Tony Adams Magic - Like A New Signing

Hello dear reader, its been too long we know. There's was ferocious negotiation over the last little while, contracts have been signed and I can confirm @snipster & @pumpkiii are back on the Arsenal loving blog trail.

There's much to talk about and we will, oh yes, we will.

Fantastic to be back!

Snipster

Tony Adams Magic Tuesday - GOOOOONER BLOG - Walcott & Wiltshire

Hola peoples from around the world! Welcome to another episode of TAM beaming into your eye holes.

Pumpkiii was supposed to do the blog today but unfortunately he’s Diaby'd his fingers playing six a side for Sporting Cromwell last night so I like a noble Ramseyan have step in. I couldn't play last night as I had rather urgent life/death business to attend to but it is with a heavy heart and a sad expression on my face that I report that Sporting Cromwell lost 4-1.

I understand that a few of the regular faces were missing from the team and although everyone played hard and managed to get 1-0 up. We could hold on.

Pumpkiii always the brave goalkeeper has managed to break a few of his fingers defending his goal. I think he’s suffering from a broken heart as well, no class keeper likes letting 4 in.

I’m sure we’ll return to wining ways soon enough.


In Arsenal news: nothing much is happening dudes!

Walcott & Wiltshire are back in light training. In which they can either wear those fat man suits so nobody can get near them or something of their own choosing. Walcott sometimes carries a spear and a net to protect his metal shoulders, whereas I hear Wiltshire favours a pit-bull and a revolver to protect his legs.

Arshavin is rumoured to be retiring. I feel sad that he felt it was better to sit off and get fat then compete for his place. You got the impression he felt he had made it and maybe the battle he now faced in competition and not being such a big fish didn’t inspire him and seemed to retard his desire to do well.

Its easy to point the broken finger and say he’s lazy etc but is a shame that a guy with such obvious talent felt better and more comfortable on the bench in the local beer garden than on the pitch when he should have played more.

More tomorrow. I spoke to pumpkiii’s manager today and he said he has terrific spirit and he’d be back in approximately 2-3 weeks. Looks like you’re stuck with me for the long haul.

Have a good evening and if you get a chance #prayforpumpkiii

Snips

Monday Moanday

Hey Tony Adams Magic Lovers,

Sorry for the super late blog but yours truly has been seriously under the weather today with one thing and another.

The results at the weekend were good for us with the smurs and the toffees drawing meaning we made two points on them given our excellent and massive victory against west brom.

It came to light that the very important chavs v smurs game has been delayed because of the chavs participation in the fa cup. One positive is that it'll further congest their fixtures towards the end of the season the big negative is that it gives smurs a week break when quite a few of their first team players are injured.

End of the day (cliché alert!) we have to focus in our own performances and keep our current run in the prem going.

Per's only suspended for one game so he'll miss the Norwich match. Wiltshire and Walcott have started training again so may be available.

Our London neighbours play in the Thursday night pro/am cup so lets hope they're both energy sapping games. Difficult for me work out if I want them to continue with their tiring journeys around the back waters of Europe or instinctively want them both to loose and get knocked out. Let them play on for now, just as long as neither of them win it.

More tomorrow.

Snipster

Happy days.

Happy days.

Going down to 10 men and still winning is not easy. Doing it away from home is even more challenging so full props to the 10 who clung on to the 3 points, we need them.

Sundays following an Arsenal win are excellent. A day of rest, time to chill, and an opportunity to watch the other results in, knowing we have already done our bit. Our win, however is came, will keep the pressure on the teams around us and we will see how they react to that pressure. That pressure that is gradually building on their wind pipes, CHOKE! CAUGH! GAG!

Still with the warm glow of the win yesterday, today I am going to watch QPR take on Wigan. My good friend Will (the Maniac) is a big QPR fan, they really need to win this match so hopefully it will be a good open match with lots of goals. 

I can't remember the last time I went to a football match Arsenal were not playing in. Perhaps it was Roma v Regina while I was in Italy in 2003. Or it could have been an AFC wimbledon match at around the same time. I hope it will be good fun. I obviously don't care about the outcome as my mate but still hope they win for his sake. I am normally quite vocal at football matches but today I guess I will be quiet for once. Might be a odd experience. I'm sure it will be fun though.

Oh actually I have been to a few England internationals but I support England so it's not as odd. 

Right I'm gonna leave it there as I'm not even talking about Arsenal anymore. Lets hope all the right results come in today.

Later

Pumpkiii

3 delicious points and one foot in the door of the top four

3 delicious points and one foot in the door of the top four

Today we traveled to the Hawthornes to play West brom. In typical Arsenal style, we didn't do it the easy way. We made what could have been a comfortable and easy win, a thrilling, edge of your seat, last gasp struggle. We finished with all 3 points though, so who cares?!

