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John Motson Must be Feeling It?
2007-11-25 23:43:00 Anyone get a chance to see Match of the Day on the BBC? The institution that is John Mots on must surely be on a prescribed course of losenges after his commentating antics for the Arsenal v Wigan segment on MOTD - all standard, nil-nil fair leading up to the 80th minutes and beyond, until… “Diarra again, ... More About: Blogging , Feeling
Robin van Persie is NOT returning for Wigan
2007-11-23 00:25:00 It’s a short, to-the-point blog today, with injury news our main concern leading up to tomorrow’s league match against Wigan . Two standouts are amongst the walking wounded, with Aliaksandr Hleb and Robin van Persie imminent absentees from tomorrow’s festivities. Hleb was injured in Belarus’ surprise 2-1 win over Holland, with Arsenal physios confirming he will be ... More About: Blogging
Rosicky Returns, Diaby wants to leave?
2007-11-19 00:35:00 As clichéd as it might be to say, International Week is a terrible, terrible week for people who blog on club football. Not nearly as terrible, mind you, as the rest of club season is for people who blog on international football. Anyways, we’ll start with the Arsenal-related news, and there isn’t much of note. One ... More About: Blogging , Leave , Icky
Lehmann?s Change of Heart, Bould?s All-England
2007-11-18 03:58:00 Travelling around all over yesterday meant no blog, which was a true travesty to the human literary effort. Nevertheless, we adopt, adapt and improve. Ever onwards. We’ll get the new news out of the way first, and in saying that, there isn’t much. Jens Lehmann is now stating his desire to stay, saying he has family ... More About: England , Change , Blogging , Heart
Arsenal Elections Reach Climax in Positive Polemic
2007-11-09 03:50:00 The Fictional Arsenal Captaincy Elections Trying to Inform Overly-Undecided Simpletons (FACETIOUS) has kicked into full gear this morning, with presidential candidates William Gallas and Gilberto Silva going logger-heads in repeating those feel-good slogans of how great everything has been. Captain Bam-tastic, William Gallas continues to be impressed with the side’s young players, even after a poor ... More About: Blogging , Reach , Positive
A Point Gained from Bore-Fest
2007-11-08 11:40:00 Did not get to see the game in what turned out to be a hectic day of distraction. So Arsenal draw 0-0 away to Slavia Prague, in what even Arsenal.com rated as a dour game. No chances to speak of at all, really, from what I’ve read. Full reports can be read here and here. Players of ... More About: Blogging , Fest , Point
Man Utd Preview - I?m out of Pictures!
2007-11-02 21:19:00 Good morning, all. I’m sure you’re all wondering what the hell all these clouds and angels and harps and pearly gates are doing everywhere where your coffee mug once stood. Well, I’m very glad to inform you that you are, in fact, in heaven - shed of your mortal Liverpool-coil, you now can feast on ... More About: Pictures , Preview , Blogging
Nothing Changes: Gallas Chirpy; Man Utd ?The Best?.
2007-10-30 00:36:00 Morning, all. Today’s blog brought to you by William Gallas Quotes, freely available via the Ctrl-V combination of keyboard presses. William Gallas - Captain-Blocktastic - has said that teams will be fearing Arsenal after their Anfield Draw on Sunday. Elaborating, he says: “We had not lost a game and we had just won 7-0. That can help ... More About: Blogging , Chang , Chan , Alla
Budget Blog, with Stan!
2007-10-26 13:47:00 A late blog today that will see a few upheavels in my schedule, which means tomorrow could have an even scant-er blog, or none at all. The Liverpool preview will come Sunday evening, Australia-wise, in all likelihood. Stan Kroenke was in London this morning for a conference, with David Dein curiously in tow. He responded to ... More About: Blogging , Blog , Budget
Thundering Arsenal Blast Seven past Slavia
2007-10-24 00:32:00 It was surreal in its easiness. Arsenal equalled Juventus’ record for most goals scored in a Champions League match by destroying Slavia Prague 7-0 at the Emirates Stadium. Five minutes in, the game was over. Hleb vindicated what I’ve always said about him when it comes to his dribbling skills. Many have laughed when I said ... More About: Blogging , Past , Blast , Erin
Gallastrophic Diarra, Slavia Preview
2007-10-23 01:11:00 Quick one today, as deadlines and whatnot push me further into marginalized oblivion. Lassana Diarra has come out complaining of his lack of first team appearances since his transfer-deadline day move from Chelsea. Diarra has said: “When Wenger signed me, he knew the player I am. I?ve been in this kind of situation before, so it?s ... More About: Preview , Blogging , Gallas , Alla
Dreaming of Proper Internet Coverage one day?
