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WIN A PAIR OF VIP TICKETS TO SEE ARSENAL AT EMIRATES CUP 2017

Jul 6th, 2017 by 'holic

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The Arsenal are hosting their pre-season tournament, the Emirates Cup, on Saturday July 29th and Sunday July 30th.

We’ve teamed up with the Gunners to offer one lucky reader a pair of VIP tickets to the first day of the tournament, in Club Level at Emirates Stadium.

Taking part in this year’s competition alongside the Arsenal are Portuguese champions Benfica, 2016 Europa League winners Sevilla, and Bundesliga club RB Leipzig.

It will be the first time we have hosted the latter club, although I did make the trip to Leipzig when we played Lokomotive in 1978. They boast a young and exciting side who briefly topped the Bundesliga last season. They, like us, will face Sevilla and Benfica.

As with the previous Emirates Cup tournaments, fans will enjoy two matches each on both Saturday and Sunday, with one ticket giving access to both matches on a particular day.

For the opportunity to enjoy a day out in style at Emirates Stadium this pre-season, just answer the following question:

Which Gunners star made his Arsenal debut in the 2014 Emirates Cup?

  1. A) Alexis Sanchez
    B) Mesut Ozil
    C) Petr Cech

Tickets are still available for Day One and Day Two of Emirates Cup 2017, from £25 adults and £12 concessions. Visit Arsenal.com to buy.

Send your entry to competition@goonerholic.com to arrive by midnight, UK time, on Wednesday 12th July. Please include a contact email address and phone number so the Arsenal can contact you directly if you are the one drawn out of the hat.

Thank you to the Arsenal for providing this opportunity for one lucky ‘holic to catch the first sight of Sead Kolasinac and Alexandre Lacazette in Arsenal shirts. By the way, wasn’t yesterday truly a good news day for the Gunners? Welcome Alexandre, and possibly as important welcome home Mad Jens. The signs of the promised ‘catalyst for change’ are becoming very evident.

Hopefully there will be more good things to chat about at the weekend.

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86 Responses to “WIN A PAIR OF VIP TICKETS TO SEE ARSENAL AT EMIRATES CUP 2017”

  1. on 06 Jul 2017 at 7:40 pm1bt8

    Come on baby do the Locomotiv Locomotion.

  2. on 06 Jul 2017 at 7:45 pm2bt8

    But can Jens make everybody else mad too??

  3. on 06 Jul 2017 at 7:51 pm3bt8

    Assuming it would be a good thing for Jens to make everybody else mad, of course, but I wouldn’t want to assume too much at this early stage …

  4. on 06 Jul 2017 at 7:54 pm4bt8

    Been caught out too often on that score in the past, as Stuart Robson once said, for my liking.

    While on the subject, may as well count my eggs before they are hatched …

  5. on 06 Jul 2017 at 9:23 pm5Cynic

    Send your entry to competition@goonerholic.com to arrive by midnight, UK time, on Wednesday 12th July

    In other words, don’t put your phone numbers on the drinks.

    cba will be ringing you up and threatening to moo at you.

  6. on 06 Jul 2017 at 9:39 pm6Goonerholic

    Thanks Cynic.

    Those who entered via the drinks will go in the draw but I have ‘hidden’ your posts with your personal details.

  7. on 06 Jul 2017 at 10:10 pm7Cynic

    Ban ’em for not reading the blog proply 😉

  8. on 06 Jul 2017 at 11:39 pm8TTG

    Is it me or is everything right up in the air?
    We could lose Sanchez, Ozil, Bellerin, Giroud, Ox and Wilshere.
    Each one of them could leave before the start of the season. We need to get things sorted if we hope to go forward as a solid unit. Gazidis must bear responsibility for this although he cedes most of his power to Wenger. That’s without unloading the less desirable packages we have to shift.
    I do hope that by the time we get to the Emirates Cup we have our squad sorted and hopefully retain the people we want to keep.

