Yesterday we saw the closing act of a season which promised so much up through the end of February but ultimately saw us finish empty-handed. February saw us lose the Carling Cup final in calamitous circumstances, sending our side into a tailspin from which they never really recovered. Exits from the European and FA Cup […]
Category Archives: Match review
Our 2010-11 season home programme ends with a slow start, defensive errors which gifted the opposition goals, a wrongly denied penalty, a dubiously chalked-off goal, a belated wake-up, and a Robin goal which ensures we do just enough to lose by a single goal margin… We have seen this all many times this season – […]
Said “illusion” being, of course, the possibility that we could still win the league. Our defeat this afternoon, coupled with Manchester United’s victory of Chelsea a couple of hours later put us 9 points adrift, with only six left to play for – so the best we can now finish is three points off the […]
Flash back to December 27, 2010. We were in the midst of a wretched winless run against Chelsea when they visited the Emirates looking for their customary three points. We took the pitch well and truly up for that one, and even though we had to wait until almost halftime to score our first goal […]
Before we even discuss Sunday afternoon’s events, may I take the opportunity to wish all readers a Happy Easter. The weather in Lancashire looked beautiful, and it has been a warm, pretty day here in the Metro DC area. The task was evident as we lined up at the Reebok – scene of some previous […]
So it comes to this. Another North London Derby and another opportunity to claw points back against Manchester United after their draw at Newcastle United. Getting three points tonight was of paramount importance – second only to beating Spurs and not allowing them to get six league points at our expense. We beat them 4-1 […]
That is our points total since our last home league win, February 23rd (1-0 over FA Cup finalists Stoke City). Five matches. One win. Four draws. An average of 1.2 points gained per fixture. Subtract our two away league matches, and the reading is even more gruesome: three matches. Three points. One goal – and […]
Well they were yesterday, after the game Robin van Persie confirmed he would have been the man to step in had anything happened to Mad Jens. On to Oliver’s match report, please bear with the long post this morning… After the week we have just endured, an actual premier league fixture almost seemed a subplot […]
Going into yesterdays fixture, our task was simple – three points behind Manchester United with a game in hand. If we could sweep our final ten matches and pick 30 points up, nobody would be able to catch us at the top, no matter what other sides did. You cannot get much more straightforward than […]
The instant the final whistle went on February 16th at the Ems, we started to anticipate this moment. A 2-1 halftime lead was a great accomplishment, but we still had an entire second leg to navigate if we were going to progress in the competition – which remained the primary aim. We got a major, […]
Won? Lost? No way to tell just yet, as we still have a few games to play…This afternoon’s goalless draw is clearly a missed opportunity to close the gap to one point on Manchester United, as they head into tomorrow’s early afternoon kickoff at Anfield. I don’t necessarily think this will be our last opportunity, […]
After the disappointment of losing the Carling Cup final on Sunday, we thankfully had another match within a few days to focus us and hopefully start the recovery process. Under ordinary circumstances, an FA Cup home replay tie with Leyton Orient may be considered straightforward; but these are anything but ordinary circumstances. Amid Arsene’s admission […]