2007-10-22 00:36:00 Disastrous past two days for Thirdgen, as internet access failed me over two major news days for Arsenal Football Club. Firstly, the AGM - which saw the board members all extend the lock-down agreement to 2012, only allowing the sale of shares permitted by board members to process through. The fineprint of the lock-down will allow ... More About: Internet , Blogging , Dreaming , Coverage , Prop
Adebayor Will Remain With Arsenal come January?
2007-10-14 09:18:00 Super lite and crispy, today. Starting with the news that Togo, now eliminated from African Cup of Nations qualifying, will see their striker Emmanuel Adebayor enjoy a full season uninterrupted with Arsenal (injuries aside), without any international commitments in January /February. Brilliant news, (unless you’re Nicklas Bendtner) which is one less worry for our season. We will ... More About: Blogging
Flamini go ?Rawr!?
2007-10-10 22:44:00 Quick one today before I scamper off to work. Kolo Toure has talked about how the team have labled Matthieu Flamini ‘Gattuso‘ - the only difference being he’s not nearly as homocidal, and tends to ‘not dive’, you see. Kolo says: “Thanks to him, in defence we are rarely put in trouble. That is why we call ... More About: Blogging
Invincibles mentioned a bit too much?
2007-10-04 00:30:00 Beautiful, terrific morning down under. The news today mostly comprises of player interviews, so it’ll be a short blog today. We’ll start the day with Gilberto Silva, who must still be incredibly bemused by Flamini’s outstanding form (and Senderos’ solid performance against Steaua too, though Gilberto’s eyes would naturally be on Flamini’s position), and his abundance ... More About: Blogging
Robin Wins it, but Fat Bastard Distracts?
2007-10-03 00:27:00 It never really was going to be an all-out thrashing, even with a manager sacked within the past few days, but Arsenal did just enough to beat Steaua Bucharest 1-0 on a dark Romanian night. Having not seen the game, and highlights not exactly forthcoming at this moment in time, I can only go by what ... More About: Blogging , Bastard , Robin , Wins
Steaua and the Retrospective Red
2007-10-02 00:02:00 We’ll start with injury news prior to the Bucharest game, which sees Adebayor and Diaby recovering from niggles they picked up at game’s close last time out, with Matthieu Flamini and Alexandr Hleb facing late fitness tests. Rosicky, Lehmann, Gallas, Song and Eduardo remain conspicuous absentees, so the team will probably come out looking as follows: ============Almunia============= Sagna====Toure====Senderos====Clichy Eboue====Fabregas==Gilberto====Walcott ========van ... More About: Blogging , Retrospective , Steaua
Flamini, van Persie keep Gunners top
2007-09-30 23:47:00 An intolerably terrible schedule leaves me to very quickly brisk over a ‘thank-god-we-won’ win over West Ham. This, as written before, was an absolute banana-skin. The fact that three points are in the bag is brilliant. A few problems stand out, however: One - our defence still looks uneasy with Senderos in it, but even without him and ... More About: Blogging , Gunner
Usmanov Increases Stake
2007-09-29 02:36:00 A brief blog as we await a hard-to-call West Ham game tonight. News prior to the local derby centres around Alisher ‘Take it Up with the Hutts?’ Usmanov, who has increased his stake in the club to 25% ownership. The board have met with Red and White - the meeting being described as ‘constructive’ (how so, ... More About: Blogging
Banana Skins
2007-09-27 23:23:00 Writing in a mad rush is only so much fun so few a time… Not all that much new to report on today. The focus is on the West Ham game coming up, and I am increasingly getting the feeling it’s a big banana-skidder to derail our start to the season. Ability-wise, we’re head and shoulders ... More About: Banana , Blogging , Skins , Nana
Hill-Wood, Gallas and Bendtner all Rabbit on?
