My Thoughts On Nasri, Van Persie And Gervinho Vs Boca Juniors

Well it wasn’t a great result but then again you can’t judge a teams ability on pre-season games alone, let alone judge their defensive abilities when we’ve changed our back four at every single pre-season match. It’s important …

Here we go again

The season hasn’t started yet and Arsenal yesterday showed signs that they’re much the same team that finished last season. Collapsing from a comfortable 2 goal lead against Boca Juniors in the Emirates Cup, the manner of their conceding bringing … Continue reading →

Arsenal Draw – but what conclusions?

Back at the Home of Football to the traditional start of footballing season entertainment known as the Emirates Cup. This is normally a fun filled affair where we take on a couple of fair to middling teams put some skilful moves together introduce a few youngsters and send the punters home happy. I disregarded TotalArsenals [...]

Some good, some bad, same as it ever was

So the Emirates Cup kicked off with a 2-2 draw which, as you would expect in most pre-season games, had some good stuff and some bad stuff. For me the good stuff included Gervinho who looked sharp, quick and showed some end product in the final third [...]

Liveblog! #2! Arsenal v. Thierry Henry’s New York

First, a mini-peview:
We face Red Bull New York in a few hours (4:15pm UK, 8:15am Pacific, 11:15am Eastern) in our second Emirates Cup match. In the first set of games RBNY beat PSG 1-0, while we surrendered a 2-0 lead and drew 2-2 with Boca Juniors.
New York usually line-up in a conventional 4-3-3, with [...]

What do Arsenal defenders practice in training?

Arsenal 2 – 2 Boca Juniors: Emirates Cup After leading 2-0 and drawing in the end, Arsenal fans were told by Wenger to be “relaxed”. I don’t know how Arsenal fans should be relaxed after watching the defenders keep making the silly mistakes over and over again. I always wonder what our defenders do in training. All the goals conceded were the gifts given by Squillaci and Djourou to Boca. If we do sign a [...]

Arsenal 2-2 Boca Juniors – South Americans Steal Arsenal’s Thunder

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Emirates Cup: Day One Round-up

Now if your’re looking for a post-match slagging off of our beloved team them you’ve come to the wrong place, firstly I’m not going to write my thoughts on the match till to tomorrow as I need to watch some replays first but also beca…

Match report: Arsenal 2 v Boca Juniors 2

Arsenals first game at the emirates since last term proved unconvincing due to defensive errors blowing a 2 goal lead in the first game of the preseason tournament Emirates cup. Summer signing Gervinho impressed to set up Robin van Persie for the opening goal on 27 minutes, with Aaron Ramsey doubling the lead at the [...]

Arsenal 2-2 Boca Juniors: a game of two halves

Thought I’d get the first cliché out of the way early… All in all it was a disappointing result against a team we should have beaten, yes, even in pre-season. Two very encouraging goals scored, and two very worrying goals conceded. In the first half we were solid at the back and looked good going … Read more

Arsenal 2-2 BJ: make your own Sad Nasri

Whelp… just finished watching the 2-2 Emirates Cup draw with Boca Juniors and … sigh. Maybe I’ll just stick to the positives because to say “Squillaci’s not real good, is he?” or something similar is beating a well dead horse. Besides which, it’s a pre-season match and who knows if Squillaci will even sniff the jocks [...]

Is a new defender necessary? Boca Match review

In short, yes, a new defender is a necessity. I hate to say it, but what I watched today was classic Arsenal. We played well for the first half, and then came flying out the blocks in the second half with a very early goal. But two defensive mishaps later, and we were worrying about read more »

Emirates Cup Roundup: NY win, Arsenal predictably held.

Today was the first day of our annual Emirates Cup, also known as the joke most jerks use to say “but we HAVE won a trophy this season!”

The first game was Thierry Henry’s New York Red Bulls against newly rich PSG. In a surprising result, NY won 1-0, from a goal by Joel Lindpere. Henry [...]

ARSENAL COLLAPSE AGAIN : The Player Ratings.

