Brawls, Chairmen, Champions League, Comebacks, History, Injuries, Wages..
TweetArsenal vs Manchester United, Emirates Stadium, Premier League Kickoff – 16:00 (21:30 IST), 22nd January 2012 Sunday, finally. Arsenal vs Manchester United. Couldn’t ask for anything more. A week, that has been filled with turmoil for …
Match Preview: Arsenal v Manchester United; Premier League Match Day 22
This is painful. There used to be a time when Arsenal v Manchester United was the marquee matchup. Every season. All the time. When these two teams met in the past it was sure to be a legendary encounter with always some interesting set to happen. Sinc…
Injured Arsenal vs Injured Manchester United – The Preview
TweetWhen and Where: 22nd January 2012 at Emirates Live Telecast: 9:25 pm IST on ESPN Arsenal’s shock 3-2 defeat at Swansea last weekend has badly dented our hopes of a top-four finish. Still, the game against Manchester United is one big match a…
I have some questions, and I’m scared that the answer is: GAME OVER.
The idea for this piece came from reading over an old one, the defeat against Swansea, and the fact that other clubs are bolstering their squads, unlike us. There are several questions going through my mind, the general thought being: what if we didn
Cannon Fodder : Cross Roads
Tweet What is it that defines winners? Is it an abundance of talent? Is it the much talked about ‘siege mentality’ combined with a team’s solidarity? Or is it killer instinct? Ask any successful manager and you’ll receive myriad responses…
Swansea aftermath, Transfer Rumblings, PLS, the best team in Europe and new Twitter terms!
TweetSo, here we are. Another miserable start to the week. A Monday, which could have been so cheerfully different, had the referee yellow-carded Nathan Dyer for simulation, instead of awarding Swansea a penalty; and more importantly, had Arsenal emerg…
We’ve had a nice big dose of Arsene Wenger’s rescue remedy. But where do we go from here?
Joint posting by DAG and Myles J Burrell. There isn’t a lot anyone can say about yesterday apart from “utter disappointment.” Despite our previous run that saw us move from 17th to 4th our squad isn’t as strong as it should be for a club that c…
Swansea City 3-2 Arsenal – Another setback
Tweet Swansea City 3 (Sinclair 16(pen), Dyer 57, Graham 70) – 2 Arsenal (van Persie 5, Walcott 69) Man of the Match - Nathan Dyer (Swansea City) Outplayed. Outfought. Outfootballed. Christen it what you may, but today was clearly not Arsenal…
A Welsh test, a bit of Swansea history and more…
TweetSwansea City vs Arsenal, Liberty Stadium, Premier League Kickoff – 16:00 (21:30 IST), 15 January 2012 So, finally Sunday is here. As a football fan, all you care about is muddling your way through a hectic week, to be able to catch your favo…
Match Preview: Arsenal v Swansea; Premier League Match Day 21
The euphoria of the FA Cup win is over. It’s been some time since our last league match but at least to me the reality of the loss is still there. And it doesn’t get any easier this week with our away trip to Swansea.
Arsenal vs Swansea: Fight for the Top Four Begins
TweetDate and Time: 15th January 2011 at 9:30 PM IST Venue: Liberty Stadium Live Telecast on ESPN Arsenal’s fight for the top four starts with the very next match against Swansea and with a win getting them back to the top 4 at least till the Che…
A Polish cult hero, A Gazillion rumours, a Legend-ary Farewell and a Legend-ary Return
TweetWhat a week it’s been!! Not just Arsenal-wise but football-wise. First, there was the small matter of a Manchester Derby. Then there was that little Barca hiccup. It moved on to a magical night at the Emirates before finishing off with a Joh…
Cannon Fodder: Change
TweetGreetings Gunners and clowns who support other teams !!!!!! The idea for today’s blog is a tad old, it was a notion that occurred to me a few weeks back and just lodged in my head and I was more than a little tempted to sit down and bang out…
Top 10 Arsenal Transfer Rumours
TweetThe January transfer window has opened its doors to clubs to strengthen their squads, in time for the business end of the season. And, as usual the Gunners have been linked to a gazillion players, again! You may remember some of Wenger’s top…
10 Worst Arsenal Matches of 2011
TweetWith highs, come the lows. Here are Arsenal’s 10 worst games of 2011. 10. Stoke City 3-1 Arsenal (Premier League, Britannia Stadium, May (Stoke- Jones 28, Pennant 40, Walters 82 ; Arsenal- van Persie 81) Arsenal, at this stage of the se…
Top 10 Arsenal Goals of 2011
Tweet =10. Robin van Persie v Norwich City, Premier League, Carrow Road, 19th Nov, W 2-1 With scores level, Alex Song makes full advantage of a loose ball and releases van Persie, who goes clear off the Norwich defence to delightfully chip the No…
Form is Temporary. Class is Permanent. Thierry Henry Returns In Style
It was in a word – surreal. As if Thierry Henry and Arsene Wenger conspired to contrive the whole thing. They would set to have the team pass around Leeds all day with little chances here and there that would frustrate the faithful who would then clamo…
Arsenal 1-0 Leeds United – Return of the King!
Tweet Arsenal 1 (Henry 78) – 0 Leeds United Man of the Match – Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) It had to happen. It was in the script. The perfect return. Just hours before the game, I had predicted a late Henry winner to seal the deal in the FA Cup 3rd R…
10 Best Arsenal Matches of 2011
Tweet2011 has been a roller-coaster ride for Arsenal, a mixed-bag of emotions.Here is a list, of what I think were Arsenal’s 10 best games of the year, also in footballing terms. 10. Arsenal 3 – 0 Ipswich Town (Carling Cup Semi-Final, Emirates Sta…
Hey Gooners!!
TweetAll you Gunners out there, I welcome to you my section of Arsenal India Supporters Club!! I have been a Gooner since 2004, when the most talented team to play in English football lifted the glistening Premier League trophy on a sunkissed Highbury …
Match Preview FA Cup 3rd Round: Arsenal v Leeds United
Following with the theme of “What is Old is New,” and so shortly after Arsenal have agreed to a loan deal that brings legendary Gunner Thierry Henry back to the red and white, Arsene Wenger’s boys face off against Leeds United in the 3rd round of the F…
Arsenal vs Leeds- FA Cup 3rd Round and King’s Comback Game
TweetArsenal vs. Leeds United Tuesday, January 10, 2012 Kickoff: 1:15AM IST, Emirates Stadium, Live on Sony Set Pix Our year started on a bad note with a loss to Fulham in the Premiere League but we can put that aside and except the team to bounce back…
Long Live King Henry II – Thierry Henry Returns to Arsenal: Confirmed
In a move that we all knew about and seems much less surprising given some of Wenger’s previous stop-gap moves, Thierry Henry has come back to Arsenal to fill in for the missing Gervinho and Marouane Chamakh who will depart for ACoN duty. Henry will we…
One step forward, two steps back, the dichotomy of a weekend with Arsenal
Well, I certainly didn’t see this coming. Not utter capitulation on this scale. But when you look at the seocnd half of yesterday’s match that is what happened. We absolutely folded under a lesser team.
Match Preview: Arsenal v Fulham: EPL Match Day 20
Arsenal kick-off the new year as the last game of the day. A win at Craven Cottage would see them move throught he tricky fixtures undefeated and taking 7 from 9. A win also would (for a short time at least) move the Gunners level with Spurs on points….
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