Posted in match review on Oct 31st, 2015 119 Drinks »
Arsenal arrived at Swansea with Joel Campbell selected to fill the gap on the right hand side of midfield, and the rest of the side as expected. In a slow opening quarter of an hour the only attempt on goal came when Nacho Monreal blasted one well wide of the target. In the fifteenth minute Joel Campbell […]
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Posted in match preview on Oct 30th, 2015 93 Drinks »
“It’s a different team. What we want to focus on is the Premier League and I’ve said that many times. The Premier League team did not play on Tuesday night.” With those words Arsene Wenger brushed aside the COCup exit on Tuesday and emphasised what he expects from his team at Swansea. Arsenal are on […]
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Posted in match review on Oct 27th, 2015 179 Drinks »
The team news revealed a reasonable blend of experience and youth. The spine was provided by Petr Cech, Per Mertesacker, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, and Olivier Giroud. Debuts were being made by Glen Kamara and Alex Iwobi. There were also the expected promotions for Mathieu Debuchy, Calum Chambers, Kieran Gibbs, Mathieu Flamini, and Joel Campbell. That balance […]
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Posted in match preview on Oct 26th, 2015 140 Drinks »
After an intense burst of victories against Manchester United, Watford, Bayern Munich, and Everton it is down to largely the squad players and youngsters to take on Sheffield Wednesday in the fourth round of the COCup. Arsene Wenger today confirmed that Per Mertesacker is available after illness but David Ospina remains injured. The boss took the […]
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Posted in match review on Oct 25th, 2015 41 Drinks »
Sunday morning, the extra hour in bed turned down in order to catch Match of the Day. Was that really such a good game yesterday? It turns out the answer was yes, but only because we withstood a spirited fightback by a very positive Everton side. The afternoon started well with reports of Chelsea’s continuing […]
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Posted in match preview on Oct 23rd, 2015 121 Drinks »
“Everton is another big game so the target is for us to take advantage of that. We play in front of everybody so let’s take advantage of it. We have built up a run and that brings confidence, but you also want a good compromise between confidence, urgency and hunger. It must give us hunger […]
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Posted in match review on Oct 21st, 2015 168 Drinks »
It was the best of times. That’s all. No Dickens style rider. From the pre-match aperitifs, through some wonderful Italian food in good company, to one of the most emotive nights the Grove has hosted, it was a special day. That it was such an un-Arsenal like display, but one that harked back to the best […]
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Posted in match preview on Oct 19th, 2015 200 Drinks »
It’s all about me, me, me. No, that’s inaccurate. It’s all about us, us, us. A generation or two of Gooners who have watched us lift every trophy the game has to offer English club teams bar the holy grail that is big ears. So when we hear suggestions that it might be better if […]
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Posted in match review on Oct 17th, 2015 76 Drinks »
Arsenal arrived at Vicarage Road minus David Ospina and Gabriel. Early reports suggest the former will also not be available for Tuesday’s visit of Bayern Munich which keeps the Champions League goalkeeper issue bubbling under for another couple of weeks. With Laurent Koscielny back alongside Per Mertesacker and Theo Walcott preferred to Olivier Giroud the […]
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Posted in match preview on Oct 16th, 2015 88 Drinks »
“The target now is to refocus on what we want to achieve. We play against Watford who have conceded only one goal at home and defend very well. They are a very difficult team to play against so we have to focus to get a positive result on Saturday.” Arsene acknowledged at his pre-match press […]
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