After what feels like an eternity, we were back into Champions League action, with our home tie versus Bundesliga title-holders Borussia Dortmund. We opened this group phase with a credible 1-1 on their ground back in mid-September, and going one better would send us into the knockout stages, with the possibility of winning the group […]
The Championsss……… That is the ending note of the Champions League tune that has always given me the chills. After that the stone faced players know that its down to business and not against just any pub team, it’s always against a top team. We face Borussia Dortmund who like us have staged a miraculous […]
Well guys, I don’t know if you have seen the headlines in the last couple of days but if you have you would have seen that England is about to head into the real winter time and snow has been forecast. The areas predicted to be hit are London and the South East. Thursday is […]
Injuries are the bane of every football managers life, and also of us fans. Every club suffers from them, but there does seem a feeling among us Arsenal fans that our club has had the rough end of the injury stick more than most. Not withstanding Robin Van Persie, the player who has spent some […]
With only one away win under our belts in the league this season, we travelled to Norwich City, one the leagues new teams this season and this is how we lined up: Szczesny, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Mertesacker, Andre Santos, Song, Ramsey, Arteta, Walcott, Gervinho, Van Persie. Substitutes: Fabianski, Djourou, Rosicky, Coquelin, Benayoun, Arshavin and Chamakh. It […]
So, with all the speculation surrounding the return of Henry to our training camp, Wenger has made it clear that he has no intentions of re-signing him. Good, forwards, not backwards is where we need to go, excuse the pun! However, if were to come back in some kind of coaching role, then that wouldn’t […]
Morning all, Some of you may remember a recent post of mine “Thank goodness Wenger is not English” In that post I said that the FA made £2 – £3 million from England home games at Wembley and of course, some of our players are involved. I also said that, that risked our players to […]
Following the 3-0 success over West Bromich Albion in out last fixture, which feels like years ago now, Arsene Wenger attended the customary post-match Press conference and fended off the usual mixture of questions, be they sensible, mischief-making, constructive or inane, he answered with his usual calmness. One journalistic ‘dipstick’ asked him if Vermaelen & […]
Imagine the following AFC team trotting out of the tunnel up one day…. Casillas, Alves, Pique, Chiellini, Cole; Xavi, Essien; Ronaldo, Fabregas, Messi; RVP. Coached by Arsene Wenger and playing in a 4-2-3-1 formation. Facing them would be one of the pauper English club newly promoted to the premier league with the following players in […]
This man had been able to stay fit for longer…. As we entered the first International break of the season, our dear friends in the Press/Media had a field day at our expense following a nasty result or two – players went off, no doubt feeling low and down on confidence but two weeks later, […]
Morning all, One week into the Internationals and no doubt all Arsenal supporters have turned attentions to your parent countries, some of you may not have too much interest in these fixtures, perhaps your county is not involved. If so, this second week will feel like a fortnight all over again. Maybe you have been […]
The Interlull, as it is commonly called now, what a total bore… It’s almost as bad as the Close Season and at times like these, many of us start to think back a little. I was sorting out some old papers recently and came across a couple of old newspaper cuttings i’d kept from 2006/07. […]