Posted in match preview on Dec 13th, 2013 385 Drinks »
“What we can learn from Old Trafford is that it took us one half to be completely ourselves. I think we have learned from that and we will go into the game on full cylinders. Arsene promised a quick start from his team at Manchester City in his press conference ahead of the Saturday lunchtime […]
Posted in match review on Dec 11th, 2013 138 Drinks »
For over an hour in Naples Arsenal were doing what they had to do in order to get the point needed to clinch top spot in group F. The final seventeen minutes saw crucial goals in both Naples and Marseille that saw us qualifying for the knock-out phase instead in second place. Most would have […]
Posted in match preview on Dec 10th, 2013 284 Drinks »
Twelve points out of fifteen and we still are not assured of emerging from the final group stage match in the top two places. Astonishing though that is it surely means we go to Napoli and start the strongest team we have available to us on Wednesday night. Quite what that strongest team looks like […]
Posted in match review on Dec 9th, 2013 123 Drinks »
Well that didn’t go entirely to plan. When Mesut Ozil scored with just ten minutes remaining I was thinking perhaps the ‘holic pound was coming in again. I should have known. To be fair Everton had signaled their intent from early on, and the first half possession stats demonstrated their positive approach. Having said that […]
Posted in match preview on Dec 7th, 2013 360 Drinks »
Everton at home. A match that offers an opportunity to consolidate our title aspirations after yet more results went our way on Saturday afternoon. Beaten just once in the Premier League this season, the visitors appear to be making strides under Roberto Martinez. Their defensive record is second only to ours. An easy match this […]
Posted in match review on Dec 4th, 2013 340 Drinks »
Five changes, including a recall for Nicklas Bendtner, got the supporters chatting before kick-off. Was it disrespectful, dangerous even, possibly underestimating the opponents? The first response arrived just a couple of minutes in when following some superb build-up play on the right Carl Jenkinson crossed for Bendtner to head home. The perfect start. The opening […]
Posted in match preview on Dec 3rd, 2013 305 Drinks »
“We are lucky at the moment, we get good warnings. We had a good warning before we went to Cardiff and we have another good warning from Hull’s performance against Liverpool.” Arsene gives the impression of not underestimating another newly promoted opponent, although there are rumblings of a degree of rotation being lined up. We […]
Posted in match review on Dec 1st, 2013 270 Drinks »
My thanks to Cent who answered an SOS in the drinks to give a report on the impressive win in Cardiff. Wonder what Arsenal fans in Nigeria go through to follow their team? Have a flavour of it here. Cheers Cent. Arsenal traveled to Wales to take on Cardiff City off the back of two […]
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