by rico | Sunday, September 25, 2011 | Match review
After failing last week to string consecutive league wins together for the first since the beginning of this calendar year, we will try to make it back to back in any competition, and follow our 3-1 Carling Cup third round win over Shrewsbury Town with a similar...
by rico | Saturday, September 24, 2011 | Match Preview
Djourou and Yossi are out for today’s fixture with thigh strains but Rosicky, Sagna and Ramsey back in… I don’t think too many fans will be disappointed with the Djourou news but Yossi, well it’s a shame having opened his scoring tally midweek. It’s hard to...
by rico | Friday, September 23, 2011 | Daily Bits and Bobs
So says Owen Coyle ahead of our battle with Bolton tomorrow. In fact, the criticism Arsene has received is absolutely ridiculous. He is one of the best managers in world football. Always has been. Always will be. The nature of the league we are in, with its global...
by rico | Thursday, September 22, 2011 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Two stories to talk about today, the first has to be the biggest load of poppycock I have ever read – and that is Joey ‘Thug’ Barton reckons he was in with a chance of signing for us and he’d been in talks with Arsene Wenger in August. He goes on to suggest that the...
by rico | Wednesday, September 21, 2011 | Daily Bits and Bobs
ARSENAL FC 3 – 1 SHREWSBURY TOWN FC September 20, 2011: Emirates Stadium Just a week after our heroic Champions League effort in Dortmund, we kicked this season’s Carling Cup off with a visit from Second Division Shrewsbury Town. Not the most difficult assignment –...