Good Reads
July 8, 2009
Never expected to write this much pre-season, but I suppose it isn’t such a bad thing. For those of you who are bored stiff without the football, here are two great reads I can recommend. The first is Arseblog’s exclusive interview with Ivan Gazidis. I don’t know how he does it. Good on you Arseblogger! The next is Myles Palmer’s ANR. Ok, ok, hear me out before you start swearing at me. The ANR archives have been uploaded on the ANR site and it is really a good read. They go all the way back to 1995, so lot’s to re-live. My favourite was the earliest available post by Ian Grant pre-season 1995. Bergkamp had just signed and, get this, Alan Sugar labels him a mercenary who wouldn’t stay long after he got a few kicks, and wouldn’t be as great as Klinsmann! Yes, it did make me laugh! Oh the joys of hindsight! Another was a match review of our first ever game against Mourinho’s Chelsea. We were missing key players but we still managed to outplay them and draw 2-2. I remember watching the game live in a small Karen village called Mae Lai. I remember thinking our stand-in midfield partnership had out-played theirs. It was Fab and Flam. Remember this was almost 5 years ago!
July 8, 2009 at 9:42 pm
The Arseblog exclusive with Gazidis is simply awesome. It is ground-breaking for any blog and just shows how highly-regarded Arseblog is.
Yes, I remember that game clearly. What a game! Flamini was great that night and that showed what was to come. Although he was converted to left-back after that during our run to the 2006 final.
I like the part about Alan Sugar. What a sad guy with a sad club haha… Yes, I agree ANR i an interesting read, although I’m finding it hard to agree with him on certain things.
July 9, 2009 at 8:39 am
Yep, Arseblog even has the UK newspapers referrencing. First on the Gazidis interview, then some even ran his fake Adebayor brochure. Hilarious!
July 9, 2009 at 10:49 am
Indeed, the Adebayor brochure is simply classic!
Arseblog simply sets the benchmark for all gooner blogs.