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Fresh from an unconvincing win over Leeds in the FA Cup inspired by Thierry Henry, Arsenal had to refocus on the League with a tough away trip to Swansea as an injury-decimated side of Szczesny; Djourou, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Miquel; Ramsey, … …
Arsenal 1 – 0 Leeds: Genius Never Gets Old
It’s not a trick of the eye, it’s not a fancy photoshop job. That is indeed Thierry Henry in an Arsenal shirt, an Arsenal shirt of 2012, wheeling away to celebrate a goal. And not just any goal, but an Henry goal. Song played in a brilliant…
FairyTale Return As Henry Scores On Second Debut To Send Arsenal Through | Coquelin Injured
Wearing the number 12 jersey, 12 minutes before the end of his second debut, he scores his 12th goal against Leeds in the year 2012, ladies and gentlemen, Thierry Henry, is back. As someone said, “The first player to score inside the Emirates whi…
Class is PERMANENT – The King is back!
What a comeback! This one is going to be short and sweet we have witnessed something magical tonight no questions asked. I know we weren’t spectacular tonight and we lacked that killer pass in the end but who out of all players could really lift …
Arsenal 1-0 Leeds: Analysis
The return of Thierry Henry overshadowed Arsenal’s very interesting teamsheet, despite the fact Arsenal’s greatest ever player only started from the bench – Szczesny; Miquel, Koscielny, Squillaci, Coquelin; Song, Arteta (C); Arshavin,…
Arteta: Ramsey Can Outshine Fabregas
Arsenal midfielder Mikel Arteta strongly believes that team-mate Aaron Ramsey has all the potential to become a better player than the Gunners’ former captain Francesc Fabregas. The Welshman has been in fantastic form this season and has formed a goo…
Fulham 2-1 Arsenal: No Time For Excuses
It’s hard to know what to do with yourself after a result like yesterday’s. You want to lash out like a scorpion attached to a windmill on final spin – but nothing about that idea makes sense, so instead you’re more likely to take to social me…
Fulham 2-1 Arsenal: Analysis
After poor results for Arsenal’s rivals over the weekend, the Gunners were looking to take full advantage by adding a victory at Craven Cottage to Saturday’s win over QPR. Szczesny; Djourou, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Coquelin; Song, Arteta, R…
Fulham vs Arsenal : Player Ratings
Szczesny 6 Reckless at times when coming for the ball, maybe its boredom from never having much to do. Partly at fault for the equalizer as he was caught in no man’s land. Djourou 5 Mixed performance, not convincing at all. Gave away a stupid fou…
[Poll results] Arsenal player of the year 2011
Arsenal fans have voted in their hundreds for the Arsenal player of 2011. The results are quite surprising; I expected Robin van Persie to run away with the poll (which he did to some extent), but Laurent Koscielny, Wojciech Szczesny and Alex Song also…
Arsenal 1-0 QPR: Analysis
Szczesny; Djourou, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Vermaelen; Song, Arteta, Ramsey; Walcott, van Persie (C) and Arshavin started as Arsenal looked to make amends for Tuesday’s slip-up against Wolves. QPR lined up with Cerny; Young, Gabbidon, Connolly, Tr…
Arsenal 1-1 Wolves: Analysis
Johan Djourou passed a late fitness test and Song returned from suspension but Walcott missed out through injury and the tired looking Ramsey dropped to the bench meaning Arsenal started with: Szczesny; Djourou, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Vermaelen; Song;…
Arsenal vs Wolves : Match Preview
The dust has settled, Christmas festivities are over and man’s first love, football is back and your favorite team is in action tomorrow. We welcome Wolves to the Emirates after getting back to winning ways against Villa, not the best of games bu…
Who are the unrecognized stars in Arsenal? Midfielders today… [Continuation]
by Nitesh Yesterday, I had done a post on the defenders at Arsenal, and how they are constantly undermined by most of the footballing fraternity. Today, I’ll focus on Arsenal’s midfield, which has always been the envy of other teams. The pretty tri…
Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal: Winners & Losers
Last night Arsenal looked so ineffective in the 2nd half that I’d already decided to subtitle this post ‘we really need two Songs’. Before the game I was worried that we’d miss his ability to glue the midfield together, but didn’t think the …
Manchester City 1-0 Arsenal: Analysis
A long trip up to the Etihad stadium in Middle Eastlands for Gooners was a quietly optimistic one as a point was definitely a realistic hope, with three points on the minds of some of the away fans and hopefully … Continue reading →
Happy Birthday Arsenal! Arsenal 1-0 Everton
Arsenal FC is 125 years young, and didn’t we celebrate. The party kicked off with the unveiling of a few statues of some Gunners legends. Henry, Adams and Chapman were all immortalised outside the ground to the delight of the fans and marching ba…
Vintage Arsenal rise to fourth and a late gift from Spurs
It was a vintage performance and result to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the club. Arsenal spurned a lot of first half chances – reminiscent of recent years before scoring a wonderful goal to make it one nil to the Arsenal. Everton surprisin…
Arsenal 1-0 Everton, or van Persie Isn’t Bad, Is He?
We met the Toffees at our place yesterday, which happened to coincide with Arsenal’s 125th anniversary. For those who attended, it was no doubt a great day to take in some of the history of the team they know and love, while looking forward to a …
Arsenal 1-0 Everton: He Scores (Wondergoals) When Wants
“They better not fuck this up.” I nodded at these words, muttered by my neighbour in block 12 just as the team jogged out flanked by adorable kids in Arsenal kits waving bloody great flags. The danger with yesterday’s (excellent, enjoyable) fest…
Arsenal 1-0 Everton: Analysis
After unveiling three new statues yesterday, Arsenal continued the celebration of their 125th anniversary pre-match with a variety of events; the Royal Artillery and Orchesta performed and a wide range of Gunners legends from yesteryear ranging from Fr…
Wigan 0-4 Arsenal: Analysis
Arsenal made the trip to the North-West as Szczesny; Koscielny, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Andre Santos; Song, Arteta; Walcott, Ramsey, Gervinho; van Persie (C) started as the strongest possible XI (taking injuries into account), and it was clear that Ars…
Rennes confirm substantial English offer, but do Arsenal really need Yann M’Vila?
Rennes chief Jean-François Creachcadec has confirmed that the club received a substantial offer from an English club for Yann M’vila, but there was not enough time for any deal to go through. It is known that Rennes received (and rejected) four …
Nitesh: Who thinks Song should also be Arsenal MOTM against Fulham?
While most people have already given that award to the Verminator for his tireless display and absolute NO to conceding an own goal, I do think that there was another man out there, who deserves equal recognition. Song’s display, while not being the …
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,…
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