This is what happen last time we have Wolves in the EPL
Arsenal visit Molineux Stadium tonight and it's a good oppourtunity to continue the good run
that we are currently going through. This is no walk in the park for Arsenal as both Fulham and
Aston Villa have came and gone home with only a point.
France's do-or-die match against Ireland is just around the corner, with the first match taking
place on November 14th in Ireland and the second taking place on the 18th at the Stade de France
(boo...). I don't know about you guys, but I'll be praying extra hard that France don't screw up
against a tough Irish team.
Group E Lyon 1-1 Liverpool -- The Reds took a late lead on a wonder-strike by Ryan Babel, but Rafa's side
was pushed to the brink of elimination by an even-later Lisandro LĂłpez equalizer. When is Rafa
getting fired again? Fiorentina 5-2 Debrecen -- The Italians had an offensive explosion, including four goals in the
second half, in the easy home win. Click to continue reading...
Samir: Let it go Fab, they can't help it if they're that bad
Ok. I'll admit if you think that's lame but that pretty much sums up the match doesn't it.
Andrey Arshavin had a blast as Arsenal met (thrash) Alkmaar in the Champions League encounter last
night. Qualification is not mathematically secured yet but it would take a miraculous set of
results for Arsenal not to go through.
by CARL ELDRIDGE Lots of purring in the papers this morning after the glorious Gunners hammered
AZ Alkmaar 4-1 with some exquisite football to take us to the brink of the last 16 in the Champions
League.
In the Sun this morning, Arsene Wenger says he has his best-ever strike force. He said: "We've
never had as many options on the creative side.
Some nights Arsenal just click and it's beautiful to watch. After about five minutes we put
together a flowing, pacey, one-touch move which ended up with a Robin van Persie shot flying just
wide of the AZ goal. After that you knew Arsenal were in the mood.
We opened the scoring through Cesc Fabregas whose low shot scuttered between a defender's legs
and practically trickled across the line.
Arsenal came into its own with crisp, free flowing football. Cesc with a brace, Nasri with a
very welcome contribution on his return, and Diaby rounded up the scoring. But Arshavin was the
source having a hand in three of the goals. And Wenger singled him out.
Wenger highlighted Andrey Arshavin - who had a hand in three of the goals - for special
praise, saying: "He was outstanding.
Apologies all, I've been moving house today and cannot get near to doing a full preview of
tonight's game, which starts in a matter of minutes. Suffice to say that a win is actually quite
important given Chelsea's qualification last night (we play Chelsea after matchday 5, and they can
concentrate entirely on that one), and I think we'll get it, 2-0.
A win tonight at Ashburton Grove will see Arsenal qualify for the from the first group stage of
Champions League for the 10th consecutive seasons. Not even the great Barcelonas or Real Madrids or
AC Milans can lay claim to such an impeccable consistency. Tonight sees the return fixture with AZ
Alkmaar who pegged us back at the final minute of the game with an equalizer.
Phew, writing something vaguely interesting (even for me) at this time of the night here is
hard enough. Where do I start? I know, I'll start with a Lithuanian most of you have forgotten
about.
I was watching (albeit very briefly) Inter at Livorno the other day. It finished 2-0 to Inter
btw.
So the big game is here at last and oh how lovely it would be to give these spuds a damn good
mashing, we haven't done so for a while and it would make it rather sweet.
You may think I'm wrong in calling the 4-4 game a defeat, but after getting so close to beating
them only to see them haul it back, it felt like a defeat.
With Almunia frozen out, and Mannone beginning to show understandable signs of being a little
out of his depth in the first team at this early stage of his career, the stage seemed set for
Fabianski to return to the fray against Spurs this afternoon, especially after a decent showing
against Liverpool in midweek.
Hello Gooners. Hope you are all well this friday. Don't know about you but I am super pumped up
for this north london Derby. Not that I wasn't pumped for it all these years....
..Living in a place about 200 miles from North london, it used to be pretty hard to develop that
aversion for Spurs.
With Lukasz Fabianski's injury, it is pretty unlikely that a single one of the players involved in
Wednesday's Carling Cup match will start the North London Derby tomorrow. As such, it is very
difficult to draw any great conclusions from the Liverpool match. In terms of momentum, it will mean nothing - maybe it will inspire the players for the next round
but no more than that. Click to continue reading...
Maddy's Note: Our man Felipe is back, bringing you a great take on thhe
Carling Cup encounter which he was THERE for. Who would expect a team of kids to beat a very
experienced and solid Liverpool? One one would say Arsenal were favourites, but I just have to
confess I didn't think that way until the kick-off yesterday. Click to continue reading...
Good Friday to you. Sorry for the late post as I was doing a bit of traveling today.
