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A poignant minute’s silence for Gary Speed (R.I.P) turned into spontaneous applause and chants of ‘one Gary Speed’ before kick-off in a sold out Emirates which saw Fabianski, Djourou, Squillaci, Koscielny, Miquel, Frimpong, Coquelin,…
Arsenal 1-1 Fulham: Analysis
Szczesny, Djourou, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Santos, Arteta, Song, Walcott, Ramsey, Arshavin and Van Persie (C) lined up as Arsenal looked for their 6th league victory in a row. The visitors, who started with Schwarzer, Baird, Hangeland, Senderos, Riise,…
Arsenal 2-1 Borussia Dortmund: Analysis
Fresh from beating the top team in the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich, in their own back yard, Jurgen Klopp’s resurgent Dortmund side’s improvement in form from the first leg was great enough to mirror that of Arsenal, who had struggled before &…
Norwich 1-2 Arsenal: Analysis
For the first time this season, Arsenal return from an interlull looking to continue the form they took into the break; being unbeaten in the last 7, with 6 of those being wins meant that Arsenal fans were cautiously optimistic … Continue reading…
Real football is back!
Afternoon fellow Gooners, I believe this International break was a bit too much of a hype with so called play off’s taking place and few friendlies doing the usual boring injection of football to our souls, it’s like being back from hiber…
England defender Phil Jones in midfield – Who could do this for Arsenal?
The holding midfield role at Arsenal is one performed admirably by Alex Song each week, with Emmanuel Frimpong and Francis Coquelin ready to play there too. The aforementioned reserve duo – the latter in particular – may be growing frustrated a…
A brief review on Arsenal’s ambassadors on international duty this weekend
I guess that I’ll have to start by apologizing for some of the content in my last post. I wrote that I was probably going to get some stick by putting Eduardo and Carlos Vela in a list that had Pascal Cygan, Denilson and Mikael Silvestre and boy,…
International Round-up: Matchday 5
Already, just a month after the last, another interlull is upon us. A frustrating time for most football fans at the best of times, this impediment to the domestic calendar is an especially galling period, due to the fact that … Continue reading …
Time To Ram Home The Points
Greetings fellow Gooners! Chelsea…Wasn’t it? Really…Lesson in football. Jumpers for goalposts…! But seriously folks, if we ever needed a heavy landing from the heady heights, the 0-0 draw with Marseille certainly provided us wit…
Marseille, Muscles and Muppets!
Greetings fellow Gooners! Marseille at home offers us the opportunity to guarantee our place in the knock-out phase of the Champions League. OK, it depends on the result between Dortmund and Olympiacos too, but with two games left to play in the group,…
500 And STILL Not Out!
Greetings fellow Gooners! First off, I want to congratulate somebody who achieved an amazing feat for our mighty club today. Not Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott or even John Terry (although a special mention must go to the England captain after he pract…
Van Persie Hits Hattrick : AR5S3NAL vs CH3L5EA Ratings
MARRY ME VAN PERSIE came the tweet at the end of the final 90. Another masterful performance from the new darling of the Arsenal faithful. What can we do without him? I don’t want to find out. He must stay fit. In a game where despite being on to…
Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal: Analysis
Arsenal, buoyed by a resurgent four-match winning streak since the early disappointment in the season started Szczesny, Djourou, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Andre Santos, Song, Arteta, Ramsey, Walcott, Van Persie (C) and Gervinho at Stamford Bridge with …
Arsenal 3-1 Stoke: PLAYER RATINGS
Szczesny – 6 Yet another game where Wojceich didn’t keep a clean sheet despite a good performance. There was not a lot that he could do for the Crouch goal, although he did take a huge gamble by over-playing outside of his area (when it looke…
Arsenal 3-1 Stoke: Super-sub RvP scores brace against Potters
Robin van Persie came off the bench to score twice and salvage victory against a Stoke side that came to the Emirates looking for all three points. Gervinho opened the scoring in the 27th minute with a calm and composed finish from Aaron Ramsey’s…
Arsenal vs Stoke : The Player Ratings As Van Persie Destroys Stoke
Below are the player ratings for the Stoke game. Szczesny- 7 Conceded a goal he shouldn’t have but he conceded it the Arsenal way so no harm done. Djourou 6 Not his natural position, dulled the game as he couldn’t carry the ball out well. B…
Arsenal 3-1 Stoke: Analysis
Szczesny, Djourou, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Andre Santos, Song (C), Arteta, Ramsey, Walcott, Chamakh and Gervinho started in a somewhat surprising line-up with Song taking the armband after in-form Robin Van Persie was rested despite Arsene Wenger sayin…
Stoke’s Schizophrenia, Statistics and No Shawcross Redemption
Greetings fellow Gooners! In about an hour’s time we will be watching the return to the Emirates of Stoke City, possibly the most schizophrenic club in Europe right now! With a run of results ranging from a 1-0 home win over Liverpool, a 1-1 draw…
Arsenal starting XI vs Stoke
Arsenal have announced the starting XI to face Stoke at the Emirates this afternoon. The match kicks-off in just under an hour, but isn’t available on TV because of the Manchester Derby (although I am sure that you will be able to find some strea…
Arsenal starting XI vs Stoke
Arsenal have announced the starting XI to face Stoke at the Emirates this afternoon. The match kicks-off in just under an hour, but isn’t available on TV because of the Manchester Derby (although I am sure that you will be able to find some strea…
Arsenal vs Stoke: Team/injury news
Form guide: Arsenal: LWLWLW Stoke: WWLDLW Arsenal currently sit 11th in the Premier League table, with Stoke occupying 8th. A win this afternoon should be enough to push us up to 7th (which shows you just how congested the middle of the table is at thi…
Arsenal vs Stoke : Match Preview
One of our bogey teams visits the grove today, with Stoke doing well in the top 5 of the of the table and us on the second page of the table in 11th position, a win is very much needed. But have no fears, Delap or not, Arsenal have never lost to Stoke …
Start means jaded RvP is needed as Stoke intends to rough up Arsenal
The rugby team comes to town and they’ve promised to rough us up. Kenwyne Jones said: “We are not too bothered about what people are saying, as Arsenal are still a big team and you respect them for that. We have to try and impress ourselves on …
Nitesh: Djourou as Arsenal right-back + Happy Birthday Arsene Wenger
After the aftermath of the Champions League win, it now seems that Johan Djourou will be the one who’ll take up the right-back spot till a recognized one returns. While I do acknowledge the absolute dearth of experience in this role, I do think that …
RvP to be rested vs Stoke?
Arsene Wenger has suggested that he may leave Robin van Persie out of the starting XI for tomorrow’s Premier League game against Stoke. Despite scoring 27 goals in 35 games, Wenger concedes that RvP needs to be given some time to rest and recuper…
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