A Damp Squib Will Raise More Questions In The Coming Days
Dec 13th, 2017 by 'holic
Arsene Wenger rang the changes, both in system and personnel, for the trip to West Ham. With Per Mertesacker out injured and Sead Kolasinac rested on the bench we switched to a back four with Ainsley Maitland-Niles drafted in at left-back. Jack Wilshere replaced Aaron Ramsey in midfield and Alex Iwobi was selected as the extra man. Olivier Giroud came in for Alexandre Lacazette, also on the bench.
Maitland-Niles, making his first Premier League start, got in a good early cross to settle his nerves but the resulting corner was dealt with comfortably. The Gunners started more brightly than at Southampton and dominated the opening phases of play. Another Maitland-Niles cross that just evaded the head of Giroud who looked to have been held down by Ogbonna.
West Ham’s first meaningful effort hit the back of the net. Arnautovic backed away from the sleeping Xhaka and Monreal and headed home unmarked at the far post. His joy was short lived, however, as he turned and saw the offside flag correctly raised in his direction. All of a sudden West Ham had a route into the match and immediately upped their pressing game. Ogbonna’s elbow on Giroud gave the visitors a chance to take back the initiative.
Midway through the half Wilshire played a one-two with Giroud before presenting a shooting opportunity to Alexis. The Chilean’s effort was deflected for a corner from which Maitland-Niles drove wide of the far post. Shortly afterwards a second elbow aimed at Giroud by Reid escaped the censure of Jon Moss, the referee who was looking at the challenge from close quarters.
In the twenty-ninth minute we were inches from the lead when Iwobi crashed a shot from twelve yards against the outside of the near post. Dizzy at the prospect of scoring he tried his luck again but this time missed the target completely. Maitland-Niles conjured up another cross which Giroud was prevented from heading goalward by another Ogbonna tug on the shoulder. Clever defending? Maybe.
When Maitland-Niles brought Noble down Petr Cech had to punch the free-kick to safety at the far post. At the other end Maitland-Niles stood another cross up at the far post from where Giroud’s bicycle kick struck Cresswell’s hands which were protecting his face, but from point-blank range you wouldn’t have wanted a penalty given at the other end. Moss had just denied Lanzini’s appeal when he and Xhaka wrestled each other to the floor in our box.
Wilshere accepted an offer from Alexis to try his luck from twenty yards but saw his effort charged down by one of the many Hammers massed in their own penalty area. The whistle brought an end to a half that never quite took off. It must be said though that the Arsenal had comfortably avoided any real defensive panics, a real bonus these days.
We didn’t start the second-half as well as the first. Arnautovic lifted a bouncing ball onto the roof of the net with Cech beaten. Giroud attempted to get on the end of a through ball but Ogbonna got there ahead of him to snuff out the danger. As heavy rain fell on the free council stadium Bellerin hit an effort from distance just wide of the far post. Had we taken notice of the first attack and reacted accordingly?
Five minutes in Xhaka, looking for his first goal of the season, stung the palms of Adrian as the Gunners started to turn the screw. They had a warning though when Cech had to scamper to fall on a dangerous looking Antonio pull-back. A growing theme, a Maitland-Niles cross to Giroud, resulted in a brace of corners. Sanchez and Ozil unlocked the Irons defence but the latter cut the ball back behind Giroud. Then the ball fell to Ozil who thumped a half-volley wide from ten yards.
Arnautovic got in the face of Maitland-Niles in a clear attempt to unnerve the impressive youngster and it was good to see Xhaka intervene. I’ll wager Mathieu Debuchy would have liked to be present, knowing the direction his career has taken since being shoved into the advertising hoardings by Arnautovic when he was one of Stoke’s thugs. Arnautovic was then whistled for a blatant shove on Koscielny as the hosts threatened on the break. He was getting frustrated it seemed.
As seventy minutes approached another Maitland-Niles cross was headed down by Giroud to Wilshere who missed the target from inside the box. That was the last action for Iwobi who gave way to Danny Welbeck. Again Arnautovic was involved in a minor incident when his elbow appeared to have a disagreement with Nacho Monreal.
An Alexis free-kick from around twenty-five yards drew a spectacular diving save from Adrian. One for the cameras, as Bob Wilson used to say. With a quarter of an hour remaining I was becoming a tad doubtful about my punt on 2-3 to the visitors. Increasingly the scoreless draw was looking likely. Another Maitland-Niles cross was cleared only as far as Hector Bellerin who saw his volley blocked by a resolute West Ham back nine.
