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The Champions League. An Alternative Viewpoint
116 Responses to The Champions League. An Alternative Viewpoint
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Gööner In Exile says:
That’s bloody marvellous Terry!
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arnie says:
fantastic comedy, Terry. 🙂
when the going gets tough, the tough gets going. we have shown mettle in the past, in crucial away legs, let us see what mettle we have.
3-0 away to Monaco. easy peasy. 🙂
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Arnie, I hope you really mean 0 – 3 away to Monaco. 😀
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Thanks Terry you put, yet another, smile on my face.
When I think about the CL Final against Barcelona, I see TH14 closing in on goal with only the keeper to beat – only for him to miss………………..end of.
Oh what could have been if he’d scored???
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You’re a funny geezer Transplant, always put a smile on my face!
Just thinking about whether the boys will win the CL before I peg it… I f*cking hope so, but given my lifestyle they’d better do it soon 🙂
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GoonerB says:
Great post Sir Terrence. Can I suggest the bus you chased that made you think you were the fastest man that ever lived was in fact a telephone box. You must have wondered when you woke up the next morning Terry, only to find you were in exactly the same place as when you started chasing it………..the swingers club hostage crisis I can see being a more likely event.
I missed out on the whingeing after the game as I couldn’t get on in the week so it is a bit late to start now. I have heard how dreadful we were and how great they were. Some were saying it was the best away performance in the ECL ever….
What a load of rubbish. I will give them credit that they controlled the game from 1-0 and kept it tight countering well but it was as much that we played into their hands with that. Not excusing us our obvious faults, it took a lucky deflection to get them ahead and they hadn’t troubled us til then. That was also after we missed a multitude of chances.
The best defence ever?????? Rubbish, because a top striker would have put 5 past them in that game with the chances we created. They didn’t stop us creating chances it was just that we didn’t take them. That says more about us than it does about their great defence. That is the one positive we can take to the 2nd leg, that we did carve them open a few times. If we get our finishing in order we can put 4 or 5 past them IMO.
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Norfolk. 🙂 pedantics. any ROLF yet?
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Get rid of him…. 🙂
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WBA beating Southampton 1 – 0 at the moment…. ROLF arnie
Palace beat Wham 3 – 1…. ROLF arnie
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Northbank. 🙂 ROLF ROLF ROLF. 🙂
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thanks Terry, very funny post.
I am worse than over last Wednesday – I don’t care much and that is dangerous. Once I lose interest in something it’s forever. Small loss to the Arsenal, but how many other fans are equally disappointed?It was criminal to throw away such great an opportunity. We won’t get a better chance of winning. We thought it was our year
arnie – we won’t win 3:0 away – they will try like you seldom see them trying. but it is not happening
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Evonne. Aha, we said the same before Dortmund away, before Bayern away.
If there is one thing I have lernt in life from supporting the Arsenal it is this: never say die before you are dead and buried. COYG.
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no ROLF in the ManUre game then. 😦 bloody typical. red card and penalty. 😦
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it seems ref sent off wrong player as well 😛
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RA says:
Hi arnie, baby. 🙂
You said:- ‘never say die before you are dead and buried’
The thing is; you could never say die after you are dead and buried — unless you are a zombie like Terry. 🙂
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The Scots and the Frenchies have the best national anthems – [come on you French rugger buggers.] 🙂
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always expect Redders to spot the fine print. 🙂 “never say die” it is then! 😛
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stevepalmer1 says:
Evening all, Comical post Terry.
I see one or two feel our Champions league is over for another season, Strangely i bumped into a mate and his wife while shopping this morning who has a season ticket, I asked him if he was there the other night, where he gave me a half an hour of how bad we were. He said that he felt it was one of the worst games he has witnessed in his 20 years as a season ticket man.I felt that by that statement, what he was really saying was that he expected us to be winning this one. A defeat at home when expected to win, in a competition that we haven’t been that successful in, can be grossly exaggerated by many caring Gooners.
I tried to explain that this is only the first leg and we can still turn this tie round, He reckoned yes there is a chance but cannot see a side at home who don’t give much away, conceding the amount of goals needed,and us not conceding with our present defence.
He was still uptight over the result so i thought i would leave it at that and let them go about their shopping. I suppose many Gooners are feeling the same way, but i do honestly feel that its not all over for us this season.
Arsenal are Jekyll and Hyde this season, what team will turn up has us all scratching our heads. Many games we have had, has turned out to be different to what we expected, but i still have belief in this team.
Wenger will not think its over, he knows that a loss in Monaco will get the black scarf’s and banners out again. But in all honesty he must be feeling that we have a steep hill to climb. I have seen what this team can do when they put their minds to it, and we need one of those games on the day.
