I felt that this may be one game too far. It is not worth blaming the pitch although it didn't help our fluid passing style, especially within the last 30 yards towards goal.
Adebayor's chance after just 45 seconds was probably the best of the opportunities as he was clear through on goal - if only he'd lifted it over the keeper.
I don't think this means the seasons over though and anyone saying that obviously doesn't realise the quality this team has. The team played alright yesterday it just wasn't happening against a team who defended with all men behind the ball. They got a brilliant point and we got a lousy one. That is how the football world will see this.
Now we have a week to recover, it is great to see RVP back, and we can look forward to beating Middlesborough this weekend. Time for revenge for the one loss we have had in the league this year.
I have high hopes for this Arsenal team. We didn't lose yesterday. We learned some valuable lessons and can now be confident in winning the majority of the games we have left this season.
This is and still can be our year.
We love you Arsenal we do!
Monday, 10 March 2008
March the 8th 2008 - My final gig
On Saturday night in front of nearly 200 people we played our final gig.
Delorean will still exist but for now James, Frank and I have all left the band to pursue other things. Sean, Gary and Craig remain while Geoff will now, hopefully, get busier as he can tech for Delorean and my new project - once it is off the ground and running.
Delorean was a covers band although that is not where we started. We started back in February 2006 as an originals band with a different line up (slightly). The covers scene seemed to pull us in though and we ended up doing 3 gigs all in Welwyn Garden City between July 2007 and March 2008. Songs included - Summer of 69, Hold the Line, Paint it Black, Buck Rogers, Boys of Summer, Vertigo, Ain't Talking 'bout Love and many many more. (Saturdays set has approx 23-25 songs).
Sean on Guitar and vocals, a proper 1980's head as he loves that era and it shows in his style, he can play a great solo, fill a song with nice riffs and sing amazingly.
Gary on drums knows how to hold a beat yet keep it fun. His years of experience in several bands shines through and not only did he learn songs quick, his timing made it a lot easier for the others to do their bits right too.
Craig on bass worked brilliantly with Gary to glue the music together. He is a solid rock bass player and deserves good credit for it.
James on guitar and backing vocals was the youngest member of the band and technically a very very good player. He could do rhythm or play solo's and allowed for Sean to shine. Part of Delorean's genetics were that James and Sean seamlessly brought together each song through individual talent and poise. The final sound - fantastic.
Which brings it down to Frank, my brother, a keyboard legend, who, like me, wasn't really into the covers scene but brought the energy needed and the stardust, if you like, to the music. Here his fill ins, and verse riffs always impress me.
I was the singer along with Sean and how I got that role, in a covers band, I don't know but it was fun.
Delorean will continue in name and spirit with the 3 remaining members as they are now updating their set and bringing in the new musicians needed for a new direction with the covers set. When they start to gig again take the opportunity to see some masters at work.
Me and Frank are now in the planning stages of getting back to what we love most, our own songs, and we are going to tighten up the old ones and write some new ones and try to gig out there as soon as possible.
Hopefully, see you on the road.
Delorean will still exist but for now James, Frank and I have all left the band to pursue other things. Sean, Gary and Craig remain while Geoff will now, hopefully, get busier as he can tech for Delorean and my new project - once it is off the ground and running.
Delorean was a covers band although that is not where we started. We started back in February 2006 as an originals band with a different line up (slightly). The covers scene seemed to pull us in though and we ended up doing 3 gigs all in Welwyn Garden City between July 2007 and March 2008. Songs included - Summer of 69, Hold the Line, Paint it Black, Buck Rogers, Boys of Summer, Vertigo, Ain't Talking 'bout Love and many many more. (Saturdays set has approx 23-25 songs).
Sean on Guitar and vocals, a proper 1980's head as he loves that era and it shows in his style, he can play a great solo, fill a song with nice riffs and sing amazingly.
Gary on drums knows how to hold a beat yet keep it fun. His years of experience in several bands shines through and not only did he learn songs quick, his timing made it a lot easier for the others to do their bits right too.
Craig on bass worked brilliantly with Gary to glue the music together. He is a solid rock bass player and deserves good credit for it.
James on guitar and backing vocals was the youngest member of the band and technically a very very good player. He could do rhythm or play solo's and allowed for Sean to shine. Part of Delorean's genetics were that James and Sean seamlessly brought together each song through individual talent and poise. The final sound - fantastic.
Which brings it down to Frank, my brother, a keyboard legend, who, like me, wasn't really into the covers scene but brought the energy needed and the stardust, if you like, to the music. Here his fill ins, and verse riffs always impress me.
I was the singer along with Sean and how I got that role, in a covers band, I don't know but it was fun.