Interestingly David Moyes sent on fit-again Hernandez for Antonio, presumably sensing a late break or two. Alexis also departed to make way for eight minutes plus added time of Giroud and Lacazette. Both substitutions were positive and both teams needed the three points for different reasons. Wilshere became the latest Gunner to see an effort blocked. We needed a moment of creative genius or a huge stroke of luck.
The game could have been lost when Noble picked out Hernandez and the former United striker hit the underside of the bar. That was almost a costly rare defensive mistake on the night. Encouraged they launched another free-kick into the box which Cech grabbed out of the night sky. At the other end Reid picked up the only yellow card of the night for a foul on Welbeck and the final free-kick of the night was cleared for a corner which could not be taken.
An end of match mention for Ainsley Maitland-Niles, my man of the match, and Jack Wilshere, who may have tired but looked our most likely creator in the opening hour plus.
91 Responses to “A Damp Squib Will Raise More Questions In The Coming Days”
Bang. More deadly than that shower
Even No1 cannot stop the depression
1st?
Damn BT and its shite connection 2 minutes and even No1 was gone 🙁
I take the the 3rd this season no problems there…. I’m just not too sure if it’s possible with displays like these…
The report was more interesting than the game !
The only positive was Jack in my eyes…
Niles had a shocker with Monreal at one point…but the lad did well I give him that. Perhaps we need to bring more young blood into the squad or we need a new manages with a better vision.
Great report Holic as always … Numero Uno!
Chippy
I couldn’t agree more! 🙂
*manages=manager… bloody keyboard!
Evening H
Languishing down in 7th now,which is probably where we deserve to be given our form this season.
If our squad were a herd of cattle,i think a fair few would have been culled and sent to the Abattoir by now.
Nice write up H.
As I said in the previous drinks, I’ve lost count of how many games I’ve seen like that now? Far too narrow and made it very easy for them to defend against.
Very few positives. If Welbeck is the answer then I have no idea what the question is.
I thought that Jack was our best player by far. The only one with any real quality, and more importantly, drive. We were so pedestrian and lacked any genuine invention. A game in the end that we could have easily lost.
We are now closer to the bottom than we are to the top!!!!
Does anyone remember the last time that we had a team that genuinely had a chance of challenging for the title????
Oh well. Never mind.
Not you Clive too. The BT clowns here. Arsenal are down to seventh. Yes, a whole one point off a Champions League place. Four points off third placed Chelsea. The pointed end of the season is looking very interesting, but boy do we need to start getting more wins away from home.
Worst part of it all is that it’s a season completely wasted – Should have had a new man at the helm with fresh ideas and who had the added bonus of sizing up his squad in the Europa league, The club like the players are just treading water until the new man is inand it shows in the performances and fan reactions.
Yep, 7th after 2 points out of the
last 9. Chavs, Liverpool at home and
3 winnable away games in the next
6 PL games. Newcastle at home up
next and given their terrible form it
will be a good chance to start scoring
again.
Thanks for the report GH!!
Not having the lack of width Steve. Look at the theme of the night. Maitland-Niles crossing. Giroud unable to see off the physical Ogbonna.
As Holic points out Maitland-Niles did very well, and came close to assisting on a Giroud header on several occasions. The game didn’t so much lack interest as teem with frustration. Credit to West Ham for good defending but we lacked incisiveness in attack.
There were a few positives – a clean
sheet, reasonable performance from
Jack, AMN strove manfully although
he’s not a LB.
But a bit dire apart from that.
Changing to a back 4 made no
difference that I could see.
Goodnight Leon. Only one cretin here.
It’s purposeful width H. It’s about having someone that can spread the play and break wide. That then takes players from the middle and creates more space. I don’t class standing out wide and hitting hopeful balls into the now crowded middle, playing with width. Giroud was feeding off of scraps.
I can hardly remember at any stage when we made the keeper work. One of the reasons for that was because we were too narrow and played too central. We had no cutting edge and never looked like breaking them down.
We might be only a point from the champions league places but we played a side in the relegation zone and never really lost pled like scoring against them.
Lost pled = looked….
One point from the champions league place, a million miles from qualifying for it.
Rocky and Wrighty on BT Sport now. Looks far better than the last 2 hours
Quickly and intelligently crafted, yet again, h!
Clearly no weekly Colney machinations from our now vintage Head-Coach and Man-Manager within your preparations. Hence your consistent clinical finishing! Salut! ?
