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Shrewsbury (h) Post Match Thoughts: Coquelin matures & Special Chamberlain’s end product
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain played within himself during the first half combining with Jenkinson on the right, holding back when Jenkinson pushed foward and always looking to find space. At one point I was watching him off the ball and was amazed at the amount of times he is looking for space, always looking at where his opponents and team mates are. It seems as if he
Shrewsbury (h) Thoughts & Line Up: Will Ryo & Chamberlain tempt Arsene into 442?
Ju Young Park will be a certain starter and I would imagine that Marouane Chamakh will also start the game so that throws up some interesting questions. Which position will Ju Park play? Chamakh can only really play as a central striker so Park will either join Chamakh up front or play a wider role. If Park plays a wider role then one of Ryo or Chamberlain will have to drop to the
Blackburn Rovers (a) Post Match Thoughts: Schizophrenic Gunners defeated
Andre Santos was culpable for the Blackburn Rovers equaliser, playing Yakubu onside when his defensive team mates had pushed up. The impressive Hoilett flicked a pass into the path of Yakubu who nudged the ball very early past the advancing Szczesny. Holliet will play for a bigger club in a few
Defensive failings again… 'Glimmer of hope'
We are going to hear from every man and his dog on how our defence is a mess, how Wenger could have bought Cahill or Vidic or gone back in time to bring back Tony Adams but what we keep forgetting is that the best defenders would suffer in our team if we don't do little things right because its the little things that are punishing us emphatically
Your Vision – Let’s look at the Positives
As the title suggest, there have been a few positives in the past weeks that we tend to overlook based on the overall context of our terrible results. We are in the middle of our worst start in the Premier League and we are being lambasted, rightfully so, from all around us. However, there are some things in each match that I have tried to latch on too in order to keep my hopes
Blackburn Rovers (a) Thoughts & Line Up: Santos, Ramsey and Arshavin start
Obviously first thing is first, I want those three points but I also would love to see our attacking game click because it hasn't so far and many Wenger teams are built on the momentum of our play, if that does not function then we stutter. Fluency is the key, quick combination passing takes time to get right, especially when you have to incorporate new players into the set up
Borussia Dortmund (a) Post Match Thoughts: Gotze, Koscielny & Flipping the script
What I find very intriguing is the development of this new team. It looks as if we are doing things the other way round now. Wenger's teams of the past have always clicked offensively. The continuous short passing work on the training ground has been replicated on the pitch but the stability defensively
A win and a draw, we are on our way up…. Postives Showing
A win was only what I asked for, didn't care if it was by a low margin which eventually was the case. We started pretty well from the start and should have scored if Ramsey had taken his chance. Theo had his shot at goal cleared off the line, RVP struck the post after a beautiful foot work and Chamackh had a clear header saved by Vorm, Swansea's Goal keeper. That's 4 goals missed which on a very good day should have been translated to goals. Swansea missed a couple of chances too but still
Borussia Dortmund (a) Thoughts & Line Up: Result in Dortmund can free new Arsenal
Mikel Arteta would be likely to have more freedom to get closer to van Persie. Defensively this would be very strong but I would be concerned with the team's ability to keep the ball if pressed intensely, it could also be a team that would lack creativity if Arteta was stopped. If Arsene felt brave then he could drop Frimpong to the bench, bring in Yossi Benayoun and drop the midfielders back a slot with