Most would've expected Fabianski to keep the keeper's jersey for this tomorrow's North London
Derby but unfortunately for the Polish custodian, he is again crocked by injury.
by CARL ELDRIDGE What is it with Arsenal and our keepers? If Arsene Wenger has one weakness (and
he probably doesn't other than choice of shirt-tie combo) it must be choosing the incumbent for the
No.1 slot. He was blessed to inherit David Seaman and even then he gave Alex Manninger a chance
ahead of the pony-tailed one.
Doesn't a head butt on Ljungberg count for anything? It's bad enough that Silvestre plays for
the Arsenal given the fact that he's a <insert vile swear word insinuating oddities about his
sexuality here> but to give him the captain's armband? That simply is stretching it.
Monsieur Wenger, you know I have been a vociferous fan and that I've never EVER spoken ill of
you.
Hello Gooners. Well that was close as well, just like the previous two games. Where was the 3-1
I predicted? As it turns out we didn't need that third goal.
You won't agree but for me Liverpool probably shaded it by virtue of the opportunities they
created.
Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-1 to go through to the quarterfinals of the Carling Cup. And look:
sure, it wasn't Liverpool's first team, either; we were playing at home; and it wasn't like this
was a purely youth team Senderos, Silvestre, and Eduardo can all rightfully be called veterans, and
Bendtner, Fabianski, and Nasri are all young but have a lot of first-team experience.
Arsenal moved into the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup with a 2-1 win over Liverpool at the
Emirates Stadium.
There was plenty of attacking endeavour on show and the packed stands were treated to three
top-class goals. Fran Merida netted his first goal in Arsenal colours on 19 minutes, but his
excellent strike was cancelled out by an equalling good finish from Emiliano Insua six minutes
later. Click to continue reading...
Tonights Liverpool team to face Arsenal in the Carling Cup at the Emirates Stadium: Liverpool:
Cavalieri, Degen, Insua, Skrtel, Kyrgiakos, Plessis, Spearing, Babel, Kuyt, Voronin, Ngog. Subs:
Reina, Aquilani, Benayoun, Darby, Dossena, Eccleston, Ayala. Arsenal: Fabianski, Gilbert, Senderos,
Silvestre, Gibbs, Eastmond, Bendtner, Nasri, Ramsey, Merida, Eduardo. Click to continue reading...
First up, apologies for my absence over the last few days, I've come down with swine flu and it
is not the most pleasant thing under the sun, my skins gone pink and Ive even started oinking too.
Its not good.
Anyway tonight we need to get back to winning ways after two draws, it might only be the Carling
Cup but at the moment any cup would do for us.
I remember when top clubs began blooding youngsters and squad players en masses in the League
Cup it had always been a competition for a little rotation, but the criticism ran wild when the
likes of us and United played entirely different teams from the one that ran out at the
weekend.
These days, it is noticeable how different the media message is.
Finally, some football to talk about after a few days of bitching and moaning about West Ham.
Tonight's match against Liverpool sees Arsene take charge of his 750th Arsenal game, and it would
be just plain rude if we celebrate that with anything other than a win.
Tonight we are likely to see more than just kids, so we won't have that to use as much as an
excuse, but if Liverpool think their kids can match our kids then they are in for a nasty
surprise.
by JAMES CURTIS Imagine breakfast in the Wenger household and you might hear Mrs Arsene snapping
at her husband's indecision whether or not to play his Young Guns against Liverpool tonight: "Oh
for heavens sake, let the kids play why wont you," she trumps.
It's a point well made, as for Arsenal fans the more exciting prospect of Carling Cup football
is the chance of seeing the talented youth in a real pressure setting.
Imagine a world without coffee. It would be a truly dark and terrible place. When I was a
younger chap I had a mate whose mother refused to buy coffee for some reason but insisted they
drink chicory. I would imagine that is not at all pleasant. Like having beef stew but without beef
and with chunks of gopher instead.
Yesterday The Boss stated in the press that the player we are all desperate to see be given a
chance is ready to play. Yep, he says Ramsey has grown into a man and expects him to play 15 -20
games for the first team this season?? Well Arsene, he won't reach the target you have set him if
you don't play him will he?
Its Carling Cup time! The trophy that no big club wants to win, but if they win it they'll be
happy to gloat about it anyway. Visions of Mourinho celebrating back in 2007 when they beat us in
the final still make me sick.
Rafa's red revolution received a massive boost when they humiliated Utd on Sunday.
While a Liverpool versus Arsenal match is always an interesting affair, the prospect of seeing two
stars make their Premier League season debuts in the match makes the game all the more
interesting.Arsenal's Samir Nasri and Liverpool's big money signing Alberto Aquilani are both set
to make their season debuts in Wednesday night's Carling Cup match between Liverpool and Arsenal. Click to continue reading...
If AZ Alkmaar was a foreshadowing, the Gunners did their best to not heed the warning. Â Anyone
who has watched this team over the past five years knew what was coming, both in the Netherlands
and at Upton Park. Â It's just too predictable.