  9. on 06 Jul 2017 at 11:43 pm9Sydney red

    Looking forward to see the new signings here in sydney next Thursday and Friday
    Hope they take games seriously

  10. on 07 Jul 2017 at 2:14 am10Chris

    Does your comp include air tickets, ‘holic? 😀 I only travel business these days, by Emirates naturally.

    Credit to AW for actually signing someone early in the window. Maybe he has learned something. We shall see. Beginning with settling Alexis and Mesut one way or the other SOON.

    As for better #10s than the latter, I hope someone has a good look at Emil Forsberg assuming he turns out for Leipzig in the Ems Cup. What I’ve seen of him suggests he performs at twice the work-rate of Ozil Gummidge and would be an ideal supplier for whoever plays in the front 3. Very much an Arsenal ‘type’ in the Romford Pele mould.

    I also believe Rambo’s best position is #10. 😉

  11. on 07 Jul 2017 at 2:17 am11Chris

    A lot of talk about players we will/should be losing, but the only one I’ve seen so far is Chris Willock. Hardly any serious rumours even except for OG.

  12. on 07 Jul 2017 at 2:57 am12can't be arsed

    threaten to , cynic ?
    threaten to ?

    not this little black duck !
    i’d a gone straight to full moooooooooooooooooooooo
    .
    and
    most o them were fuckin wrong too ?

    the calibre of gooner ?
    jeez us
    someone should walk among em
    handin out fat lips n thick ears
    as a fuckin kindness

    having said that
    good luck everyone
    ?

  13. on 07 Jul 2017 at 7:29 am13North Bank Ned

    Can’t blame Chris Willock for leaving. A 19-year-old of promise (played for England up the age groups to Under-19) who has Sanchez playing in his position in the first team with Iwobi as back-up and plenty of others able to play wide left (Welbeck, Lacazette). Imaginative choice to go abroad, though.

  14. on 07 Jul 2017 at 8:14 am14Chris

    My #10 was in response to Vinay in the last drinks saying he couldn’t think of a better No 10 playing anywhere in the world currently. For the record here is a comparison with Forsberg last season:

    Ozil: 8 goals and 9 assists in 2848 minutes in the Prem.
    Forsberg: 8 goals and 19 assists in 2349 minutes in Bundesliga.

    Keep an eye out for both in the Ems Cup.

  15. on 07 Jul 2017 at 9:03 am15Cynic

    If you’re talking best player in the world, it helps if they don’t hide for half the season as well.

  16. on 07 Jul 2017 at 10:58 am16OsakaMatt

    Did we release Willock or sell?
    Couple of years from now we could
    be looking for someone on the left
    and a young player who’s done
    well overseas might be attractive.
    Sanchez will leave sooner or later
    and Iwobi’s future may be central.
    Just wondering if we sold with a
    buy back clause.
    Either way best of luck to him,
    it’s a good chance.

  17. on 07 Jul 2017 at 12:09 pm17TTG

    BFG is to lead our Academy in a year’s time. He will be part of the first team next year.
    I thoroughly approve he is a great role model and intelligent guy. Good forward planning and I wish him well

  18. on 07 Jul 2017 at 12:11 pm18TTG

    Osaka Matt
    Neither
    He wouldn’t sign a new contract and moved on to Benfica at the end of his current contract

  19. on 07 Jul 2017 at 1:20 pm19OsakaMatt

    Thanks TTG.

    In that case,as NBN said, I can’t
    blame him for taking an option
    that may be better for his chances
    of first team football.

    And good news on @17, BFG is a
    natural as a teacher and I think
    it speaks well for us as a club that
    a man with his values wants to
    stay at The Arsenal.

  20. on 07 Jul 2017 at 1:50 pm20Chippy

    TTG,
    Well said and couldn’t agree more – I was lucky enough to spend a few hours in the company of the whole mertersacker clan at the semi final v City, Not only has Per a great affinity for the club so has his extended family and each and everyone one of them was lovely, So grounded, It was easy to see how and why Per is like he is, Saying that Timo still owes me a pint 🙂 !

