Posted in match preview on Oct 31st, 2016 94 Drinks »
A fortnight ago we did rotate a little bit out wide and eventually put six goals past a Ludogorets team that started brightly but faded badly in the second-half. Arsene Wenger kept the spine of the team intact that night but Santi Cazorla joined Hector Bellerin, Nacho Monreal, and Theo Walcott in the stay at […]
Posted in match review on Oct 29th, 2016 87 Drinks »
The three fitness tests didn’t go as I had foreseen in the preview and so we took to the pitch at the Stadium of light with Kieran Gibbs and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in for Nacho Monreal and Theo Walcott. Mohamed Elneny again accompanied Francis Coquelin in front of the back four. The depth of the squad […]
Posted in match preview on Oct 28th, 2016 132 Drinks »
So, you have listened to this week’s Arsecast, right? So I don’t really need to do a preview of the trip to Sunderland, do I? So I can just let you know what the ‘holic pound is on and carry on drinking this wonderful Guinness? I have to say I seem to be in the […]
Posted in match review on Oct 25th, 2016 185 Drinks »
Arsene put his faith in youth for the visit of Reading in the EFL Cup. Emiliano Martinez started behind a back four of Carl Jenkinson (welcome back corporal), Gabriel, Rob Holding, and Kieran Gibbs. Ainsley Maitland-Niles was paired with Mohamed Elneny behind a front four of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alex Iwobi, Jeff Reine Adelaide, and Lucas. […]
Posted in book reviews on Oct 24th, 2016 53 Drinks »
Author Dave Seager with contributors Alex Brooker, Jim Campbell, and Tom Rosenthal at the launch It was an early start to the journey to the match on Saturday given that Dave Seager was launching his latest book in the Tollington at 11 am. In it Dave shares the experiences of fifteen of the funniest Arsenal […]
Posted in match review on Oct 23rd, 2016 45 Drinks »
There was an element of “I’ve seen this game before” about yesterday’s match with Middlesborough. Shades of last season when Santi Cazorla was missing and our excellent midfield didn’t look quite so excellent. It’s not that we played badly, but the things that have been coming off for the front four in recent weeks were […]
Posted in match preview on Oct 21st, 2016 30 Drinks »
Middlesbrough are next up as we complete three home games in eight days, and we are looking for a clean sweep after a narrow defeat of Swansea, and eventually an absolute thrashing of Ludogorets. Arsene Wenger has some difficult selections to make tomorrow. There is little doubt that Petr Cech will return between the sticks, […]
Posted in match review on Oct 19th, 2016 84 Drinks »
Arsene Wenger opted to ring the changes, bringing in David Ospina, Kieran Gibbs, Francis Coquelin, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for Champions League matchday three. He explained it pre-match as keeping the spine of the side, and… “I rotate a little bit without altering the balance of the team.” Ludogorets started brightly and with only two minutes […]
Posted in match preview on Oct 18th, 2016 94 Drinks »
I wanted to have written this preview by now, but a good Gooner sent me a copy of an upcoming book to review, and I couldn’t stop myself from reading it for a while. More to follow on that later this week. Now, let me see. What do we know about Ludogorets Razgrad? Not surprisingly […]
Posted in match review on Oct 16th, 2016 53 Drinks »
Another bright start enabled Arsenal to chalk up a sixth consecutive Premier League win, but goodness me it turned into a real battle for the three points despite our obvious superiority for most of the match. On a glorious October afternoon we took advantage of the teams above us only drawing to go level on […]
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