A review of the weekend action.
You know it’s been a good weekend when, not only you get a good win up north, but you get to laugh at Fat Sam, the cockerels, and that 500 million pound team. A professional win at Blackburn led by the rejuvenated Theo Walcott removed that disgusting smirk on jabber-the-hut and his so called hoodoo over Arsenal.
A confident Theo Walcott scored the opening goal in a measured win over Blackburn
Champions league draw – Arsenal Braga Shaktar and Partizan.
Long trips await Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League group stages this season, and while everyone agrees that group H is not the most challenging of groups here’s a statistic worth remembering.
@optajean noted that Arsenal have never won in Ukraine (3 defeats, 1 draw), Portugal (2 defeats, 3 draws) and Serbia (1 defeat).
Arsenal will face SC Braga, Shakhtar Donetsk, and FK Partizan in the Champions league group stages
Brainless Theo leads Arsenal to a 6-0 win, and defending spurs.
Blackpool learnt how difficult life can be in the premier league. After an impossibly great start against Wigan, they were soundly beaten by Arsenal as normal service resumes. It was a good result for Arsenal and especially Walcott whose confidence duly raised after the disappointment of the summer.
Theo puts the disappointment of the summer behind him with a fine hat-trick
Liverpool 1 – 1 Arsenal— a point gained?
Most of us would accept a point away from Liverpool, yet this morning we all wake up feeling like this was 2 points dropped instead of a point gained. So why the disappointment? Is it because we struggled to score against 10 men? Is it because we were let down by slack defending and poor goalkeeping again? Or is it because it’s scary to think that we could put in such a below par performance in the first game of the season?
Arsenal starting 11 against liverpool saw wilshere making his 1st Premier league start for Arsenal.
Liverpool v Arsenal— the talking is over, it’s time to deliver.
At 1600hrs the league is going to start for the Arsenal. No more talking, no more we can do it, no more we need to do this or that, no more excuses. This is the real deal, time to put words into action, time to go out and play the way we want to play, show what we can do, put the world on alert. We are the Arsenal and now is our time.
Probable lineup for todays season opener
Arsenal to announce new centre back.
Sources close to the club has indicated that arsenal has completed the signing of young German defender Mats Hummels.The 21 year old is was widely regarded as one of the best defenders in the Bundesliga last season.
Mats hummels would make an excellent addition to Arsenal's squad.
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The trouble with Arsenal goalkeeping situation.
A cursory look at Arsenal’s squad for the upcoming season will inevitably come to the conclusion that the area that most needs improvement is in defence. Whether it be a change of personnel, a change in tactics, or a change in attitude, what is clear is that we cannot go into the season as we came out of it last season.
While it is by no means the only solution to our defensive woes, a change of personnel would be the most obvious change to satisfy our needs. With that in mind let’s take a look at where we stand in terms of defensive players, more precisely let’s start with goalkeepers.
First off Szczęsny looks like he will be Arsenal’s main custodian some time in the future, Arsène has said as much. He could be sent out on loan again this season, although Wojciech himself says he’d rather stay and fight for the No.1 jersey he’d be better off getting as much playing time under his belt as possible.
Mannone is the forgotten man in the goalkeeping set-up. It seems that he is in no man’s land. That is not to say that he isn’t highly regarded, but when Fabiański was brought in it was on the back of championship winning form an being goalkeeper of the year albeit in the Polish League.
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How the Premier League homegrown rule affects Arsenal.
As we draw nearer to the start of the Premier League season, the make up of the squad has taken centre stage —Unless Cesc to Barca is of any interest to you— and with the Premier league introduction of the new “homegrown” rule administrators have to pay special attention to the nationality of their players.
According to the premier league website the home grown rule is as follows:
clubs will be required to have a squad named of up to 25 players, of which no more than 17 can be over the age of 21 and not home grown.
The definition of home grown is trained for three years under the age of 21 by somebody in the English and Welsh professional system.