  21. on 07 Jul 2017 at 4:52 pm21bt8

    Can two years make up an era? It appears so having a look at Premier League champions’ prior season finish in the table: 1992/93 through 2014-15 being an era of stability at the top of the table from season to season, and 2015-16 and 2016-17 the exact opposite.

    Championship winning season / Club’s finish the season prior to winning the league:

    2016/17 Chelsea 10th
    2015/16 Leicester City 14th
    2014/15 Chelsea 3rd
    2013/14 Manchester City 2nd
    2012/13 Manchester United 2nd
    2011/12 Manchester City 3rd
    2010/11 Manchester United 2nd
    2009/10 Chelsea 3rd
    2008/09 Manchester United 1st
    2007/08 Manchester United 1st
    2006/07 Manchester United 2nd
    2005/06 Chelsea 1st
    2004/05 Chelsea 2nd
    2003/04 Arsenal 2nd
    2002/03 Manchester United 3rd
    2001/02 Arsenal 2nd
    2000/01 Manchester United 1st
    1999/00 Manchester United 1st
    1998/99 Manchester United 2nd
    1997/98 Arsenal 3rd
    1996/97 Manchester United 1st
    1995/96 Manchester United 2nd
    1994/95 Blackburn Rovers 2nd
    1993/94 Manchester United 1st
    1992/93 Manchester United 2nd

    Apologies for any errors in this data.

  22. on 07 Jul 2017 at 7:06 pm22North Bank Ned

    Excellent news about Per going to head up the Academy at the end of next season. AW grooming his successor? Should be ready for the job when AW steps down after 25 seasons.

    OsakaMatt, Ttg: It strikes me that a youngster brought up at Arsenal will be a far better fit for football in Europe, and thus have a much better chance of making a successful career, than the lower divisions in England, where many of those moving on for regular football seem to end up, and mostly sink without trace.

  23. on 07 Jul 2017 at 7:25 pm23can't be arsed

    i met eddie mc goldrick’s granda’s cousin’s godson
    no i didn’t
    that’s jealousy talking

    i shop in aldi so i was practically there too , 20 chippy

  24. on 07 Jul 2017 at 7:44 pm24can't be arsed

    *shines green eye*

    left ones a dud

  25. on 07 Jul 2017 at 7:53 pm25can't be arsed

    right
    that’s also a lie

  26. on 07 Jul 2017 at 7:56 pm26can't be arsed

    cards on the table

    i can’t be trusted

  27. on 07 Jul 2017 at 7:58 pm27can't be arsed

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQXX74z3400

  28. on 07 Jul 2017 at 8:18 pm28TTG

    CBA
    You could only have met Mcgoldrick or his relatives in Aldi. That was the level he was at. Now Liam Brady and his clan or David O’Leary would have been found in Harrods.
    I was not a fan of Eddie. His penalty against Sampdoria was the worst I’ve ever seen from an Arsenal player. I thought he was shit but he wasn’t able to match my expectations.

  29. on 07 Jul 2017 at 8:23 pm29can't be arsed

    thunder T
    either yer playing along
    or
    i despair

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUvADbpqGlQ

    .

  30. on 07 Jul 2017 at 8:37 pm30can't be arsed

    i dunno any more

  31. on 07 Jul 2017 at 8:43 pm31can't be arsed

    though

    d’ye remember baff an tabs in Manchester ?

    now that was fuckin brilliant !

    .

  32. on 07 Jul 2017 at 8:46 pm32can't be arsed

    a lawyer fist pumping ?

    .

    “well , i declare”

  33. on 07 Jul 2017 at 8:49 pm33can't be arsed

    33

    don t mind if i do

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=texKJUVB7KY

  34. on 07 Jul 2017 at 8:51 pm34can't be arsed

    i like long songs
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj1lpr5Ypvw

  35. on 07 Jul 2017 at 9:19 pm35Silly Second Yella

    Stupid clown Biafra.

