Friendly
Arsenal v Valencia Game Thread
By: travis |
70 Comments
Today’s friendly against Valencia (8:30 PM local, 3:30 PM EST) should be an interesting one. There’s plenty of news as we get closer and closer to this season’s kickoff. Make this your destination for comments before, during, and after the game. I’ll try and post lineups and streams here as well.
Lineup Update:
Almunia, Diaby, Fabregas, Gallas, [...]
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Valencia Preview
By: Martin | 14 Comments
Tomorrow brings our final friendly match of the summer, away to Valencia. The Spanish club has fallen on hard financial times recently, but despite all the speculation, didn’t sell David Villa or David Silva, so still have a lot of firepower. Wenger has said he will be fielding a side that is as close as [...]
Rangers Preview/Gamethread (UPDATED with Arsenal lineup)
By: Martin | 14 Comments
Well, we’re back in action in the Emirates Cup today against Scottish champions Rangers. If we win, then we will hold the ultra-prestigious Emirates Cup for the season.
I imagine we’ll probably see many of the same players we saw yesterday, but don’t be surprised if some of the players who came on as late [...]
Arshavin 2, Atletico Madrid 1, Senderos Exits to Everton and more
By: travis | 11 Comments
Afternoon all. I thought I’d jump in for a few thoughts after today’s 2-1 win against Atletico Madrid in the first game of the Emirates Cup. It’s certainly nice to bag a win in the club’s first preseason match at home, and there were a few encouraging signs. A few takeaways to toss out there:
Rosicky [...]
Emirates Cup; Wenger Addresses Vieira Rumor
By: Martin | 7 Comments
The Emirates Cup starts today, and it’ll be a good chance for the home supporters to get a look at this year’s squad, for the squad to test itself against pretty high-level competition. Rosicky is supposed to be back in the squad, while Diaby is apparently out for another week or so.
We’re getting close [...]
Szombathelyi Haladas Friendly
By: Martin | 9 Comments
Gunners back in action this afternoon against . . . well, look at the title of the post, I’m not typing that again. They’re a Hungarian squad, and unlike the semi-professional club we played in the last friendly, these guys are actually in the qualification stages for Europa League, so hopefully they’ll provide a bit [...]
Going Dutch
By: Abby | 2 Comments
Oh, how many good puns involving the Dutch there were to use for this.
Arsenal’s in the thick of lots of Dutch action of late- we successfully defended our Amsterdam Tournament crown, and Wednesday (already), we’re up against FC Twente for the Champions League qualifiers. And, coincidentally, I’m finally reading Brilliant Orange. I know, I know, [...]
The Day of Exes
By: Abby | 3 Comments
It’s been a day of ex-players, as Arsenal traveled up to Germany to help VfB Stuttgart celebrate the renaming of their stadium (to the Mercedes-Benz Arena- Stuttgart is the home of the company, after all). Stuttgart, of course, is the new home of former Arsenal goalkeeper/entertaining character Jens Lehmann. Now, I love Jens, and I [...]
Open to Interpretation
By: Abby | 1 Comment
What can you say about pre-season friendlies? Other than nothing, really. It’s hard to interpret them as anything. I remember reading someone’s opinion on the German team’s friendlies before the Euro- if they’d won their game easily, that would be a cause for worry because it means they’re not working hard enough in training. (I [...]
Barnet friendly
By: travis | 3 Comments
With Gilberto on his way out the door, the welcoming distraction of the annual Barnet friendly is this weekend. Wenger has named his squad which includes the likes of Vela and Ramsey. Full list for those uninterested in following the link:
Manuel Almunia (GK)
Nacer Barazite
Nicklas Bendtner
Gael Clichy
Denilson
James Dunne
Rui Fonte
Gavin Hoyte
Justin Hoyte
Henri Lansbury
Vito Mannone (GK)
Havard Nordtveit
Abu [...]
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