Filed under Match previews
Oct 2008
17th
Everton visits the Emirates – A preview
And . . . We’re back. After a two week break for the most important bit of football that is the World cup Qualifications, we’re back to the triviality of club football. And as it is customary with the international break a handful of our player have return from their excursions with injuries. Needless to say we will be facing Everton with half our starting back 4.
Sep 2008
23rd
Are these young guns too young?
From all reports Arsene is set to field the youngest Arsenal ever in tonight’s Carling Cup clash against Sheffield United. Not content with 20-21 year olds in the first team, the Carling Cup team may feature players from 16-19 years, but is Wenger going too far?
Aug 2008
31st
Arsenal 3 – 0 Newcastle, pure Wengerball
Performances like yesterdays’ is what led to the name of this blog, what we’ve now come to expect from Arsenal FC, what can simply be described in one word. . .Wengerball.
Aug 2008
13th
UCL Fc Twente v Arsenal – match preview
The season starts tonight when Arsenal visits Fc Twente in the Uefa Champions league 3rd qualifying round. Hampered by an injury hit midfield, Wenger may be forced to hand Aaron Ramsey his first competitive start. There is the usual amount of doom and gloom surrounding the club, this time stemming from our extensive injury list. [...]
Aug 2008
5th
Arsenal FC season preview – The Defence
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 [...]
Feb 2008
15th
Usmanov, Injuries, and the FA Cup
Everyones favourite russian uncle has increased his stake in the club. It’s a free market, anyone buying shares in company it is usually an investment with a view to making a profit. I would have rather no one sold their shares to Usmanov, but we don’t know the financial position of these shareholders, and the [...]
Jan 2008
5th
FA Cup 3rd Round weekend
We’re off to Turf Moor tomorrow for our cup tie against Burnley. Lots of players are being rested and with another lot injured it will be a eclectic line up for the game. Up front we have Adebayor, and Van Persie injured with Walcott facing a late test on his shoulder. This leaves Eduardo and [...]
Dec 2007
18th
Living by the sword
It has been the norm for teams to play a “physical” game in order to get the better of Arsenal, one of the proponents of this strategy is Blackburn’s mark Hughes. Ahead of tonight’s game Hughes is now accusing Arsenal of using “dark arts” according to him, “Arsenal’s players have been banging the drum about [...]