Any Given Wednesday.
These games are coming too fast and the inevitable result is injuries. Today we are without Coquelin, Arteta, Rosicky, , Gervinho, probably Diaby and Uncle Tom Cobblee. Thankfully, Podolski and Ox...
View ArticleHammers Hammered – Report & Player Ratings
Five fine goals, free-flowing football and freezing fans fully satisfied. (Whoops. Sorry about the alliteration. That sentence has more Fs than the ladies’ toilets in an Essex nightclub on Saturday...
View ArticleA Baptism of Fire?
Last time we played Stoke was early in the season, a 0-0 draw at the Britannia. I remember being disappointed by the draw but more so by our inability to score. How different it is today … Note the...
View ArticleOne nil to the Arsenal ……
So another great game for the neutral but another nerve jangler for all of us. I had a thoroughly enjoyable day watching the live screening of the game at the home of football, but I have also decided...
View ArticleRoast Chicken?
Let’s cut to the chase from the start …. I actively dislike Blackburn. Never liked their kit, hated Simon Garner, Dalglish, Mark Hughes, Fat Sam, the SAS, Haj Diouf, Kean, the Chicken men, and their...
View ArticleRedemption Song. Villa pre-view.
So now what? Will we continue to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or will Lady Luck give us a lap-dance at the Emirates? One thing for sure, today will not be a de rigeur victory over...
View ArticleA One Simian Team?
Are Spurs really a one simian team? Looking at this new AVB inspired team one has to say, No. It is true and completely normal that the Spurs team is full of miscreants, numbskulls and vermin, but some...
View ArticleCan England win Twice today in Wales?
Back to business. Enough of these holiday tours - let’s get back to the norm and the good old Premier League. You know – that league which used to be the best in the world but has now , according to...
View ArticleMidfield squad ……. is it good enough?
Here is my outlook on the midfield hope you enjoy it . Abou Diaby. Average player does his shift some games other games he’s just unreliable and prone to giving the ball away. Should he stay or should...
View ArticleAdkins brings Royals to the Grove
Thanks to the capricious efforts of another Russian premier league club owner we get to see the former Southampton manager back at the Grove again after his first attempt ended in a 6-1 thrashing....
View ArticleThe Return of the Swerve : Arsenal 4 – Reading 1
In any other season Reading at home would be a home banker pencilled into our predictors. This season anything has been possible, so it was a great relief yesterday to see the team come out the blocks...
View ArticleWishing and Hoping. WBA away.
Have you noticed a spring in the Gooners step since winning in Munich? Suddenly this new Arsenal is not the shoddy bunch of lazy artisans just trotting around and picking up money for nothing (and...
View ArticleArsenal’s Keeper Teaser and Teeming Midfield
I heard on a reputable podcast that Arsenal have made a bid for Asmir Begovic, Stoke’s much-in-demand goalkeeper. The claim was made by a well-informed journalist who went on to say that Chelsea have...
View ArticleA Fair Result or One We Got Away With?
I think the answer to that is a bit of both. Across 90 minutes on the balance of play, possession and opportunities carved out I don’t think that 3-1 over-flattered us. That we were still 1-0 down...
View ArticleMeet The Underminers
What do you call someone who does the opposite of supporting their own team? Well, yes, there is that, but this is a family blog so four-letter words are frowned upon. We need another name for them. I...
View ArticleNervous??
I am already nervous and thinking about when to start my alcohol intake, lunch-time seems appropriate ! Tonight BR will be decked out in everything lucky , having eaten his lucky dinner, be drinking...
View ArticleRamsey – The New Denilson?
It was the start of the 2011/12 season. Captain Cesc Fabregas, one of our most talented Arsenal midfielders ever, and the man that the team was built around, had left to join Barcelona. Samir Nasri,...
View ArticleA Hard Fought Draw
This was on paper always going to be the most tricky game of our run in and chase for a Champions League spot. Added to the normal nerves of entertaining United was the return of Brave Sir Robin, and...
View ArticleOops, I did it Again ….
Can Arsenal continue their fine run since that dark day somewhere in N17? 7 games unbeaten, 17 points. Since January, 11 played. Won 8 D2 L1. 26 points from 33 – that is League winning consistency and...
View ArticleDeep Breaths. Wigan Pre-Match
We all know what is at stake and tonight, we, and I mean those fans who are lucky enough to attend, have to push our lads to 3 points. As a child I had an idea that if all the fans on the North Bank...
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