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Arsenal Versus Southampton: Boxing Clever
I was looking at the photographs of yesterday’s training session on Arsenal.com and it got me to thinking. Shouldn’t the club photographer get a winter break? Is it really fair to expect him to work on Christmas Day, away from his friends and family, missing out on Eastenders and the Queen’s speech? Isn’t there a […]
All I Want For Christmas….
All I want for Christmas is a point at The Dell, or wherever it is that Southampton play these days and a home win against Bournemouth a mere two days later. Actually a little less than two days given the late Boxing Day kick off, though the Cherries themselves have a home game against Palace […]
Arsenal – We are so very ‘umble
G’day Positivistas, The result we all hoped for last night with our light blue opponents pushed firmly back toward the pack, and us neatly tucked in behind the Foxes and we move into the Christmas bend. Dare I say what I suspect a couple of you are thinking, but feel a little shy about sharing […]
Arsenal Versus Man City: Secrets and Lies
I made good use of a football free weekend. Or at least I tried to. Mother wanted a lift over the bridge to the land of dragons and close harmony singing, the home of Newport County and a world famous dyke. I thought to myself this sounds like a chance to walk abroad with my […]
Out Goes The Weasel, In Comes Per Mertesacker
Up and down the City Road In and out the Eagle That’s the way the money goes Pop! goes the weasel. The carnival is over girls and boys. I was in two minds about that unseemly spectacle over at Stamford Bridge; whether to wish for the continued reign of the Special One as he drove […]
They Were Only Supposed To Blow The Bloody Doors Off!
Something rather wonderful is happening in English football. It’s suddenly become interesting again. Yes, I know, it crept up on me, too. And it’s been going on for a little while, as well. But on Monday a line in the sands of footballing expectations was crossed. Along with a fair few million around the planet, […]
Arsenal – On it like a Bonnet
Hello Positivistas far and near, Three games, eight days, three wins, eight goals scored, one conceded and that blemish was off the boot of Olivier in a moment of Gallic over-exuberance. Our French hit man moves to 50 goals. Our Czech keeper to a record 169 PL games with no goals conceded. Goodness knows where […]
Arsenal Versus Villa: Sober Reflections
In my pre match midweek blog I focussed on Aaron’s performance against Sunderland. I was able to do this because I had studied the game after the event with a particular eye for our Welsh Wonder and his contribution to the cause. I’ve long held the view that the heat of battle is not the […]
Giroud Technique Sweeps Up The Greek
Kaliméra Positivistas, Another good start to a Thursday with the glow of a memorable victory last night warming my cockles (?). For twenty minutes the home side made a battle of it and stuck to their pre-game promise to try and take the contest to us. They created a couple of half chances […]
Arsenal Versus Olympiacos: “Lazarus, Come Forth”
I was watching Aaron Ramsey particularly closely on Saturday afternoon. Along with everybody else I have been aware of how much less we are without him in the starting line up and how much more we seem to be when he plays. We all see the goals and the assists and the miles of turf […]
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