Tagged with carling cup
Oct 2009
29th
Arsenal 2 – 1 Liverpool, a good game of football.
First things first, I really wasn’t to enthused about the purchase of Silvestre or his inclusion in any line-up but last night he showed calm and composure that gave the team a platform to express themselves. So on this occasion, well done to Silvestre.
Dec 2008
3rd
A disappointing end to an entertaining campaign.
So another year and we are out of the Carling cup, this time turfed out by a lower league team. Having bundled out Fulham and knocked out Chelsea, Burnley defeated a premier league opponent for the 3rd time in this year’s Carling cup. I should really be pissed off, out of contention for one of [...]
Sep 2008
24th
Arsenal 6 – 0 Sheffield Utd, 5 things you should know.
Last night Arsenal football club pulled of a coup. Fans who bothered to show up at the Emirates were treated to a spectacle. A group precocious of teenagers and a few young men put on a show of football so accomplished, so adept, so artistic, that can only be branded as Wengerball.
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?
Jan 2008
24th
Much ado about nothing
Two days later and I still find defeat against the sp*rs hard to swallow, here’s my thoughts. 1.) We need to remember that whilst it would be good to win a trophy the Carling cup is just “further education for those players ahead of reserves but not ready for the first team. It was never [...]
Dec 2007
19th
Young Guns prevail over Rovers
In a pulsating cup tie at Ewood Park, Arsenal’s second string proves their mental toughness and superior technical ability by overcoming a stirring comeback from a spirited Blackburn rovers. Arsenal began impressively, thoroughly outclassing rovers in a master-class of wengerball. The first goal coming from the left boot of the notoriously right-footed Diaby, elegantly set [...]