Posted in match review on Feb 19th, 2014 239 Drinks »
Old Big Ears, the European Cup, the Champions League, call it what you will. It is the one trophy us fossils haven’t seen Arsenal lift, the holy grail if you will. We were thirteen minutes from lifting the bastard in Paris. Drawn against the holders, the best team in Europe, in the last sixteen this […]
Posted in match review on Feb 16th, 2014 171 Drinks »
Just after three, and Twitter is alive with reaction to the teamsheets. Liverpool have Agger back and have a very strong eleven. Then Arsenal announce seven changes from the team that drew with Manchester United. The pre-match debate about whether or not to include Lukasz Fabianski, Carl Jenkinson, and Nacho Monreal is put into focus, […]
Posted in match review on Feb 12th, 2014 325 Drinks »
There is, let’s face it, no way of capturing that match in a way that will please everyone, so it’s a good job that is not the thinking behind this blog. A goal-less draw against Manchester United would not normally be considered a bad result, but for a chunk of the support it undoubtedly was. […]
Posted in match review on Feb 8th, 2014 255 Drinks »
Where to start? Perhaps with the words of Arsene Wenger. “Only our fans were at the races today for ninety minutes… We have to think what did not work today, myself included” He had just seen the good ship Arsenal holed beneath the waterline and sunk in the opening twenty minutes by which time we […]
Posted in match review on Feb 3rd, 2014 230 Drinks »
“We needed to be intelligent, patient, to take our chances” Pure Arsene. He knew it had been potentially something of a frustrating afternoon and phrased his post-match comments appropriately. Strange it was to set out to the first game of February in bright sunlight, misleading though it was on a chilly day. A relatively relaxed […]
Posted in match review on Jan 28th, 2014 546 Drinks »
The late arrival of the away team coach, caused only by the volume of traffic one hopes, set the tone for the opening half. The passengers on that vehicle failed to get into gear in the opening half. Credit is due to Southampton who pressed, passed, and quite simply outplayed the Premier League leaders. In […]
Posted in match review on Jan 25th, 2014 166 Drinks »
On a strange night Arsenal progressed into the last sixteen of the FA Cup and landed the ‘holic pound into the bargain. It being an evening fixture I was condemned to join the poor souls subjected to BT Sports presentation. Those of you who were there must have enjoyed it much more. It was encouraging […]
Posted in match review on Jan 19th, 2014 432 Drinks »
Thankfully the early morning gloom gave way to a bright start to the day’s festivities in good company. The level of anticipation was evident. The talk was of the midfield riches available to us, and how many players we have capable of playing just behind Olivier Giroud. Fitting then that one of them should prove […]
Posted in match review on Jan 14th, 2014 270 Drinks »
My thanks to our very own TaBS for stepping into the breach with a report on last night’s win. I hope you enjoy it as much as I. And breathe! Arsenal duly matched the efforts of their closest challengers at the weekend and returned to the top of the Premiership with a 2-1 victory at […]
Posted in match review on Jan 5th, 2014 594 Drinks »
There are obviously far more important things in life than winning a football match, but try telling that to nigh on 55,000 ecstatic Arsenal supporters just after 7pm yesterday. The final whistle signaled more than just the Gunners safe passage into the fourth round of the FA Cup. It also ended for the forseeable future […]
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