Soccer

Arsenal Demolish Porto In The Champion’s League

5:35 am and the Arsenal-Porto match just ended with a final score of 5-0 (to win on aggregate 6-2) to move on to the Last Eight of the Champion’s League.
Before the match all the talk was about Arsenal losing the first leg in Portugal 2-1 and they’ve never won a second leg after losing the [...]

Stoke City, Ryan Shawcross And Aaron Ramsey’s Broken Leg

Last night’s match between Stoke and Arsenal is going to be one match I never forget, for the wrong reasons.
I didn’t watch a Birmingham game 2 years ago when Eduardo’s leg got broken in a similar fashion, but when I watched the players’ reactions after the tackle – Thomas Vermaelen sitting on the ground looking [...]

Arsenal: Disappointing Yet Again

For the first time in the years I’ve been supporting Arsenal, I’m feeling really disappointed in them – more specifically with Arsene Wenger.
There were signs that after 5 years without a trophy this could be it, but in the span of a few games we’ve been knocked out of the FA cup and on a [...]

Arsenal: Top Of The League

Arsenal: Top Of The League

I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve seen Arsenal at the top of the table or how long they’ll remain there or if they’ll be there when it matters (on the final day of the season) but for now, I’m happy to savour it.
It’s even sweeter when by 28 minutes the Gunners were [...]

Thoughts On The Porto – Arsenal Champion’s League Game

First off, I have to say, as an Arsenal fan that hasn’t watched a game in four months, even watching them lose 2-0 on a 13 inch screen with fuzzy players and Portuguese commentary was a joy.
Arsenal came into this game already qualifying for the next round of Champion’s League football, so it was a [...]

In Celebration Of Arsenal’s Victory… An Ad!

This is from Moby’s blog (one of the few I subscribe to for non-serious content, worth checking out). A great Nike ad from the perspective of the player.
The perspective of an Arsenal player!
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I think it’s friggin awesome. Nike really knows which team to pick

Donuts, Soccer And Friends

Sorry I’ve not been updating this blog. Lots of stuff happening over at uniquefrequency that I had to deal with first.
So over the weekend we had the big 4 of Manchester United vs Liverpool and Chelsea vs Arsenal. Some of the SMUBE people came over. Here are some pics from the event:

The Donuts (from E-Donut)

LN [...]