I Wish I had Missed More Of This International Break
Oct 15th, 2019 by 'holic
The accursed interlull. This one crept up on me to be honest. This will probably sound incredible but it simply slipped from my mind at the backend of last week into Saturday. Normally, as you know, I would try to watch as many home nations matches plus as many as I can where Gunners are likely to feature.
I still cannot believe England were playing on Friday and I simply didn’t know or hadn’t registered it. As it turns out it was to prove a turgid affair and I missed the Three Lions first qualifying defeat in ten years. Is that true? Although I’m obviously aware we have been producing the goods under Southgate that statistic caught me by surprise.
My first game I discovered by accident. Bored as bored gets I did a little surf of the channels and came across the pre-amble to Scotland versus San Marino. They spoke of the Scots dismal recent record (tell me about it) and of England’s unexpected defeat in the Czech Republic (What? Where? When?). It was no surprise, but pleasing nonetheless for the hosts to roll over the weakest nation in world football in atrocious conditions. May this bring with it continued improvement against the mildly improved opposition to follow.
Wales scrapped admirably for a point against the World Cup finalists. So to Monday night and the talking point of the break. At this point I must warn of an abrupt end to this piece not originally intended.
England’s visit to Bulgaria would always have two focal points it seemed not unreasonable to assume. As for the match itself, it followed the path set out by Scotland a day earlier. If you get a poor side in front of you then all you can do is put them to the sword and draw some confidence and belief from a 6-0 win. The scoreline did not flatter the visitors who in truth should have had double figures.
Sadly the game will be remembered long as justifying the pre-match fears of racist behaviour by the hosts. Even with a chunk of one end of the stadium closed as punishment for previous infringements of the same nature we both saw and heard some pretty disgusting stuff. I wholeheartedly concur with the condemnation delivered during and after the match.
However, my sudden ending is covered by a tweet I published earlier. This is not just a problem with the rest of Europe which some of ours would have you believe. Examples of anti-social behaviour can be found behind the entire pyramid structure here as well and before those involved join in with the condemnation of Bulgaria I offered this opinion, correction, fact.
“Fully agree with the condemnation of the Bulgarians, unless you are guilty of hissing at the marshmen and singing all the Y word songs. That makes you equally as bad. Anti-racism/anti-semitism starts at home. Wake up.”
Can anyone disagree with that?
131 Responses to “I Wish I had Missed More Of This International Break”
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Here here Dave,
No place in life for what I saw last night, it’s a shame that is still alive in out domestic game.
As always appreciated.
You’ve got Interlullitis Holic. I get it every few weeks in the autumn and spring. Last night was horrid but if you go to England games even at home you get exposed to pond life we thankfully don’t have- as far as I know- at Arsenal. Racism is alive and well throughout football and it’s horrible and as the Sterling incident showed last season at Chelsea it’s not far from home.
I used to go to every England game at Wembley but one night playing Ireland ( I was with some Irish friends) we were punched by some English yobs. I was deeply ashamed and a few years after we had the riot at Lansdowne Road. So pots and kettles come to mind. Given what’s happening politically in this country with a Home Secretary like Pritti Patel these are worrying times
Ps – Holic can you send me GSD’s email address please
The lad who ran the game for Switzerland tonight Bree Embolo was a Gooner who we let go- like Malen and Ozyakup. Looks like we made some bad decisions about a generation of very good young players
dorset M
nice one – though as a life long fan
of the sitting rather than the bending down
i’d likely go home mushroom free
but it sounds wonderful
there’s a few forest parks here
and i fuckin love them
there’s one has dragonflies so big
you expect to see a wee biggles with goggles
flying the cunt
.
thunder T and ‘holic
racism like sectarianism
is moronic
i write it down here
expecting people to get that i’m neither
given how ridiculous it looks written down
contrary to what bill P said
i don’t hate english people
indeed i had a small one for lunch just this afternoon
i hate some english people
i hate several english institutions
but
what has yer average joe bloggs ever done on me
fuck all
cept maybe heartburn later
(he was a salty one before i got him in the slow cooker )
and
thunder T
us paddys are not averse to a bit of racism or sectarianism too
indeed it’s not unknown
for someone to reprimand someone for calling a player
a black bastard
having not moments before themselves
called someone an orange bastard
fucked up nonsense
.