Delorean will continue in name and spirit with the 3 remaining members as they are now updating their set and bringing in the new musicians needed for a new direction with the covers set. When they start to gig again take the opportunity to see some masters at work.
Me and Frank are now in the planning stages of getting back to what we love most, our own songs, and we are going to tighten up the old ones and write some new ones and try to gig out there as soon as possible.
Hopefully, see you on the road.
Rambo
I went to see this film opening weekend and felt that now I am blogging about anything and everything that I should share some thoughts on it.
I loved this film but I definitely knew what to expect before hand; I had been reading up on it for months before release, reading every review I could find.
To me the Rambo films can be split into two categories. There is 'First Blood' probably my favourite action movie ever. There is one death in this film. It is not about killing, it is about surviving. It is a slick action movie in which we discover John Rambo, a Vietnam veteran, who on coming back to America after the Vietnam war discovers he doesn't really have a place in society any more.
When he walks into the town of 'Hope' he is quickly driven out by the local Sheriff, who won't even allow him to eat anything there, just tells Rambo that the nearest truck-stop is 30 miles up the road.
Anyway one thing leads to the other and Rambo is arrested. Eventually, and we don't wait long, he cracks and through flashbacks we see the torment and pain he went through for his country. What he is going through now reminds him of this but we learn he dreams about this every night. It consumes his waking life too, he cannot get away from what he's seen, what he's done or how he has been treated.
Basically, Rambo fought for his Country to discover there is no place in it for him on his return.
What pursues is a film about survival as Rambo runs from the Police and hides up in the jagged Hills behind town. The Police mount a search mission but Rambo is always one step ahead.
By the time he is caught the carnage is complete. Many injured police officers, one dead officer, and a whole town is practically destroyed too.
The plot isn't the strongest but if you like the film, then read the book which was written in 1972 by David Morrell, for a different angle on the whole 'First Blood' story. It is fantastic.
The next two movies where not as much about stealth and survival as the first. These were two monster action movies where Rambo got the opportunity to kill, kill and kill. They were fun movies and it's always great to watch Rambo dish out the pain to those who deserve it but they totally lacked something that 'First Blood' brought to us. Soul.
Moving on to 'Rambo' we find him still living in Thailand and renting out a boat and catching snakes to make a living. A group of Christian missionaries want his help getting up river and eventually he offers to help.
They want to go into Burma. A country torn apart by civil war (yes, its really still happening and has been for 60 years.) What ensues here is not only one of the best action films ever made, its very gory and not the the weak of heart, but a return to form and the reminder of where Rambo came from. This film's John Rambo seems a lot more like the Rambo of old. The one from 'First Blood' not the two other sequels.
Whilst, yes the bodies mount up more then ever before, we learn a bit more about him and how even though he is now 60 he can do what he does.
It's a great movie. If you had to own any of these then own 'First Blood' and 'Rambo' you can forget the rest. They're great movies and yes I own them but to me 'Rambo' is the guy in parts 1 and 4 and not the one who appears in the middle who seems to be a comic version of himself as opposed to this Vietnam Vet we get in the others.
I loved this film but I definitely knew what to expect before hand; I had been reading up on it for months before release, reading every review I could find.
To me the Rambo films can be split into two categories. There is 'First Blood' probably my favourite action movie ever. There is one death in this film. It is not about killing, it is about surviving. It is a slick action movie in which we discover John Rambo, a Vietnam veteran, who on coming back to America after the Vietnam war discovers he doesn't really have a place in society any more.
When he walks into the town of 'Hope' he is quickly driven out by the local Sheriff, who won't even allow him to eat anything there, just tells Rambo that the nearest truck-stop is 30 miles up the road.
Anyway one thing leads to the other and Rambo is arrested. Eventually, and we don't wait long, he cracks and through flashbacks we see the torment and pain he went through for his country. What he is going through now reminds him of this but we learn he dreams about this every night. It consumes his waking life too, he cannot get away from what he's seen, what he's done or how he has been treated.
Basically, Rambo fought for his Country to discover there is no place in it for him on his return.
What pursues is a film about survival as Rambo runs from the Police and hides up in the jagged Hills behind town. The Police mount a search mission but Rambo is always one step ahead.
By the time he is caught the carnage is complete. Many injured police officers, one dead officer, and a whole town is practically destroyed too.
The plot isn't the strongest but if you like the film, then read the book which was written in 1972 by David Morrell, for a different angle on the whole 'First Blood' story. It is fantastic.
The next two movies where not as much about stealth and survival as the first. These were two monster action movies where Rambo got the opportunity to kill, kill and kill. They were fun movies and it's always great to watch Rambo dish out the pain to those who deserve it but they totally lacked something that 'First Blood' brought to us. Soul.
