Morning all.
That was quite entertaining wasn’t it and I thought we played pretty well considering the heat, humidity and how early in pre-season it is.
Theo took his goal well showing strength to beat the defender and keeper, Santi’s goal was like him, pure class and cheeky and Ozil fired home another good goal to make it 3-0. The little Spaniard was magnificent yesterday, two assists and a goal and the ball to Walcott for his goal was inch perfect.
Petr Cech, making his debut showed just what a difference he’s going to make in goal this season with a stunning fingertip save from Naismith. The offside flag had gone up but he didn’t know that.. That wasn’t the only save he had to make either and it’s nice to see a keeper palm the ball away from danger and not back into the penalty area. Another difference he makes is his kicking, he’s certainly more accurate than Szczesny.
There wasn’t much he could do about Everton’s goal but Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will be kicking himself for his little error which allowed Everton in. There were a few more dodgy moments in the defensive side of our game in the second half which thankfully Everton didn’t take advantage but other sides will if we repeat them too often.
We could have scored more goals, in fact we should have scored more goals and if we are to seriously challenge for the league, the boys need to be more ruthless in front of goal.
But it’s pre-season, so let’s not be too harsh.
Anyway, 3-1 and another trophy in the bag.
Arsene Wenger was clearly pleased with the performance:
I’m pleased with the performance because the focus in pre-season is to find the quality of our game back and I think for long periods we played in a very convincing way and the way we want to play – together, with good team play. Everybody shared the same vision on the pitch of the game we want to play. That’s positive.
With two victories, some serious training together with a lot of fun times off the pitch, one would have to say the trip to Asia has been a great success and the home fans certainly enjoyed themselves. So all good stuff.
Now it’s back to London, a week of training before The Emirates Cup where we face Lyon and Vfl Wolfsburg.
Lyon = Alexandre Lacazette, a striker many Arsenal fans hope we’ll sign so it’ll be good to see him in action. Yesterday he scored the winner in a 2-1 victory over Inter Milan. I wonder if Lacazette is a real transfer target of Arsene Wenger and that’s why Lyon have been invited to The Emirates Cup? Or am I make five out of two plus two…..
Big Ollie says he’s welcome another striker into the side as the more competition there is for places, the better it is which is true of course.
That’s it for Sunday, have a great day…
Morning All
Morning Rico..
Scousers have agreed fee for Benteke with Villa.
Morning Kev and all..
I read he was hoping for a CL club to make a late swoop…
Morning Rico and all
Solid post. Great performance yesterday, thought are passing game was top notch
Hmm, maybe the Chavs?
Good post btw, not seen the goals yet, but it sounded a very positive performance…
All we need now is a double hundred from 3 England batsmen over the next couple of days and I’ll be happy…
Morning Mg. Thought we were good going forward but second half there were a few dodgy moments…
Thanks Kev, three top quality goals. Ozil, Bellerin, Walcott and Santi stood out for me. Jack was busy on the left…
I reckon it could all be over today… 🙁
Lacazette has been heavily linked with a move to Arsenal or Liverpool, but the 24-year-old attempted to silence the rumours by claiming no amount of money will make him leave Lyon in 2015.
“I want to show those who think that I have my head elsewhere that I’m still here,” he told reporters. “I have already said that I want to continue with Lyon.
“I have shown that I’m fully committed. It’s football that interests me, not money. I hope to have a strong season.”
I read that Bellerin has signed a new deal, but has anything official been announced?
Walcott signing a new deal seems to be, still, on the back-burner…
Nothing about Monreal or Cazorla signing new deals either, which is worrying…
Other than that, the rest of the squad seem signed, sealed and settled…
Morning again Rico. As for this test match? I doubt it but a couple of days medium drizzle would be welcome. 🙂
Good Morning to The Lady of the House and all fellow Gooners in residence.
I couldn’t get a feed for yesterday’s game , but all the reports I read were generally positive and upbeat.
Kev – I wouldn’t worry too much about the contract extensions for the likes of Cazorla and Monreal. The club seems to be concentrating on transfers out to cut down the payroll and loan deals for the Young Guns not yet ready for prime time.
I think Arsene is using the preseason tournaments to assess some of the older first team players for contract extensions, as well as assessing the Young Guns to see if they are ready to step up to the first team or should join others for loan deals.
There is still plenty of time and we all know how frustrating it can be waiting for Arsene to make his moves for new players.
Bellerin’s new deal is confirmed on the official site Kev..
Morning Adam, sadly good weather is forecast….
Morning Cg,
Santi was outstanding again yesterday imo, he certainly deserves a new deal…
Arsenal’s Fan would really love to see him at Arsenal
Never mind Rico, but the groundsmen have to do better at preparing pitches. These soft, flat mushy surfaces make winning the toss far too important. IMO anyway.
