Shortly after Wolves scored their consolation goal, their fans chanted rather ironically "4 nil
and you cocked it all up". Or something along those lines. It is good to know they have a sense of
humour. Not that the supporters needed to illustrate that for me again.
When Doritos sponsored Wolves (the last time they were in the Premiership back in 2003) my
History teacher at the time, a die hard Wolves fan, suggested an acronym for the tortilla chips
brand.
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Remember, Remember, blah blah November.
Apart from Bonfire Night and Thanksgiving (for you Americans only) what else makes November
stand out? You see, it turns out that Arsene Wenger doesn't like November. Are we going to jump on
this revelation and facebook 'like it' ?
The reasons for Wenger's dislike of this month are down to "the volume of games" which make it
difficult to maintain the fitness levels.
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I understand that FIFA have other priorities, you know, the small matter of the World Cup in
June next year. Surely though, they have a dedicated team that watch as many as matches of clubs
from around the globe. Looking at the current list of nominees however, leads me to question
whether FIFA has actually watched domestic football since 2006.
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Arsenal 4 AZ Akmaar 1
Ronald Koeman's freaky run against Arsenal and English teams in general was abruptly brought to
an end. It could have been a lot worse had Arsene decided to keep a Fabregas keen to get his
hatrick as well as the stand in goal creating machine in Arshavin.
Barely three minutes had gone when a few one touch passes led to Van Persie firing just wide
across goal.
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Remember, Remember, blah blah November.
Apart from Bonfire Night and Thanksgiving (for you Americans only) what else makes November
stand out? You see, it turns out that Arsene Wenger doesn't like November. Are we going to jump on
this revelation and facebook 'like it' ?
The reasons for Wenger's dislike of this month are down to "the volume of games" which make it
difficult to maintain the fitness levels.
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Phew, writing something vaguely interesting (even for me) at this time of the night here is
hard enough. Where do I start? I know, I'll start with a Lithuanian most of you have forgotten
about.
I was watching (albeit very briefly) Inter at Livorno the other day. It finished 2-0 to Inter
btw.
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In other words, your player of that month.
Yes, a couple of names in the list below are intriguing. However this poll is all about the
player who made your October special. So if for instance, its Ramsey with his playmaking
goodness against Liverpool, then vote for him. You can also add your own suggestions, either in the
poll itself and/or leaving a comment.
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Hello to all of you reading this on a Sunday or Monday or maybe even 3 years time when you are
caught reminiscing about this game making it 20 games unbeaten against Spurs.
Like the title says, 11 seconds, that is all it took for Spurs to crumble and fall to the knees
(literally when Cesc went past half of the Spurs team for his goal).
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Match thoughts on our result will follow shortly but here's a unique opportunity? to suggest
your own headline on our win. If you suggest I'm devoid of imagination yes this is partially true
but I'll tell you where I'm stuck or give you suggestions as a base to get this thing started.
You could focus the headline on.
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Hello Gooners. Hope you are all well this friday. Don't know about you but I am super pumped up
for this north london Derby. Not that I wasn't pumped for it all these years....
..Living in a place about 200 miles from North london, it used to be pretty hard to develop that
aversion for Spurs.
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Arsenal 2 Liverpool 1 (Carling Cup 4th round)
Hello Gooners. Well that was close as well, just like the previous two games. Where was the 3-1
I predicted? As it turns out we didn't need that third goal.
You won't agree but for me Liverpool probably shaded it by virtue of the opportunities they
created.
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Its Carling Cup time! The trophy that no big club wants to win, but if they win it they'll be
happy to gloat about it anyway. Visions of Mourinho celebrating back in 2007 when they beat us in
the final still make me sick.
Rafa's red revolution received a massive boost when they humiliated Utd on Sunday.
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....and the few after it? Evening Gooners. I hope you are feeling a lot better 24 hours or so
later. My disappointment of our Sunday performance was tangible. So much so that I forgot to talk
about the goalkeeping issue. However after applying some bonjela , following yesterday's write up,
it is time to discuss this.
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Hello Gooners. West Ham 2 Arsenal 2 it finished. Excuse the rage I'm feeling right now but I'll
try not to be downright acidic in my assessment in London Derby Number 2 against the Hammers.
Complacency, CarltonCole and Choking. 3 C's I said we needed to be wary of against the
Hammers.
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The third C-word to consider is choking. Can you have both 'choking' and 'complacency' in one
game. I believe you can. Hello, Gooners wherever in the world you are reading this. As promised
this is my second preview-ish post to the game against West Ham. Why two posts BEFORE a game?
Special games need special focus.
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