And in my opinion, that is it. Two set pieces, two defensive howlers and two goals….! Koscielny, in for Mertesacker, played a part in both and the way he performed yesterday made me wonder if he had been skipping training!! That was not the kind of kind of performance we are used to seeing from […]
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Morning Gooners, Chelsea take a short trip across London to face the meanest defence in the league today, a record equalled only by themselves so far this season. Old Lille club-mates, Gervinho and Hazard will be up against each other rather than in the same team and after the final whistle, who will come out on […]
Morning Gooners, We seem to be posed with questions about some of our players who are not entirely happy with ‘their lot’ and some who may be feeling the strain of being pressured. We are in an enviable position at the moment, the squad are responding to what looks like the Bould experiment and we seem […]
Morning Gooners, No doubt you have all seen the goals from last nights 6-1 victory over Coventry, so there is no need for me to describe them. Coventry put up a decent resistance in the first half, keeping the score respectable and credit to them for not parking the bus. They came to The Emirates and […]
Morning Gooners, Coventry City roll into town today, for a 3rd Round tie in the much maligned creation of the late Alan Hardaker O.B.E. Hardaker was the Secretary of The Football League back in the days of Division’s One to Four, and during the 1960’s, was the main architect of The Football League Cup. His remit […]
Morning Gooners, Five games into the Premier League season and we have conceded two goals, this time last year we had conceded fourteen! Yes, fourteen and we went on to conceded another thirty-four before the season ended, something which most Gooners said needed to be rectified this season. Well Sunday we faced the Premier League’s […]
The starting line up was a little bit different then usual due to TV05 having flu, while Ramsey played instead of Giroud. The team was: Mannone, Jenkinson, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Gibbs, Ramsey, Diaby, Arteta (Captain), Cazorla, Gervinho, Podolski. Subs: Martinez, Andre Santos, Giroud, Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Djourou, Coquelin. We kicked off the game equal on points with […]
Morning Gooners, A few words from ‘Mad Jens’ throughout today’s post: We once played Inter Milan and nearly got knocked out of the Champions League. We knew we had to get a result and all of a sudden this team really stood up. We beat them 5-1 in Milan, and so it showed us at […]
Morning Gooners. Over the years under Wenger’s reign as Arsenal boss we’ve had the privilege of witnessing some sublime football from our team. This has been made possible by the fluidity of our attacking unit and there has been two main dominant types of forwards at our club during that period. We’ve had the lightning […]
Morning Gooners, it’s all good news today. Firstly, 17 year old Academy scholar Jack Jebb, a young player who is expected to take the Jack Wilshere path rather than the David Bentley one, has signed professional terms with the Club. He’s a London born and bred player who is described as a technically-gifted central midfielder […]
Morning Gooners, In my heart and mind, Ex Arsenal Captain Tony Adams will never be anything other than a hero. He led us to: First Division/Premier League: 1988–89, 1990–91, 1997–98, 2001–02 FA Cup Winners: 1992–93, 1997–98, 2001–02 Football League Cup Winners: 1986–87, 1992–93 FA Community Shield: 1991 (shared), 1998, 1999 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup: 1993–94 […]
Morning Gooners, Well that was a tough night! We lined up: Mannone, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Jenkinson, Gibbs, Diaby, Arteta, Cazorla, Podolski, Giroud, Gervinho Substitutes: Shea, Koscielny, Santos, Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ramsey, Coquelin The first bit of action was within a minute of the start when Diaby got an early booking. This was shortly followed by the first goal of the […]