Wolves Preview
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Wolverhampton Wanderers
Position: 17th, 2-4-5 (10 points, -7 goal differential)
Recent Form: LLDDD
Home Form: 1-2-2
Away to the midlands tomorrow to face Wolves at the Molineaux. Read the rest of this entry »
Arsenal 4-AZ 1; Kroenke on the Brink
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There’s not much else to say other than that that was a sublime performance by Arsenal. The trophy draught is frustrating, but honestly, when Arsenal plays like they did last night, dominating another club through sheer skill, technique, and teamwork, it just reminds me how lucky I am to root for Arsenal. Read the rest of this entry »
Arsenal-AZ Open Thread
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Lineups are in:
Arsenal: Starters: Almunia, Eboue, Gallas, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Fabregas, Song, Diaby, Nasri, van Persie, Arshavin. Substitutes: Mannone, Silvestre, Rosicky, Senderos, Eduardo, Sagna, Ramsey.
AZ: Starters: Romero, Jaliens, Moisander, Moreno, Poulsen, Holman, Mendes da Silva, Schaars, Martens, Pelle, Dembele. Substitutes: Swerts, van der Velden, Lens, Wernbloom, Didulica, Ari, Pocognoli.
Eboue starts at right-back and Sagna gets a day off, which shouldn’t hurt us too much. Given Eboue’s flexibility, it wouldn’t be too surprising if Sagna came on as a late sub and Eboue moved further up the pitch, either. The big news is that Nasri gets his first start of the season–it will be very interesting to see where he actually plays, because I think it will tell us whether Wenger sees Nasri’s role being up front in the 4-3-3 or being out on the left in a traditional 4-4-2, which is how he was mainly deployed last year.
I’ll be DVRing the game, so will try to get a recap and ratings up either late tonight or tomorrow. Also, just because I thought it was randomly funny Read the rest of this entry »
Cesc Crowned October’s Player of the Month
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It was just announced that Cesc Fabregas edged out Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba as the PFA Player of the Month for the month of October.
Ultimately, of course, such awards are pretty meaningless, and Cesc would probably be the first to say so. But it is nice that his superb play all month was recognized, as he was consistently pulling the strings for a club which was undefeated on the month.
You’ll recall that I was a bit worried about Cesc coming into the season, because he was injured for much of last year and wasn’t as good as we expected him to be even when healthy. But this season has been a different story altogether–Cesc has 6 goals and 11 assists in 12 games in all competitions so far this year, and had 4 goals and 5 assists in 6 October games. He was involved in over half of Arsenal’s goals on the month.
Congratulations, Cesc–you truly are the rudder of the Arsenal.
AZ Preview; Clichy Injured; RvP Speaks
By: Martin | 8 Comments
Well, just as my preview for the first match against AZ announced a monthlong injury to Theo Walcott, I’m afraid I’ve got more bad injury news to report here. Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Arsenal News, Champions League, Fixtures, Gael Clichy, Injury Report, Kieran Gibbs, Samir NasriArsenal 3-Spurs 0 (Updated with Highlights)
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Watch Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur MotD Highlights in Sports | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.comThat could not have gone much better. We may have answered some questions today. For one thing, of our previous 6 wins, they have all been over bottom half of the table clubs. We just beat a club sitting 4th in the table, and we did so convincingly. It was also great, given our recent struggles holding onto leads, to see Arsenal finish off a game–instead of sitting on the lead, we grew stronger and more dominant as the game went along. Read the rest of this entry »
Spurs Thread
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Game time–lineups are in:
Arsenal: Starters: Almunia, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy, Diaby, Song, Fabregas, Bendtner, van Persie, Arshavin. Subs: Senderos, Eduardo, Eboue, Nasri, Mannone, Ramsey, Gibbs.
Spurs: Starters: Gomes, Corluka, King, Bassong, Assou-Ekotto, Bentley, Huddleston, Palacios, Jenas, Crouch, Keane. Subs: Woodgate, Dawson, Kranjcar, Hutton, Pavlyuchenko, Bale, Button.
Come on Arsenal.
Spurs Preview
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Tottenham Hotspur
Position: 4th, 6-1-3 (19 points, +7 goal differential)
Recent Form: LWDWL
Away Form: 3-1-1
Last Meeting: Tottenham 0-Arsenal 0 (2/8/09)
It’s here. The North London derby. Read the rest of this entry »
Fabianski Injured, Merida Negotiations Continue, Gibbs for England?
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Just several random things going on today, none of which really deserve their own post, so I figured I would just dump them in here together. Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Arsenal News, Fran Merida, Hull City, Injury Report, Kieran Gibbs, Lukasz Fabianski, PlayersArsenal 2-Liverpool 1
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Well, as the Who said, “The Kids Are Alright”
Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-1 to go through to the quarterfinals of the Carling Cup. Read the rest of this entry »
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