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Arseblog (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
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Good morning, a fine start to a new week for many of you. Round these parts there aren't too many Sp*rs fans. I play football with one on a Tuesday and when I told him I was going over for the game he said 'Oh dear, you've just wasted your money there'. Oh dear indeed. So he'll get some tomorrow night but I can imagine those of you returning to work today who live in much closer quarters to fans of...
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Arseblog (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
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Yesterday's game against Sp*rs raised so many questions for me. Having travelled that morning from Dublin knowing that Sp*rs were now stronger than us, I have to admit I was ever so worried. Robbie Keane surely wouldn't lie. Peter Crouch also had his tuppenceworth to throw in about the respective merits of both teams, suggesting that his was better than ours. He seems an amiable, honest chap. Why...
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For Girls Who Can't Do Football (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
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I woke up this morning on top of the world. Well 2nd in the Championship - which is much the same thing. OK we had played an extra game to most of those around us, so could only expect it to last a few hours. But even after this afternoon's play we are still third. Cardiff just below us have yet to play though but need to win to go above us. They are the only one's who could catch us though to stop...
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Arseblog (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
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Right then, it's one busy blog this morning so let's get right into it. Just moments, possibly seconds, after an article appeared on the official site with Lukasz Fabianski talking about how delighted he was to be back, another appeared advising us that Lukasz Fabianski would be out for three weeks . Apparently he's got some kind of a thigh injury. Honestly, I think footballers are a bit too brittle...
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Arseblog (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
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Another fun night of Carling Cup action at the Grove saw Arsenal go through to the quarter-finals with a 2-1 win over Liverpool. As expected the team was a mix of youth and experience. Nicklas Bendtner, Eduardo and Samir Nasri got minutes under their belt to get themselves fit, at the back Senderos and Sylvester provided a solid foundation while Lukasz Fabianski returned in goal. The surprise inclusion...
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
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The phrase 'political correctness gone mad' is overused. But I can't think of a better way of describing what is happening in Watford. Essentially, parents have been barred from public playgrounds in parks. Instead, they are forced to wait outside the railings whilst council-employed "play facilitators" assist the children. The council claim it is due to Ofsted regulations, although Ofsted...
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Ben Poole (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
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Just read this piece on the Guardian’s website. An English council is actually trying to ban parents from municipal playgrounds to “protect” children: Henry Porter, Paranoia in the playground . Madness.
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Heresy Corner (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
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By the Mayor of Watford, Dorothy Thornhill (LD) What has happened to the world!!! When a council fails to safeguard children they are, quite rightly pilloried in every newspaper. Yet, when we take a positive decision to safeguard children, by ensuring that all children left at a supervised play session are only left under the care of qualified CRB checked and legit staff, we get hounded for it! One...
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Arseblog (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
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After the late equaliser in the Champions League game last week the manager and a number of the players went on record saying we couldn't afford to be that sloppy again. We would have to learn from the mistake we made. Sadly for us that lesson hasn't been learned yet and while a draw away from home isn't a bad result on paper, the circumstances of yesterday's 2-2 with West Ham make the result most...
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SoccerBlog.com (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
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Chelsea go back to the top of the table with a 5 - 0 hammering of Blackburn. Watch Chelsea Highlights in Sports | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com...
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Arseblog (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
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Well by all accounts the AGM was a fairly uneventful affair. Arsene got a big birthday book, made a nice speech, Stan Kroenke was there and refused to talk and we got some little known facts about Gunnersaurus. Obviously a reflection of how things are at the club at the moment. On the pitch things are looking good, off the pitch things are looking good and there's unlikely to be controversy or difficulty...
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Mr Eugenides (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
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Image courtesy of Wacky Racists I have decided, upon mature reflection, that I have no interest in writing anything more about this wonky-faced spunktrumpet - a tuppence ha'penny demagogue, really little more than a poor man's Roderick Spode if ever there was one - or, for that matter, the Labour politicians who seem intent on shrieking with faux pant-wetting hysteria every time a TV camera passes,...
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Arseblog (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
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The Champions League group stages are not renowned for providing scintillating, exciting football and last night was no exception. A rather dull game looked like it was going to provide Arsenal with three points but there was an inevitability about AZ's late equaliser. Ronald Koemen said before the game that Arsenal had defects and although it took them 93 minutes to exploit one, exploit it they did....
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Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
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A late strike by substitute Mario Bolatti gave Argentina a 1-0 victory over 10-man Uruguay yesterday, punching the former’s ticket to the 2009 World Cup Finals in South Africa. Afterwards, the Guardian’s Marcela Mora y Araujo observed, “the Argentinian press has been more and more candid about its reservations…criticisms are dealt out more readily and [...]
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A Cultured Left Foot (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
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Anyone who doubted whether Arsenal would bother complaining about tapping up from Barcelona, received further evidence this morning as to why it is simply not worth it. According to The Guardian, FIFA is still investigating the allegations made against Jose Mourinho, Chelsea and Pini Zahavi over the meeting with Ashley Cole ahead of his transfer [...]
