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 – certainly not like last season, where we had an immediate […]
Just a bit of naugtiness – Wenger has reassurred us all that Alex Oxlaide-Chamberlain is nothing like Theo Walcott… PHEW 😉 They are quite similar types of players but Walcott is a bit more a striker and Oxlade-Chamberlain is more a midfielder, He [Oxlade-Chamberlain] likes more to be in the build-up of things and Walcott […]
Last month David Dein suggested that Wenger may have had enough of Arsenal and was ready to walk away. Wenger quickly rebuffed Dein’s view by saying: David is not right. I will one day prove to you my loyalty by showing what I have turned down to stay here. You will be surprised. You can […]
At least that (momentum) was the mantra heading in to this match. We chalked up a first league win (of this season) the past Saturday, and scrapped for a valuable away point in what figured to be the most difficult match of this season’s Champions League group phase. Two positives, with another three points necessary […]