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Arsenal Versus Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb: Flights Of Fancy
Please accept my apologies if my by now customary flights of fancy are a little more fanciful than usual but yesterday I awoke with a migraine. The only efficacious pain medication I’ve found in these circumstances sends me a little, not to put too fine a point on it, doolally. I’ve been returning slowly to […]
A Little Less Contemplation, a Little More Action
Good morning from an early Autumn Norfolk, the faintest tips of gold beginning to show in the trees. And what of yesterday? Our opening 10-15 minutes were superb, as excellent a start to a home or away game as I can recall since we demolished Naples in October 2013. Stoke were immediately opened up by […]
Arsenal Versus Stoke: Putting Lipstick On A Pig
Exciting, free flowing Stoke City travel south to London today, whetting the appetite of sports fans across the nation. Mark Hughes brings an expensively assembled team of international all star talent to a clash already being labelled as beauty meets the beast. The home team, dogged, predictable Arsenal, have already earned a reputation for grinding […]
Data-Based Arsenal
In a matter of days, the international break will be over and both the clubs and their fans will be back to the business of real football. The latter is not another snide put-down of the international game, which in my opinion is an important counter-weight to the narrow self interest of money-driven clubs. However […]
Looking Through The Transfer Window
According to the BBC, close to £1 billion was spent on player acquisition in the just closed transfer window, a new record, up 4% on last year at £870 million. Factor in new salaries and the £1 billion figure may prove a tad conservative, all in. Some of these players come from other Premier League […]
Arsenal Fail To Spend
It appears the transfer window is going to close with Arsenal making just the one signing, that of Petr Cech. The disappointment of the majority of fans is clear. They wanted more. They see what they think are weaknesses and can’t understand why these weaknesses have not be addressed. Which is fair enough really because […]
“People Want Success. It’s Like Coffee, They Want Instant” *
My fellow Positivitas, another Sunday has rolled round and with our fourth game of the PL season, has settled. I think we are all now a little more confident and able to raise our eyes to look forward and upward. The game yesterday was predictable in form. We dominated possession, pushed the home side back […]
Arsenal Versus Newcastle: The Narrow Road to the Deep North East
Where do I begin? We’re three games into a spluttering start to a season which promises much but has yet to deliver. We’ve lost one on a bewildering afternoon which felt like watching a match after inadvertently switching the Splenda for a tab of acid, nothing quite made sense. We’ve won one in a gruelling […]
Countering The White Flag Brigade at The Arsenal
After the disappointment of not winning at home vs Liverpool, there was the expected emotional reaction by many pundits and fans who have concluded after the first three games of the season that Arsenal cannot contend for the title. 1-Win, 1-Draw and 1-Loss and we are already out of the runnings. In this rush to […]
Can Arsenal Win With Lightweights?
We like to hear things that reinforce our opinions. We agree with those that have the same opinions as us and argue against those who have opinions that differ. Of course we do. Why would we not? I have yet to meet someone that thinks their opinion is wrong. If they did they would change […]
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