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people are spanners
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in other news
mark francois
est still un spla footed petit short arsed cunt
shoulda said
in autre news
?
je suis désolé
mind you
i should keep my petty childish insults
about wee fat frenchy
on the down low
cos
he did work experience with
the british army reserves
the second battalion
the honourable
weekend
divorced dads corps
the silly wee fat man
and
i could end up with
an email with a picture of a horse’s head in a bed
(vhs pause button lines dissecting his fave tape)
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pwopah gangsta
If it ends with zero I’m there.
if it ends with one
me too hun
anyhoo
weird attempt at a hilarity coup
.
as of yet only one casualty reported
*girds loins for further smarty pants*
bring it
since tabs
god bless him
passed his mantle to pieces various
big har de har hars have been reduced
.
young gooners
drink a lot
smoke a bit
and
tell us funny stories
no racism though
we have enough from ‘holic
the only white man he allows
in his record collection
is rod stewart
oul skins getting buried in swindon
are driven by ‘hols house
lights dipped
an obscure trojan classic for to hear
unless he doesn’t like them
in which case
he’ll still do it
because ‘holic is lovely
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these are all falsehoods
it’s stax b-sides
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no motown though
and
i think i’ll leave that particular anecdote for berry gordys biography
your restraint was impeccable dave
.
Arsenal men take no shit
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he won’t make that mistake again
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“I’ll berry your gordy! ”
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top man
diamond dave
falling apart at the seams
(who isn’t)
but
WHAT SEAMS !
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waffling here
even though i’m on my own
is doing what dorset M said
about sanity retention
.
you’ve done a good thing ‘holic
(for an english bastard ?)
and
herself says hello
.
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by the way
i trust the 2012 overnight hilarity payment protocol
still stands
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okeydoke
you know where i’m housed
the drone is your problem
.
my daschund mildred
will retrieve the bounty
if she notices anything wrong
the deal is off
Bulletin from beyond the Emerald Isle:
Nketiah scores a hat trick for the England U-21 squad to lead them to victory over Austria
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.
??
hello 8ball
now you
you i’ve always liked
Food for thought indeed
Guvnor. I’ll have a think,
not that there’s mushroom
in my head
ya american cunt
not you osaka M
apologies
yer an english cunt
cba
if you can’t think once
then don’t think twice
Apology accepted cba.
Though England maybe the
52nd state soon enough so
we can all share the same
epithet.
not me and mine
there’s life in the old cunt yet
“Now where did I put my armalite ? “
?
Well nor me cba, but I will
taking the more peaceful
option of living in France
watching a morrissey concert
he’s dressed like a big oven ready dollop of ridicule
the whole thing feels creepy
maybe ned could confirm
but
I bought the first smiths single
and it went nowhere
is it worth anything ?
83
hand in glove
people are spanners
Toolist.
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Worth about two packets of fags, cba*
https://www.discogs.com/The-Smiths-Hand-In-Glove/release/452932
*Pure guesswork. Last time I bought anyone a packet of fags, they were £1.20 for 20.
ooooh
a possible fifty quid
might get one the young fellas to see about flogging it
GSD
You have mail!
Someone else’s problem:
Alexis injured on international duty and will be out until the year 2020, which sounds quite far in the future if you think about it. Or if you are my age or older, I suppose.
Where else on the internet can you get quite this combination of fags, hallucinogens and assorted thingies as on Goonerholic?
PEOPLE OF BRITAIN
PUT DOWN YER
(insert colloquial dish here)’s
look into the DUP
read about them
please
these clowns are dangerous
this is your future
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ps
ARSENAL
they totally rock
as an indication
of state collusion
the uda weren’t banned as a proscribed organisation
until the 1990s
.
the dup are shiting themselves
hence recent meetings
with “loyalists”
.
most people in england
despite what the dup etc think
couldn’t give a monkey’s fuck
about the noisy part of Ireland
people don’t go to work of a morning
in Barnsley thinking
“Jeez , I hope the United Kingdom remains strong”
it’s such a nonsense
is it potentially
a dangerous nonsense ?
