So far Arsenal have failed to score in only two thirds of our Premier League games this
season.
That would be wrist-slitting form if it was now late November but it's less alarming when you
take into account that we have played only three games and that we remain unbeaten.
Nevertheless, after scoreless draws against Sunderland and Stoke the media weren't the only ones
asking whether finding the back of the net would be our biggest challenge this year.
Poor Cesc: torn between the love for his adopted family in London and his birth family
in Catalonia, he decided last summer to return to his original home, only to find himself not
fitting in properly there anymore.
Poor Cesc: torn between the love for his adopted family in London and his birth family
in Catalonia, he decided last summer to return to his original home, only to find himself not
fitting in properly there anymore.
"Alas", said the mouse, "the whole world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it
was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when I saw walls far away
to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber
already, and there in the corner stands the trap that I must run into.
"Alas", said the mouse, "the whole world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it
was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when I saw walls far away
to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber
already, and there in the corner stands the trap that I must run into.
"Alas", said the mouse, "the whole world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it
was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when I saw walls far away
to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber
already, and there in the corner stands the trap that I must run into.
That win was too good to just let go after a couple of days; we have been waiting all summer
long for that feeling so this post is unashamedly designed to prolong the crowing.
Yes indeed and why you may ask has the Arsenal laundry service has been cancelled? Because of
all the clean sheets, of course.
That win was too good to just let go after a couple of days; we have been waiting all summer
long for that feeling so this post is unashamedly designed to prolong the crowing.
Yes indeed and why you may ask has the Arsenal laundry service has been cancelled? Because of
all the clean sheets, of course.
A trip to Anfield is always full of trepidation, despite Liverpool's recent decline, they are
still a team that hold many dangers. If the Kop are allowed to get into the game they can be a
telling 12th man roaring their team on. With this in mind Arsène Wenger and his newly arranged
squad deserve a large amount of credit for making the game a very relaxed enjoyable affair for us
fans.
A trip to Anfield is always full of trepidation, despite Liverpool's recent decline, they are
still a team that hold many dangers. If the Kop are allowed to get into the game they can be a
telling 12th man roaring their team on. With this in mind Arsène Wenger and his newly arranged
squad deserve a large amount of credit for making the game a very relaxed enjoyable affair for us
fans.
After two games without conceding a corner, we have the opportunity to play a team who are sure
to attack and thank goodness for that. Our stats show that either our defence is the best in world
(ever) or that our opposition have been too afraid to offer anything other than estacionar el
autobús football I would love to believe the former.
After two games without conceding a corner, we have the opportunity to play a team who are sure
to attack and thank goodness for that. Our stats show that either our defence is the best in world
(ever) or that our opposition have been too afraid to offer anything other than estacionar el
autobús football I would love to believe the former.
After two games without conceding a corner, we have the opportunity to play a team who are sure
to attack and thank goodness for that. Our stats show that either our defence is the best in world
(ever) or that our opposition have been too afraid to offer anything other than estacionar el
autobús football I would love to believe the former.
Today's post derives from a comment posted by Adrian yesterday. It is fair to say that his
opinions are not in keeping with many on this site but they do represent an interesting
counterargument that is worthy of debate.
RVP, Song and now maybe Walcott although the latest reports suggest he may stay.
Today's post derives from a comment posted by Adrian yesterday. It is fair to say that his
opinions are not in keeping with many on this site but they do represent an interesting
counterargument that is worthy of debate.
RVP, Song and now maybe Walcott although the latest reports suggest he may stay.
After watching our first two matches, I have some thoughts and observations I'd like to share.
This may be (hopefully) a busy week, so as you read this some personnel may have changed.
I have been keeping up with the blogs, and there is an unusual amount of agreement among fans
about the defense, and the team in general.
After watching our first two matches, I have some thoughts and observations I'd like to share.
This may be (hopefully) a busy week, so as you read this some personnel may have changed.
I have been keeping up with the blogs, and there is an unusual amount of agreement among fans
about the defense, and the team in general.
I watched a lot of football over the weekend: Manchester United versus Fulham, in which some
Dutch bloke scuffed the ball over the line; Chelsea v Newcastle, a mid table clash between the
fifth and sixth best teams in England; Stoke v Arsenal, in which a party of brave adventurers
including at least one dwarf travelled to Mordor, failed to slay some Orcs and came home again;
and, finally, a mugging in Liverpool (I know that's not news, but this one was a
footballing mugging, with the away team stealing an undeserved point).
