There’s been much discussion lately over the use of scouts, data analysis and dare I mention them, agents as the best way to assess players and transfer targets. When it comes to goalkeepers, most people will point immediately to the number of clean sheets achieved over a season and as a keeper advances in years, […]
Monthly Archive for August, 2020
The season that seemed to last forever…with a very happy ending: Book II
Posted in Club History on Aug 8th, 2020
Part 3 – The Basque Saviour? Mikel Arteta was a well-timed present from the Arsenal hierarchy to a disgruntled fan base. He was appointed just before Christmas and his first game in charge was at Bournemouth on Boxing Day. For us Holics it was a sombre time. After several months of increasingly poor health we […]
A season that seemed to last forever…with a very happy ending: Book I
Posted in Club History on Aug 5th, 2020
When it was decided that I should write the initial end-of-season review for a blog created in mid-season following the death of our great friend and inspiration, Dave “Goonerholic” Faber, I did, as is my wont, consider a number of ways of approaching it. Simple chronology would be a bit bland for a season that […]
One-nil down, two-one up – this one’s for the Goonerholic
Posted in Match Report on Aug 2nd, 2020
It seemed so strange not to be there. We have had five Wembley Cup Finals since 2011. I’ve been lucky enough to have been at all of them. The ritual was engrained. Early travel to Wembley, couple of beers, dinner on the way home. So many pictures were on social media before the game, including […]
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