Does anyone know if Santi’s contract has the same option for a one year renewal like was in TR7’s contract and was recently exercised by the club?
They would Cl..
Agree Adam, this strip has ruined what could have been a great contest but then one has to credit Australia for batting and bowling on it a lot better than us…
Drizzle?
Adam, where’s your fighting spirit 🙂
Morning guys.
My lads won 5-0 today.
Scored 7 goals in 12 games…..lord, give me a bloody striker….yet 5 from 8 shots today??
We out play teams weekly, yet can’t find the back of the net.
This is one funny game and I love it.
Benteke to Liverpool?
Some players are just dumb…..they put dollars over progress all the time.
Good Afternoon Lovlies and hunkies.
Nice match report. I still have to pinch myself about Cech being ours. Too good to be true it seems.
I liked Cazorla in his Pivote position/deep lying playmaker.
We have won two games in which Alexis was absent. That is good for the team.
What I like was the fact that we attacked from all angles. It was not from one channel only. Each player trusted the other, no player is the main focal point.
santi cazorla said recently that he still had two years left on his Arsenal contract, and some reports say Monreal has a 1+1 year option left on his contract.
Scott, I don’t think he really wants to go there, he said he wants CL football… lol
Thanks Devil.
Eduardo, that’s good news re Santi and Monreal doesn’t want to go anywhere it seems..
Scott, did you hear about Rogers?
What happened to Brenda, Rico?
Your cricketer Scott, had to go off with delayed concussion after being hit on the head on Friday by Anderson. Hope he’s ok…
eduardo – Thanks for the info on Santii’s and Nacho’s contracts.
Rico – Re: “Santi was outstanding again yesterday imo, he certainly deserves a new deal…” I agree, but you know Arsene and his treatment of players over thirty. If Santi does have two years left on his current contract, it is doubtful his contract will be extended/renegotiated before next summer and then it will depend on;
1.) Fitness and performance over the 2015/16 season
2.) Relative rate of decline of fitness and performance over the coming season in comparison to previous seasons
3.) Fitness at the end of the coming season
4.) What positions Jack the Lad and Rambo settle into or show they are best suited for with the current squad
5.) The growth, progress and readiness of Young Guns such as Bielik, Gnabry, Toral and Zelalem
I’m afraid it is much like Arsene’s player acquisition(s). We’ll just have to wait and see. Ho hum!
Rico, I’ve had a massive weekend and haven’t seen any news at all so no, I don’t know that.
He had an issue quite recently with a similar thing……….not good and I hope he gets things sorted.
It truly is just a game.
Cg, I think he’s changed a bit re the over 30’s, Arteta and Rosicky are examples. To be fair though, I didn’t know he had two more years on his contract so as you say, a lot depends on how the next couple of seasons go…
And by then, those coming through will have matured..
Only went off this morning Scott, fingers crossed eh..
Nipping out now whilst the boys have tea and stickies…. 😉
Rico – My apologies. I forgot to ask how your holiday at the seaside went, well I hope.
You obviously weren’t attacked by sharks like many bathers of the east coast of the U.S. of A. this summer.
Scott – We’ve heard about Sean and his team. How are things going with your hounds?
Scott – Did you get any of the freak snowstorms that hit parts of NSW?
Hi CG.
Hounds are coming along slowly……I’m sure they have the Arsneal medical team behind them as injuries are common place of late 🙂
It’ll never snow where I am, but I’ll tell you, never in my life have I worn two jackets- I have the last two days.
It’s been bitter, considering what we normally cop.
Thanks for info on contracts…
Seems that we just need Theo to sign to give us a full house…
Lyth seems to be doing his best to get himself dropped. Shame…
Cook needs to drop anchor and do an Atherton…
Scott – Canada, specifically the Province of British Columbia, sent you snow in exchange for forest firefighters. We thought you lot needed to cool off a bit.
I think you Aussies sent us all this very hot (for us at least) very dry weather. The whole of the North American west is alight with fires. The Californians even had one jump a highway setting cars and trucks on fire. Thank God no one was hurt.
I just about choked on my dinner when I read this. The FA have suggested our noisy neighbours from down the road ground share with the Arsenal while they build their new stadium. The one that looks like a giant toilet bowl.
I can’t see that happening, even if they offer us a shed load of money.
Have a great day everyone. I’m off to shut all the windows and get a few hours sleep before the house gets too hot again. It’s taken all night to get it down to a comfortable temperature.
Keep The Faith!
Afternoon all…
Cg, I had a lovely time thanks, you sleep well… If you can… 🙁
João Moutinho is available for free… 😉
Another vertically challenged player…………
Yep Wath..
