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Everton (a) – Ramsey, Song & More Late Match Thoughts

23rd March 2012 admin

We started the game superbly and our speed of passing was a joy. Everton did not know how to handle us for the first 15 minutes. As is often the case we were wasteful with our finishing and really should have buried Everton before and after Vermaelen had headed in van Persie's corner. It wasn't the first time that Everton were undone by that combination. It was during Thomas Vermaelen's league debut when van Persie curled in a free kick to the back post and Vermaelen leapt high and powered in his first Arsenal goal in our 6-1 victory.

Everton (h) – Robin Off Colour But Magnificently On Target

10th December 2011 admin

Robin van Persie was not having a good game, he was uncharacteristically losing possession and he was not able to influence the game as he usually does. Well that was the case until 70 minutes when Song who had played a number of over hit passes in the final third, played a perfectly floated pass to van Persie who spun off his man and volleyed first time past Howard and in off the post. A world class strike from a world class

Fulham (h) – Lacking Sharpness & Tempo But Not Effort As Points Are Dropped

27th November 2011 admin

You want Arshavin to be in Gervinho's positions but Arshavin doesn't get into Gervinho's positions. Theo Walcott on the other side started slowly but got much better as the first half went on. When he found his stride, he was the most dangerous player on the pitch. Direct, aggressive and purposeful

Marseille (h) Thoughts & Line Up: Arsene’s Rotation Dilemma

1st November 2011 admin

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.

Your Vision – Why It Is Time to Stand Up and Applaud Laurent Koscielny

26th October 2011 admin

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

Arsenal In Crisis? Define Crisis

21st October 2011 admin

This season Liverpool FC will be where we were last season in terms of years without a trophy. Yet I can honestly say that I cannot remember one time that a pundit, newspaper, commentator or whoever dished out that stat that they love so much. We hear about the roar of the Kop, about Stevie G, King Kenny (not sure what makes him an actual King) about their wonderful history which is indeed wonderful yet here we are today in 2011 and not a jot is said. Liverpool FC have NEVER won

Injuries The New Transfer Rumour & The Margin Between Scapegoat or Hero

14th October 2011 admin

I would love to see the stats on points and league position based on the amount of changes made to a team over the course of the season. I doubt that we have ever used so many different players at this stage of the season since Arsene Wenger has been at the club and it is little wonder that we are swimming around the bottom half of the table right now. You can bet your bottom quid that once we have a settled side together who actually stay somewhere near fit then we will start to rise up the

Injuries exist to destroy me & Chamberlain to change Gooner opinion

6th September 2011 admin

I get fed up with watching depleted squads have to make do because key players are missing. I really felt for Connor Henderson during pre season, the poor lad had been given a chance to show what he could do and injury struck, the same has to be said for Frimpong last pre season but without being heartless, these are players who do not impact our season

Defensive Crisis or Not

11th August 2011 Omomo14

Another huge problem we have is our defensive high line, one ball over the top and our defenders can't cope. I'm still trying to understand why Wenger persists in playing the high line when season after season we suffer from it. A new CB in the mould of Cahill or Samba would suffer greatly from our defensive set up. Mobility isn't their best attribute and that's what we crave for in a new CB apart from

How I took Wenger’s comments & The transfer movement begins

10th July 2011 admin

Who those clubs are and in which country/league remains to be seen. Many players vanish off the footballing radar when they leave the Arsenal, I am not sure if that will be the case this time with Nicklas Bendtner. I suspect that he will have a good career and this potential move will be very good for him and probably good for Arsenal given the system and style of play we have. Manuel Almunia is the type of former player that could well disappear from our ear shot if he finds a club abroad, which I

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