Posted in match review on Jan 18th, 2015 142 Drinks »
A jaunty Santi Cazorla with the celebrating faithful behind him A simply superb team performance by Arsenal at the Etihad saw them comfortably defeat the reigning champions. The post-match glow is one we have been awaiting for a long time, but that makes it all the sweeter. This team now will surely have the belief […]
Posted in match review on Jan 12th, 2015 121 Drinks »
Yes it was one of the good days. Early doors at the Pins followed by cake and ale in the Tollie. So many friendly faces too. When the team news arrived the selection of David Ospina made Wojciech Szczesny’s current plight clear. From the off we clicked into gear with Tomas Rosicky, Santi Cazorla, and […]
Posted in match review on Jan 4th, 2015 162 Drinks »
A decent team performance enabled Arsenal to end Hull’s FA Cup dream for the second time in eight months, although neither side bore any relation to those that fought out the Final at Wembley last May. We called in David Ospina, Hector Bellerin, Nacho Monreal, Joel Campbell, and Theo Walcott (Good to see him starting […]
Posted in match review on Jan 1st, 2015 232 Drinks »
Taking time to consider the events of today turned out to be a wise move. What could have been a dream holiday period for us disintegrated at St Mary’s where the hosts deservedly secured for now their top four berth. Going into today all around us had dropped points over the festive period and given […]
Posted in match review on Dec 28th, 2014 104 Drinks »
Well, if someone had offered us a nail-biting 2-1 win at Upton Park while the top three all dropped points I think it is fairly safe to assume we would have collectively ripped their arm off. Just five minutes in we had to survive a disallowed goal when Alex Song volleyed home from outside the […]
Posted in match preview, match review on Dec 27th, 2014 188 Drinks »
Boxing Day football used to mean working out if British Rail could get you to wherever the game was being played and back, and then going regardless. We had cheap travel, cheap tickets, and it could be a way to work off the Christmas turkey. Fast forward two or three decades and the trains won’t […]
Posted in match review on Dec 21st, 2014 109 Drinks »
On a strange afternoon at Anfield Arsenal ended up bringing home a point that frankly didn’t look likely for all but the last of the opening 45 minutes. That they only brought home a point is equally astonishing after taking the lead in the second-half and seeing the hosts reduced to ten men in the […]
Posted in match review on Dec 14th, 2014 183 Drinks »
A little later than usual I caught the train from the West Country.. The 5.30 kick-off afforded a leisurely, if crowded, journey to the new home of football. Pre-match drinks with old friends were enjoyed and we contemplated mainly how Mathieu Debuchy would fare at centre-half against his old team-mates, Cisse and Ameobi. Inside the […]
Posted in match review on Dec 9th, 2014 125 Drinks »
We love him, we love him, we love him. Lukas Podolski took less than three minutes to prompt his song with an incredible left foot strike, from an Aaron Ramsey pass, to give the Gunners shadow squad the lead in Istanbul. Only four minutes were on the clock when Hector Bellerin, in an unfamiliar left-back […]
Posted in match review on Dec 6th, 2014 177 Drinks »
Arsenal surrendered the first-half of this match tamely to, let’s be honest, a Stoke team who played much better than us because they were allowed to. There might be some explanation for going behind in the fact that we had a very makeshift back four out there, with Hector Bellerin coming in at right-back and […]
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