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Madrid demolished 2008-08-03 10:31:00 A much stronger Arsenal side lined up against a pretty decent Real Madrid
side, few neutrals would have predicted the one sided nature of the encounter. The deadlock was not broken in the first half, Adebayor missed one particularly good chance, and there was some lovely interplay between RVP and Adebayor at times, one great move leading to a good low shot from Theo Walcott that was well saved Read more:demolished
Promise in defeat 2008-08-02 20:05:00 Arsenal met a typically stubborn and well organised Juventus side at the Emirates yesterday and despite suffering an undeserved defeat, showed a great deal of promise with a very solid performance from some very talented young Arsenal players. Of note there were four englishmen in the starting eleven, something that will provide some ammunition for use against our rather xenophobic press.
We
Things will never be quite the same 2008-08-01 15:19:00 So much noise has come out of the Adebayor camp this summer, it's hard to believe that there hasn't been so much smoke without even a small fire, however it appears that the fire has been extinguished for the moment as the player has announced on Arsenal TV that he is set to sign a new four year contract at the club. One wonders if this is the very same Adebayor that was labelled as being '
Money can't buy you love 2008-09-03 13:28:00 I'm away from home at the moment and it's a little trickier to get hold of the old world wide web, but I fortunately did have time to stumble upon this great little Arseblogger rantique. We can all probably get a bit too introspective at times, and it's easy to cross over that line between good natured discussion and over the top attacks.
We've made no signings and that's a fact, so we just Read more:Money
Basic misunderstanding of tackling 2008-08-31 06:11:00 Luckily Rob Styles' incompetence didn't end up having an impact on the result yesterday, however I'd still like to have a whinge at what I see as the consistently poor refereeing in the Premiership these days. In not wanting to be overly negative, I should quickly praise Mike Dean for correctly sending off Amdy Faye for a shocking tackle in the Stoke-Boro game.
Barton's tackle on Nasri Read more:Basic
Black and white convicts dispatched 2008-08-30 13:40:00 What a contrast to last Saturday's efforts or lack of them, a performance full of drive and motivation saw us overcome Newcastle comfortably 3-0. It could have been eight or nine, had our finishing been slightly more clinical; the most comforting thing was the increase in tempo and the way in which everyone worked hard off the ball, pressing and harrying the opposition at every opportunity. I'll Read more:Black
, convicts
Recovery must continue tomorrow 2008-08-29 12:15:00 It's been an eventful week, the performance against FC Twente was certainly an improvement, however given the weakness of the opposition it's hard to get carried away. I was quite amused by some banter from Mark Lawrenson on the box, he was ripping the piss out of Steve McLaren's new dutch accent and what he may have said to his depressed players at half time, whatever he said it certainly Read more:Recovery
, tomorrow
Stop Press - Champions League Draw 2008-08-28 11:42:00 Arsenal face Porto, Fenerbahce and Dynamo Kiev in the first round group stage. I'm not sure which order the games are played in, but Match day one is 16/17 September. For those who, like me, were mumbling through "We're on our way..." last night, the final is in Rome this year. Should make a nice trip..... Read more:Press
, Champions
, League
, Champions League
FC Twente - Done 2008-08-28 03:41:00 Arsenal's 6-0 aggregate win looks great in the papers this morning, but lets not be fooled by it. They never posed a threat and in true Gordon Ramsay style, they were "blitzed" "griddled" and "done". At 2-0 down from the first leg, and then conceding a goal to Nasri on 26 minutes, FC Twente basically were going out and had nothing to lose. So did Schteve Mschclaren le
Cracks in Arsene's foundations? 2008-08-26 11:57:00 Life is certainly not black and white, and as I am becoming increasingly confused and bemused about goings on at Arsenal I am finding it impossible to see things with much clarity at the moment. Le Boss has been defending his captain:
