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Arse (n.) = an Arsenal player or fan Arse drivel (n.) = crap spouting by the press about Arsenal, usually about the team's imminent demise Arsenalicious (adj.) = pertaining to footballing greatness and style Arsquire [Arsq.] (n.) = honorary title given to esteemed Arses (eg. Mr. Fredrik Ljungberg, Arsquire) arsetimate (vb.) = to consider the strength of an Arsenal side arsewiped (adj.) = injured intercescuality (n.) = when a midfielder, usually of prodigious talent, is able to seamlessly fill in for Fabregas Invinciblitis (n.) = acute nostalgia for the Invincibles era Le Prof-iteering (n.) = the buying and selling of players at a huge profit Theo (vb.) = to hurry, or move very rapidly (eg. Will you please Theo up, we're going to be late for the match) Young Gun (n.) = member of the Arsenal youth team. Any Arsenal player under the age of 21 Head on for a full Lexicon of Arse.
Tag Archives: Premier League
Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool: Sluggish Arsenal Get Exactly What They Deserve
As Robin Van Persie slotted home an immensely late penalty and the Emirates erupted I had a headline all ready to go for today’s blog; ‘Still Alive, But So, So Lucky’. And lucky is exactly what we would have been … Continue reading
Arsenal Blast Away New Year Blues
Posted by Sonuvagun I imagine most of you are feeling pretty groggy today, and if you had as many vodka and Red Bulls as I did you may also have watched the Arsenal game curled up under a blanket with … Continue reading
Arsenal 3-1 Chelsea: Not A Cheese Induced Dream
Posted by SmartArse It’s been two days since we beat Chelsea and I’m delighted to find that the whole thing wasn’t some dairy induced dream caused by a monumental intake of Brie around Christmas. In fact, we didn’t just beat … Continue reading
Posted in Match Report
Tagged Alex Song, Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea, Premier League, Theo Walcott
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Arsenal 2-1 Fulham: Starting To Swoon For Sublime Samir
Posted by SmartArse During last week’s horror show against Braga my usually reasonable Dad, in a rare fit of hysteria, yelled angrily at the tellybox that Cesc Fabregas was our only world-class player and nobody else was fit to wear … Continue reading
Posted in Match Report
Tagged Alex Song, Andrey Arshavin, Fulham, Premier League, Samir Nasri
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Cash 0 – 3 Class: Ade, What's The Score?
Posted by SmartArse What a massive win. It was hugely important not only to register our first win against the current top four in ten games, but also to make sure that the gap between us and Chelsea is still … Continue reading
Posted in Match Report
Tagged Emmanuel Adebayor, Lukasz Fabianski, Manchester City, Premier League, Samir Nasri
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Arsenal Give Brummies The Blues
Well that’s what I call a good weekend! Not only did we collect all three points after conceding a poor goal, but Aston Villa held Chelsea to a draw whilst Man U are increasingly looking like a team on the … Continue reading
Arsenal Shocked… and Shocking!
Posted by Sonuvagun Hang Manuel Almunia, sack Arsene Wenger, chop off Diaby’s legs… there’s a lot of Arseteria in the blogosphere this morning, as well there might be after yesterday’s disastrous performance against the (supposedly) lowly Baggies. You probably watched … Continue reading
Top Six Transfer Window Comparison; A Rebuttal To John Cross
Posted by SmartArse “Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp…made – and succeeded with – an audacious move for Rafael van der Vaart. Chelsea spent big, Manchester City, too and Manchester United spent more. All of Arsenal’s title rivals strengthened. Arsenal didn’t.” So … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis + Tactics, Opinion, Transfer Talk
Tagged Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, man united, Premier League, Tottenham, transfer window
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Suck On That, Fat Sam!
Posted by Sonuvagun Splash splash splash inhale splash splash splash exhale splash splash splash. Hear that ye doubters? That was the sound of Arsenal swimming… Blackburn at home. This game was billed by many, including us at COTA, as the … Continue reading
Karma Police Come Calling For Pepe Reina As Arsenal Sneak Draw
Posted by SmartArse Phew. Well we got away with that one didn’t we? Really didn’t look like we were going to score until Pepe Reina rather generously decided to hand us a draw and join the growing brigade of keepers … Continue reading