Posted in match review on Mar 11th, 2009 36 Drinks »
The regular press have a duty to be restrained and measured in their reporting of events. Bloggers are thankfully free of that responsibility. It is 10.50 pm. I have endured a tense two hours of football at the highest level, followed by an extended penalty shoot-out. I have supped a gallon of Guinness and have […]
Posted in match review on Mar 8th, 2009 31 Drinks »
The opening five minutes at the Grove were to be misleading. Burnley’s best football came early and seemed to awaken the mixed bag sent out by Arsene Wenger. Aside from long-term absentees Rosicky, Fabregas, Adebayor, and Silvestre, Arsene rested Toure, Nasri, and Denilson. Relegated to the bench were Almunia, Clichy, van Persie, and Bendtner alongside […]
Posted in match review on Mar 3rd, 2009 27 Drinks »
Watching on a stream probably didn’t reveal the full extent of the conditions, but they didn’t look quite as bad as forecast twenty-four hours earlier, which was a shame. Another slip at each end and a small fortune would have been flowing into ‘holics newest betting account. At half-time the punt on 4-2 looked good, […]
Posted in match review on Feb 28th, 2009 64 Drinks »
If someone had said at the start of the season that the side would go on a fifteen match unbeaten run from December to the end of February, and be roundly booed off the park at the end of that fifteenth game, you would have suggested that they be sectioned. Yet the astonishing thing is […]
Posted in match review on Feb 24th, 2009 42 Drinks »
It may be Shrove Tuesday, but tossers were in short supply on pancake day as Arsenal saw off the challenge of Roma at the Grove. A one goal triumph was scant reward for the efforts put in by all in the red shirts. By now I am guessing most of you will have witnessed the […]
Posted in match review on Feb 21st, 2009 71 Drinks »
Sorry for the slight delay in posting. Removing egg from ones face can be a messy business. Ten days ago, while assessing the next seven Premiership fixtures I wrote ‘Should we really contemplate dropping points, let alone suffering a defeat in any of those games if a top four place is to be a realistic […]
Posted in match review on Feb 16th, 2009 27 Drinks »
Well, in all competitions Arsenal are now unbeaten in twelve. In the previous eleven however there has been considerable doubt about just how well they have been playing. Tonight we welcomed back the Arsenal that a dearth of confidence had taken from us. ‘Ah ‘holic’ I hear you say, ‘it was only Cardiff’ Well you […]
Posted in match review on Feb 8th, 2009 99 Drinks »
The North London derby is invariably a feisty affair. Off the pitch grown men lose all sense of the rational as local bragging rights are contested. I’ve been there, still go there on occasion. Is it therefore hypocritical to expect players not to get caught up in the excitement of the day as well? I […]
Posted in match review on Jan 31st, 2009 86 Drinks »
I’m hearing voices again. That is worrying. Due to circumstances beyond my control I have had to spend six weeks watching football online. I am discovering some quite interesting things. One of the most significant is listening to mates come back from another freezing afternoon bereft of much other than utter frustration. For once, even […]
Posted in match review on Jan 28th, 2009 33 Drinks »
I suppose you need to be of a certain vintage to remember Les Dawson playing the piano. For those unfamiliar with his talent, he could play the piano so badly, it was apparent he was a very fine musician. For some reason tonight, I am thinking about him tinkling the ivories almost sixteen years after […]
Arsenal News 24/7
