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Excellent news as Michael Essien has was back in action on Monday for the first time since seriously injuring his knee injury.
‘Arry Needs to Think About His Short-Term Plans First
So ‘Arry reckons he might get a bit bored managing England: ‘I enjoy the day-to-day coming in to work with players, said the media-introvert on Radio 4 this week- going out on the training pitch every day, seeing the players. I don’t know if seeing players once every six or seven weeks….it would be different [...]
TOURÉ DE FORCE
December confirmed to me what I have been thinking for a long time. I’m not a fan of the African Nations Cup.Yaya will of course, be off in January, departing the fair shores of Albion to take part in the afore-mentioned tournament, a competition blis…
Hodgson packs baggies and secures the point
Roberto Mancini and Manchester City travelled to the Hawthorns to take on West Brom on Boxing Day knowing that a win against a difficult side would ensure top spot through to the New Year.
City slickers travel to midlands for boxing day hunt
Roberto Mancini and Manchester City travel to the Hawthorns on Boxing Day to take on a tricky West Bromwich Albion side. On Boxing day matches West Brom have lost all of the previous five in the Premier League, that along with their overall performance…
The weekend preview – Blues must win but what about the rest
Some important fixtures are taking place this weekend as the Christmas period draws closer.
Match Preview: WBA v Tottenham Hotspur
Saturday 26th November 2011, 3pm Kick-off. The Hawthorns. It’s a rare Saturday 3pm Saturday kick off for Tottenham Hotspur this week. Not that the game time should faze Harry Redknapp’s dazzling Spurs side, on the face of it, not much could or should at the moment. Eight wins and one draw from the last nine, 25 points [...]
Has the corner finally been turned? A review of our current form.
Apologies for not keeping my blog up to date. I was away on business abroad, and it was virtually impossible to watch any football at all. The only way I could keep up to date was to ring my brother … Continue reading →
West Bromwich Albion v Bolton Wanderers Highlights – Premier League
West Bromwich Albion striker Shane Long crowned his early return from injury with the winning goal againstBolton Wandereres to give Roy Hodgson only his second home win so far.
Kuszczak’s Rant’s That Of A Frustrated Man
Few Manchester United fans would have imagined after the weekend’s victory over Sunderland which came on the eve of Sir Alex Ferguson’s 25th anniversary of taking over the club, that they would be speaking about our Polish goalkeeper this w…
View From The North Bank: Arsenal 3 West Brom 0
Trying to salvage something from the ruins of the early season has felt like a long drawn out affair so this weekend’s victory over West Brom marked something of a shift. It no longer feels like we are watching a fragile group but one who are now…
Early struggle has been a lesson for us all
It’s not often I take much from Arsene Wenger’s quotes, but something stuck with me
Paul: The Arsenal crisis is over now
Watching the Gunners on Saturday was a pleasure. It was the most composed and confident an Arsenal side as I have seen for the past two years. Beating West Brom may be one of the easiest wins we’ve seen in a while, but the fact that we approached it …
Assured. Confident. Efficient. : The Arsenal 3-0 WBA
Another week, another win. How good does it feel to say that? It’s been a while, but now we really are in some fantastic form – 9 wins and 1 draw and a loss from our last 11 in all competitions. Last Saturday was obviously a tremendous occasion; a …
Forget Cesc Batman, we’ve got Robin
In a miserly, ill-lucked and injury-stricken city like Arsenal Gotham, a certain individual stood out to bring his own football justice in a special way from 2003 to 2011. The Police football team always called on him times of trouble and he always del…
Not Fair
It was good to see the goals from Arsenal yesterday, and there were even some sublime moments of skill (from Jenkinson and Ramsey in particular). Overall though you’d have to say it was not a fair representation of Arsenal or … Continue rea…
Arsenal Defeat West Brom At The Emirates
Arsène Wenger made two changes to the team which played in midweek against Marseille, Robin Van Persie and Laurent Koscielny both returned. This meant Per Mertersacker and Park Chu-Young would both drop down to the bench. Thomas Vermaelen started his …
Arsenal pull out the spanking stick on West Brom. Ratings and Review
What can you say? A professional no frills spanking dished out in orderly fashion on a Saturday 3pm kickoff. Perfect. No stress, no injuries, no bad luck, no concerns. How queer… The afternoon had a slight chill in the air, rain clouds teetering …
Arsenal 3-0 West Bromwich Albion: Efficient and Drama-Free
Due to the lack of legitimate television coverage (and the fact that thanks to our wonderful public transport system, I missed the first 17 minutes), this won’t be the usual comprehensive report.That said, I think we can all agree that this was a profe…
Arsenal 3 West Brom 0 – Player Ratings
Today was like watching the Arsenal of old. It was a game of many chances but when Arsenal were prevented with a chance they took it. Clinical finishing gave us the win, something we’ve been praying for for ages. Van Persie will once again take t…
Arsenal 3 West Brom 0 : Win At A Canter
If every match goes this way, we would all live a very long happy life. However, football and Arsenal in …Continue reading »
Arsenal 3-0 West Brom: Wenger’s post-match thoughts
Robin van Persie continued his fine run of form with the opening goal and two assists as we brushed Roy Hodgsons’s West Brom aside 3-0 at the Emirates stadium. Van Persie gave us the lead on 22 minutes with a tap-in following good play from Theo …
Arsenal 3 – 0 West Brom : Player Ratings
WHO NEEDS BATMAN WHEN YOU’VE GOT ROBIN read the banner at the emirates. And they were right. One goal one assist means the in-form dutchman continues his red hot form. I might have to get a ‘Van Persie’ tattoo so everyone knows my lov…
Arsenal 3-0 West Brom Albion — As routine as you like !
Well, that’s about as routine a victory as any fan could have hoped for. We are now level with Liverpool, the club considered to be an ‘ambitious’ one this season. So that must mean the poor old ‘crisis’ club is actually doing something, or a…
Arsenal 3-0 West Brom: Analysis
Fresh from a disappointing but not dismal mid-week draw to Marseille, Arsenal reinstated their captain and vice-captain to the starting line-up as Szczesny, Jenkinson, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Andre Santos, Song, Ramsey, Arteta, Walcott, Van Persie (C) an…
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