Coquing marvellous
View image | gettyimages.com Burnley 0-1 Arsenal Yesterday’s win was a gentle reminder that it’s not every week you fire off a three-goal, eight-minute salvo where all the goals were…
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Coquing marvellous
Singing in the rain / signings and the gain
Arsenal 4-0 Coventry City Has there been a wetter season at the Emirates? Ordinarily it rarely simultaneously rains and blows a gale in a northerly direction during a game, thus…
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Singing in the rain / signings and the gain
Interlull: Good for looking back and looking forward
One of the few benefits of downing tools for weeks on end, as I am increasingly doing, is the ability to view things in splendid hindsight. After the Utd game…
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Interlull: Good for looking back and looking forward
Ten glorious minutes
In a season dotted with more than its fair share of lacklustre moments and peppered by curiously slow build-up play, the quick-fire four-goal salvo at the beginning of the second…
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Ten glorious minutes
The Mercury is rising
A very good morning to you on a humdinger of an English summer’s day. 30c+ days are like Chamakh goals in this country – we get a few in late…
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The Mercury is rising
[peers over the wall, squinting]
Morning. I thought I’d check into the old place after what I can assure is the longest I have ever let this blog go fallow – three days short of…
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[peers over the wall, squinting]
Roll up, roll up! Well, no need to hurry.
There are a fair few players who are surplus to requirements at the club. And there are a few positions we could murder some reinforcements in. I think that both…
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Roll up, roll up! Well, no need to hurry.
The Podolski lift?
Just as my own blogging season was in danger of fizzling out, I’ve decided to rouse myself for one last push. Two more blog posts and I might just totter…
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The Podolski lift?