"We did not play well as a team, everybody knows that and William is no more guilty than anybody else"
William is the club captain, I'd argue that he shou Read more:Arsene
Reading into the reaction 2008-08-25 06:27:00 I'm not quite as angry as I was on Saturday, the rage has now become more a feeling of let down and disappointment, interestingly the Fulham goal has since been shown to have been offside. Some interesting words have been spoken since the Fulham game which do throw some light on what exactly went on. Emmanuel Adebayor had this to say:
"We saw that as soon as we don't play together, as soon Read more:Reading
, reaction
A systemic malaise? 2008-08-24 06:29:00 Having had a few hours to nurse my sore head, I have had time to reflect upon yesterday's terribly limp performance at Fulham; sometimes defeats are unfortunate and undeserved, however yesterday's was most definitely not one of these. I agree with everything Ted said earlier today, while Arseblogger also makes many similar points. Even given the poor performance we could easily have salvaged
Bullard beats Arsenal 2008-08-24 03:46:00 Arsenal lost 1-0 away to Fulham on Saturday afternoon's late kick-off. Arsenal were pretty dire. AW said after the game:
"When you want to play at the top you must start the game with the right attitude and personality. Thats what we didn't do and thats a good lesson. It was the kind of game where you could not afford a mistake at the back or at a set piece. I believe they wanted it a bit Read more:Arsenal
Slightly bemused 2008-08-21 14:06:00 So England again failed to look anything near the sum of their parts, gaining a rather fortunate 2-2 draw against a distinctly average Czech side at Wembley. It could have been predicted from the team line up, how on earth Capello selected Beckham on the right and no proper left midfielder on the left was beyond me. This resulted in a starting side with no genuine pace or width in midfield, why
An extra parking space? 2008-08-20 12:46:00 The rumour that Mikael Silvestre is set to join us is fast gathering pace, and it's certainly a signing that has the potential to divide Gooner opinion. Silvestre has undoubtedly been a top defender for Manu, however a rather unfortunate run of injuries has seen him play very few first team games in the past couple of seasons, obviously Vidic's form has also been rather significant.
We've been
Arsenal wrecking English football? 2008-08-19 15:03:00 I happened to have the misfortune to listen to a few minutes of David Frost's interview with Alex Ferguson on Sky the other night; on the rare occasion that Sir David wasn't drooling over the might Sir Alex's CV, he gave him rather too many opportunities to have a sly dig at his enemies. The BBC came in for a lot of stick, I mean how dare they not portray everything fergie related as residing Read more:Arsenal
, wrecking
, English
Sorry Piers but you're a c*** 2008-08-18 16:07:00 There are some people I respect, some people I don't, and then there are some who are even lower than the latter group, as they fit into the subhuman beneath contempt category. Moving on, Piers Morgan writes in the Daily Wail about Arsenal's chances this season:
"My name is Piers. I'm an Arsenal season-ticket holder and I'm officially depressed. What the hell is happening to my club?"
Respect from Rooney and reluctance from Riley 2008-08-17 12:14:00 Some things never change, despite all the media chatter about a new level of 'respect' that is to be shown by players towards officials; Wayne Rooney
was back to his best at Old Trafford today, demonstrating just why the despicable chav is about as admired as a piece of globular green sputum outside of Manchester United supporting circles.
Rooney had no right to abuse Riley
, as the gaunt and
Platini, Pogatetz and double standards 2008-09-24 14:00:00 Firstly what a fantastic performance last night, it seems unfair to highlight individuals in what was a magnificent team display. Even the youngsters on the bench are great talents, it really does demonstrate what magic Wenger has done over the years in developing our youth. Those who like to blame Wenger for England's woes would do well to notice the fact that Wilshere, Gibbs, Hoyte, Randall, Read more:Platini
, double
The Kids are Back in Town 2008-09-24 03:42:00 Great news last night with the Gooner Kids putting six unanswered goals past Sheffield Utd.
