Morning, boys ‘n’ girls. As we hurtle unstoppably towards 2017, two things begin to come to the forefront of news and the media; the first is interminable lists of occurrences during 2016. These range from obligatory goal compilations to pretty much anything you can imagine. Headings like; The 10 most…
Afternoon, folks. In my 35 years of residency on planet Earth, I’ve never suffered with migraines. Like the rest of you, most probably, I assumed they we’re just a really bad headache. The past week, mainly due to a combination of heat, stress and fatigue, I’ve…
Morning, folks. Do you ever get hit with terrible nerves before games? I do. It happens quite frequently, as a matter of fact. The feeling of discomfort, unease and weakness of bladder especially occurs when the big games against our grubby neighbours come around. Like all of you, the thought…
Morning, folks. Me again, back again. I know you’re pleased to see/read me. Before we begin, I have a confession to make; I watched exactly zero of last night’s international football, and if there was a pop quiz regarding the events, I would fail it miserably. I’m not ashamed. My…
Afternoon folks. The fixture scheduled for December the 26th with West Ham has been cancelled. The strike involving train drivers on the Underground will go ahead, and disruption to all the major services means we’ll have to wait until mid-January to take on the Hammers. Damn those pesky train drivers.…
Afternoon folks. With all the hullabaloo and outrage surrounding Chelsea’s, quite frankly, absurd sacking of Roberto Di Matteo today, most of the footballing world is focussed in the direction of that. As the media circus goes into overdrive, us Gooners have far more important things to concern ourselves with. We’ve…
Evening folks. This update is going to be a quick one. If you’re an avid Tweeter, you’ll have probably been hit by the crippling disappointment of the recent spurious account attributed to our beloved king, Thierry Henry. I could go on endlessly about just how pitiful I find people who…
Morning, folks. For those of you assuming I write and post on the day – I don’t. I’m at home now at 4.30pm on Thursday beginning what will be today’s post. When this eventually gets published, I’ll be at work getting annoyed and giving serious consideration to punching people/products/animals in…