from
the factory floor
Ashburton
Grove
Referee:
Mike Dean
Arsenal
1-1 Fulham 26 November 2011
Vermaelen
[OG-65, 82]
For
a few matches now there has been a common theme, that we were able to dig out a
result when a month or so ago that possibility would have been very much called
into question. After quite the exertion
in midweek to land the top spot in our Champions League group, a drop-off in
energy and performance did not pose much of a surprise.
That
drop-off wasn’t matched at the Football
Factory. Our minion of NY
Gooners turned back the clock with some true grouchy old man style ranting,
a necessary evil due both to the scrappy affair unfolding and the need to
establish a good view of the match on the odd array of screens on the main
level. In a way it seems fitting that so many tourists are subject to the
coarse vulgarities on offer. This is New York City