    Don’t fucking yell

    I’m half asleep

  36. on 07 Jul 2017 at 10:51 pm36TTG

    CBA
    I’m really playing along but I’m not alone in not treasuring the memory of Eddie!

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/may/21/seven-deadly-sins-eddie-mcgoldrick-dermot-o-Leary

    You bring a delightful surrealism to this blog that no other one remotely matches. I know you want the guvna to write a book ( so do I) but it should include a chapter from you.

    I’m flying into Dublin on Wednesday – a controversial day north of the border!

  37. on 07 Jul 2017 at 11:42 pm37Chris

    But have you met Laura McGoldrick, cba? Kiwi spouse of Kiwi opening bat Martin Guptill who not surpisingly preferred to keep her maiden name … http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11614652

  38. on 07 Jul 2017 at 11:46 pm38Chris

    Great news about Per. Top role model.

  39. on 08 Jul 2017 at 1:31 am39Silly Second Yella

    Bunuel is rolling in his grave

    and Lynch too

    well not yet

  40. on 08 Jul 2017 at 3:43 am40can't be arsed

    ha m’lud
    come on now – ye can’t believe i’m unaware

    we all know eddie had his limitations
    being any good being one of them
    indeed in my usual flowery manner
    i called him just that

    so , how did we end up here ?
    i dunno ?
    .
    as to the mighty ‘holic’s book
    again – no pressure big man
    but the book i’d buy is about him
    history , beer , crombies , bowie , life etc etc etc
    all wrapped up in The Arsenal

    his recall and ability to slap it on a page
    are fuckin brilliant
    bit jealous cos my memory is not unlike
    ringing a bell on a reception desk
    and a wee man in a moth eaten cardigan
    shuffles off into a sea of bookshelves
    only to return hours later to say “what was that again”

    anyhoo
    cheers and have fun in dublin
    lived there a loada years
    interesting place sorta kinda ?

    UP THE ARSENAL

  41. on 08 Jul 2017 at 3:49 am41can't be arsed

    chris 37
    a fine figure of a woman indeed
    and mc goldrick is a good solid name

    ye’d trust someone called mc goldrick
    not necessarily with a football
    but with other stuff
    important stuff with ladders and pliers and such

  42. on 08 Jul 2017 at 4:26 am42Chris

    I think I may also have a wee man in a moth-eaten cardigan ‘working’ in the retrieval department of my memory vaults, cba. I put his getting lost down to the archives having grown so vast with the amount of data accumulated in my lifetime that the finding of any particular item is now virtually (and realistically) near impossible. Especially as his mate in trousers up to his nipples responsible for the filing department has a particularly random access memory when it comes to terms like ‘alphabetical’ and ‘chronological’.

    The nearest analogy I can offer to my declining memory function can be found (if you look really hard) in the works of Jasper Fforde, in particular The Well Of Lost Plots.

  43. on 08 Jul 2017 at 8:22 am43can't be arsed

    ? chris
    ahd a big chuckle here cos
    a high stool companion of mine
    wears nipple trousers like that
    he’s absolute comedy gold
    and like most of the people i bevvy with
    half the time with him is spent drinking
    the rest roaring with laughter

    he’s gotta an opinion on everything and nothing
    all delivered painfully slow
    and with a buster keaton face

    he also walks that slow that he’s perpetually
    either walking to or coming back from the toilet

    and the trousers just complete the whole experience
    and interestingly like quite a few round here
    a gooner after spending a lifetime in london

    anyhoo
    waffle session over (apologies ‘hol)

    must get a brew on

    cheerio

    .
    .
    UP THE ARSENAL

  44. on 08 Jul 2017 at 12:41 pm44Trev

    Nipple trousers ……….

    What keeps them up .. ?

    Or is that what a necktie is for …? ?

    Do you lot wear any items of clothing around the bits what they was originally intended for. …

    That’s me done …

    ?

