Home Tag "Bergkamp"

A Silver Lining To Mertesacker’s Injury, Wilshere, Bergkamp & Transition in London

How does a team that forked out roughly £70m last January on top of what they already had find themselves in fifth in the table? With the worlds sought after up and coming manager behind them, they started the season as favourites in many a pundits eye. It is quite incredible really. The obvious comparisons are that both teams are in transition. A different type of

Let’s do the Ramsey wide thing (again)

Dennis Henry / Park / Suarez Scouted

So called King Kenny needs to take some responsibility for his players irresponsible behaviour before a recent game by wearing these stupid t-shirts. Suarez was not accused of a late tackle, he was accused of racism and surely any personal backing could be done in the dressing room. Anyway, this is a subject probably best kept away from an Arsenal blog as luckily we do not have to deal with all this controversy.  Thierry Henry is all over dot com and as you would expect he has said all the things that we fully expect of an Arsenal legend. He expects to have a bit part role

Let’s do the Ramsey wide thing (again)

Bergkamp to return?, Where is our pressing? & Theo wants striker role…again

Now this is a pet hate of mine. It has been something that has bugged me for a while now. A number of players such as Arshavin and Szczesny have spoken about the team working hard this summer on set pieces (which was going very well until Blackburn) and implementing a pressing game. It looked crystal clear during the Asia tour. When not in possession we have the defensive line pushed up the wide

Let’s do the Ramsey wide thing (again)

Nostalgia Corner: Hat's The Way to do it

Trying to pick out one Thierry Henry hat trick is like going to the Playboy mansion and only trying to pull one model or buying pic 'n' mix but only getting fizzy cola bottles. This one always stands out for me simply because in my mind, it showed that Arsenal had finally 'arrived' in Europe. Winning like that in a potentially difficult away game at the Stadio Olympico convinced me that Arsenal could be considered

The Void In The Middle

Bergkamp’s path begins, Rambo return & Remembering Frimpong

We are so involved in the season and all the drama that goes with it, that it is quite difficult to remember how impressive he was in those games. Physically imposing, a fantastic strong tackler and powerful engine. I have no doubt that had he stayed at the club as apposed to being farmed out on loan then he could have made quite an impact on the Carling Cup and FA Cup games at least. He could have turned into a very able deputy to Alex Song in the first team, especially alongside his buddy Jack

Let’s do the Ramsey wide thing (again)