Click Whoring AGAIN with pop up ads as well —– not really a blog anymore is it ? Youve realised its a cash cow
I think we still play too narrowly up front and our use of attacking ‘full backs’ often leave us open to counter-attacks,
Dick
Welcome Dick, I think you make a good point…. There were quite a few times Everton players had lots of space on both sides of the pitch….
Not in the gang…
What a stupid comment!
HH is a blog and will always be one and if you read here each day you’d know that! If you think adverts mean I can earn millions then you are nothing short of being seriously deluded!
Why you pop on here just to insult beggars belief but then maybe that’s because you have issues! A PC warrior no doubt!
Why not set up your own site and then you’d realise just how much work goes into it and when, only when it’s running well, you turn down the odd offer of making a pound or two!!
Idiot!
Oh, and what part of today’s headline is untrue?
Definately the sap in the family tree rico !!! Quiet ole day.
You’ve lost me there Micko…
Yes, very quiet old day…
4.44 rico !
Any streakers or stray dogs in the cricket ? They usually liven things up !
Oops, silly me Micko.. What a twerp eh, him, not me… Lol
Nothing lively at the cricket other than a few Aussies!
I used to like the cricket when it was over 5 days but they seem to have shortened the tests for some reason or other.
Where’s Kev…….probably in Costco’s again !
I’m out to play for the evening, you have a good one.
Ha ha Micko, five day cricket is a thing if the past…
Have a good evening…
4:44… what a complete and utter bell end…. Always some wanker who thinks he can gob off when he knows sweet FA…!
Should of just binned the twat Rico….!
C.G. The F.A. A will soon change their minds when they are asked to underwrite the damages.
Evening all. What 4:44 p.m knob end.
I wanted to Wath but……
Exactly Adam, an absolute twit who has no idea about ‘blogs’!
Lovely evening here Rico.
Here too Adam…
Quiet here so night all…
Mick, it’s Adams fault.
He got me addicted to Costco, and now I spend all my spare time visiting the A406.
Actually Costco do a fantastic range in men’s underwear, just in case you fancy investing in some vests or purchasing some Armani boxers.
Adam swears by Armani…
Lee, he just swears about Gervinho…
Night All
Night Rico…
Morning all.
Not in the Gang?
You’re not in the ballpark, you complete muppet.
Rico, I hope you DO make a million.
The obvious work you put in never goes unnoticed from we regulars.
Morning all..
Thanks Scott, would be nice eh… 😉
Morning Rico and all
Flamini of to turkey and bender linked to us again
Morning Mg, is that definate re Flamini?
Mario Suarez on his way to Utd according to the media, another DM option gone. £8 million…
Dzeko is being linked to us……. not for me!
So if Flamoney goes to Turkey the 33yr old injury prone Arteta will be le Coq’s back up…. surely Wenger will adding someone else in that department?
Morning all…
Morning Lee.
No Dzeko for me either.
He has to surely, unless Chambers is going to play there which would be odd..
Bielik – Hayden…
Morning All
Morning Rico
Morning Lee
Bender
Flamini leaving – which isn’t certain – will free up a place for a non-British signing…
Morning Kev..
Bielik is too skinny… 😉
Why would Chambers be odd Rico, he played there in his early days for the Saints….!
I still think we’ll buy…!
M’Vila obviously….. 😉
Oh and morning u lot.
Morning Wath, I know he did… lol But if that is the plan, why isn’t he playing there pre-season?
Because Arsene wants to confuse you and who’s to say in the remaining few pre-seaon games he doesn’t play there………..
That won’t be difficult, he’s been confusing me for a few years now….
Did you all notice I never mentioned the cricket 🙂
Morning all.
Flamini going means a newbie coming in, reckon.
Thought it was best of five Scott?
Hi Scott, I didn’t mention the first test either… 😉
It’s only 1-1 lol
Lee, it is but plenty of comments flowed when 1-0 🙂
All square now,
Pitch curators over there are doing a wonderful job.
The captains should get together, toss a coin 5 times as that seems the decision factor…..imagine the time it’d save.
Back now from the sweltering heat of the Med! An ambient 20c here and bright! Loverly! I see we have no new recruits! Paper talk is all tosh! He will buy someone no body has ever heard of who will turn into a latter day Pires or a better version of Paddy!
Patience is a virtue and I have plenty of patience, (a bit short on virtue though!)
A Bender for me!
Kev, double hundreds??? They did well if they made double figures!! Roll on the next one, Edgbaston. Usually loads of runs and quite possibly will end in a draw! All still to play for.
Morning all.
Wavy, we start again at Edgebaston…
At least the crowd will create an atmosphere in Birmingham unlike the praŵn sandwich brigade at Lords.
Hope you had a good time Wavy…
Good old patience… lol
New post up now…
Scott, you’ll notice I didn’t mention the chavs finishing above Arsenal too…. 😉
Lol Lee.