Previous to that Arsene Wenger brought on Thierry Henry for Oxlade-Chamberlain. Gooners are still wondering why it is Chamberlain that is being removed and not someone like Theo Walcott who was not at his best in the North East. It is nothing to do with footballing ability or indeed impact on the game like at Manchester United. Chamberlain is being protected, Arsene doesn't want him to play 90
If Arsenal's Vermaelen does move to the center then I would actually expect Sagna to fill in at left back rather than his usual right back spot. Arsene tends to put the more experienced player out of position rather than a youngster, even if it means making more defensive
Eden Hazard's name was again mentioned by Arsenal, and it isn't the first or I suspect the last time that his name will come out of Wenger's mouth. Arsene has been watching Hazard for a number of years now, I wouldn't be at all surprised if he knew of Hazard way before anyone else. Arsene know's French players very well, especially young French players, I say French players but of course I mea
Theo Walcott was in the groove yesterday at Arsenal and I think much of that was down to the way we played the game as well as some poor defending by the visitors. Quick early passes with a high tempo helps Theo, it helps keep our opponents on the back foot which Walcott's pace can exploit. When we face teams at the Emirates who sit back and have time to set themselves then Walcott often
Coquelin is one player I've been impressed with, he has done his job silently and steadily. He has shown he is a hard worker which is why the game today shouldn't be a big deal for him. Arteta partnering him in the middle of the pack should help him stand firm. A midfield 3 of Coquelin - Arteta - Rosicky should be the way forward but as we all know our thinking isn't Wenger's thinking and he would always come out with what he deems fit enough to make a huge statement and I fully
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain once again looked dynamic, confident and dangerous. He is not only a dribbler or speed merchant, he has the eye for the pass and provided just that, a diagonal slipped ball into Theo Walcott who did what Ramsey didn't, he took it on and faced the keeper one on one but once again he hit the keeper. He has finished that same chance so many times in the past but this season, it just is not happening for Theo Walcott either. Against QPR
With every game being so important, it will be difficult for Arsene to rotate too many of his best players but at the same time overplaying them can lead to injury. A classic case of damned if you do, damned if you don't. Arsene would get blamed if we drop points due to not starting with Vermaelen but then blamed if Vermaelen picks up an injury. Who would be a football manager? Well I guess the
Firstly we have signed 19 year old Thomas Eisfeld from Borussia Dortmund, as this blog has gone up pretty late, I do not need to go into the details as I am sure you have read them elsewhere, probably more than once as well. What I have been able to do though, is find some footage that seems to be in shortage right now. I have put it together albeit rather shoddily but time was not on my side. As there Andrey Arshavin is in preliminary talks with Anzhi Makhachkala, I didn't even have to look that
Theo Walcott skipped down the byline and I still think the shot was a mistake, he could have found the cut back earlier but ran himself out of options, Given saved and the ball fell to the feet of former Tottenham full back Alan Hutton and he smashed the ball into Walcott