The Arsenal Ladies Live On Bank Holiday Monday Television
Mar 27th, 2016 by 'holic
Easter Sunday. A wonderful afternoon of cricket on the box, and how does one follow that? For me it was to watch the highlights of the Arsenal Ladies 3-1 win over Reading Ladies in their opening WSL fixture on Wednesday.
Less than five minutes of video doesn’t allow a confident prediction for what lies ahead, but combined with reports of the match it does look as though we are considerably strengthened by our new signings. One who caught the eye was Asisat Oshoala, the Nigerian striker signed from Liverpool. She scored the Gunners second goal, was denied by a post earlier, and showed an impressive mix of pace, control, and aerial ability.
As if to demonstrate our ambition for the coming season there was another major signing announced on Thursday. Jodie Taylor, a winter target we thought had slipped through our fingers, signed from Portland Thorns in the American National Women’s Soccer League. The England Lioness played four times in last summer’s World Cup and scored against hosts Canada.
The depth of the squad was shown by the fact that there were six internationals on the Arsenal bench against Reading. I suspect a few may find themselves starting the next match. Tomorrow (Monday) afternoon we travel to Manchester to take on likely title rivals City Women. Some degree of rotation may be required to keep the squad settled this season.
The Arsenal Ladies manager, Pedro Martinez Losa, whilst not underestimating the size of the task ahead sounded confident ahead of the match, telling Arsenal.com…
“We beat them last season in the Women’s Super League and we beat them in the Continental Cup. We know we can do it again. I think the league is decided in every game.”
City made a nervous start to the new season. By all accounts they failed to make their clear superiority over Notts County Ladies count until the 93rd minute when a free-kick from former Gunner, Steph Houghton, gave them the narrowest of wins. The matchwinner knows how important this early-season fixture could be.
“It’s a massive game. We know they are a good team and they’ll be in the same position as us. They’ll want a bright start, but for us it’s about remaining confident and improving on this performance.”
It will be a very early and searching examination for both teams, and subscribers to BT Sports1 will be able to follow the action live. Kick-off is at 3.00 pm. Good luck to the Gunners.
73 Responses to “The Arsenal Ladies Live On Bank Holiday Monday Television”
Ref last drinks, I hope Morgan is right and Arsene has been offered new 3 year contract. Still the best manager in the world and time again to get behind him. This season is not over yet!
Hope the ladies do well.
https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=4UY4eBxXbNc
Thanks for the heads up, Guvna.
Come on the Arsenal Ladies!
baff earns an “oooh, err” with that one.
happy Easter, all.
Asisat surely capable, or nearly so, of providing an assist in anagramic terms?
Always liked city women but will make an exception in this case. 🙂
jeezus
i got into loads a shite
people are cunts – it appears
plastic republicans
.
anyhoo
UP THE ARSENAL
https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=7a6EOyaMdqY
https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=CBRQM0vErH8
https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=Wny_0pi4hR4
eejits
🙁
after the goo
the 6 counties that were left behind
were a strange place
yup
so
yer mickey mouser
will forget about that
i am from the north
and
i was celebrating the rising commemoration
but
the partition that happened
was the cause of everything
we were cast adrift
my whole life
and
many like me
was dictated
by teenage squaddies
who
in the most part were scared too
but not averse to being psychos
bla
blaaaa
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CM6sXlhcy0U
https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=7qDXTdo4mLA
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SM2f0YWhP9o
At the risk of interrupting …
Devon Stu @ 1
Choose to be optimistic – it feels better. ( Dalai lama X14).
In the Australian vernacular – Onya!
Odds at 6-1. Thank you very much.
UTA.
Thanks Noosa. Glad I am not alone.
Afternoon all. 0-0 at half-time, Arsenal down to ten ladies since early doors but have gone closest to scoring.
