Arsenal v. Man U: mounting
Ahead of a vital clash with Manchester United tomorrow, I find myself in the unusual position of being probably the most frustrated I have ever felt as an Arsenal supporter. I’m frustrated with Arsenal’s injury record, with Arsenal’s…
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…
Football Management: Rocket Science?
Written by MickyDidIt89 I do wonder how difficult all this football management malarkey really is. You see, I’m a Rocket Scientist and even that, which is so often used as the benchmark clever dick occupation, is not that hard either. However, for th…
Arsenal the four man team – RVP not the MVP?
Written by Double98 Robin van Persie, the balon d’or snubbed, true king of world football, has been reeling in the plaudits for his exceptional scoring feats in 2011. By eclipsing Thierry Henry’s mark of 34 goals in a calendar year, and particularl…
Sir Alex Ferguson. Arsenal Manager.
Ahead of the Big Game at the Weekend….. A “What if “……. Charybdis. If you value your health ….. don’t read this. Some of our younger bloggers may not know that Sir Alex Ferguson almost became Arsenal manager …
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…
Seven days on and still reliving the return of King Henry
We’re a bit in the doldrums here at Arsenal Arsenal. At the moment we’re still numb from the defeat on Sunday and finding it hard to be upbeat and forward thinking. Our twin posts today are in celebration of the return of Thierry Henry. Hop…
Swansea 3 – 2 Arsenal: Match Thoughts And Individual Analysis
A family event at a nearby city took me out of town for the last couple of days and is the cause for the lateness of this post. It really was unavoidable but I don’t want to trouble you with the details. The result of the game, more so the manner…
Worrying Signs: Match Report and Player Ratings
The most frustrating thing is that, after a disastrous start to the season, we had done the hard bit. Written off by everyone, we somehow battled back up the table, all the way to the top four. A team that seemed to have been cobbled together off the b…
Desi Gunner 2012-01-15 06:27:01
Arsenal visit the Liberty Stadium with a chance to pull away from Liverpool and get within a point of Chelsea in fourth. But Swansea’s impressive home record suggests a win will be a commendable achievement. The Welsh side have only conceded 4 go…
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…
There is no ‘I’ in Team, but every bit of ‘Persie’ in Leadership
Almost a year ago, in the Evening Standard of 20 January 2011, Arsene Wenger was quoted at saying: We have a shared leadership in our team, but I believe Fabregas is an outstanding leader, especially when you consider he is 23 years old, with personali…
Would everybody stop shouting shoot!
Of all the things that disconcert me about the Emirates experience one of the most boring and unnecessary is the crowd shouting shoot when a player is anywhere inside the opposition half. I mainly sit in the lower tier when I can get a ticket and behi…
Should Arsenal Sacrifice One Or Both The Cups?
It’s a question that can make some people uncomfortable but I think it deserves some consideration. Many seem to agree that last season crashing out of all three Cups in a short span of time flung the squad into a confidence depriving free fall t…
Glen Johnson tackle highlights problems with Premier League referees
Roberto Mancini has every right to be upset. His team’s captain, Vincent Kompany, and hands down best defender is sitting out four games after getting a red card for a foul that is inconsistently called at best. Sitting on the sidelines and watc…
Kagawa bout it!?
With the departure of Cesc and Nasri, no matter what you think of the players, it’s obvious that our goals from the midfield area have reduced. Whether this be down to the injury of Wilshire, or the lack of width provided by the full backs, I don…
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…
Transfer gossip – Homegrown – We have a problem!! Put Your wish lists away…
After Vito Mannone moved to Hull on loan there was some suggestion that he had made available a space for non homegrown players to arrive. Unfortunately this isn’t the case. For the 2011/12 season we named five homegrown players over the age of 2…
Arsenal agree deal in principle for Matias Suarez, although he will join in the summer | Chamakh could leave | HENRY!
Arsenal had hoped to wrap up a deal for Matias Suarez this January, in the hope he could bolster our attacking options for the second half of the season – after the dismal efforts Chamakh has to offer and the clearly not good enough Park. We&…
Arsenal 1 – 0 Leeds: Match Thoughts And Individual Analysis
In a way this was a fairy tale return for Thierry Henry. Wenger acknowledged as much in his post-match press conference when he said, It was like a dream when he scored, it was the story you would tell a kid. It is not often like that in our game. But …
Thoughts On Tactics And Starting Eleven Against Leeds
Many fans were hoping for early activity from the Gunners in the transfer market, especially to bolster the defence, but things have largely been quiet. Given that Ferguson had to go back to Paul Scholes and Chelsea are taking so long over the Cahill d…
Hooray for Henry?
Written by Double98 Is everyone delighted with the return of the King?… I am not so sure. Maybe it is the Gooner DNA in me that requires that I suffer even in triumph, I must temper joy with regret but I just can’t forget how we parted… D…
A view of the Emirates from a non-gooner
Today’s post is written by Neil, a QPR supporter who we met up with before the game last Saturday. These are his thoughts on the game and the Emirates experience. I got the chance to visit the Emirates stadium as I have always wanted to, as iI ha…
Kal-ou do you want us to sign?
Written by FatGingerGooner Much has been written recently in both the tabloids and on blog sites about Arsenal’s need for a striking partner/understudy for RvP, so with the transfer window well and truly upon us, I thought this might be the perfe…
Twelve wishes for the ‘New Arsenal’ in 2012
If it had not been for such a difficult start to the season, Arsenal would now be fighting for the title. And, that includes the loss of points against Wolves at home (unfortunate) and Fulham away (well deserved). The last few games have been disappoin…
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