Posted in match review on Nov 5th, 2011 251 Drinks »
As halftime approached I wrote in the drinks that there appears to be a feelgood factor about the place. It is as if the slow progress that has followed a poor start is finally being more widely accepted. Of course we are only one bad performance away from more soul-searching, but this team seems to […]
Posted in match review on Nov 1st, 2011 369 Drinks »
I suspect Arsene won’t be grabbing a lot of sleep tonight. He’ll be going over in his mind all of the possibilities that still exist after a goalless draw on matchday four of the Champions League. On the plus side a win in the next match at home to Dortmund puts us through for sure, […]
Posted in match review on Oct 29th, 2011 446 Drinks »
On the away team dressing room wall I would like to think a clipping is superglued to the wall of Chelsea’s classy chairman’s pre-match proclamation that they would “beat the crap out of Arsenal”. Somewhere in a dark corner of the boardroom tonight some demented soul is wondering just how much more of Roman’s Bucking […]
Posted in match review on Oct 25th, 2011 239 Drinks »
This season’s Carling Cup is turning into a proper old-school experience for those without tickets to the match. I opted for the Arsenal Player commentary ahead of the BBC option mainly because Adrian Clarke was working alongside Dan Roebuck. As a pundit he is rightly earning a growing reputation. Against Shrewsbury I decided to turn […]
Posted in match review on Oct 24th, 2011 83 Drinks »
The resting of the skipper was an outstanding call by Le Boss. He had prepared us for it in the week, and duly delivered today. In the pub beforehand there were raised eyebrows. No van Persie, are you sure? The game itself didn’t quite go as I had feared. Keen not to lose the season […]
Posted in match review on Oct 19th, 2011 228 Drinks »
I think this season is something of a reminder for old boys like myself. The days of inconsistency, even struggle, that occasionally surfaced in the pre-Wenger era have been replicated of late. That has meant considerable disenchantment among those unfamiliar with such feelings. Hopefully one or two have started to get it tonight. The feelings […]
Posted in match review on Oct 17th, 2011 143 Drinks »
Where to start? Well the serious match reports will have been done elsewhere. They told you who did what and when. Hopefully this will give you a flavour of what it felt like to one blogger. You know the day could get awkward when you need to make an early start and your train goes […]
Posted in match review on Oct 2nd, 2011 213 Drinks »
“…this is the most difficult North London derby to predict in a very long time.” So I wrote beforehand, too which now I can add, this is the most difficult North London derby to summarise, in a very long time. It was a game of many contradictions. How could we claim to be the better […]
Posted in match review on Sep 28th, 2011 223 Drinks »
“We have not played with a proper back 4 for years now so a few centre backs light should not make the slightest bit of difference” Steve T made the comment of the night pre-match. I felt it worthy of a wider audience. Regardless of whether or not you agree wholeheartedly with that we all […]
Posted in match review on Sep 25th, 2011 272 Drinks »
It’s a funny thing, but nonetheless true, that some of the games you least look forward to become the most pleasant of experiences. Yesterday was a case in point. Someone up there clearly was smiling kindly on me, from the moment I caught an early train, thus allowing time for a healthy breakfast, to the […]
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