Posted in match review on May 3rd, 2018 152 Drinks »
Arsene Wenger sent out a team unchanged from the first leg of the Europa League in his bid to earn a place in the Lyon Final. His last words to the pre-match interview spoke of his team playing with the handbrake off. It’s been a while since he has plucked that one out of his […]
Posted in match review on Apr 29th, 2018 97 Drinks »
Arsene Wenger went into the match with a slightly stronger than expected team. Hector Bellerin and Granit Xhaka were retained, and Henrikh Mhkhitaryan was afforded a start to get some match-fitness. Selected for his debut was the mid-season signing Konstantinos Mavropanos, promoted ahead of Rob Holding to partner Calum Chambers in the heart of the […]
Posted in match review on Apr 27th, 2018 37 Drinks »
During this season of stumbling to a likely sixth place finish in the Premier League, losing our grip on the FA Cup attempting the first hurdle at a second tier club, and our no-show at the Carabao Cup Final we have all experienced many lows, so many disappointments. The Europa League semi-final draw at home […]
Posted in match review on Apr 22nd, 2018 138 Drinks »
The ‘farewell to Arsene’ tour started with a flattering 4-1 win over a West Ham team who battled hard for eighty minutes before falling apart in the final eight minutes of the match. There were still some empty seats, but fewer than has become the norm of late and the crowd gave the departing manager […]
Posted in Guest Tales, match review on Apr 16th, 2018 72 Drinks »
I am truly indebted to our very own TTG for his eye witness report on the FA Youth Cup Semi-Final tonight (Monday) against Blackpool. Having drawn the first leg 2-2 away we certainly sealed the deal tonight and booked a two-legged Final with the highly rated Chelsea youngsters. Thank you so much for an excellent […]
Posted in match review on Apr 15th, 2018 91 Drinks »
Arsene Wenger made six changes in the wake of the Europa League match in Moscow for the trip to Newcastle. Petr Cech started behind a back four of Calum Chambers, Shkodran Mustafi, Rob Holding, and Nacho Monreal. Mohamed Elneny and Granit Xhaka provided the shield behind Alex Iwobi, Premier League debutant Joe Willock, and Pierre-Emerick […]
Posted in match review on Apr 12th, 2018 77 Drinks »
The Arsenal made two enforced changes for the second leg of the Europa League in Moscow. As expected Mohamed Elneny replaced Granit Xhaka and Danny Welbeck, rather than Alex Iwobi, got the nod to fill in for the unfortunate Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Not surprisingly CSKA applied the high press from the off and Petr Cech had […]
Posted in match review on Apr 9th, 2018 70 Drinks »
More than 24 hours after the event I cannot think of a new angle to the 3-2 win over Southampton. The manager made seven changes from the team that beat CSKA, thereby confirming where our priorities lie for the remainder of the season. What followed a shaky start was a spirited comeback, the nigh-on calamitous […]
Posted in match review on Apr 5th, 2018 77 Drinks »
The Arsenal went into their first European quarter-final since 2010 with what is undoubtedly Arsene Wenger’s idea of his strongest available eleven. Petr Cech was named in goal and that was explained as being due to David Ospina having an ‘ankle injury’. The back four as expected saw Hector Bellerin and Nacho Monreal picked outside […]
Posted in match review on Apr 2nd, 2018 86 Drinks »
The coming together of a number of like-minded souls, the first time in a number of years for some, gave a home fixture against Stoke something of an attraction that has been lacking in recent seasons. Indeed the sinking of pints (and some Icelandic firewater, thanks Zaph) and the recalling of memories were infinitely more […]
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