Reply With QuoteAnd I missed itOriginally Posted by Tony C
I know it's weak opposition but we look so comfortable with the back 3...interested in the 2 young wing backs...major chance for them
And I missed it
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
Imagine you are an Australian and you support Arsenal.
Years you have watched them, dreaming that one day you might even go to N5 and see them. Then they come to Australia. "Blimey". You buy your match ticket and go along, head to toe in replica kit.
Then Danny fúcking Welbeck comes out.
I'm not sure I understand you. Danny Welbeck is an Arsenal player
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
You can't be an Arsenal supporter in Australia. I'm not having it.
Is the heady smell of horse shít and hot dogs in Avenell Rd doesn't live in your nostrils, you need to be supporting Melbourne United or summat.
Yes. I can remember when the idea of attending an Arsenal game would excite and energise me. The stink of the crowd and their quaint accents and turns of phrase seemed very heaven to me. Now it fills me with ennui and dread.
Have I changed or has it?
play the 1-1-1 formation
Northern Monkey ... who can't upload a bleeding Avatar
Both have changed, I suspect.
I am considering attending a game this season. An away game, in Europe, I think. Make a long weekend of it. The Netherlands, perhaps.
Word to the wise, guv. It's never going to turn out to have a happy ending, no matter how many times you read it.I largely am. I keep depressing myself by re-reading Douglas Murray's book.
No. I think I keep reading it as a prophylactic against false optimism.
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