Author: Harry Hotspur

Good afternoon. As we prepare ourselves for the recommencement of hostilities after another beyond rubbish Interlull, what better way to get focused than to be correctly attired? Precisely. So here we go… I have an overwhelming desire to wear the official shirt but every time I put one on whatever mirror I look in suddenly has the words, ‘dart player’ appear like a magical subtitle caption beneath my reflection. So here are the pick of the pops for real people.  Please feel free to order in bulk.  What I would like is to solicit are your ideas for shirts. One…

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Good morning. There will be a raft of brain surgeons expecting me to be beaming from ear to ear at the news that the Olympic Stadium is back on the market. They are spot on. It’s great news. The West Ham deal has collapsed under the strain of all that was so very grubby about it. Newham council’s feet became colder than a well diggers ass and they have bailed on the Porn Barons. Whilst it would have made my millennium to know West Ham were playing Championship football in front of twelve and a half thousand unwashed Charlies in…

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It has come to my attention that some bloke who has occasionally been seen in a first team shirt from one of the nation’s least sporting football teams, namely Arsenal aka the Woolwich Wanderers has been acting like a full blown ponce on live TV.

When interviewed on Soccer AM this morning, Frimpong the Arsenal star apparently said: “Tottenham play like girls’ football.”

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Good morning. Some people think that newspaper content has an inherent value and so ought to be paid for by its readers. There isn’t a business model (that actually works) based upon the word ‘ought.’ The London Evening Standard leaves others in its wake on the 12th of this month as the paper that was value at 50p hits the streets for free. My prediction is that their wish to increase from 250k readers to 600k readers may in time prove conservative. Meanwhile, sheltering behind a pay wall like malnourished pup holding out for an RSPCA van to turn up,…

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Good morning. Yesterday we had the breakfast, today the dog’s dinner. For those of you joining us late I am one of those born again moany types who went from enjoying Arry amiably providing the press with quotes …to one that has become increasingly jaundiced with his inability to break wind without calling talkSPORT and shooting – if not literally talking them through – the breeze. Arry has responded to Rafa’s gripes via not only the same medium but via the same newspaper.  “Yes, it does seem to be a problem. Rafa can’t run back and chase the full-back. Against…

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The quotes below hit the back pages of the Sun yesterday and drew some pretty predictable thoughts from me. But first, over to Raphael Van der Vaart…

“I have definitely had a series of irritations. You want to play in the position where you do best. But if I have to chase after an attacking full-back every time, I can’t play my own game to my best ability.

“Sunday was not the first time I h

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The tiresome issue of Club Statements dominates and perhaps the Inter Lull is a useful opportunity for some of us to pull the car over switch the engine off, take a deep breath and have a bloody good long hard look at ourselves. Arsenal fans who for who knows how long suffered abuse actually matched and perhaps even outshone Tottenham cavemen with their own hate songs on Sunday.

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Good Evening. Here she is then, the face the launched a thousand daft denial comments aka the good ship lollypop aka the Professor aka Aunty Wenger. The caption comp to perhaps cap’em all. Well, this week anyhoo. Winner of the chirpiest chortle wins a cup of boiling hot water to accompany the instant noodle dish of their choice. What was Mr Shake Hands Man saying? 

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Good morning. We wake to a new dawn. The mighty Arsenal vanquished by a new… Look let’s get a few things straight. I have a sore throat from screaming yesterday. I got so wrapped up in proceedings I didn’t even get around to drinking the house dry. But we just beat one of the worst Arsenal teams to play us in maybe over a decade.  Yes I am delighted, but we need to look at what happened yesterday. Enjoy some pomp, but not entirely forget the circumstance.  The team sheet managed to pit Modders and PNB against four and occasionally…

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