As Arseblog said a week ago; “Catalyst for change.”
https://arseblog.com/2017/12/catalyst-for-change/
7th place in the league and out of the CL places? Unsurprising.
Wilshere best player on the night. Maitland Niles encouraging and not afraid to keep the width and cross the ball in. But haven’t we heard that before from a Young Gunner?
In summary; the lack of urgent desire and professionalism that this team oozes way too often on a given match-day, should now be of a worry to Arsene Wenger and those who still back him and opted to give him 2 more years in the Summer. It will not end well for the incumbent.
Ozil & Sanchez’s frustration are now palpable; and I for one can’t blame them. They and probably Wilshere will leave next year to pastures more “motivating” if Arsene Wenger remains at the Club. And that’s even if top 4 is “somehow” achieved. I’ll give £1,000 to a charity of ‘h’s choice, if Arsene Wenger gets this squad of players that is “still” under his charge, back into the Champions League. “You simply have to earn the right to play” if you want to be “Contenders”, Arsene. One positive, at least a clean-sheet was secured by virtue of lick of paint.
UTAAD&AN!
AFCOF!
“One positive, at least a clean-sheet was secured by virtue of *a lick of paint.” ?
Only one cretin here.
They’re playing my song!
If Walcott isn’t ill or injured and he can’t get past Welbeck or Iwobi, even for the bench, he needs to do whatever it takes to get away in January.
Wenger’s refusal to even consider a guy who scored 19 goals last year is mystifying, unless it really is all about THAT interview after the Palace game last season. I can see no other reason to keep him out of the picture for Welbeck’s continued presence in the squad.
Iwobi? What does he offer? Seriously.
How we can play so well against Spurs/Utd,and then be so abysmal at Southampton and the Hammers, 2 bang average teams,baffles me.
I hope we are, still in contention for top 4 at the pointy end of the season H,but need a major improvement on current form leading into the New year and 2nd half of the season.
Too many players being picked in the first team regardless of their form,which must cause some discordance among the bench warmers.
Need injection of fresh blood in the Jan window,which hopefully is where our new transfer guru can work some magic.
A very happy birthday to twinkle toes Santi who is 33 today.
Hopefully there is some light for him at the end of a very long dark tunnel.
I still live in hope that he can pull on the famous Red and White shirt for us once again before his career is over.
“Rocky & Wrighty: From Brockley To The Big Time”. The time when “men were men” with the cannon on their chest! Rocky…?
I’m just returning from the stadium Boris Johnson presented to the grubby pornbtokrrs who own West Ham What a corrupt and shady deal that was.
It was a disappointing result but the fannying around at the back nearly cost us dear. The fannying around in midfield didn’t produce enough and the fannying around upfront produced too few shots. Moyes has them well organised and the fact they gave MOTM to their keeper speaks volumes but it was a game I could see us losing because the defence never convinced me although AMN did ok. Jack was our standout player and needs to stay in when hopefully Xhaka is replaced by Ramsey. We so need a hard bastard in midfield.
Welbeck was a poor choice of sub we should have kept Sanchez on and brought on Lacazette
This was a decent point but we should hope for much nore.?The euphoria among the Hammers on this train suggests they feel they have turned the corner. I’m not sure we’ve done the same we just seem to be continuing along a frustrating road at present
We need nine points from the next three to lift our morale- and
much less fannying around !p
What is the point of Iwobi?
Thank Dennis we had Jon Moss reffing or a couple of their shouts could have been penalties.
Matt, Moss should be your favourite ref. He’s reffed 19 Arsenal games of which we have lost just 1, drawn 2 and won 16.
Excellent games from Jack and A M-N, mediocrity from the rest. I just can’t imagine what AW was thinking with his starting XI, or why he held Laca back for so long or why he ever bothers sending Welbeck on when we need a goal. It’s creeping senility, imo.
The only positive I can credit AW with in the entire shambles was a quite nice flick to return the ball after it had gone out of play. Maybe he’s thinking of picking himself for the weekend…
It took him more than one try to that flick right an’ all. 🙂
Fine report Holic. I feared for your stake long before you did. At HT our lethargy left me feeling that 0-0 or an unlucky late 0-1 was the likely outcome. We nearly delivered the latter. Kos and another cross field pass then an ‘after you Claude’ episode in the box that gave Spam the ball back after we made further schoolboy efforts to retrieve the situation. How long is it since we had a truly dominating central defender?