Hugh Nose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5P3gvQ3f5E
the island that england screwed over the most
is the host to people who won’t call themselves Irish
but
are holding up proceedings
with Irish accents
.
paddy bastards
can any of this get more bananas ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMl6HnhFFIA
Tra la la.
Profound.
Or not. Probably not.
hello
been a bit sickly today
playing Quo reversed that
might go on to Black Sabbath
changed me mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RlXAprKWHY
Playing Quo when you’re ill is a bit risky.
I’m steering clear of all things Ireland. Almost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cZXS4RNHzM
cynic
did you watch the whole Spotlight series ?
illuminating ?
.
.
life here was difficult
There’s one episode left next week but I’ve watched it all up to now and it has been very good. I’ve been reading about the place and the situation over there for years, but still learned some new stuff.
Nothing really surprised me though.
i think everybody should watch it
bbc4 catchup
if only to pretend you care
beyond paper thin research
for a day to day Brexit opinion
Absolutely should watch it, some may learn a bit about the sort of people the Conservatives are prepared to jump into bed with.
cynic
it is getting stranger
did you see ch4 news this evening
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shameful shites
shouldn’t have been given airtime
mickey mouse cunts
though
it’s funny cos
the v.o. actor
talks in 14 accents
I’ve given up on Channel Four news, it’s too slanted for me and all their presenters go into interviews with their biases firmly on display. It’s like watching what Fox News would be if the Commies took over the USA in the 1970s 😉
I’m also trying to avoid all things Brexit. Whatever happens the damage is done to the country and to our politics.
journalists wet themselves
at the mention
of a balaclava
it’s a shitter fella alright
if the oceans rise too high
you’re all welcome my house
.
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by the way chief
did you used to talk on arseblog
that’s how i landed here
i followed ‘holic home after a NIGHT
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the patter is familiar
did ye begin with R
5 or 10 years ago
They’ve managed to destroy politics. I mean it was already desperate, with everyone sounding the same for years and fighting over the middle class middle ground, like a flock of seagulls with a bag of chips*, but now we have two extremes with a bunch of no hopers and bellends in the middle.
I will not vote Tory out of principle (and because they’re cunts)
I won’t vote Labour with the current leader and front bench
I won’t vote Lib Dem because they’re bellends (and that other thing in brackets above)
I’m not voting Brexit Party because my jackboots are at the menders.
I’ll probably vote Green again, even though they’re no hopers
* I saw actual video of Mike and Ali Score doing just that once, with Maudsley and Reynolds scuffling over the scraps. It weren’t pretty.
Bed toime (Pam Ayres mode)
Budd Boetticher fan ?
so
am i right ?
Interlull whimpering to a close with the news that referee Jonathan Moss owns a record shop. Good for him but Anthony Taylor’s taste in music appears to be none too good as one might expect.
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/22712/11836904/the-secret-life-of-a-premier-league-referee-jon-moss-surprise-second-career
In response to previous comments, principally Cynic’s, I’ll be delighted to vote Labour because they have a Socialist leader and because they have greener policies than the other mainstream parties which might slow down our environmental extermination.
The interview with Mesut which is on dailymail today as well as Ornstein tweeting it is excellent. Mesut talks about almost everything including his wish to stay and what happened during the attempted robbery episode. He is a very level headed guy and a terrific footballer who sadly is not going to play much for us if any.
I do not watch these international qualifiers at all, i rather watch the rugby world cup which is now into the business end of things, come on you all blacks.
We play monday night so for once i wish united beat pool this weekend but then i saw this week the 50th game the robbery that happened that day, so fuck united.
I can’t see the benefit of a Utd win or a win for the All Blacks. I’ve spent a lot of time in India and never noticed much interest in rugby, let alone support for the kiwis. Still, to each their own. I’m English with an Irish mother, so hoping the All Blacks lose.