    That’s a wrap …. ?

  45. on 08 Jul 2017 at 12:45 pm45Trev

    So this bloke I know has gone on a super strict vegan diet.

    He’s taken to wearing all black clothes and spends the entire day talking about nothing but vegetables.

    I’m afraid he might be being radishalised ……. ?

  46. on 08 Jul 2017 at 1:52 pm46Cynic

    I’d love to go on a vegan diet but you can’t have bacon so fuck that.

  47. on 08 Jul 2017 at 2:54 pm47bt8

    Probably wears black clothes just to show off how much less he stinks.

  48. on 08 Jul 2017 at 2:56 pm48bt8

    On the other hand, the radishes just might tilt the stink-o-meter.

  49. on 08 Jul 2017 at 4:33 pm49Biscuitbum

    I’m quite sick about the loss of Chris Willock, (my spell check wants pillock!), especially after the loss of Gnabry. Zelalem will probably go the same way if Wenger loses interest in him. Football has become very short-termist, with an increasing number of thirty-somethings being bought by the top clubs.

    On the transfer front, it’s being reported by a number of sources including Sky, that we have agreed terms, said to be £90k per week, with Lemar, and will be negotiating to get a reduction of the supposed £80M fee. If this comes off, I’d be prepared to take a chance on Mahrez, but not at anywhere near £50 mill.

  50. on 08 Jul 2017 at 5:49 pm50TTG

    So let’s get it straight . We are not prepared to allow Sanchez and The Ox to leave during their contracts to go to another team but we are pressurising LeMar and possibly Mahrez to leave their clubs during their contracts.
    Football is a partisan business. We won’t be able to let Sanchez to run his contract down but we might be able to flog him to a non- English club. Frankly if we get Lemar he can push off to Pep for all I care but I’d be very interested in getting Aguero in return. He did some great things for us but he also had some shockers and you could also see the strained relations with members of the team at times. We are still being linked with M’bappe. That surely has no chance of happening?

  51. on 08 Jul 2017 at 5:59 pm51North Bank Ned

    Trev back on form @45.

  52. on 08 Jul 2017 at 6:01 pm52can't be arsed

    yeah garibaldi

    Arsène has always played the short-termist game

    .

    thunder T
    (i am not being serious)
    ?
    and
    if you’re curious on the 12th
    when you land on green soil
    if ye want an eye opener
    go up north
    ye won’t ever in yer puff see so many
    scottish and israeli flags billowing from lamposts
    ever before ever anywhere

  53. on 08 Jul 2017 at 6:28 pm53can't be arsed

    guessing the bowler hatted bruddaz
    will get more attention on the bbc
    now their laurel and hardy hats
    are propping up stuff
    ?

    May be wrong

  54. on 08 Jul 2017 at 7:13 pm54can't be arsed

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH5g2hSD7-Y

    perhaps a wee insight
    agree with it or don’t

    as a completely non-sectarian non-religious Irish person
    born in the north of Ireland
    i have despaired for decades
    that religion is dragged into this debate
    and our lives

    sorry ‘hol
    but the religious bigots are coming
    your direction

  55. on 08 Jul 2017 at 7:31 pm55can't be arsed

    cheerio

    and sorry ‘hol

  56. on 08 Jul 2017 at 7:34 pm56can't be arsed

    have a tune

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp1MRAUw4Uk

  57. on 08 Jul 2017 at 7:57 pm57TTG

    CBA
    Mrs TTG was there three years ago on the 12th and was amazed nay horrified at events.
    I know exactly where you are coming from .

  58. on 08 Jul 2017 at 8:03 pm58can't be arsed

    eh !

    how’d ye get my address ?

  59. on 08 Jul 2017 at 8:04 pm59can't be arsed

    ?

  60. on 08 Jul 2017 at 8:10 pm60Silly Second Yella

    Bigots R us.

