Wolves, Drinking and The Gunners Pub

Bonjour a tous les gens lovely vous - Roi Henri le 12e a returnes!!!!!

Is there really any other picture????

Subject to insurance deals etc etc - I'm sure knowing how tight Wenger is he will have gone to Go Compare and looked at 3rd party fire and theft and there won't be enough cover at all! ( bit like the squad in certain positions!!)

If all the T's are crossed and I's dotted i can't see it doing much harm BUT its a bit like the little Dutch boy sticking his finger in the hole in the dam - We need a long term solution to our lack of firepower up front - simples ( And that Meerkat can do one and sharpish - old Arshavin). I did mention a couple of weeks ago that if he signed it looks like he would make his debut against Leeds in the Fa Cup on the 9th Jan 2012 - Wenger has come out and said that Henry is 2 weeks away from full fitness - so if he's already been training down at London Colney then that should be about right. Just a shame game is on a Monday night - Fa Cup should be Saturdays or at worst a Sunday - always nice to see 9000 Leeds fans on a weekend round London!!!!

Onto other news - bit of a mixed up blog ( bit self indulgent as well - apologies)  as Christmas and all that has meant days drinking, eating, farting, sleeping and snoring - and that's just the Mrs - so haven't felt the urge to get on the old typewriter but I'm here at 5am on the day of the QPR game.

Wolves and the pre match stuff

Looking back to the Wolves game and the pre match entertainment - rather than The Eaglet, members of the Eaglet Arsenal Supporters Club ( albeit short in numbers - lots of thumbs on foreheads methinks!! you know who you are)  made the short trip up the Blackstock Road on the 27th, with a couple of friends ( Will and Stacey)  for a pre match pint or two at The Gunners Pub (Link) - had always been planned to meet the founder of the newly formed Texas West Arsenal Team Supporters club ( or  T.W.A.T. S.c for short). Gabby (that's a Mr even though he has a girls name) and his stunning assistant Audrey had flown all the way from the States and were old friends



T.W.A.T.S.c (Gabby left of big ginger bloke, Audrey 1st right of big ginger bloke)

The Away Boyz were playing so the Americans were introduced to our cultured taste in modern music, as well as copious amounts of alcohol - Away Boyz, alcohol, smoking, swearing - just all rolls into one and seems to go hand in hand. Got in the Pub for 12  and began more bloody festivities. Pub sooned filled up and nice to see some old faces and a few fellas from The Eaglet and of course big Nate - lovely man who insist on buying everyone Jager bombs - most people shake hands when meeting - not Nate - its a Jager Bomb!!!!! More people showed up - Puggy, Kym ( yep another bloke with a girls name) young Dan Bailey and a big ginger bloke ( another Dan but a top fella - shared a single bed with him at 98 world cup in Marseille - won't go into that!!)

Chaps singing and Al Murray

With the alcohol flowing  and the Away Boyz in full voice, the atmosphere was beginning to build nicely for the game - with the emphasis on the need to take all 3 points - especially with all but Man Utd drawing.

Isn't it great how beer can make everything rosy and that Wolves would be there for the taking and 3 points would be ours!!! Those that know me know that no amount of alcohol will ever make a game appear easy - i am Mr Pessimistic, from 23 Pessimistic Street,  St Pessimistic, Pessimisticshire.

So at 2.55pm we left the pub to make the short journey to The Emirates and our seats  - block 6 , 2 rows behind the away dug out.

Away Fans

Got to be honest Wolves - you didn't take your full allocation - i know its Christmas and all that, but that bloke Aslef kindly put the game back a day to give you a day to recover from all your excessive eating etc so the least you could do was fill your end!!! Not great vocal support either - ( but then neither were we!!)


The Game

We started brightly, from what i could see though my beer goggles and on the 8th minute, great ball from Benayoun put Gervinhohoho through and we all waited for him to drill the ball into the keeper, but no - took it round the keeper and slotted it coolly home. With a few changes to the line up, it appeared that we became majorly complacent and it became too easy. A frustrating and annoying habit that has affected us over the years - a soft side to us - and we sort of sat back.




too much xmas pud gervinhohoho


Have to say it again - but we need to build up the atmosphere in that place - Wolves were flat, we were flat - we are not the worlds greatest team that the world has ever seen - change the record.

And so it proved with a miss placed clearance from  Djourou, a miss placed shot from Hunt and a header from Fletcher drew the teams level - when was the last time we saw a well worked goal from the opposition??

I'm not going to go on about the 2nd half - but we could still be out their now and wouldn't have scored!! Substitutions were strange to say the least - Arshavin especially - as I'm bored of saying it now - he doesn't want to be there - or he does a bloody good impression of it - where was the Ox again??

Missed chances, great goal keeping and heroic defending - and all i can say is fair play to Wolves - came for a point and got one - and down to 10 men - not pretty - which brings me on to this chap

Mick                                       Sam

Where we sit - the away dug out can get some stick - won't mention names but it can be quite amusing - but it always has a habit of slapping you back in the face - but to be fair to the bloke from Sesame Street he took it well and even responded with a blown kiss to the chief perpetrator of the banter ( he sits next to me!!) and a " well he slept with your mrs" and a wink when the rather fat and bald kit man was getting some good natured abuse BUT BUT BUT Mick you ruined it all with that EMBARRASSING press conference this week  when you "presented" a whinge about not getting the red card rescinded - bore off you big nosed bore - EMBARRASSING - you got your well earned point - end of!!!

