A mixture of the goal as well as Cesc being off the pitch meant that we yanked up the handbrake and just kept the ball. We totally eased off the pressure and turned it into a training exercise. We slowed the game down too much to score anymore goals. Stoke were absolutely shameful
If Bendtner continues from where he left off then I expect the Dane to flourish in a more creative and fluid team around him. I have a good feeling that he will score if he plays this evening
Because I am letting Aaron down by not believing in him. Yes I was devastated when he broke his leg. Yes I felt distraught. I even paid money toward a banner in his honour. But a few days later I got up and I walked around and I saw my friends and I lived my life and I forgot about him
Perhaps the young Catalan has been taking strides forward in front of Arsene Wenger during training sessions. He looks very assured on the ball and he gave the defence a nice balance due to his preference to use his left foot. It was very hard to gauge his defensive attributes as he just wasn't tested until the 88th minute but he looks very calm and is certainly an Arsenal defender in the making
Gibbs also had his best game at left back for a while. He looked assured on the ball and I felt there was an air of confidence about him that had been missing from his recent performances. Miquel also looked
We have had the Emirates stadium to hold our hands when mass changes caused our level of performance to drop, this will not be the case this time so the players who are given the chance to play will have to hit the ground running. I would be very surprised if Arsene threw in many of the players from midweek as the game required a huge amount of physical and mental energy and when you look further down the line we have the small matter of Tony Pulis' thugs and then the Carling Cup final against an even bigger collection of thugs. That is actually quite a frightening prospect.
Arsenal allowed their defenders to have the ball and Van Persie dropped back into midfield. Our defenders were pushed up high with the intension of flooding the midfield and not allowing them the space to combine and dominate the game. Barcelona are technically so good that even with a very
I found it very interesting that Walcott was moved to the left hand side against Wolves when Andrey Arshavin was replaced for Nicklas Bendtner. Theo Walcott is hardly ever moved away from the right and the obvious move would have been to move Bendtner to the left hand side and keep Theo Walcott on the right. I wonder if Arsene Wenger has a little trick up his sleeve. A move to the left would give Dani Alves something to think