I am hoping for a lifting win this week to build confidence and to keep us in third place. Now’s the time for a spell of form, hopefully Wenger will pick the right team tomorrow, 3 points will go a long way to lift the players and supporters spirits. I still have faith and feel we can go through, and i expect real effort to propel us to the next draw.
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chas says:
Arsenal trying to win the Champions League………….
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mickydidit89 says:
Not bloody likely, Chas
This is where we were today. Miserable, although looks quite nice now the wind has dropped and we’re home 😦
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Transplant
Comic Legend.
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Now I’m better post Wednesday, of course we can win 3-0 there
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Looks quite nice at Putsborough. Plenty of backdoor action.
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ha ha,
Talking of backdoor action, the world surf thingies start again in March -
Is the denial erection flag in honour of my 3-0?
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“Plenty of backdoor action”. 😆
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Oh blimey, not you as well 🙂
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Just looked up final scores and it gave the world cup cricket final.
Kiwis by a run or wicket? Sounds like it was a close finish and exciting -
Great read Terry.
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No, it was in honour of Roger East but if the cap fits…… 🙂
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I presume you meant final score rather than ‘world cup cricket final’. it was only a pool A game but exciting nonetheless by the sounds of it.
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Nope, I thought it was the final 🙄
In fairness, they do play a lot of tournaments
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a wicket
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Oh major shitballs
14:05 KO, and we’re going to a beach bbq brunch 50th at 11:30 -
You’re taking the piss now Arnie
It ended hours ago, even I know that -
Haha, that was the answer to your question (as if you didn’t know 🙂 )
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🙂
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Excellent and hypnotic video.
(BR, if you don’t like the effete Northern music, just watch the video with some druid chanting or whatever in the background) 🙂
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Don’t know what you two are on, or on about
Checked football scores and it said Australia got 157 and Kiwis got 158-9, so they won and you can’t have another wicket -
That is a great vid
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Question: “Kiwis by a run or wicket?”
Answer: “a wicket” -
Did you bunk off when it was cricket term at DidIt’s “Little School” ?
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Long Stop
Hated itScoring one run more than the opposition sounds an awful lot like winning by one run to me
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You can only win by one run if you bat first.
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Loving the vines
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Was it vickery?
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Maybe they batted first Mr Clever
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I’m finding this pretty funny. I’m sure the guy wasn’t seriously hurt.
The support he gets from his mates is priceless. -
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Do you mean the rugger chum when you say Vickery?
If so, no. I’ll email you a pic of him with Oscar and see if you can guess
Don’t say his name on here -
Ok, I won’t say a word.
I was trying to be cryptic with my question but failing miserably obviously. -
Vickery does live near here, but I’ve never him
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Oh f*ck off Ally ha ha ha ha
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Chas
Check your emails before you do any more research -
ok nite all
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hmmm. handbags? seemed perfectly innocuous, but dont know what happened there.
question is, will England’s bowling withstand the pressure?
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and NO is the answer. 😦
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Old Farm Derby today. Shame it kicks off same time as Arsenal
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Old Farm Derby 🙂 🙂
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Match Day….whoop whoop
Attack attack attack. Bit like scoring one more run than them in cricket, we need all goal scorers on the pitch today
If The Ox doesn’t start, I’m Wenger Outing 🙂
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Haha, I thought Old Farm Derby was a typo until I looked it up,
Also on today’s menu……………………
dippers v light blue oilers
chavs v spuds MM final (not wearing colours, London could get tasty in parts)
Ireland v England in the rugby
Small possibility of some ant and ducking, too, as we’re on the train. -
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ha ha ha
I love it that someone spends time making a heli-pad for their dog
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Olivier Giroud wears a football boot on his right peg?
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“Did you have a good weekend?”
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How have the Arsenal Foundation actually managed to make those boots look like clown shoes 😀
In seriousness I don’t get modern football boots, what was so wrong with 6 screw in studs? And a nice black and white kangaroo leather boot with a good coating of dubbing (or Vaseline was my choice) to keep the water and mud off?
I struggle to believe these blades help players turn quicker or that they are more stable.
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Or shoot straight 🙂
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Still the best boot
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Or these if you had slimmer foot:
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Ok, let’s play a game. Reasons why this might not be the right kind of game for £100k+ a week Theo Walcott. I’ll go first:
The opposition might wear blue?
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The grass might be mown in a check pattern?
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I don’t notice goalie gloves much these days but for my choice would be these:
They used to cost as much as boots and I’d get through three pairs a season which club paid for.
And then shin pads? This is all you need to be compliant, hated those with the ankle guards as they ruined fit of boot and no straps:
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Micky….he is not as good as Alexis or Ozil.
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Stop being sensible Exile 🙂
Three pairs of gloves a season!! So a really crap defence then?
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He’s shit?