I very much miss Emma Byrne for reasons that do not relate to football but the Dutch girl in goal for Arsenal is very impressive. The sending- off ruined the contest
“no apologies needed from friends”
– Goonerholic
.
feed o booze and circumstance
yesterday
brought out the worst
in everybody in my environs
meself front and centre
none of which matters
more to the point
none of it
should be scattered over yer bar ‘hol
if a new face to yer bar
showed up
spouted the nonsense shite i have recently
ye’d have sharpened the smiting stick
quick smart
and smote
.
so
cover yer ears and la la la la la
over me
but
apologies big man
.
.
.
.
UP THE ARSENAL
Cheers, Holic.
scruz @5 – ?
10 ladies not enough then, ‘holic?
turns out
according to herself
i wasn’t too bad yesterday
so
consider yerselves all still resolutely cunts !
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KKofLE_4160
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T0spQCw35D4
https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=S1O0m9UXAwk
*empties rehashed state sponsored tripe bucket*
Still accept yer apology tho, cba
Actually, she’s right this time. 😉
She’s got it
Oh baby she’s got it
the mighty cynic !
post theo shootin boots extravaganza
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q84oP5JilU
top shelf ?
howdy bt8
top man as always
stalwart !
(another word that looks best written down)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jBeOddejiGw
here
*pause for internet effect*
in
*follow up pause*
the occupied 6 counties ???
we
for any non-ireland-family-tree-visiting american people
always dress this way
when ye aren’t around
stay out of our country
so
WE CAN SHINE !
IT’S TRUE
*sews more sequins onto lurleens jump suit*
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uXMuWi0dUBc
for dr Z
god bless ye chief
https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=pFWy8iK6h0I
yeah ?
so what !
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gcKJVqUPRNs
“do you live in a flaettt?”
?
https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=QljBEqzJN-M
??????????????
jeez ‘hol
i’ve seen better bouncers
in Dirty Nellys
*strips the copper outta the drywall*
i’ll give ye a fiver fer that mirror
whens the football start so I can shut up ?
.
“”howzabout shuttin up now
ya big overly attractive
babe magnet “”
.
.
ok
@33 – surely there’s more than six cunties in Norn Iron, cba.
*rubs eyes*
Oh. As you were…
Hello Boss. Hello all.
I wish you all good things. Not least lots of victories for all Arsenal teams.
And if we go on an end of season win rampage (not at all unlike us) I think that will definitely be enough to see us win the league.
One Arsene Wenger. One Arsenal. One Love.
For those of you reading this over your breakfast toast- keep jammin’. Wink.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhfMvh6Em0M
@33 very re-veal-ing
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/MIN_Rungis_viandes_de_boucherie_veau.jpg
😀
@34 god bless the one man band
Round these parts if you say Norn Iron they are gonna think you are talking about the Iron Range.
Warning: Link contains historical photos.
http://mn.gov/irrrb/DataCenter/History/History%20of%20the%20iron%20range.jsp
May or may not be good for your health.
Ta Ta Ta
For those not paying close attention that last link contained this tidbit:
“By 1900, fully seventy percent of immigrants on the iron ranges came from Finland, Sweden, Slovenia and Croatia.”
Circles back to the country of the one man band, if you thought it was off topic or anything.
Ta Ta Ta Ta.
😀
iron coal copper they will mine whatever they can get their hands on and at what price
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz7oguguIZE
So is it just the interlull that has throttled the conversation, or are we not fussed about Ladies football?
Important question as the Ladies would provide regular summer content.
Not fussed about ladies football.
The summer is going to be a long one.
Optimism can be shortlived . This England are nowhere near as fluid as they were on Saturday and defensively they look very error prone
I was most impressed with the level of football played by the ladies. It’s a similar thing to tennis. The men’s and women’s games are different but both are very interesting. The skill levels are increasing all the time.
Yesterday we might have won but for a calamitous sending off after thirteen minutes. But the game was very interesting to watch and fitness levels were terrific
But we manage a beautiful goal out of nothing. Vardy again
Thanks TTG. I thought the sending-off and the penalty award for a foul outside the box were cruel blows. The Arsenal Ladies have a really good-looking squad this season. Win the return fixture and aim for 4 pts off Chelsea and Liverpool will be the target now.