Our lack of pace, lack of movement up front, inability to pull the opposition around and our error-prone defence (with at least one suicide attempt each game) are serious deficiencies that will thwart our ambition for a top 4 place despite the failings of the competition and will also prevent us progressing past the first decent opposition we meet in the Europa League.
We are where we are because that’s what we are. We have some good players, a few very good players but nonetheless we are an unbalanced team and not everyone is pulling in the same direction. Although I say this tonight it’s not simply because of tonight’s lethargic performance. Tonight demonstrated the lack of urgency that’s part of the chronic problem we’ve had for a while now with slow deterioration peppered with occasional brief remissions that offer transient hope of improvement that is subsequently dashed. It’s been going on like this for some time.
I hear Shitteh looked scary tonight. Well we were scary once. We are certainly not scary in the same way now, perhaps in other ways. I didn’t watch MotD but had a pleasant trip down memory lane with Rocky. Great little film. Even more moving than 89 for me.
In clinical terms there are signs of a terminal decline and it’s time we had some novel therapies. Perhaps the two new appointments in the back room are a sign of early measures of this nature being initiated. No question there’s a need for something new.
I failed to mention the positives from tonight’s turgid watch. LJW shows impressive further progress and was MoTM for me. I thought Iwobi had an excellent first half but hit a wall early in the second half and should have been hooked 10 minutes earlier. Maitland-Niles had an excellent game apart from some early defensive misunderstandings with Monreal. Ozil tried throughout and Alexis was simply Alexis.
Finally why didn’t we bring on Lacazette earlier? If we are going to persist with simply trying to find a way through the central crowd scene, his swifter movement and better ball skills on the floor might have made a difference had he had the time.
I wasn’t impressed with the set-up of the side. Too many left- footers but a right footer in AMN in one of the key left-sided roles. Monreal isn’t a CB in a four whereas he can deliver in a three. He lost Arnautovic tonight for the disallowed goal. Iwobi seemed to run out of legs and Welbeck added nothing on his arrival. Xhaka and Bellerin produce very little end product , Xhaka is all elegance and little actual result.
Finally Koscielny produced an awful crossfield pass a couple of games after giving away a goal with a similar pass.
I really did get offended by the opulence of the London Stadium. I was in the corporate bit . The claret and blue tiling in the toilet, the size of the seats ( lots of gaps by the way ) I thought it was a decent football stadium but miles behind Upton Park in atmosphere. It’s a club that is desperate to be in the big time but despite a massive leg – up from government that I think should be reviewed as it is anti- competitive , they are miles from being a top club.
They don’t play football, they scramble and scrap although they work hard and are well organised. The ghosts of Moore and co don’t haunt the new stadium. Perhaps they realise they shouldn’t have it on those terms.
Iwobi offers much more than Sanchez.
They have large seats in the corporate toilets with lots of gaps in them, TTG? Not just one big gap in the middle then? No wonder they’re forever blowing bubbles…
Just catching up with some
back reading…..
Completely agree with Bath @32 & 33
– an excellent summary.
But not on the next manager from
the previous post – yes, things were
different then but when someone
like AW leaves I want the new
guy to know how things have been
working but be bright enough to
freshen things up. To demand more
from this squad and cut without
fear or favour. Both Per and Mert
fit the bill for me – yes, they lack
experience but on the plus side
they’ve been playing recently which
is a help I think. In conclusion, bugger
experience 🙂
Let’s get a fresh coach and let the
new guys we recruited recently
do all the other stuff.
Chris,
That is a good record with Moss
I must admit. He’s still a crap
shoot of a ref though – things
happen right in front of him and
he just blithely ignores them.
He’s always like that.
the fuckin contrast , eh
Rocky and Wrighty on after THAT
i tell ye fuckin what
the wholesale distribution
of fat lips and thick ears is long overdue
up The Arsenal
?
was bottling stout during the game
got fucked off towards the end
ended up just dipping the measuring jug
into the bucket and filling a demi john
then glugging straight from it
like a deliverance extra
then as is customary
fired up the firestick to blast out youtube tunes
got a fuckin message – youtube not supported
after january 1st – it appears
by all accounts amazon called google a cunt
and consequently another fuckin shower
of rich bastards is aggravatin the fuck outta me
and here’s us in the mouth o fuckin christmas
*fills sock with sand*
thats more fuckers need their kidneys fuckin tenderizing
and
cheers for the information
west fuckin ham
apparently have grander fuckin toilets than me
ho ho ho
Dan,
By all means let’s grow British
talent but I think (don’t know for
sure) that the majority of our
youth players are British talent.
