Optimistic Ows...

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Not the bookies' favourite but I predict Arsenal will win the Premier League this season. 



Chart from Statista 

Follow-up comment in the comments :-(

Optimistic Ows...

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Not the bookies' favourite but I predict Arsenal will win the Premier League this season. 

Chart from Statista 

Follow-up comment in the comments :-(

Optimistic Ows...

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Not the bookies' favourite but I predict Arsenal will win the Premier League this season. 

Chart from Statista

Overdue obeisance II...

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At last the clock has been reset! 3-2 AET

Overdue obeisance II...

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At last the clock has been reset! 3-2 AET

Often overlooked...

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Oh well, springing to the defence of A.C.E. Wenger again: yesterday's 6-0 trouncing in AWs 1000th game as manager of Arsenal was a bitter pill and has brought out all the bile and shit again; amazingly - as any footy statistician now knows - 50 percent of the EPL goals Arsenal have conceded this season have been in just 3 away games; what's more, all 3 were early kick-offs, hmmm. However, as I have written before, Arsene Wenger has overseen a team that for 17 seasons has averaged better than 3rd position (2.65); for 17 seasons the club has had European football with only Real Madrid beating Arsenal for consecutive seasons reaching the 2nd stage of the Champions League ...and, the cherry on the top is the table below (obviously AF had more than 1000 games at Manure but the comparison is with the first thousand). [edited 23/03/14] These are all things a whinging Portuguese parvenu - at a club that has had 12 managers in the same time - whose minions cherry-pick clubs for him to move on to as he is too scared to hang around for too long at the same club for fear of failure, can only dream of...oh well, feeling better this morning..

Often overlooked...

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Oh well, springing to the defence of A.C.E. Wenger again: yesterday's 6-0 trouncing in AWs 1000th game as manager of Arsenal was a bitter pill and has brought out all the bile and shit again; amazingly - as any footy statistician now knows - 50 percent of the EPL goals Arsenal have conceded this season have been in just 3 away games; what's more, all 3 were early kick-offs, hmmm. However, as I have written before, Arsene Wenger has overseen a team that for 17 seasons has averaged better than 3rd position (2.65); for 17 seasons the club has had European football with only Real Madrid beating Arsenal for consecutive seasons reaching the 2nd stage of the Champions League ...and, the cherry on the top is the table below (obviously AF had more than 1000 games at Manure but the comparison is with the first thousand). [edited 23/03/14] These are all things a whinging Portuguese parvenu - at a club that has had 12 managers in the same time - whose minions cherry-pick clubs for him to move on to as he is too scared to hang around for too long at the same club for fear of failure, can only dream of...oh well, feeling better this morning..

OptaJoe offering...

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5 - Reading are the first ever team in the either the League Cup or FA Cup to score five goals and lose the game. History.

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 30, 2012

OptaJoe gives the stat: unbelievable and not a bad evening's entertainment...WTF! If you left at 4-0 or 4-1 (and many of you did) then I hope you are really cheesed off right now.

OptaJoe offering...

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5 - Reading are the first ever team in the either the League Cup or FA Cup to score five goals and lose the game. History.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 30, 2012

OptaJoe gives the stat: unbelievable and not a bad evening's entertainment...WTF! If you left at 4-0 or 4-1 (and many of you did) then I hope you are really cheesed off right now.

Ocular occamy...

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[Edited - 'dead' image removed] Purple Reign? Certainly no purple patch? Arsenal are probably doing better than last year but not lighting many fires yet: all the new additions are playing well enough, especially Cazorla, but the Gunners are still waiting for their first goal of the season. Two games, two points: average possession 65%, goals for/against: 0/0, corners for/against: 18/0 attempts on goal for against: 39/11.


occamy: n. - alloy imitating silver or gold.

Ocular occamy...

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[Edited - 'dead' image removed] Purple Reign? Certainly no purple patch? Arsenal are probably doing better than last year but not lighting many fires yet: all the new additions are playing well enough, especially Cazorla, but the Gunners are still waiting for their first goal of the season. Two games, two points: average possession 65%, goals for/against: 0/0, corners for/against: 18/0 attempts on goal for against: 39/11.
occamy: n. - alloy imitating silver or gold.

Ocular occamy...

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Purple Reign? Certainly no purple patch? Arsenal are probably doing better than last year but not lighting many fires yet: all the new additions are playing well enough, especially Cazorla, but the Gunners are still waiting for their first goal of the season. Two games, two points: average possession 65%, goals for/against: 0/0, corners for/against: 18/0 attempts on goal for against: 39/11.

occamy: n. - alloy imitating silver or gold.

Ows opines IV...

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Ows views on a few things and what's what in the news:

1. Ryanair in trouble again over ads (see image, left), they've been here before so obviously know an effective way to get far more 'advertising' for their money.

2. The Falklands are British but at a push they are more French than Argentine so FUCK OFF Sean Penn (he of closeness to Hugo and Fidel) you midget lefty twat.[DT]

3. The 'planned' war with Iran is "on course" even down to the cliché of discovered passports on arrested bombers [NYT].

4. The various chapters of the Greek tragedy (a comedy of errors?) continue but has taken a very EU fascist turn: "In the hours before the vote, the cabinet lost six ministers; 40 dissenting MPs were stripped of their party membership and so excluded from re-election. As part of the deal, there will be new elections in two months' time." WTF? [Independent]

5. I will have my eyes closed as Arsenal enter their most important couple of weeks of the season: Champions League is back and Arsenal visit Milan in last 16 of Champions League then FA cup vs. Sunderland where we scrapped a win in the league last weekend and then near-neighbours and arch rivals Spuds in the league hoping to cement the finger-nail grip on 4th place. My eternal optimism is under great pressure as a re-run of the last few seasons looks imminent (mind you, the first week of September I bet on a top 4 finish, I doubt many did).

Ows opines IV...

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Ows views on a few things and what's what in the news:
1. Ryanair in trouble again over ads (see image, left), they've been here before so obviously know an effective way to get far more 'advertising' for their money.
2. The Falklands are British but at a push they are more French than Argentine so FUCK OFF Sean Penn (he of closeness to Hugo and Fidel) you midget lefty twat.[DT]
3. The 'planned' war with Iran is "on course" even down to the cliché of discovered passports on arrested bombers [NYT].
4. The various chapters of the Greek tragedy (a comedy of errors?) continue but has taken a very EU fascist turn: "In the hours before the vote, the cabinet lost six ministers; 40 dissenting MPs were stripped of their party membership and so excluded from re-election. As part of the deal, there will be new elections in two months' time." WTF? [Independent]
5. I will have my eyes closed as Arsenal enter their most important couple of weeks of the season: Champions League is back and Arsenal visit Milan in last 16 of Champions League then FA cup vs. Sunderland where we scrapped a win in the league last weekend and then near-neighbours and arch rivals Spuds in the league hoping to cement the finger-nail grip on 4th place. My eternal optimism is under great pressure as a re-run of the last few seasons looks imminent (mind you, the first week of September I bet on a top 4 finish, I doubt many did).