TR7 started the match and was brilliant. He was busy, direct and looked dangerous. Far too many times down the years he has been great to watch, but failed to provide an end product. Today was not one of those days. He played very well and grabbed two needed goals. The first was following some great work by Gervhinio, who also had an excellent match. The second was off a rebound; RR7 took the initial shot but the keeper made a good block. Luckily for Tommy the rebound fell kindly for him and he smashed it home as hard as he could. Terrific stuff and it had me smiling from ear to ear with the sheer "get in" ness of the way he kicked the ball.

Gervhinio also deserves a mention for his performance. He played really well and caused WBA all sorts of problems. He is on a good run of form which is good news for us and our final few matches.

Gervhinio divides opinion massively. I think most people believe he is rubbish and I can hardly blame them. He hasn't had consistency and when he has played well and done good things on the pitch, it almost seems like it was a mistake or fluke. People have even coined the phrase "doing a Gervhinio" for messing something up.

What ever the reasons for him playing well are, I hope he continues to do so.

The match was looking very well controlled and at 2-0 up there was never any fear we wouldn't go on to win. Then Per decided to take a little concentration nap and got caught out by a ball over the top. He hauled their dude to the ground and was given a red card this also gave WBA a penalty which they scored.

2-1 and down to 10 men and we started to panic. Many times we have seen our great club clutch defeat from the jaws of victory but today was not one of those days. We dug in deep and although we rode our luck a little, we held on.

The win takes us into 4th spot in the league and although Chelsea have a game in hand, at this stag of the season it's all about points.

Sorry for the lack of PodCast activity. We will try and get one up tomorrow AM.

Much love

Pumpkiii

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Friday Round Up - The Donkey Wins The Derby, Nacho Man & Cornelius

Happy happy funday Friday!!

I’m feeling fine, fresh and dandy today and I hope you are to. You deserve to feel good and so I present for your enjoyment the latest instalment of Tony Adams Magic.

Yesterday was the 20 years anniversary of ‘The Donkey Wins The Derby’. Arsenal beat smurs in the fa semi final one – nil with big Tony Adams scoring at the back post from a Paul Merson free kick cross. Andy Linighan drawing Mabutt away.

It was fair retribution from when they lucky beat us in 1991 and although we didn’t go on and do the traditional double as we would have done in 1991, we went on to complete a unique F.A. Cup and League Cup double. We were the first club to win both the cup competition ever. It was a lot tough back then with both being contested by the top clubs. A fantastic achievement and another example of Arsenal being the greatest football club in the world ever. Accept no substitutes.

That FA Cup triumph facilitated us playing and winning the Cup Winners Cup the following season and all because Big Tone got his beautiful head on the end of that beautiful cross.

Nacho man has been talking about the difficulty of finding his feet in the premiership. I think he’s done a good solid job so far and has been a solid addition in an ever solidifying defence. We’ve obviously got to get a bit to go yet but this season we have looked (so far) looked quite decent at the back in patches.

In other news Garth ‘Cornelius’ Bale has twisted his ankle. Painful and debilitating for him and robs the lilywhites up the road of their only half decent player. The Choke Is On!  T.C.I.O! © #thechokeison

To capitalise on any dropped points we have to win our games and that must be our only focus at the moment. A tricky game at west brom tomorrow awaits. Pumpkiii and I will be doing a pre game podcast so come back tomorrow for that.

Have a great Friday.

Snips

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Austin Powers is a Gooner!!

Morning all!

I hope everyone is starting to feel the benefits to having a 4 day week (due to the UK bank holiday). We also had the clocks going forwards which means lighter for longer in the evening. All we need now is the seemingly never ending, bitterly cold wind to go away and we can party in the streets like it’s the swinging sixties. "Yeah baby!!"

We swept Reading aside with great efficiency last weekend and I hope we can have the same impact on the match on Saturday at West Brom.

I see the match at the Hawthornes as another tricky fixture. If we keep our recent good form and focus then we will have more than enough to beat them comfortably. We can't underestimate them as they have taken quite a few points off us in recent years.

When we met them earlier in the year they were in quite good form and we were the complete opposite. We had drawn against Villa and Everton and then there was the 0-2 loss away at Swansea, these were not happy days. We went on to beat West Brob 2-0 but it wasn't the most convincing win we will see. It took an Arteta penalty to break the deadlock; he also rounded the match off with another goal late on.

I am fairly sure we will have enough to get the result we need. I am not sure who will make the team sheet but I wouldn't change things too much. I'm sure we will hear later if there has been any injury news and we will bring it to you tomorrow.

It looks like most players are coming back fitness and finding some decent form so let’s hope that stays with us till the end of the season. I guess in some ways, not being in 4 competitions makes it easier to keep everyone fit and sharp but that is all down to squad depth and im not going to drag over them old coals now.

I’m feeling confident about the weekend and I believe Arsenal members can go to the stadium to watch the match on big screens. I have been before, it’s a little odd but quite good fun.

Hope you have a good day

Pumpkiii