We need to be better at bringing
them through but then everyone
has that problem.
The coach/manager is different
though – I don’t care where he’s
from and don’t see why we should
limit ourselves. What benefit is
there to Arsenal from developing
young British coaches?
Unlike some 🙂 I enjoyed TTG’s rant
from the posh seats.
Looking forward to Delia’s account
0f the mood in the trenches.
Dan,
@22
Forgot to say I’m impressed by the
confidence in your offer of a grand
to the charity of the guvnor’s
choice if we get Top 4 – we’re not
that far off !
osaka M
dreams aside
i bet dapper DC’s wc is diamond encrusted too
when he opens his wallet 50s shoot out
like springs from a can
i open mine
there’s a coupla euro hiding in the corner
nervously huddled together for warmth
“Please – not us , not us”
*smaller denomination coins
getting pushed to the front
by the ruthless Tenner*
.
anyhoo
enough nonsense from me
off out into the cold
cheerio
UP THE [currently lumpen] ARSENAL !
cba,
oh….you mean he’s a bit flush?
Chris
Didn’t get to try the seated aspect of the toilets but for Info we have many more traps in the loos at the Emirates. They only had three in a large executive loo.
Thanks for your kind words Osaka Matt.
I’ve cooled down a bit mainly due to a decent day’s play for us
at the WACA and don’t think the league position is a problem. The Totts have had two easy home games. We will overtake them at the weekend. Liverpool have dropped four points at home.
It’s coherence in Wenger’s thinking I’m looking at.
TTG,
Yes, you’ve summed it up well.
There’s still plenty to look
forward to this season.
But, fundamentally even if we
get in the Top 4 have we built a
team to challenge seriously for
the CL?
Doesn’t seem so to me.
Osaka Matt
Major prizes will elude us while AW is in charge.
The big question is will the new era be better or worse?
Recent appointments give cause for optimism but I’m by no means unsure that Wenger won’t try to continue beyond next season
God that was Dull. Dull dull dull.
70% Possession and loads of sideways passing on the edge of the West Ham area. Oh and the odd wayward cross going nowhere near Giroud’s head as the WH defence had that ploy down from kick off
Soton and West Ham are both decent (…and the latter certainly don’t look like relegation fodder anymore under Moyes so fair play to him after all his media brick bats…) but pretty unspectacular teams who we really should be beating by the odd goal.
Positives ; Wilshire played well and Niles did OK.
Xhaka – who I really rated a few months back – badly needs a break. Out of puff, ideas and confidence…
An away day mod anthem…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mv9IyjIDXI
CBA @ 39,
Sorry to hear that your “Doughnut in Granny’s Greenhouse” is not up to West Ham’s. On the brighter side, I’m sure yours has a better view.
Stout ok?
a view indeed dorset M
no urban spaceman here ?
.
as fer the stout
more than drinkable straight off the lees
benefits from a short age
and sings after 6 months
not unlike me after 6 pints
.
the christmas stores are well stocked now
have some apfelwein ready too
for them too cowardly to drink a pint they can’t see through
(it comes in at 8% and stealthily steals dignity)
so serves them right
.
cheers fer askin chief
pint of my own special reserve 5% porter on the bar for you
(it’s smoother than the mighty Viv S’s cravat)
?
he’d never say trub
The big question is will the new era be better or worse?
In a way it doesn’t really matter if the alternative is the status quo.
@39. If Youtube is not supported you will be able to see me on the evening news in the middle of the road with a pitchfork and chanting slogans about who else should be “not supported”
The selection said it all-poor. We never looked like scoring, Adrian did not have a save to make and our defending in the end was comical, clear the fucking ball you idiots.
Arsenal are a mid table team, the sooner we accept it, the better it is for all. We are nowhere close to being in the top 4 as well, forget the title and frankly we dont deserve to be in it at all.
I love you Arsene, but time to go and take all your staff along for they are not doing anything anyways.
Another grim game, played at snail’s pace , through the middle against a packed and well drilled defence, with no positive end product. Dreadful to watch from my sofa.
Don’t we practice playing against this type of set-up at training, considering how many sides in the PL park the bus in games against us?Arsene it’s about time you figured this one out, we can’t go on without formulating a plan to combat this system. It’s not just the fans who are frustrated but the players must be totally dejected and demotivated.
How come Leicester managed to put 4 passed Southampton and we struggled to find an equaliser?
