It is important that Arsene is able to find the right balance because many players will need pulling out at vital times whilst we have many top quality players on the sidelines all in need of minutes on the pitch. There is talk of Robin being rested for this but as he recently spent a good 70 minutes on the bench against Stoke City, I do not see him being rested so quickly.
Many people are rightly talking about one man right now and the words one man team have been bandied about a little too freely for my liking but Robin's going through a crazy hot streak right now where goals are coming as easily as racists slipping over. Arsene Wenger spoke about Robin benefiting from an attacking team with team mates who create plenty of chances. He mentioned this more than once post Chelsea and even post Stoke where he won the game from the bench, Wenger
I have been saying for a while now that we are waiting to see a group of our team playing at the top of their game at the same time. Gervinho, Walcott, Ramsey and a few others have yet to show their best together in the same game and we finally witnessed that yesterday. Ramsey was exceptional, he was everywhere and held his own against the experience of the Chelsea team. Theo Walcott was
Aaron Ramsey was absolutely sensational today and following his Stoke City display, he could be close to his best. His pass for van Persie's first goal was eye of the needle stuff. A reversed slice pass into the path of Gervinho who may have gone for goal himself if he had scored from Walcott's
I feel rather strange about this one, strange because I have felt rather confident about the game, I have also read that many Gooners are also feeling rather bullish about this one which makes me then go the other way. We often pull something out of the proverbial bag when we least expect it but now, for a strange reason many people are expecting us to smack Chelsea into
Basically the board would have much preferred the supporters to congratulate the club on the great work they are doing in collecting cash and making us financially strong. It does feel that the club attempt to shove this in supporters faces a little too much without considering the fact that it is our financial strength that has frustrated many supporters as fans want to see
His goal was absolutely wonderful, little steps at pace into the box a quick shimmy one way and a zipped low shot across the keeper and into the corner. I cannot think of many Arsenal players today who would have scored a goal like that. Theo Walcott
Partnering the surprisingly superb Johan Djourou at the heart of the defense through January and February, the duo formed the best defense in the league, at least temporarily. Koscielny’s performed remarkably well alongside Djourou and went a long way in vindicating Wenger’s faith in him. The reason several doubted his ability and his talent stems largely from his form early in the 2009-10 season. The injury to Thomas Vermaelen and with Johan Djourou still recuperating from the injury that left him
Quite why Chu Young Park is being written off so soon is a mystery to me. Some players take longer to adjust to the Premier League and to our way of playing. Even a player like Arteta who knows the league well has had to adjust to a new set up. Eduardo was a sub for a long while before he got his
It is because Aaron Ramsey and the aftermath of Ryan Shawcross’s horror tackle on the Welsh captain that saw him miss competitive football for nearly a year. It is because after the injury, the media chose to paint Shawcross as some sort of victim. Out went the fact that he might nearly have ended the career of one of the Premier League’s most talented player and instead