    24/7

  61. on 08 Jul 2017 at 10:07 pm61can't be arsed

    let him who is without stones
    tool up

    🙂

  62. on 08 Jul 2017 at 10:38 pm62Silly Second Yella

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZHH7gsKbE0

  63. on 08 Jul 2017 at 11:03 pm63Goonerholic

    Easy does it people. Oh that we could see each others eyes when we were typing on a keyboard. Oh that we could explain ourselves face to face all the time, but as some fella once said, The times, they are a changing’.

  64. on 08 Jul 2017 at 11:07 pm64North Bank Ned

    We could always go back to talking football. Just a thought.

  65. on 08 Jul 2017 at 11:22 pm65Goonerholic

    All is fair Ned, when it is close season.

    Don’t suppose any cricket fans are out there. Big couple of months coming up over here with a very different calendar surrounding the T20s, one day games, tests, and four day games starting to bite.

  66. on 08 Jul 2017 at 11:24 pm66Goonerholic

    And those from non cricket playing nations look on completely missing that post! ?

    Sorry all!

  67. on 08 Jul 2017 at 11:28 pm67Cynic

    Did you see the T20 tonight, H? I’ve never seen a bowler get sconed like that before.

  68. on 09 Jul 2017 at 12:28 am68Ochi

    Pablo Fornals, pls!!

  69. on 09 Jul 2017 at 12:55 am69Sydney red

    With all this transfer talk one player has not been mentioned
    Theo!
    What’s the news on him?
    Is he injured?
    Did not seem to play much towards the end of the season
    Is he off arsene’s radar

  70. on 09 Jul 2017 at 1:24 am70bt8

    Xhaka Laca Laca Laca

  71. on 09 Jul 2017 at 2:16 am71Chris

    Regarding ‘trousers up to his nipples’ it has long been my observation that the older a man gets the more his ties seem to disappear into his trousers. Only on closer examination did I realise the effect was less due to any foreshortening of said neck adornment than to the rising tide of men’s belted lower coverings during the aging process. Why this should be is as big a mystery to me as why anyone would wear a tie anyway once beyond the dictates of employment fuhrers. And as I am well past the timeframe the phenomenon usually begins I am naturally watching myself closely for the first signs…

    Ties are the vestigial remains of scarves worn as part of the uniform of Croatian mercenaries of King Louis XIII to ‘tie’ their jackets so they don’t fall off. History says nothing of their relevance to trousers however.

  72. on 09 Jul 2017 at 4:12 am72Chris

    Re above … https://5213fall16.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/generation-gap.jpg?w=242&h=279

  73. on 09 Jul 2017 at 6:49 am73Solid Gooner

    Hello fellows, it’s been a while.

    Holic, really sorry to hear about your travails. Thank goodness you’ve been able to somewhat rectify the situation. Seriously don’t know what most of us on here would do without you.

    So Ozil looks to be staying put. I can live with that.

    Sanchez on the other hand, seems on the way out. Something about doors and backsides. He can do one by all means (personal view).

    The thing is he knows he’s got Arsenal by the short and curlies, mostly due to our ineptitude, and has deftly backed the club into a corner.
    What does Wenger do? Sell him and face the wrath of a lot of fans or run the risk of letting him go for zilch in 12 months? Or pay him 400 grand a month?

    Kolasinac and Lacazette represent a good start to the window. Getting two attackers would help soften the blow of losing Alexis if he decides to leave. Fingers crossed, this could be very interesting summer yet.

    UTA

  74. on 09 Jul 2017 at 8:19 am74And Lester

    As SG @ 73 sugggests AS does seem to have AW & AFC over a big ol’ of bucks, what with the year left on his contract corner he’s been allowed to paint us into etc.

    BUTT (and it’s a big one) my deep lying (no, not that sort of lying, silly) contacts in world football (aka the sports pages, of quality newspapers mind you, and some schmuck i chat to at the bus stop) tell me (and i can’t name said sources, for obvious reasons) that the Russian money launderers and their short-arsed, mad-eyed manager with the mysterious disappearing/reappearing-do, are getting a little desperate, testy even – re signing a striker.