However, when you bear in mind that Gallas and Almunia practically double the average age of the rest of the first XI, and that Bendtner, Vela, Song, Ramsey and Djourou are already full internationals for their countries, its clear that these kids are a class act, and are very close in standard to the
This is England 2008-09-20 16:56:00 For anyone that's seen the film, you'll know what I'm on about, for those who haven't read on and I shall try to explain. This is 'good old' English football and it's not for 'jessies' as the grinning Shearer and Lawrenson love saying. This is 'good old' England
where we just laugh as the reckless straight legged tackles fly, where we just get on with it as the tibias crack, where we don't see
Same old Arsenal 2008-09-20 06:08:00 As Ted pointed out yesterday, there is certainly no cause for concern as regards our financial situation, and given the global financial disarray that is excellent news indeed. If our club had been run a la Risdale we could be in a very different position to our current one that looks both solid and secure. There's no way it would have been sensible to throw money around in a reckless fashion Read more:Arsenal
Arsenal - the best run club in the world 2008-09-19 03:42:00 Morning all. Its been a turbulent few months off the football pitch for the business world, but it is perhaps worth taking stock of reports (The Times) that Arsenal
are set to announce impressive financial results for the year ending on 31 May 2008, including turnover figures up over 12% to £225m, which generated a profit of over £50m.
It was rumoured over the summer that Arsenal's finances wer
Referee forgets glasses as Kiev bully 2008-09-17 16:15:00 I know we didn't play at our best, and I also know that Arene might have got his tactics slightly wrong, but I still need to vent my spleen regarding the pitiful standard of refereeing on show. Playing three central midfielders didn't give us the greatest width, and it also resulted in RVP being deployed wide left at times, somewhere I feel he is far less effective than when in more advanced
FA have no balls: so violence will continue to prosper 2008-09-15 12:08:00 There has been no shortage of shocking tackles so far this season, we had Faye's two footed shocker a couple of weeks back, and now Cattermole's pair and Guthrie's leg breaker this weekend. This has coincided with the hot air surrounding the FA's rather vacuous 'respect' campaign, of note there was no shortage of players surrounding referees last weekend, Manu and Chelsea players being yet again Read more:prosper
Things take shape 2008-09-14 05:09:00 It would be hard to have many complaints after such a convincing performance away to Blackburn yesterday. To be fair to Blackburn 4-0 does not tell the entire story, things could have been a little different if certain chances had been taken, however only a lunatic would claim that Arsenal didn't deserve the sound victory.
Almunia did everything in an accomplished fashion, the ball was rattled
Theo - what a waste of money 2008-09-11 12:10:00 I'm amazed Theo Walcott can sleep at night, what a shocking season the lad's had so far, only one international hat trick and several first team starts under his belt already. But seriously, there has been a lot of unfair criticism of Walcott so far this season and his sterling performance last night should hopefully shut these idiots up for a few minutes. Walcott is a great talent, but he is Read more:waste
Perspective from poverty of performance 2008-09-08 15:52:00 Although the mighty Arsenal have not been in action, observing England's persistent failure to ever amount to anything remotely near the sum of its parts is a good reminder for me of just how easy it is to produce mediocre football, and how fortunate we are to have the quality of football that Arsene routinely serves up for us. Having said that Theo did pretty well on his full debut, his Read more:Perspective
England 'supporters' et al 2008-10-11 06:38:00 International weekends are certainly good for one thing, that is realising that thankfully we don't have to endure dire international games every week, even Arsenal's performance against Fulham was more inspiring than an England
game. At least the younger England chaps are not quite as insipid as their senior colleagues, Lansbury and Murphy amongst the goals for the young lions.
Following a few
No nonsense from Keane 2008-10-07 04:17:00 I hated Roy Keane
as a player for Manure. He was Fergie's personification on the pitch, the pitbull belonging to the red faced dementor. That said, the Arsenal v ManUre games of that era were about the best footballing entertainment you are ever likely to see. And at least part of the reason why is that Arsenal had the players to out-play and out-muscle Manure on regular occassions.
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