Any Gooner who watched Arsenal struggle against 10 man Fulham at Craven Cottage may be surprised at the staistics, especially the one that shows that the Gunners registered an astonishing 90 percent pass success rate, with 84 percent of their final third passes finding the target as well. Arsenal also made nearly three times as many passes as Fulham in the game.
It's been an extremely disappointing season so far. We are 4 points off the chase for 4th place and we've been kicked out of the two domestic cup competitions against lower league opposition (Bradford and Blackburn Rovers) and we even failed to qualify first out of the group stages.
Arsene Wenger only used Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain sparingly last season as he was obviously worried about causing the same burn-out that affected Jack Wilshere the year before, and it looks like Arsenal are still being cautious with The Ox this season as well and he has only started 15 games so far.
I don't think I'm just speaking for myself when I say that there is little chance that our beloved Arsenal could possibly bounce back and overtake both Manchester United and City, even if we won every game from now until the end of the season (yeah right..), but Arsene Wenger refuses to concede defeat until it is mathematically impossible and thinks a win today could be the springboard to success.
Arsene Wenger recently moved Gervinho into the centre-forward position against Southampton and was rewarded with two goals from the Ivorian in Arsenal's 6-1 win, but yesterday Gervinho contrived to return to his lackadaisical finishing which prevented the Gunners getting a historic win at the Etihad Stadium.
The Arsenal legend turned pundit Martin Keown is under no illusion who he thinks is Arsene Wenger's
best buy this summer. Although he thinks that Podolski and Giroud will turn out to be quality
additions to the Arsenal team he is certain that Santi Cazorla will prove to be even more
influential than the departed [.
This has been one of the most rollercoaster seasons I have ever known, and for Arsenal it has been
even more up-and-down than for other clubs. The depths of anguish at the beginning of the season
when Arsenal were as low as 17th after gaining just 7 points from their first 7 games made it [...]
Robin Van Persie may be the man in form at Arsenal right now, and Theo Walcott has been considered
to be 'the one that hasn't fulfilled his promise', but the Dutch hitman believes that the criticism
of his strike partner is totally unfounded and Theo is growing into a top-class striker. In 31
games this [.
The Arsenal midfielder Yossi Benayoun was one of the few players to come out of the game against
Olympiakos with any credit, and he believes that if he makes full use of the chances that Arsene
Wenger gives him then he will win a regular starting spot in the end. The Israeli international is
just [..
Theo Walcott has picked a bad time to bring out his book which criticizes the England manager Fabio
Capello. In it he describes how the atmosphere before last years World Cup was tense and strained,
and how Capello ruined his confidence before even a ball had been kicked in anger. "There was
something very stiff [.
The ex-Arsenal defender Gael Clichy turned down the chance to join Liverpool after long
negotiations when Man City came in with an offer, and he is absolutely adamant that he didn't leave
for money, he left simply because he believes that he has more chance of winning trophies at the
Eastlands. In fact, he says [.
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Sweden's Under-21 star Marcus Berg has received interest from all of the England's top four Premier
League clubs, according to the Swedish media. The 22-year-old is hot property after he bagged a
hat-trick during the Swede's 5-1 annihilation of Belarus earlier in the week, his agent revealed
that Spain is the 'ideal' destination for [.
Arsène Wenger has been present in Malaysia this week helping improve the image of oil firm
Castrol. The company recruited Wenger to be the face of the Castrol Index a player-rating that
involves 18 cameras a game, a team of statisticians and a complex mathematical formula to come up
with a player's true value.
The following is an opinionated list of Arsenal's best and worst moments of the last season, plus
some awards for notable and notorious acts on the field. The Ten Best Performances by the Gunners.
1. Fenerbahce 2 Arsenal 5. Our finest outing of the season. An intimidating crowd and we put the
Turkish side to [.
Potential Arsenal target Tranquillo Barnetta is strongly being linked with the Gunners' after
asking to leave Bayer Leverkusen. The 24-year-old versatile winger, who has made 27 appearances for
Switzerland, scoring 6 times - has previously been touted to join Arsenal with the former St.
