

Champions League
Arsenal 4-AZ 1; Kroenke on the Brink
By: Martin |Arsenal v AZby nineinchmail
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.
Arsenal-AZ Open Thread
By: Martin |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 [...]
AZ Preview; Clichy Injured; RvP Speaks
By: Martin |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.
AZ Alkmaar 1-Arsenal 1
By: Martin |AZ v Arsenalby acidsaid10
Well, as Peevish said in the comments, that wasn’t much fun.
To start with, though, let me just say that this is not a bad result for Arsenal. Yes, we’re a much better club, but AZ are the defending Eredivisie champions, and has now played 35 home matches in European competition, and [...]
AZ Alkmaar Thread
By: Martin |Lineups are in, and I was right about everyone except for keeper:
AZ Preview; Walcott Out 3-4 Weeks
By: Martin |Champions League matchup tomorrow against AZ Alkmaar, and for some reason I can’t look at that name without thinking of Azkaban prison from Harry Potter. When I imagine what their home pitch is like, I picture it being a desolate little island in the middle of the cold sea. When you finally get there, with [...]
Olympiakos Highlights
By: Martin |Arsenal v Olympiakos Piraeus
Didn’t get to see the game, but from the looks of things, it was one of those games that easily could have been much more lopsided than the end result–I think 2-0 flattered the Greek side a bit. 12 shots on goal, many of them golden opportunities from close up, is quality, [...]
Olympiakos Preview and Open Thread
By: Martin |So we’re back in action today with a big match against Olympiakos. At the moment, we are co-group leaders after we had that erm…”interesting” win over Standard and Olympiakos dispatched AZ. A win and 3 points today would put us well and truly in control of the group. As I’ve discussed before, the last match [...]
Standard Liege 2-Arsenal 3 (Updated with Player Ratings)
By: Martin |Holy Jeebus, what a game. To recap,
Standard Liege Open Thread
By: Martin |Lineups are in:
Standard Liege: Bolat, Rocha, Dalmat, Mbokani, De Camargo, Camozzato, Sarr, Mangala, Jovanovic, Witsel and Carcela-Gonzalez.
Arsenal: Mannone, Diaby, Vermaelen, Clichy, Gallas, Song, Eboue, Fabregas, Rosicky, Bendtner and Eduardo.
Let’s get out there and do it. Come on Arsenal.






