Archive for the ‘football’ Category

Aug
18

The Good The bad and the ugly

Posted by dfunkydog

In the fourth minute of the first premier league game this season some good work by Clichy gave Nasri an easy opportunity, to open his premier league account. There was an expectation of a rout after the early goal, but West Brom dug in and the onslaught never came.
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Aug
07

Jack Wilshere or Nacer Barazite

Posted by dfunkydog

Ask the average fan who is the best player to come out of the youth system this season and the answer you’ll most likely get is Jack Wilshere, put the same question to someone who’ve watched reserve team football and you’ll be guaranteed a different answer, most likely Nacer Barazite.
After watching last night’s game I [...]

Aug
05

Arsenal FC season preview - The Defence

Posted by dfunkydog

Continuing the season preview, I’ve decided to skip the leave the midfield for last. You can read the first part in this post . Mostly because we have so many options in the middle yet still look short. So what is the outlook on our defence?
Popular opinion seems to conclude that we need to sign [...]

Aug
01

Adebayor to extend contract at Arsenal FC

Posted by dfunkydog

Quotes from Adebayor today discussion later
Today I have to say it is clear to everyone and when I was on holidays, there was a lot of speculations and a lot of people were talking on behalf of Adebayor, which was never me, so yes I have never say I would leave the club and there [...]

Aug
01

Arsenal FC season preview - The strikers

Posted by dfunkydog

Wenger on our strikers
“We are not as short of strikers as people thought,” said Wenger. “In all areas, we are still maybe one player short, but up front we don’t need anybody.”
If this statement was made two or three weeks earlier, most fans would not have agrees with the boss. It just goes [...]