Posted in match review on Oct 21st, 2008 25 Drinks »
Consistency, or rather the lack of it, may yet prove to be an impossible hurdle to overcome, but regardless of how critical you may have been of this Arsenal side there are days (or nights!) where you just have to hold your hands up and say ‘Wow, that was special’. This was one. If you […]
Posted in match review on Oct 18th, 2008 23 Drinks »
Where to start? The first-half of this contest saw Arsenal pick up where they had left off against Hull. Just nine minutes had gone when Osman left the ball-watching Denilson and beat Silvestre to give the visitors the lead. Only the alert and impressive Clichy prevented Everton from doubling their advantage with a goal-line clearance […]
Posted in match review on Oct 4th, 2008 57 Drinks »
With no game for a fortnight the last thing we needed at Sunderland was a poor performance. In the cold hard light of day the Sunday papers will be commenting on a one-all draw. It was such a confusing and strange afternoon to try and assess. We tuned in to the streams to be greeted […]
Posted in match review on Sep 30th, 2008 26 Drinks »
What was broadcast prior to the Champions League clash was perhaps as telling as the ninety minutes that followed. Arsene Wenger vigorously defended his policy of promoting from within and not signing the players that would hinder such development. He got sterling support from Stuart Pearce. The England U-21 boss was an uncomplicated, no-nonsense defender, […]
Posted in match review on Sep 28th, 2008 51 Drinks »
‘You’re not going to write it up at midnight, surely?’ Mrs ‘holic thinks I should wait. She knows me too well. If I wait until the morning the result will be an apologetic piece and we will have done no wrong. That would not tell the true story of this painful defeat. I would really […]
Posted in match review on Sep 24th, 2008 27 Drinks »
What a strange night that was. Chasing streams that didn’t actually exist meant half-time had arrived before I had a clue what was happening, and I know I wasn’t alone. Everywhere you looked on the web the same question appeared, ‘anybody got an Arsenal link?’. So I followed the second half on the Beeb live […]
Posted in match review on Sep 20th, 2008 33 Drinks »
A month ago there were those who were calling for heads to roll after the defeat at Fulham. Deadline day came and went without the arrival of the reinforcements that we all agreed were needed. The four horsemen of the Apocalypse were apparently knocking on the doors of the Grove. The last twenty-four hours must […]
Posted in match review on Sep 17th, 2008 22 Drinks »
A curious contest exploded into life in the final half hour as Arsenal recovered from an extremely harsh penalty to secure a late equaliser. A safety first approach saw Alex Song promoted to a starting berth in front of the back four, and a strange mix-and-match role for Robin van Persie as Arsenal switched from […]
Posted in match review on Sep 13th, 2008 51 Drinks »
A great week for Arsenal in general, and Theo Walcott in particular, came to an end with the four goal demolition of Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. I’m pretty sure though that Theo would be the first to pay tribute to the magnificent support provided by the travelling Gooners. From the first chorus of ‘You’ve […]
Posted in match review on Aug 30th, 2008 31 Drinks »
A week on from the debacle at Fulham you have to say this was some performance by Arsenal. Newcastle just a fortnight ago were perhaps unfortunate to depart Old Trafford with only a point. We should bear that in mind. Apart from a five minute spell early in the second-half the contest at the Grove […]
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