Oh, and I don’t come here for the politics but I’d vote for Hector!
As for the topic of anti-social behaviour Trump the enabler has not helped by any means. Enabler and poster child, I should add.
Kiss of death. Lawrenson picked us to win.
There is a brilliant new previewer on Gooner Fanzine TV, the guy is devastatingly handsome, knows an enormous amount about football and has the prescience of a venerable sporting guru. He says it will be 1-1 so you can confidently put your house on this prediction
What is Gooner Fanzine TV?
Once I watched some very
odd people ranting on some
other Arsenal TV thing. Is it
like that?
Anyway, I hope 1-1 is the
Manure/Poo forecast as that’d
be fine. We will beat Sheff Utd
2-0 with stout defence and
opportune finishing.
Now back to the? ?s
@77, rugby is very very limited in India and played even lesser, i picked it up watching as a fascination and i really like it, all blacks will always be my favourite team, pompous or not.
The benefit of a united win/ not much but then i do worry if pool can go unbeaten and that’s the only reason to think of the improbable. I wouldn’t care a damn about them after this game.
Monday night has a draw written all over it but hope to see us put a front foot for once and take the game to them, a game that is begging to have both torreira and ozil in it but then we shall see.
Vinay. I’m glad you’re enjoying the rugby. I’m finding it a nice counterpoint to some slow Arsenal performances but I’d love to see exciting games from us too.
I also quite fancy a return for Mesut against Sheffield. If Laca is fit and Auba on the left then Ozil will have them both plus Pepe to play into space. Could be exciting.
OM
It’s a You Tube channel with presenters so sexy they bust the Internet. Hopefully it will be nothing like Arsenal Fan TV which is banality in a red and white hat. Layth Yousif who is very well-connected at the club is behind it and he is likely to obtain player and journalist interviews.
Won’t be as sexy as a Holic podcast though?
Hope you’re doing well Holic. The collective good wishes of your public are continually being beamed out to you
Hate to disagree GSD but Mesut away, up north on a wet Monday night? I think not.
Expect him at home against Vitoria on Thursday.
Thanks TTG, I will watch
and see.
c100, if mesut plays with the kids on thursday, i will be well pleased…i will be at that game, my first ever at the grove. thanks to ttg!
currently aboard the frecciarossa from milan to florence….
I’ll be there too scruz . Here’s to a good night!
Frecciarosa = red arrow for those of us who had no clue. Must be either a northern Italian express train or a native American hunting expedition gone Euro.
Countryman@85. It could definitely go either way and if we come home with 3 points I won’t care if he was even in the squad. It’d be good to see him back though. The argument that he doesn’t suit our style of play loses traction when we don’t have one!
I must say Gunners Fanzine
TV was most definitely better
than the Arsenal Fan TV
program I watched once.
Though only having watched
one program from each….
I enjoyed the look back
down the years TTG, damn
that Tony Currie, a really
great player on his day.
I spotted the handsome
fellow straight away – it was
that guy on the poster behind
the presenter wasn’t it?
Scruz no pressure but it would be great to hear a report here on your first visit to the Emirates.
countryman, we’ll see. you set a high bar 🙂
a drink on this bar for you, too.
Most reckless use of elbows award finalists, in no special order: Marouane Fellaini, Peter Crouch, Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Other candidates?
Tomas Repka, Luca Toni, Jan Koller…the list is endless
I love a good sucker punch.
Marcus Alonso.
The excellent Jeorge Bird makes some interesting points tonight after Arsenal U23 s los5 3-1 to Chelsea . He alights on Steve Bould’s coaching and points out how poor their defending is( no clean sheets this season) and how lacking in creativity they are compared with Freddie Ljungberg’s team from last season.
Bouldy was a good youth coach previously but maybe the very subordinate role he played under Wenger has impaired his effectiveness? Certainly the contacts I have who watch the younger players rave about Freddie and believe he may be a future Arsenal head coach, Edu is also creating a great impression . This is extremely encouraging for the future of the club.