Gallen star's drawing comparisons to Freddie Ljungberg.
Although it won't be considered as big as an achievement, Arsenal's youngsters have the chance to
pick up some silverware tonight as they take on Liverpool in the FA Youth Cup final 2nd leg. Just
like 20 years ago, Arsenal have the chance to pick up some silverware against the Reds. The Gunners
bring [.
A comprehensive insight into Arsenal's 2008-09 season will be available on DVD soon. The Gooner
Review is a feature-length documentary on Arsenal's 2008 - 2009 season created by the fans, for the
fans. Endorsed by Arsenal legend Bob Wilson, the film will feature interviews from members of
supporter's associations, ex-players, Gooner celebrities and fans [.
Watching our collapse against Manchester United set me to thinking about what changes we need to
make at Arsenal. Right now we just aren't good enough to win a trophy. We need to offload some
players and we need to start looking at other players who could come in and address our
shortcomings.
Watching our collapse against Manchester United set me to thinking about what changes we need to
make at Arsenal. Right now we just aren't good enough to win a trophy. We need to offload some
players and we need to start looking at other players who could come in and address our
shortcomings.
Arsenal will have to face a top European team in Champions League qualification this August after
Chelsea secured third place with a 4-1 mauling of the Gunners. Alex headed in the opener despite
Arsenal's early dominance and Nicolas Anelka struck with a superb effort before half time. A Kolo
Toure own goal wrapped up three points for [.
Arsenal defender Kolo Toure believes that Manchester United are the team under pressure in this
weeks semi-final at Old Trafford, whereas Arsenal, as underdogs, can relax and play their usual
game. Aheaf of Wednesday's vital clash in Manchester, Toure has been speaking about the pressures,
advantages and positives which have occured for the Gunners [.
Having lost out to Chelsea in the FA Cup semi final at the weekend, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger
believes that his young team have enough in the tank to possibly steal the title from the grasp of
Manchester United. In the Premiership latest Wenger has suggested that his team are not prepared to
[.
Arsene Wenger will be pleased to hear that Steven Gerrard has been ruled out of Tuesday's Premier
League tie with both Arsenal and Liverpool. The influential Reds skipper had aggravated a thigh
injury before the Champions League clash at Chelsea in midweek. A scan on the injury has since
confirmed the strain has not [.
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travel back to London later this evening contemplating on what could have been.
One has to wonder what goes on at shooting practice behind the sacred doors at London Colney.
Despite racking up a more than healthy number of goals in the club's last handful of games, I have
become more and more frustrated at the amount of simple chances that appear to evade the team all
too [.
One has to wonder what goes on at shooting practice behind the sacred doors at London Colney.
Despite racking up a more than healthy number of goals in the club's last handful of games, I have
become more and more frustrated at the amount of simple chances that appear to evade the team all
too [.
Sporting legends Pat Cash, Darren Gough, John Barnes and Austin Healey show that watching is good
but playing is better. This year is shaping up to be a great one for British sport. MARS is
channelling the nation's spirit and optimism for sport and encouraging the country to go out, get
active and play [.
If you thought that it was only Chelsea or Everton that were going to get their hands on the FA Cup
this week then think again! FA Cup sponsor E.ON has applied the latest military technology –
known as Augmented Reality – to the oldest domestic cup competition in the world. Bringing a
modern [.
TURIN, Italy A second-half equaliser from Jô cancelled out Niccolò Giannetti's effort on his
first start for Juventus as Manchester City FC finished top of Group A. The 19-year-old Giannetti,
whose previous first-team experience amounted to a seven-minute outing on Matchday 4, got across
Dedryck Boyata to turn in Alessandro Del Piero's pass two [.
You know what happens when you take two days out of your work week to take a small vacation? You
get two times the work on your desk to hammer out when you get back. Thats what.
Here is whats happening in the world of the Bulls:
+ Details have emerged on the nature of the Macoumba Kandji transfer
package.