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Because no-one else agrees that Danny is miles better than Ollie as CF, I’ve given up on that campaign, and now moved on to “Theo through the middle” 🙂
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First pair of gloves were done by September due to rock hard pitches removing all latex.
Second pair of gloves gone by Easter, third pair ruined in April May by hard pitches again.
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Where’s the early pre-match, BR? 🙂
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Right, bus to catch to train station.
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You know the answer very well, Chas.
Rasp is busy first thing in the morning, and last night was The Festival of The Eleventh Age, thus ruling out an early start for The Hippy.
Ok, break the fast, chop wood for the beach bbq, and hopefully pop back for an Eddie Tale of The Unexpected 🙂
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Morning All,
Nice day for it.
Went to see Kraftwerk last night. Don’t usually see any band without a guitar but made an exception due to a free ticket and 3rd row seats.
As we entered the auditorium we were handed 3D glasses – a worrying start particularly as I have given up psychotropic assistance but I was wrong, they were excellent – really excellent.
Now to think about the PM. Not inspired as yet – need motivation and a theme.
Back later
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Kraftwerk the antidote to expressive dance music.
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More coffee needed.
Does he start Giroud, what with all the confidence stuff?
My guess is being French as well as a ponce, Arsene will have to play this one sensitively. I’ll make the assumption OG remains his first choice CF, and this being case, I reckon he’ll start.
The Ox will certainly start, and I’d drop both Fritz’ as those are less of confidence issues.
Bring back the hard workers. Easter, Ox, Mozart all in for me.
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Who thought of Paul Easter. Was it NB? Genius
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chas mobile says:
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Is this a good time to stiffen up and add Chambers to the midfield, what with Arteta and Flamini both being unwell?
Looking forward to seeing the Raddy line up
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Always a good time to stiffen up.
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I!ve been stiff for years.
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There were no parking attendants with DMs this morning.
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We might manage double figures today…but in what?
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Ah ha, the boys are back 🙂
Never mix your drinks, say some
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We used to be called “The Boys” 45 years ago but not recently so thanks Micky.
We’ve just had a free tea.. That will be the killer.
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Need to get the comment count up and the quality down.. Result!
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Those are seriously crap seats for 1st Class
Mind you, I suppose for Northerners they’ll do 🙂
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First class has been overrun by chavs from Donny with ringtones of songs Micky doesn’t know… And high pitch coarse voices like Alan Ball.
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Ok, enjoy the game and the journey fellas
Hoping to make it back for 2nd half and the goal rush
Bye
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I might be able to stand up at by the second half M.
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Where’s the PM oh holy hippy!
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New Post (you ingrates)
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8:30 am and Chas can’t hold camera still to reveal the beers. I know the EPA is good, not sure about the Strongbow-alike and Heineken-alike tins
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They’re cheap and do the trick, Puffin
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For us, the Champions League is just like life, one big f*ucking disapointment
With Wengers early teams, we had the players, but somehow we were shit. Bit like dreams as a kid. Becoming a millionaire, shagging everything in sight, and finding out your the illegitimate son of Frank Mclintock
But no. Those Bergkamp/Adams/Viera sides flopped. More a case of bailiffs, not been able to find your appendage, and discovering your old man is Paul Daniels.
Yet, in 2006 we reached the final with arguablyy one of Arsene’s weakest sides. We hardly let in a goal and all this whilst playing Senderos at the back?. Its akin to being in your twenties and finding out that whilst chasing a bus your actually the fastest man that ever lived. A year later your doing a Puma commercial chasing the 102 down Bounds Green high road.
Tragicaly we lost the final. We were robbed. I will always insist that the wanker dived to get poor Jens sent off.
In the last few years we’ve had the hardest draws, Barca and Munich for f*uks sake? Deep down we all knew we had it. Reminds me of when I mouthed off for a year what I would do to the ex in the divorce court, whilst all the time secretly planning what colour I wanted the bedroom painted back at my mum and dad’s house.
And now Monaco at home? No disrespect, but their small time. That big Jessie they have as Regent, Prince Albert or something? I know more about him than there bloody team, and that’s only because I once heard a rumour he sent Julian Clary some tight trousers.
And what is Berbatov doing playing for them? He looked like rigor mortis set in years ago, probably to many “interesting” conversations with Glen Hoddle, yet he’s still playing?
We seem cursed in this bloody champions league. Liverpool, Utd, and worse of all, Chelsea have all won it by fluke. Yet we are more tormented than an uninvited bachelor living next door to a swingers club
Yet, we live in hope. Second leg to come and there is always next year
We have to win it soon, its driving me mad. If not, don’t be surprised to hear in the news about… man holds swinger club members hostage. Tells police his demands include all members have sex with him, though admits he’s confused, And would like large pepperoni pizza with ham topping-has special offer voucher
written by Terry Mancini’s Hair Transplant