September 2010
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August 2010
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Annoyingly, I’m missing the first two Arsenal home games of the season, as a mate has scheduled his stag do this weekend, and his wedding on the weekend of the next one. I mean, really, who has a wedding during the football season?!
I’ve sold my tickets for those games to the guy who sits behind me, which is handy as it funds (some of) the drinking on the stag do, but if we...
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So, what can we learn from the first weekend of the Premier League season?
From an Arsenal perspective, there’s good news and bad news. Firstly, Chamakh looks like he’ll be a very good signing. He’s willing to mix it up with the defenders physically, and is better than Bendtner in that he’s actually able to control the ball without it bouncing awkwardly off of a shin or a...
April 2010
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gospelofmoll asked: If Barca should best Inter again on the way to the final, what do you rate Messi's chances of topping Puskas' 4 goals from the 1960 final against Frankfurt?
March 2010
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February 2010
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Tomorrow sees Wayne Bridge and John Terry on the same pitch for the first time since all of the revelations came out about Terry and Bridge’s ex. It’s going to be fun to watch, and there are a few things you should be looking out for:
In the pre-match build-up, Sky to talk endlessly about the two coming face-to-face for the first time.
Or, Sky failing entirely to mention the...
gospelofmoll asked: As a follow up to my (anonymous) Jensen question, which do you think was the bigger shock: Denmark '92 or Greece '04? Furthermore, with the increase of the Euro field from 16 to 24 beginning in 2016 do you think that will help the minnows cause towards winning again or simply allow bigger nations that screwed up in qualifying get a reprieve? (Hello England circa 2008)
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I find it quite amusing that there’s a discrepancy in the FIFA rules regarding player ownership and club ownership. A player can only play for two teams during one football season, according to FIFA rules (PDF), which has caused some problems for a few players who have been loaned out and what-not during the autumn, and then can’t be sold in the January transfer window.
But when it...
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theredpanda asked: How do you feel about John Terry staying on as the England captain considering his affair?
Also does the Sports Minister hassling the FA constitute the same interference that got Togo banned for two African Nations tournaments?
Also does the Sports Minister hassling the FA constitute the same interference that got Togo banned for two African Nations tournaments?
January 2010
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Anonymous asked: Did you see Jensen score?
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pterodactyls asked: American Landon Donovan scored his first Premier League goal yesterday. I don't expect that it was a big deal, he's just some guy, but it's still pretty neat. Is Everton even a good team?
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Manchester United debt hits £716m →
I find it amazing that Utd can run up these eye-watering debts, because banks are willing to support them based on the name/brand status, and that the football authorities turn a blind eye to the sheer level of debt in which they find themselves.
And yet teams lower down in the leagues get huge point deductions and are effectively crippled because of debts of a mere (in the grand scheme of...
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Liverpool are a joke right now
Liverpool’s home matches have now been moved from Sky Sports to the Gay Adult Channel. Apparently the sight of 11 arseholes being hammered for 90 minutes every week was far too explicit for a sports channel.
Cheers to a mate for sending me that one.
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Player of the season so far?
afootballreport asked ‘Who has been Arsenal’s Player of the Year so far? For me, it would have definitely been RvP, but now I’m not sure.’
OK, this was originally asked on my other blog, but here seems a better place to answer.
For me, it’s got to be Alex Song. He’s been absolutely fantastic in the defensive midfield role, and has really grown into it this...
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A little about me
First things first: I’m an Arsenal fan, and have been for nearly 20 years. I have a season ticket, and go to pretty much every home game. I also watch most away games on TV or on the web. I read a couple of Arsenal blogs, and Arsenal-related news is what I look for in newspapers first.
I’ve no bones about letting this influence my writing here, but this isn’t an Arsenal blog....
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Introducing...
I think about, read about, talk about, and watch football far too much, and I feel that I could write about it endlessly too. I’m pretty damn opinionated about a lot of what happens in and around football, and am also one of those people that can laugh at how serious football takes itself.
I don’t want to turn my normal blog into a football-heavy one, because it is still only a small...