I watched a lot of football over the weekend: Manchester United versus Fulham, in which some
Dutch bloke scuffed the ball over the line; Chelsea v Newcastle, a mid table clash between the
fifth and sixth best teams in England; Stoke v Arsenal, in which a party of brave adventurers
including at least one dwarf travelled to Mordor, failed to slay some Orcs and came home again;
and, finally, a mugging in Liverpool (I know that's not news, but this one was a
footballing mugging, with the away team stealing an undeserved point).
Having just returned from a holiday in the South of France; a country with a wonderful climate
and a farming industry that provides its people with more or less everything that one could wish
for – French supermarkets are the closest earthlings can get to heaven, if you are, like me, one
of those who lives to eat rather than eats to live – I cannot help but wonder what the likes of
Giroud (French, born in Chambery, situated in the wonderful French Alps), and Cazorla (Spanish,
born in Llanera, North-West Spain) made of their trip to the Country of Wrath – The Land of the
Orcs.
Having just returned from a holiday in the South of France; a country with a wonderful climate
and a farming industry that provides its people with more or less everything that one could wish
for – French supermarkets are the closest earthlings can get to heaven, if you are, like me, one
of those who lives to eat rather than eats to live – I cannot help but wonder what the likes of
Giroud (French, born in Chambery, situated in the wonderful French Alps), and Cazorla (Spanish,
born in Llanera, North-West Spain) made of their trip to the Country of Wrath – The Land of the
Orcs.
Firstly, congratulations to Stoke for improving upon their average goal tally at Reading. They
scored one whereas last season they managed less than one goal a game, scoring 36 goals in 38
games. And guess what the majority were from set plays (58% !!)
I must confess to liking Tony Pulis as a man, he is passionate, committed and honest (though
deluded!
Firstly, congratulations to Stoke for improving upon their average goal tally at Reading. They
scored one whereas last season they managed less than one goal a game, scoring 36 goals in 38
games. And guess what the majority were from set plays (58% !!)
I must confess to liking Tony Pulis as a man, he is passionate, committed and honest (though
deluded!
......... Don't worry! We survived it once and we can do it again, and this time, oh how
we are in a better position!
Think back to this god awful time last year. Bye-bye Fabregas and Nasri. Now think about the
situation we are in now. Bye-bye Van Persie and Song. Ask yourself, which two players would you
prefer to have?
......... Don't worry! We survived it once and we can do it again, and this time, oh how
we are in a better position!
Think back to this god awful time last year. Bye-bye Fabregas and Nasri. Now think about the
situation we are in now. Bye-bye Van Persie and Song. Ask yourself, which two players would you
prefer to have?
I've had a seriously topical and brilliant idea, and it concerns the transfer window.
While there has been talk about it being open too long, there are also specific concerns over
certain aspects of the system, chief among these is the influence of Agents.
I've had a seriously topical and brilliant idea, and it concerns the transfer window.
While there has been talk about it being open too long, there are also specific concerns over
certain aspects of the system, chief among these is the influence of Agents.
Let's face it, we have all become sick of the story. Arsenal gradually and painstakingly bring
through players from various avenues of the youth development programme only to find they have
Barca DNA, a dodgy hamstring or are just plain unsuited to the Premier League.
Let's face it, we have all become sick of the story. Arsenal gradually and painstakingly bring
through players from various avenues of the youth development programme only to find they have
Barca DNA, a dodgy hamstring or are just plain unsuited to the Premier League.
Three signings have already been confirmed in Podolski, Giroud and Cazorla, and a forth is
possibly going to happen in Şahin from Madrid. But it is like when it is like the weather in
England, we moan when it is too cold and then moan when it is too cold, we moan when we don't sign
anyone and now some fans are moaning that we have no where to play them!
Three signings have already been confirmed in Podolski, Giroud and Cazorla, and a forth is
possibly going to happen in Şahin from Madrid. But it is like when it is like the weather in
England, we moan when it is too cold and then moan when it is too cold, we moan when we don't sign
anyone and now some fans are moaning that we have no where to play them!
Well, all those hoping for quick and easy answers to what our season holds will be
disappointed.
There were not enough positives in our 0-0 with Sunderland to have the optimists planning their
outfits for the Champions Parade, nor enough negatives for the pessimists to start slashing their
wrists.
Well, all those hoping for quick and easy answers to what our season holds will be
disappointed.
There were not enough positives in our 0-0 with Sunderland to have the optimists planning their
outfits for the Champions Parade, nor enough negatives for the pessimists to start slashing their
wrists.
Arsène Wenger's latest grand plan of converting his winger into a striker failed to get off to
the best starts on Saturday. Lukas Podolski, wearing number 9 for Arsenal, has played much of his
early career and for FC Koln last season as the second-striker (in between an unsuccessful stint at
Bayern Munich), but it's his reinvention as a goalscoring wide man for Germany (44 goals in 100
appearances) which has gained him the most distinction.
