Posted in match review on Dec 4th, 2014 65 Drinks »
So how good does it feel when after 88 minutes of pure frustration that breakthrough moment arrives. The elation at the late, late show was elevated by what had gone before. We had an early opportunity when Santi Cazorla freed Danny Welbeck, but the striker’s effort was off target. As if to remind us that […]
Posted in match review on Nov 29th, 2014 140 Drinks »
A good week for Arsenal got better at the Hawthorns at lunchtime. Whilst we may have lost Mikel Arteta from Wednesday we welcomed Laurent Koscielny and Olivier Giroud back to the starting line-up. Much of the match turned into a catalogue of opportunities for a clearly dominant, but far from ruthless Arsenal. From the off […]
Posted in match review on Nov 23rd, 2014 204 Drinks »
Two excited youngsters are met and whisked off to enjoy a pre-match pizza. Mum asks, “what is your prediction this afternoon?”. I tell her I fancy we have learned our lesson and will win 2-1. “What lesson?” Nearly every time we have played them in recent years they sit back and catch us with one […]
Posted in match review on Nov 9th, 2014 288 Drinks »
Well, a ‘not too good’ week turned bad at the Liberty Stadium as Arsenal once again surrendered a lead. Although Anderlecht only recovered a point against us on Tuesday Swansea grabbed all three with two goals in the last fifteen minutes. Let me give credit to Garry Monk and his team. They were competitive throughout […]
Posted in match review on Nov 4th, 2014 233 Drinks »
Time to rewrite the report on the first-half, already committed to the page at half-time in an attempt to publish soon after the final whistle and to enable a relaxing early night. Gone the talk of the visitors playing into our hands with their adventurous approach to the contest. Full marks to Anderlecht for turning […]
Posted in match review on Nov 2nd, 2014 60 Drinks »
The morning after the night before. The ‘holics, as ever, have been a bad influence, clearly. It was good, however, to be celebrating what became a comfortable win once Arsene worked out that Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini were in excess of the required number of holding players against limited opposition to the tune of […]
Posted in match review on Oct 25th, 2014 224 Drinks »
I think I have said before, and probably more than once, that if the mark of a good side is one that picks up wins when playing badly, then we must be world-beaters. Quite frankly right now we’ll take the three points any way we can get them, whilst offering up prayers to all of […]
Posted in match review on Oct 22nd, 2014 113 Drinks »
What looked like being a humiliating evening was turned on it’s head in the last two minutes in Brussels as Kieran Gibbs and Lukas Podolski turned a single goal deficit around in remarkable fashion. A sluggish (Alexis Sanchez aside) Arsenal found two moments of inspiration after a very pedestrian performance to that point. In the […]
Posted in match review on Oct 19th, 2014 167 Drinks »
Where does one start after yet another performance in which Arsenal frustrated more than they delighted? The day started well enough, a fabulous lunch in equally fabulous company. Asked outside how confident I was I had to respond with “Don’t tell anyone, but not very.” That said we made a bright and confident start with […]
Posted in match review on Oct 6th, 2014 269 Drinks »
Taking the day after the match off was a good idea. Leaving the post until the morning after equally so. A strange day ended with us nine points, but not light years, behind Chelsea. You have seen the match, and read other match reports. I’ll give an impression of the day from one perspective rather […]
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