Deram. There was a label. A cover I remember too, but for what record. Bollocks to Google at this time of night. Was it Mouldy old dough? 🙂
fuckin fuck the fuck up radcliffe ya fuckin half baked john peel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bym6J_TCNTE&list=RDBym6J_TCNTE#t=22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiRSnco_diU
singing muirsheen durkin
god rest a fine fellow
gentlemanly lurking
enough of that
howdy ‘hol
at it again
sorry don t intend to be a nuisance
just bollox
forget loads o people read yer show
looking for The Arsenal
they get a drunk fuck up belchin twaddle
yeah blaaa
broad church bla
i am abusing that fool’s pardon
sorry big man
gonna shut the fuck up a lot more
I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman. That was on Deram.
https://youtu.be/7fRS5nxYxoo
Talking of wives…
I sympathise with cba, but only I could have married the two women I did. I won’t use their names, but first wife had a first name with 6 letters in it, and a middle name with 6 letters in it, and guess what? a maiden name with 6 letters in it … she was a 666. Did I learn anything from that? No, my second wife was also a 666, I kid you not!
And what’s more I never even realised until about ten years after my second divorce when my then live-in lover, whose first and middle names were both of 6 letters, said she turned down her previous partner’s marriage proposal because his name was Turner. She didn’t have a 6-letter surname at the time, and didn’t want one. Only then did it dawn on me what I’d done.
Current partner hasn’t a 6 in her name thank God.
You couldn’t stfu if you tried, cba. And this place would be the poorer for it if you did. Keep up the good work.
Never a truer word, Chris.
CBA
Noone has said ‘ Book him Dano either’!
Don’t change – I never realised it was an Arsenal site. It’s a meeting of minds.
Adds another vote on the pro-cba side.
San Francisco Giants do a little post-season magic in New York tonight. As scruzgooner might say, I thought they were only allowed to do that in odd-numbered years. 😉
New stats show Man U spent more than any club in the top five European leagues to assemble their current squad, 718m euros, ahead of Real Madrid at 634 million euros and Man City at 611 million euros. We rank eighth at 381 million euros.
http://www.football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/b5wp/2016/159/fr/
… and presumably that doesn’t include Ibra.
What label was the Pink Panther theme tune released on?
Deram. Deram. Deram Deram Deram, Deram Deraaaaaammm etc
I just had cause to look at Mesut Ozil’s dreadful boots that he wore in the Burnley match. If he gets through the season without a metatarsal injury, he’ll have done well.
They are literally a corduroy sock with a bit of white leather wrapped around the foot. Fucking awful and he should be banned from wearing them.
Re: Ned @168. At least Arsenal and the top three or clubs have been getting some kind of value for money in the performances of the players they have signed. Can’t say the same for Chelski at #5. Cahill and Luiz? Don’t make me larrfff. 😀
But I should have pointed out Atletico Madrid in #18. Assuming they provided an accurate accounting of their spending (?) they are far and away the winners in the value for money league.
cba change ?
More chance of me being struck by ligh……⚡️⚡️?⚡️??
Hehe. ? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>