Moving on to 'Rambo' we find him still living in Thailand and renting out a boat and catching snakes to make a living. A group of Christian missionaries want his help getting up river and eventually he offers to help.
They want to go into Burma. A country torn apart by civil war (yes, its really still happening and has been for 60 years.) What ensues here is not only one of the best action films ever made, its very gory and not the the weak of heart, but a return to form and the reminder of where Rambo came from. This film's John Rambo seems a lot more like the Rambo of old. The one from 'First Blood' not the two other sequels.
Whilst, yes the bodies mount up more then ever before, we learn a bit more about him and how even though he is now 60 he can do what he does.
It's a great movie. If you had to own any of these then own 'First Blood' and 'Rambo' you can forget the rest. They're great movies and yes I own them but to me 'Rambo' is the guy in parts 1 and 4 and not the one who appears in the middle who seems to be a comic version of himself as opposed to this Vietnam Vet we get in the others.
Wednesday, 5 March 2008
AC Milan 0 Arsenal 2
What can I say about that performance last night that probably has not already been said one thousand times? Fantastic, Mesmerizing, outstanding, prolific, exceptional and all other superlatives that could spring to mind.
I have been an Arsenal supporter for as long as I remember, since the day my Dad took me to Highbury back in the 1980's, and this is one the best, most thrilling, performances I have seen from them.
The way they moved the ball around. The way they ran Milan ragged and just wouldn't let them settle. You would have thought that Arsenal were the home team. That our new ground was the San Siro. Absolutely fantastic.
Fabregas and Flamini played like they were 3o years old; not 20. The rest of the team did their jobs too. Hleb deserves praise. Clichy and Sagna deserve it also. Walcott added an extra dimension with his introduction.
It was a night when Robin van Persie had returned to the bench and thankfully he got to rest a bit longer as he wasn't needed.
I can't think of much else to say right now except - here's one to Arsenal and to what the future could bring.
2-0 to the Arsenal, 2-0 to the Arsenal.
I have been an Arsenal supporter for as long as I remember, since the day my Dad took me to Highbury back in the 1980's, and this is one the best, most thrilling, performances I have seen from them.
The way they moved the ball around. The way they ran Milan ragged and just wouldn't let them settle. You would have thought that Arsenal were the home team. That our new ground was the San Siro. Absolutely fantastic.
Fabregas and Flamini played like they were 3o years old; not 20. The rest of the team did their jobs too. Hleb deserves praise. Clichy and Sagna deserve it also. Walcott added an extra dimension with his introduction.
It was a night when Robin van Persie had returned to the bench and thankfully he got to rest a bit longer as he wasn't needed.
I can't think of much else to say right now except - here's one to Arsenal and to what the future could bring.
2-0 to the Arsenal, 2-0 to the Arsenal.
Saturday, 1 March 2008
Drunk
What is it this makes us go out and drink more then we should? We know we'll pay for it the next day yet we still do it.
I can't have drunk more then 8 drinks yesterday and they consisted of about six lagers and two Jack Daniels' and Coke's. One of them was a double I'll admit.
It was a nice night out which ended with some friends coming to stay at ours for the night before going home early this morning.
God did I wake up rough this morning. Maybe I should have slept in but when you have people round you want to get up and have a cup of tea with them before they go.
I must have thrown up enough today to fill a decent size lake. It all reminds me of a brilliant episode of 'Men Behaving Badly' from years ago. The one where Gary and Tony go to the rave. Gary is so drunk he's trying to crawl into his own shoe. The next day they chat about how it's just nice to stay in, have a cup of tea, relax and watch stuff like the 'Antiques Road-show'. You don't need to drink to have fun they say.
This morning I know what they felt and meant. But they were out the same night raving in a pub. I won't be.
I can't have drunk more then 8 drinks yesterday and they consisted of about six lagers and two Jack Daniels' and Coke's. One of them was a double I'll admit.
It was a nice night out which ended with some friends coming to stay at ours for the night before going home early this morning.
God did I wake up rough this morning. Maybe I should have slept in but when you have people round you want to get up and have a cup of tea with them before they go.
I must have thrown up enough today to fill a decent size lake. It all reminds me of a brilliant episode of 'Men Behaving Badly' from years ago. The one where Gary and Tony go to the rave. Gary is so drunk he's trying to crawl into his own shoe. The next day they chat about how it's just nice to stay in, have a cup of tea, relax and watch stuff like the 'Antiques Road-show'. You don't need to drink to have fun they say.
This morning I know what they felt and meant. But they were out the same night raving in a pub. I won't be.
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