Fed up from King’s Lynn.
P.S. Looking forward to watching my recording of last night’s Rocky and Wrighty programme later this afternoon, its bound to cheer me up.
I wonder if we will ever open contract talks with LJW?
Or, do you think we will let him walk away for nothing along with Özil and Alexis at the end of the season?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42359383
If I didn’t know any better…I’d say Moaninho is orchestrating his exit already..to PSG or somewhere else.
Trying to cultivate that siege mentality within ManU which will ultimately result in him leaving…! Only this time he won’t win anything. He’s certainly not endearing himself to their fans with that parked bus..
😀
never liked the manufactured
over engineered
don’t know when to stop
names for maureen
.
unseemly
That program, and 89 the film, Delia. Need tissues. ?
The problem seems to be the one we have had for may these years now, we can’t convert chances into goals.
“What do points make ?”
.
.
“Give us a twirl”
.
“Higher , Higher”
@OsakaMatt,
In my own “old-fashioned opinion”, every “club” of any country that really cares about its own Country’s International sporting achievements and standing (cf. Germany, Spain, Italy), has an obligation to develop its very own younglings’ God-given talents. The same applies for the coaching talent too. Coaches are “taught”; they are not created “Naturally” from birth and youth. ?
Regarding my “small” CL’s re-entry wager under Monsieur Arsene Wenger’s Head-Coaching and Man-Management acumen, I give £1,000 to charity every year (usually to a Children’s charity) so it’s gonna be going somewhere anyway. I’m quite confident about the CL’s re-entry under Arsene for this term – it’s 99% unlikely! If the 1% comes about, then ?
AFCOF!
Cheers for a generously positive write-up, Holic.
Bath sums up very well for me.
I guess the manager knows his squad best but it seems odd to me to rest the entire first team from Europa League duty and then not play some of them in the Premier League.
Jack and A M-N did well, others less so, and in the end it was a very frustrating performance to watch.
Shenley must be a quiet place these days, with talking largely discouraged. In some of his stranger comments, Arsene Wenger has been quoted in the press as saying, firstly after Man Utd and our early defensive blunders, that it’s not good sometimes to talk too much about those defensive mistakes, because by talking too much you can make a problem out of them.
Then, after last nught’s failure to score, he said it doesn’t pay to talk too much about not taking our chances, because you can make a problem out of it.
On the other hand, if you never talk about your problems, you can maybe make a problem out of that. Just sayin’.
Still, I don’t want to talk too much about that.
G’night !
Talking of a lack of pace – as some were – you would think that snails would go faster without their shells – but it just seems to make them more sluggish ?
Whaddabout them rutabagas?
If “man management” is such an important part of coaching then why don’t we ever hear the term “woman management” as an important part of coaching the women? Maybe the women manage themselves?
Dan,
I was going to waffle out my opinion
but I’ll spare you ! We can agree on
the young player development and
agree to disagree on the coaching
part ?
2 weeks ago I thought you were the
Leader of the Optimists ! I am at
about 50/50 for our top 4 chances
but anyway let’s hope we’re both
pleasantly surprised ???
Cheers H!
OsakaMatt,
I am an optimist with this squad but NOT under Monsieur Wenger’s Man-Management any longer. ?
bt8,
I don’t think that there are any women in the current squad for “Woman-Management”. But then again, I might be wrong?! I’ve not had the chance yet to physically exam nor check the relevant hormone levels for each and every “chap” down at London Colney! ?⚕️
For those who prefer to buy their shiny discs in a bricks and mortar shop, rather than via the internet, Sainsburys are selling 89 as part of their 2 for £16 DVD promotion.
i haven’t seen it yet
and
since £8/16 would pay for li’l Ellie Mae’s
de-sutthhhernification
i suspect i won’t
not this side of yuletide
anyway
anyhow
*spits tobaccy juice*
*sits a spell*
*says Yonder*
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*sunset*
Your sunset is a bit delayed cba. Is there a disturbance in the ‘force’ down your way? *doffs cap to Franklin Engleman*
*and George Smiley*
and of course
i am known for my rigid adherence
to reality baff
*pffft*
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fuckin hoot roond yoor hoose
*uses *s correctly*
*fashions shortbread voodoo doll*
WOOHOO
two fat ladies
It’ll probably turn up on BT Sport over the summer anyway, cba.
Something else turning up on the telly (tomorrow 6am Talking Pictures tv) is …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YUgVZ-5ymg
😀
Preview time. Evening all. ?? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>