Right mes amis - i have the attention span of a gnat - so im off for a cup of tea - its now 06.58am - quick run, shower, shave and you know what - on the train and in the pub for 12pm  for the QPR game today - A MUST WIN GAME AGAIN and the return of the most obnoxious man in football Joey Deacon Barton

Come and join the Eaglet Arsenal Supporters Club at the  The Eaglet Pub directions - i believe a real big nose eaglet might be joining us today - well its a Parratt - Jake. We will be sat in the corner by the ladies toilets as usual!!!

One Direction ( grand dads)

 Up the Arse and a Happy New Year

Arsenal v Everton, 125 years and a bloody good drink!!!

Hello All,

Apologies for the delay in posting the write up from the weekend  - was quite a heavy one as you can imagine - what with the Arsenal playing Everton,  the 125 year anniversary celebrations, coinciding with the Eaglet Arsenal Supporters Club Christmas drink up and a party in the evening, spent most of Sunday calling God on the great white telephone!!!!

All in all, with the unveiling of the statues to the legends, the game itself, Chris #Foy(s)  who himself must deserve a statue after single handedly beating Spurs, it must have been old Harry boy who was the only unhappy one



Harry in happier times

 The day started well with the short train trip down from Potters Par to Finsbury Park, ( with the crew from London Colney including Mr Maguire and pal) then a stroll down the tree lined cobbled avenue of the Seven Sisters Road, inhaling the rustic aroma  of  -----------how do i describe it without getting into too much trouble?? Well, those that have taken that trip will know - at certain times of the day, just a deep breath and you could float all the way down that particular road - must be something they put in the hanging baskets???

Strolled into the Eaglet about 12.15pm and the pathfinder Scott L had been there since 11am and appeared quite jovial!! Met up with the quiet and retiring @nate_adeyemi (on twitter) who kindly bought the chaps a round of Jager Bombs - what a pleasant way to begin proceedings!! As you can imagine by the time the  Away Boyz came on stage we were in fine voice!!


The Eaglet 7th Male Voice Choir ( Any Impey has Guinness for a head!! wheres isWill i is?)

The idea was that we would get down to The Emirates for 2.15pm but the pub locked the doors and kept us in!!!!! - so we eventually strolled in around 2.55pm which for us is early - its what Saturdays are all about. ( Did manage to catch a glimpe of Thierry's statue - nice, but smaller than i thought)

Hello Sailor


Missed most of the celebrations but sitting so close to the away dug out and tunnel got to see most of the legends ( nice to see Charlie George and his bastard hair cut!! - but what a player)

The Game, The Fans - home and away

The back 4 picked itself ( in my opinion) with 4 centre halfs - howver Vermaelen has played at left back before. The rest was the same as previous 5/6 league games. Everton, despite their lack of goals had a pretty attacking line up - with the Russian with the long name (iverbollockoff or something like that) and Coleman on the flanks, with the dangerous Cahill supporting Saha, the lone striker.

To be fair, it was The Arsenal that started stronger and could and possibly should have been 2 up before half time -  Arteta feeding Walcott , who crossed  for Gervinho, ( i think the ball was slightly behind him) who may have scored. Then Gervinho put though by Song(?) -  one on one was never going to score - not in current vein of form - I reckon if Tim Howard had moved 50 yards to the left of his goal Gervinhohoho would still have hit him (harsh? Possibly!).

Ramsey, spun in the box  and stroked a left foot shot that narrowly went over Tim Howards bar - and that was about it for the first half.

Home fans - after a bright start and nice to see the ground so full - went a bit flat - again, it was a case of wait and see, we will win - Everton fans - took the full allocation as usual and to be fair gave Arteta a great ovation as he went to take a corner - were noisy to start with - then urged on by our quietness decided to follow suit!!!

2nd half was a vert cagey affair with neither side really creating any clear cut chances and it was left to the man of the moment, Mr RVP, to power home, off the keepers left hand post, a stupendous left foot volley following a lovely flighted pass from the impressive Song.

Orgasmic?

Tim ( sh#t, bo##ocks, tw#t,m#nge)  Howard didn't move - a great goal and fitting that the likes of Henry, George and Wright were there to witness it.

Few scarey moment towards the end when a leprechaun nearly equalised - but the unbeaten league run continues!

After Game

Back to the pub and the party began - Away Boyz were on again Away Boyz In Eaglet After Game - every one got very scary - copius amounts were drunk, we celebrated - some of us might make it to the 150th celebrations but i doubt it - not with our livers!! 

 Must tip my hat to the Norwegian Supporter who travels from Norway to every home game, who joined in the drinks and the dancing - top marks. And to all the Arsenal fans in The Eaglet who were all in top voice - Thanks God we won

Mr Impey and the Chuckle Brothers, Jay and Min made it to Upper Street, Young Dan B and Dan  others went to St Albans  and carried on the celebrations - i ended up with Mrs Talkingoutherarse at some drunken party!!

Future Events

Man $ity v Arsenal Sunday 16th Dec

Aston Villa v Arsenal Wednesday 21st Dec

Next Home game - Boxing Day v Wolves - see you all down The Eaglet if not before

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