Posted in comment on Jul 8th, 2018 82 Drinks »
Good morning all, which may or may not be true depending on whether or not you are English or Croatian and currently experiencing the mother of all hangovers. My apologies for the blank week. I have spent it in the garden bar an evening at Lord’s. There is much to catch up on. On Tuesday […]
Posted in comment on Jun 30th, 2018 89 Drinks »
I type after the first two matches of the knock out phase have been played. Before we come to them a brief review of the third round of group stage matches is probably in order. Mohamed Elneny became the first Gunner to crash out of the tournament when Egypt fell to a 1-2 defeat at […]
Posted in comment on Jun 24th, 2018 32 Drinks »
The second round of fixtures in the group stage of the World Cup has most certainly been a mixed bag for the Gooners present. Mohamed Elneny was substituted early as hosts Russia defeated Egypt 3-1 to qualify for the knock out phase with a match to spare. Alex Iwobi was dropped for Nigeria’s 2-0 win […]
Posted in comment on Jun 18th, 2018 111 Drinks »
Forgive what will be largely an England biased post even though our lone three lions representative, Danny Welbeck, wasn’t in the starting line-up against Tunisia. Yesterday’s matches ended in mixed blessings for the Gunners. Mesut Ozil posted some impressive stats but a very ordinary Germany were deservedly beaten by Mexico. Joel Campbell, still technically a […]
Posted in comment on Jun 16th, 2018 35 Drinks »
As I type this latest offering I also have one eye on Alex Iwobi’s performance for the Super Eagles against Croatia. He’s the second Arsenal player to have started a match in this tournament. Mohamed Elneny was the first and he, by all accounts, had a very good game against Uruguay. Sadly I missed it […]
Posted in comment on Jun 11th, 2018 87 Drinks »
That was quite the weekend, the highlight being the Tomas Rosicky farewell match shown live (eventually) on Arsenal.com following a delay caused by a storm in Prague. A World XI comprised largely of Tomas’ former team mates at Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund took on a team of Czech legends in a light-hearted and open contest. […]
Posted in comment on Jun 5th, 2018 29 Drinks »
The first signing of the Unai Emery era was confirmed today (Tuesday) with the presentation of Stephan Lichtsteiner at Shenley. The captain of Switzerland will provide much needed competition to Hector Bellerin who will hopefully respond by learning from his vastly experienced new team-mate. Lichtsteiner arrives with a reputation of a tough-tackling right-sided player, equally […]
Posted in comment on May 28th, 2018 105 Drinks »
A long day spent toiling in the sun means this shattered body finds himself in the office with seemingly nothing to watch on the multiple channels available. What better time to pretend there is enough news to base a new, and overdue, blog post. Now that Unai Emery is in place the media have turned […]
Posted in comment on May 23rd, 2018 140 Drinks »
“Welcome everybody. Today, I am really delighted and excited to announce the new head coach of Arsenal Football Club as Unai Emery.” With that simple introduction the catalyst for change reached it’s conclusion with Ivan Gazidis stamping his newly-acquired authority on footballing matters at the Arsenal. He explained to the assembled press that he headed […]
Posted in comment on Apr 20th, 2018 130 Drinks »
I can picture the moment vividly. Stevie Bould bringing the ball into midfield and chipping the perfect pass into the breaking runner through the heart of the Everton rearguard. Tony Adams majestic swing with his left boot sends the ball crashing into the back of the net, he makes a quarter turn and stands, arms […]
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