Snow Joke If You Had A Ticket For Today
Dec 22nd, 2009 by 'holic
A brief post tonight, to be followed tomorrow night by a Villa preview, and then almost certainly a few days off. I’m booked for a Black Country Christmas, and the management is already making utterances about ‘that bloody Macbook’ and its potential proximity to my back passage if I dare to think of sharing my festive thoughts with you.
This is where forethought and planning will come to fruition. I invested in an HDMI cable for the kids laptop last year, so provided we can find a half-decent stream on Sunday we will have the mighty Gunners on the 42 incher they have since invested in. (Stop that now, this is a family blog!).
Next Wednesday’s game at Portsmouth will provide more of a challenge. Insurmountable, I fear. We are visiting ‘holicdad for one night only, so I’ll try and avoid all mention of the game until we get back on Thursday and watch it on ATvO. (Don’t bother with the texts you sods, I’ll turn the phone off.)
Talking of which, aren’t we Gooners lucky with the huge choice of media available to us? Although I tend to watch all of the press conferences and interviews, plus the friday night shows, on ATvO, I try to look at the non-official sources as far as possible.
As well as regularly catching up with a host of other blogs and fansites, I also listen religiously to the Arseblog arsecast every week. Now even if he wasn’t a snot-blocked invalid this week, the big man was not going to record a show anyway. Frankly its best he doesn’t. Have you heard him when he has been out on a Thursday night? Can you imagine what it would sound like on Christmas Eve?
Anyway, I digress. Thankfully somebody pointed out the Alan Davies and friends podcast, ‘It’s Up For Grabs Now‘, had given us a namecheck this week, so I still got my audio stimulation, plus an ego-massage, all in one hit. Very funny show and an accurate reflection of their antics in Block 32 on Saturday. Thanks for contributing to a day that will live in the memory for a while yet.
As it’s Christmas week I am full of the human spirit (well Cockspur actually, but you know what I mean), and with a feeling of goodwill to all men, even real journalists, can I commend this piece about Arsene Wenger by John Cross, in the Mirror. I do try to acknowledge the good stuff out there as well as the bad.
Finally a word to those of you who missed out on the planned festivities at the Grove today. If you haven’t seen the photographs on the official site you may not fully appreciate just why they made the decision they did. It seems they are praying for a big thaw before Sunday, or an army of people will have a lot of work to do on Christmas day and Boxing Day! I’m wondering if the number of staircases around the stadium would increase the chances of a postponement on health & safety grounds? (Ooh, not like me to be pessimistic, but would it be a bad thing if Villa were to be delayed until we have some of the walking wounded back?)
Until tomorrow, cheers ‘holics.
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When you log on Atvo make sure you somehow block out the result as the highlights or full version always dispalys the score on the log on page.
Top man, Orpington. You’re right. Thanks for reminding me.
Hey Holic…. when are we going to hear your dolcid tones chatting with old Lofty on the fans forum on a friday night?
you must be aware of that piece they do every week with a arsenal blogger…. email em and get yourself on there pal.
you speak more sense than the rest of the clowns in blogland put together.
oh, and mines a pint of the black stuff please guv.
Will you remember us now that you’re mixing with your new friends ‘holic?
I’ll never forget you Jackster, and all you did for me.
“I don’t know him steward. Throw him out. He’s drunk.”
🙂
Face, thanks, but there are a whole host of great bloggers out there. Seriously, check out the Goonerholinks in the sidebar. Some great stuff everywhere.
Not tempted by Slingbox then ‘Holic? Works a treat on the Mac in Bangkok, Mumbai, and all points East. I’m sure it would a treat at HolicDad’s.
Anyway. Enjoy and I’ll look forward to the Villa post. I’m hoping the TTT are Trained, Tuned and in Tact. We’ll be on the slippery slope if they’re not.
Very tempted by the slingbox, maestro, but hoping to take Dad out for a bit of dinner and a chinwag. Still don’t know what the Villa preview will look like, but I am a tad nervous, it must be said.
Thanks for the link to the John Cross article about Arsene Wenger. Quite touching that Cross thought Wenger might not have liked the wine. Merry Christmas to ‘Holic and all readers.
I wants the game on Sunday, I do. The club can pay a few lackies to scrape off the ice and grit like a bastard. It’s about time we beat them brum cunts at the Mratz.
Cheers holic, hair of the dog for me before I head of to Laos for Christmas, where I will not be touching the whisky good god no.
I played football with John Cross many years ago, he’s a good bloke and his reporting is better than his playing, thankfully
oops, and of course a very Merry Christmas to you all
Merry Xmas+ Happy New Year to all,
A nice Morgans Spice to start the day i reckon Barman,
Is anyone else so hoping the premier league manager caught at the Brothel is non other Than The Orange one Mr P Brown, We all know he likes tanning parlours lets also hope he likes the massage ones to, how much fun would that be 🙂 What a cracking bit of news that would be to start a New Year
Cockspur, ‘holic?!? What a name.
Anyway, don’t talk about postponing sunday’s game. Weather forecast look OK.
And checking it this afternoon, but I think I will embark on a normal bus journey, so it had better be on! 😉
Cheers, mine will be a pint of Guinness, after I play football.
Merry Christmas ‘holic.
Can I have your autograph please?
…on a blank cheque, I presume, Boston? 😉
Goonerholic, have yourself a merry christmas and thanks for your very entertaining commentary on the events on the Hull game.
Funny. The little worm won’t quite go away. I’ve tried all the usual tonics. A good doze of Andrews Liver Salts (my mum’s cure for everything from acne to sniphilis). Cod liver oil and orange juice, the Glesca cure all and the enema of the Gorbals. I’ve even nuked it with some of my finest Laphroaig. But he’s a very resistant little worm. Every morning, I wake up and THERE he is. Wriggling his way right through my porridge, onto my toast and worm-diving into my tea of the high teaspoon..
His name is Ryan. I’m told he has a tendency to Babble. Unlike Van Persie and Van Helsing, he doesn’t drive a Van. But, coincidentally, he does hail from the same highlands of Holland.
Some said he was “the next Henry”. The future saviour of his nation’s national team. But that was before he was tied up in a Scouse prison camp with Rafaplastic ropes and allowed out for a maximum of ten minutes at a time. Worse, forced to view a daily diet of Gerrard-in-the-box diving practice and listen to the wisdom of Sammy the Seal. Daily.
“Find me a new home. Please” cries the worm (in wormese of-course). One where I have a boss who has a clue. One where I can play through the middle as well as on the wing. One where I can get back to scoring again. One where I can play the passing game rather than hoof-it-and-run”.
I can’t get rid of the little bugger. Any home-baked worm burners, ‘Holics??
Afternoon Holics,
I too am a little nervous about the upcomming Villa game, look forward to your review later today.
Untill then Egg-nogs all round please barman.
Cheers.
And worse. There’s a wee bird who appears every morning at porridge time going cheap, cheap!
I’m conflicted… I wouldn’t mind seeing the Villa match delayed to shore up the ranks, but… that would mean no football this Sunday. I’m not sure I could bear it… I’m still recovering from the various interlulls we’ve had to endure.
BtM, you’re delirious man. Pull yourself together. No long-term signing up front. Maybe a stopgap until Chamakhattack get ‘down on the street’ in the biggest hit of summer.
He is indeed. If Babble is the answer then I’m a Dutchman. If it weren’t for his knee, I’d go for Carlton Cole.
Or the bearded one currently at Sunderland.
Being a numeralogist by interest, I can’t help but mention that 2010 has a great ring to it, meaning that it has to be Arsenal”s year my friends.