“it will be nothing like Arsenal Fan TV which is banality”
and seconds before
“It’s a You Tube channel with presenters so sexy they bust the Internet”
banality, eh?
what a wicked, wicked word
forgot how much i fancied suzi quatro
my god
she sent my teenage tick towards tock
then came debbie harry
no ticks
ALL TOCKS
(steal that anyone apparently i’ve a year on the outside)
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though
as i’ve said before
i don’t KNOW people
i AM people
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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its its a ballroom blitz
and
some o you cunts
are gonna feel the wrath o my corns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu_ozjAu_vM
and
cos
i know ‘holic
is not entirely at himself
far be it from me to post the QUO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5P3gvQ3f5E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5P3gvQ3f5E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5P3gvQ3f5E
and
cos
i know ‘holic
is not entirely at himself
far be it from me to post the QUO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5P3gvQ3f5E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5P3gvQ3f5E
twice
nay
thrice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5P3gvQ3f5E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5P3gvQ3f5E
i like quo
and let’s face it
my dear people
who among us hasn’t forgotten
to button up our shirt
as we pastor to our communities
Lord knows I’ve said the our father
with my trousers round my ankles
more than once
indeed
oftentimes
my dear people
i look to scripture for guidance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLiThrwEpyc
these people exist
and politically swing
neanderthal nonsense around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olwQXGG35oE&t=78s&app=desktop
they are apparently
FILLED
with the love of our lord
dangerous nitwit fuckers
relentlessly heterosexual too
100%
cos them mincey fellas burn in hell
i’m sure they know
that after they hate themselves
they hate the taigs
then the poofs
as
Harry Hill says
ye gotta have a system
dangerous people
listen to cynic
keep an eye
yesterday s men with tomorrow by the nuts
There’s such a thing as very heavy irony SSY!
OM
That was the bloke !
Good win at the rugby.
NZ next week. Already beat
them in the cricket world
cup. How much more
difficult can it be?
If NZ beat us and win the competition as I believe they will it will mean we have had three World Cups in a row won by the same team and it won’t help the sport.
It’s a sport I much enjoy but it won’t increase public interest throughout the globe if it’s dominated by one side. We’d see similar problems in football if the same thing occurred but the number of teams at a similar level and the intensity of competition suggests that is unlikely to happen So let’s hope we can do the sport a massive favour by winning next week. The quality of play and athleticism in top class rugby is extraordinary and should be brought to a wider audience
Not great results but at least
Spuds drew with Watford.
And I could laugh at Dyche.
Nine games played and this mystery club has the the points haul as Burnley, Bournemouth and Wet Spam. Clearly a mystery package that is going places.
the the = the same
Or not, more likely. Draw today win tomorrow.
for the next 10 minutes i want manure to win. come on you weak, skanky bastards!!
The 1-1 draw at the Toilet means between them they dropped four points. We need someone to beat the Scallies though.
Amazing how even with VAR ManUre still get the better of the controversial decisions.
Referees have to start looking at the screens and confirming or overturning penalties . Not one has been overturned yet by this fairly obvious technique.
Draws among the top teams are always good for us as they destroy points. But TTG is right @126 that someone needs to stop the Scousers before they get too far down the Invincibles road.
Amazingly, Man U are only two points above the drop zone.
NBN@128 Remember 1974
COYG
Good ebening,
Finally football is restored for the upteenth time. I actually wanted the scarlet minions to trash the Scoursers but as usual, they lack 1/100th of anything called spine to do so. As observed by Ned @128, they need to be stopped ASAP before they start dreaming of being on that road. If no one does am expecting Emery’s army to achieve that feat starting with the cup contest. Not too much to ask from this team.
And the noisy neighbours narrowly escaped as well. Excited about the game tomorrow even though am not sure why an unexciting game took over the entire day today. But Emery better keeps the Vessel sailing swagalicously with a win at Monday night raw. Hopefully, we’d see something close to our “first” eleven with the good news from the treatment table.
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