I have been roundly criticised for suggesting that last year’s team was full of potential – more potential than previous Arsenal teams – and especially for suggesting that the Barcelona game was an indication of that. “It was just one game,” they said, and surely the Birmingham loss was an example of how poor we could be in the same way that the Champion’s
If Arsene works this way then it is no surprise as to why players like Sagna, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Arteta, Chamberlain, Arshavin and countless more from previous squads managed to hit the ground running. But like I say, I cannot state this as a fact, this is my opinion. The closest thing to facts though is the result of the transfer window. Have a look around at other clubs and the business they have done. At this point, I imagine a few people saying 'well this is not about them, we are in a position where we need the top four.' My response to that would be that every club has their own aims and goals and that Liverpool and Chelsea have the same aim as we do.
van Persie to the replacement of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. The substitution was made at a time when the team and Oxlade-Chamberlain in particular seemed to have a great deal of momentum. The reasons for the sub appeared unclear at the time and are still a mystery to those other than Arsène Wenger. The boss
Rosicky, Yossi, Coquelin and AOC are four players who have looked good this term and would clearly benefit, and have benefited, from playing in the first instance, but also playing with the first eleven - if Song and Arteta are playing then perhaps play Rosicky and bring Ramsey on if needed; if RvP and Theo are starting then start Yossi and
Theo has racked up 5 assists this season in the league and goals have been hard for him but still I feel he has done quite well. His performance has dipped largely because he is running out of gas. IMO he needs rest and he also needs to be
Arsenal went to the Bernabéu to face Real Madrid in the 2006 Champions League second round. The match was on ITV and that rotten Man Utd supporting donkey-bothering, afterbirth drinking, vagina scab Peter Drury was in the commentary box doing his level best to ruin the watching experience for Gooners up and down the country with the kind of ridiculous patronising tone that would warrant being
I hear a lot of talk about the need for a back up for RVP, complaints about Park and Chamackh, heck even talk about Torres for twenty million quid. All of this is interesting. But, you want to know what I think is interesting? The two goals scored by Vargas on perhaps one of the biggest stages in South American football. Here is a player that knows where the back of the net is, and is able to
In midfield, Arteta and Song stood out for me and their partnership gets stronger with every game played. Defensively they are both solid and together they form a great wall to protect our defence. Offensively they were both magnificent and took turns pushing forward. In one of their forward runs
Myself and Roxy who is the main brains behind the operation decided to write a track about the club that we all love so much. Since then plenty has happened and we have had to make changes and write new content as the weeks rolled on. We wanted to do something more uplifting than all the doom and gloom portrayed left, right and center. Roxy, a very good friend of mine and loyal Gooner