Emirates Cup: Arsenal 2-2 Boca Juniors. Fabianski (6): Did not have a lot to do. Jenkinson (6.5): Showed no effects of his own goal in the previous game. Did well going forward as he had little to do at the back. Koscielny (6): The Boca attack offered …

Nitesh: Game preview–Boca Juniors 30/7 !!

We return for our first game at the Emirates this season against Boca Juniors from South America. It’s a good, young, competitive side who will give us a tough run-out, but shouldn’t be difficult to handle in the end. It’s a first chance for the Emirates faithful to see the new guns in action and ponder whether [...]

Liveblog! Arsenal v. Boca in Emirates Cup action

And here, folks, is our first* liveblog. The Inaugural LiveBlog, we’ll call it.
Arsenal face Boca Juniors, an Argentine team of some repute. They’ve won more international titles (18!) than your dad, and are second in Argentine Primera Division titles with 23 (and more than Liverpool or ManU, I might add). Check out our preview: Emirates [...]

Arsenal have bid for no one | No one has bid for Cesc and Nasri

Gooooood morning Grover’s! We appear to be in a bit of crap situation here. No one has bid for Cesc and Nasri by the sounds of it and by the looks of things, we’ve also bid for no one… bar Joel Campbell, who if I’m honest, I reckon I could bid for out of this [...]

Emirates Cup and Signings Welcome!

I’m buzzing with excitement to get another look at our fantastic signing Gervinho as well as then entire team really!  Not sure I’ll be sleeping tonight!  Our first game against Boca Juniors should be very competitive and I’m even a bit disappointed we don’t get to play PSG so we can really test our team [...]

Emirates Cup kick-off versus Boca for Arsenal

Tomorrow is the first day of the traditional Emirates Cup, a two-day pre-season tournament held in London, featuring Arsenal and three fairly big sides. This year we’ll play Boca Juniors and Thierry Henry’s Red Bull New York; Paris St. Germain will also take part.
(Be sure to also read Homey’s transfer/news round-up)
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The competition is a [...]

Arsenal Set To Increase Jagielka Bid

Arsenal are preparing an increased bid for Everton’s Phil Jagielka. As wearethenorthbank.com revealed last Wednesday, Arsenal had a bid of £12m (with add-ons) for Jagielka rejected by Everton last week. Arsenal are set to increase their offer as they are eager to finalise a deal in time for the weekend’s Emirates Cup. Arsene Wenger earmarked [...]

FIFA act silly, Mata on his way here? Goodbye to our youngsters?

Good news! It’s not very trustworthy, but it is good I suppose. The front page of the Spanish paper Marca today says that Juan Mata is on the verge of a move to North London. The red half that is. (Link is in Spanish) Top news no doubt, some people have been saying that they’ve … Read more

My Thoughts On Gervinho, Chamakh And Wilshere Vs FC Cologne

It’s nice to have a few days break and I’m sorry that thats coincided with my thoughts on the FC Cologne game not being posted till today but here they are and I want to focus particularly on Gervinho, Chamakh (again) and Wilshere in what w…

Thierry Henry returns to Arsenal

No, he wont be wearing the red and white of Arsenal, but he will be playing at the Emirates, if only for 90 minutes. This summer, the New York Red Bulls, Henry’s current team, will be taking part in the Emirates cup. Along with the MLS side, Boca Juniors and Paris Saint-Germain will also be read more »

Emirates Cup 2011

Artık geleneksel hâle gelen Emirates Cup’ın bu seneki katılımcıları belli oldu. PSG, Boca Juniors ve New York Red Bulls. Bu sene 5.si düzenlecek olan kupayı 3 kez Arsenal, 1 kezse Hamburg kazandı. 30-31 Temmuz 2011′de gerçekleşmesi pla…

PSG accept invitation to 2011 Emirates Cup

French Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain have accepted an invitation to this summer’s Emirates Cup tournament, with Les Parisiens set to make their third appearance in north London since the birth of the competition. Having hosted successful affairs during the last two summers (and capturing the competition trophy in 2007), Arsenal will again welcome Antoine Kombouaré’s men, who [...]