For their second Champions League game of the group stages Arsenal started with the following line up: Mannone, Jenkinson, Gibbs, Koscielny,Vermaelen,Coquelin, Arteta, Gervinho, Cazorla, Podolski, Chamberlain. It was a strong line-up compensating for the loss of Diaby, while Mertesacker was not even on the subs bench! The following took their seats in the dug-out: Shea, […]
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A few hours after a certain Samir Nasri was unveiled by his new employers at Eastlands, our moment of truth arrived as we kicked off the second leg of our Champions League qualifier in Northern Italy. Holding a 1-0 lead and sporting a clean sheet from the first leg is a good place to be, […]
But for the moment, we have to deal with the reality of our current situation; many of us thought the squad that opened the season up at Newcastle did not have enough experience and depth to challenge for major honours this season. That squad from last week has been further decimated by injury and suspension. […]
They Stay The Same……. Amidst the backdrop of an unsettled squad, more speculation over player departures than arrivals, and a critical impending Champions League qualification tie, we arrived at the proverbial “scene of the crime” to kick the 2011-12 campaign off. For a team looking to put things right after the disappointing end to the […]
Just two weeks ago, we were on the eve of the League Cup final, looking to use that trophy as a springboard to bigger and better things. As we all know, it went horribly wrong the following afternoon, and I think we clearly have not yet recovered. We did win our next match, a simple […]
At least the first week of November is behind us. However, we still have three more weeks remaining in a month that this side has traditionally gone off the rails. Is it a coincidence? I do not think so. We still have too many issues that have not been rectified – issues that are undoing […]