Yes Holic I was fascinated by the quality. I’ve been watching some of the T20 ladies cricket and the game is miles behind the men’s game especially the quality of bowling and fielding but that game yesterday was excellent. Good first touch , some good possession play and great movement. I just miss Emma in goal❤️ although our keeper was terrific
Remi Garde leaves Villa. I feel very sorry for him. He had little to work with and no cash to improve the squad. Perhaps naive to take it in the first place. Randy Lerner has been a disaster for Villa and yet he sanctioned spending early on that eclipsed ours. I’ve yet to be impressed by annAmerican owner in the Premier League….and yes I very much include Kroenke
Women’s T20 has one basic drawback and that’s the lack of big hitters. Half the appeal of T20 is seeing someone belt the ball out of the ground or get a big score in no time at all. The women’s game doesn’t have that, but it’s still enjoyable.
Wonder when President O’Bama will visit Ireland.
The ’71 and ’79 FA Cup finals are being shown on BT Europe tonight if anyone is interested.
’71 is on now…
Great, I won the lottery to see Arsenal vs MLS All Stars! Let me read the email, oh ok only standing room tickets, anyway it’ll do. Click purchase tickets…go to the website aaaand… it’s $80 🙁
At last I’m lucky not to have to pay $200 if I’d won a seat…
Matt, I got them too, 4 of them! I am so excited I am just about shaking! WOOOOOO HOOOOO!
Cheers H!
On the subject of the summer recess – ‘fraid I have no interest in Arsenal Ladies’ football; in fact I have little interest in football outside of Arsenal FC (and Millwall at times) at all.
Summer’s for cricket for me, an occasional glance at the transfer title-tattle is enough for me, international tournaments tend to pass me by as well, these days. A strange admission from a veteran of Italia 80, Spain 82 and Germany 88 (my last Engerland appearance). I find a summer pretty well switched off from football necessary these days, in order to get re-invigorated enough to want to kick off again in August, which is far too early in my opinion.
Thanks Esso,
Agree about summer is for cricket. I should have created a sports blog, not an Arsenal one maybe. The summer of transfer speculation does my swede in.
Well done on the MLS All Stars tickets gents.
You could always temporarily change the header and do summer sports. Just so long as tennis chat is banned. I HATE tennis and there’s nothing worse than seeing indoor shite tennis on the tv schedule in winter. And when Sky and BT are covering the same bloody tournament, so you can’t even watch BT as an alternative.
Not that anyone would actually choose to watch BT Sport unless they really had to.
/end of tennis chat
It got so bad during this interlull that I was watching Robson Green crime show repeats…
Maria Sharapova drugs admission seemed to be the one tennis story that interested the most ‘holies. Roger Federer may have the most individual mentions, however. 😉
And there’s the problem with women’s T20 perfectly illustrated by England. They needed 13 off the last over and could barely get it off the square, and the worst thing was you knew before a ball had been bowled in the over that they didn’t have the ability to hit the boundaries they needed.
Oh well..
Sorry Holic,
No interest in ladies football here. I tried the Ladies World Cup and was admittedly quite surprised at the skill level but it all looks like a long slow motion replay after the mens’ game.
If we got a local women’s team in our new stadium here I would be a regular attendee but following the Arsenal ladies is tough as they don’t strike the fancies of our local tv producers. I enjoy reading your articles about them though, and think the women’s international and to a lesser extent the U.S. collegiate games are quite entertaining.
Couldn’t figure out which referee has been appointed to our game this weekend but just in case this game can be played before, during, or after the game. 😉
Rearrange these words and add no more than two of your own to form a grammatically correct sentence:
Drone shot errant Dean officious Mike autopilot atrocious.
It’s Anthony Taylor. 🙁
Gary Neville sacked as Valencia manager…guess moving circles on touchscreen is easier than real life coaching
Great performance from the English T20 lads today. First team I’ve seen that bat down to number 11 and great death bowling
Trev
Most of the ladies are quicker than Olly Giroud?
Although he is allegedly quite quick with the ladies!
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