2007-09-26 23:26:00 Good morning, one and all. A hasty blog so that I can actually get to work on time. Peter Hill -Wood has done a fair bit of talking lately, speaking about takeover prospects, mostly. If Arsene had left after David Dein, he has been quoted as saying, then Arsenal would have been in foreign hands by now. ... More About: Blogging , Rabbi , Gallas
That Carling Cup Lure?
2007-09-25 23:36:00 How does Wenger keep doing it? No, I’m not referring to the extraordinarily good start to the season, nor am I referring expressly to another ‘giant killing’. I refer to the line of youngsters that he keeps on producing in such a Fordist way, it’s as exciting as it is scary. So Arsenal overcome Newcastle in ... More About: Carling Cup , Blogging , Lure
Topping All Tables
2007-09-25 00:30:00 So many things happened while I was away, not least of all the ‘Usmanov-effect’ which has seen a whole handful of blogs and Peter Murray quoters silenced on the issue. Very soviet of him, and coming from a pinko-commie like myself, that says something. I myself never quoted Peter Murray’s article, but now wish I ... More About: Tables , Blogging , Topping
Derby destroyed, A lonely Absence.
2007-09-24 09:36:00 An apology for the lack of blogging over the weekend. Was out in the wilderness that is North Queensland in the most gloriously isolated parts of the world. Why blog when you can sleep under stars? A hell of a weekend to miss, though - and we’ll start with the electrifyingly good news that is by ... More About: Blogging , Lonely , Derby
Injury updates, and Chelsea?s Disintegration
2007-09-21 05:04:00 Bugger-all to report on bar some repetitive noises from the Board, from Wenger. Oh! And injury updates! How we love those. The Derby County game is looking a little precarious with Hleb, Senderos and Rosicky all added to the injury list alongside Gallas, Lehmann and Eboue. Some serious reshuffling will be taking place, with Walcott the ... More About: Chelsea , Injury , Blogging , Updates
A 3-0 Win can still be bumpy?
2007-09-19 23:08:00 And so blows the final whistle. An excellent result to see us through for our first proper European outing this season. Seville were good value, dominating possession in patches in the match, but Arsenal’s experience in the competition (think of the age of the players we have, and put that together with ‘experience - frightening) that ... More About: Blogging
Usmanov may be Speculating, Traore For President
2007-09-19 00:25:00 We’ll start with the love-in that’s begun over Armand Traore (broken at first by Reserves and Youths’ Blog) who thought it quite legal to bring a knuckle-duster with him to the Spurs game. Upon inspection, the young French defender was taken into custody for questioning, and has had a private chat with Wenger about it. ... More About: President , Blogging , Resident
One Game at a time?
2007-09-18 01:15:00 Little news to speak of today, bar a handful of player interviews. Cesc Fabregas has urged for caution while we sit pretty on the top of the table. The old adage of ‘one game at a time’ means something to the kid, who says: “We lost a lot of points at the beginning, had to come ... More About: Time , Blogging , Game
World?s Second Richest Club Sees Kroenke Nightmare
2007-09-16 23:46:00 Some moderately good news first, in that Arsenal FC are set to announce total turnover of £180m, placing them behind only Real Madrid, and ahead of Manchester Utd (I think you are reading that right) and Chelsea, to become the world’s second richest club. The increase in turnover is around 50% from last season, and ... More About: World , Nightmare , Blogging , Club , Riches
Table Topping Fabregas and Adebayor Smash Spurs
More articles from this author:2007-09-16 00:02:00 Scintillating. Absolutely bloody scintillating result. Arsenal top the table with a ferocious win over the Old Enemy, in their backyard, and we head into the Champions League kicking and screaming as the current domestic pace-setters. It all went a bit crook in the first half, though. Gareth Bale swung in what is now a trademark free-kick, ... More About: Blogging , Spurs , Table , Fabregas , Smash 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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