Posted in match review on Jan 25th, 2016 67 Drinks »
The morning after. I thought social media a place best avoided last night. The reaction to defeats such as this tends to be over the top, although to be fair that was another ‘Southampton’ performance from us. There is some justification, perhaps. Playing Chelsea with eleven players (something we haven’t been able to achieve this […]
Posted in match review on Jan 17th, 2016 122 Drinks »
The morning started badly. Arseblog carried the potentially bad tidings, ‘Whispers this morning say we’re going there without Mesut Ozil’. At half-time in the mid-table clash at Anfield Sky confirmed our worst fears. Ten of the starting eleven in midweek were supplemented by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Mohamed Elneny was named on the bench, but there was […]
Posted in match review on Jan 13th, 2016 89 Drinks »
The heavens opened pre-match and Arsene Wenger opted for the starting eleven that most expected, with Joel Campbell and Theo Walcott getting the nod ahead of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on the flanks. David Ospina was again ruled out and so Matt Macey was on the bench once again. Perhaps not surprisingly the two teams started wary […]
Posted in match review on Jan 10th, 2016 91 Drinks »
A lucky Grandad’s pre-birthday treat is pizza with two of the loveliest boys you could ever wish to meet (I may be a little biased!). There is only one little worry in the back of the mind. The youngest is making his second visit to the new home of football and the first was somewhat […]
Posted in match review on Jan 3rd, 2016 85 Drinks »
“We were not at our best but we had to dig deep and we can do that when needed. If you are down there then those are the matches you lose but they will not stay down there. They are a good team.” In those three sentences Arsene summed up a frustrating afternoon better than most. It […]
Posted in match review on Dec 28th, 2015 128 Drinks »
Arsene Wenger opted to ring the changes for the visit of Bournemouth, bringing in Gabriel, Kieran Gibbs, Calum Chambers, and Alex Oxlade Chamberlain for Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Mathieu Flamini, and Joel Campbell. Nacho could be seen shaking hands and encouraging the starters as they set off through the tunnel. The visitors made a couple […]
Posted in match preview, match review on Dec 27th, 2015 69 Drinks »
Not a bad journey home for a holiday Sunday. A couple of hours door to door which incorporated a bit of the M6 carrying bargain hunters from sale site to sale site, and the stop start M5. I could have probably knocked thirty minutes off that by setting off before the shops opened, but I […]
Posted in match review on Dec 21st, 2015 111 Drinks »
The two sides contesting second place in the Premier League went into the Monday night fixture with contrasting team news. Sergio Aguero was a starter for Manchester City, but the anticipated return for Alexis for Arsenal didn’t materialise. The Gunners were unchanged for a third consecutive game, and Arsene said in his pre-match interview, somewhat […]
Posted in match review on Dec 19th, 2015 106 Drinks »
The Saturday games are already a memory and it’s time to look ahead to a match which will decide who is second in the Premier League at Christmas. Leicester opened up a five point gap at the top winning by the best of five at Goodison. Their supporters will be praying for a draw. That […]
Posted in match review on Dec 13th, 2015 164 Drinks »
Arsene Wenger opted for an unchanged starting eleven as Arsenal sought to claim top spot in the Premier League at Villa Park. Pre match the boss said that we would have to start in a positive way. However it was Villa who had the first on-target effort, Sinclair firing straight at Petr Cech from distance. […]
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