    So, the club indulges in a little media manipulation (I’ll certainly be contacting my contacts Asap), designed to tickle-up the outsized egos of the obscenely overloaded ones at the Emptihad & the bullet-proofed Bridge: we get ourselves a big ol’ bidding war going, and Hey Pesto (jus’ keeping it real, and contemporary, and cooking/insult oriented) – we get 100million nickaaaah for the back pocket; the prima ballerina and hims silly wage demands get bundled out the back-door; and we get back in the business of making wacky bids for the likes of Mbappe et al.

    It’s a plan. But will A. Dubbya take notice of a dope like me ??? yes, i fink he will.

    UTA!

  75. on 09 Jul 2017 at 9:14 am75North Bank Ned

    Oh for the days of the maximum wage, eh? £20 a week during the season and £17 during the summer. Plus the retain-and-transfer system, which let a club to retain a player against his will at the end of his contract and pay him less money while doing so.

  76. on 09 Jul 2017 at 10:18 am76Goonersince54

    Fabulous,Epic 3rd Rugby Test between British Lions and the All Blacks ends in a draw 15 – 15.
    Ferocious thunderous tackles,bodies scattered everywhere,brilliant attacking football,rugby at it’s absolute best.
    Steve T would have loved it.
    Fittingly the 3 test series ended with a win each and the draw.
    Amazingly there were more Lions fans at Eden Park yesterday,than there were Kiwis.
    Fantastic atmosphere,and the Lions support never wavered from the first minute to the last.
    Our so called supporters could learn a lesson from them.

  77. on 09 Jul 2017 at 1:21 pm77Trev

    HOLIC !!

    There’s some geezer in here talking about, er, Rugby I think he called it…

    What’s more, he said Steve T would have loved it ! Now we all know Steve T doesn’t love anything – except, maybe, Fish and Chips.

    Whatever this Rugby thing is, it sounds properly weird and like it’s played in some kind of creationist zoo, at a place called Eden Park where there are lions and kiwis and hookers providing who knows what kind of entertainment.

    Come on now, you bunch of blind sided flankers – can we just get back to discussing politics and religion and stuff ….

    We are, after all, honoured by the presence – though never the presents – of the great Reverend Al.

    Al! E Looya ! ? ?

  78. on 09 Jul 2017 at 1:24 pm78Trev

    Chris @71. – ?

  79. on 09 Jul 2017 at 1:26 pm79Trev

    Sydney red –

    “Theo!
    What’s the news on him?
    Is he injured?”

    No Sydney, he is a lazy bastard.

  80. on 09 Jul 2017 at 6:25 pm80Cynic

    What’s worse, tit warming trousers or the yoofs showing off their grubby pants as they risk tripping over their own waistband?

    I vote trippy pants, but at least if they fall over they might go under a bus, so there’s a plus side to them.

  81. on 09 Jul 2017 at 8:33 pm81Trev

    ?

  82. on 09 Jul 2017 at 9:17 pm82Ochi

    Theo, sorry Chris, is on nobody’s radar cause he isn’t worth any strife. I do support him still cause he remains one of us.

    Alexis to City ain’t so bad, if they trade us De Bruyne, non?

    And yes, i’n tiresome but, ffs, pls check out Pablo Fornals

  83. on 09 Jul 2017 at 9:37 pm83Goonerholic

    Cynic, I did see it thank you, and wish I hadn’t. I suffered something similar when a little kid. Batsman hit a drive at an indoor net which deflected off a metal pole supporting the net into my left eye at some velocity.

    I thought last night was worse because he appeared to be struck near, if not on, the temple. They would have worried about a blood clot at very least. Horrible but credit Sky for not showing repeats.

    Less credit to the twat on the PA system who played Sweet Caroline as he was being treated.

  84. on 09 Jul 2017 at 10:45 pm84Goonerholic: Eat, Sleep, Breathe, Drink, Arsenal

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