Posted in match review on Nov 28th, 2016 51 Drinks »
but I’m singing’ a happy song… The Cherokees don’t like it one bit, but we’re still rollin’ along. I was reminded of the New Christy Minstrels classic first by my meandering route to the match, then by Arsenal’s performance as we defied a very lively and combative Bournemouth team and (I always feel free to […]
Posted in match review on Nov 23rd, 2016 34 Drinks »
Arsene Wenger surprised many by selecting Kieran Gibbs over Nacho Monreal, Alex Iwobi for Mohamed Elneny, and Olivier Giroud ahead of Theo Walcott. That meant positional changes for Ramsey and Alexis. One can only assume that Theo was considered close to the much-discussed ‘red zone’. David Ospina came in as the Champions League goalkeeper. The starting […]
Posted in match review on Nov 19th, 2016 66 Drinks »
Arsene surprised some by preferring Mohamed Elneny to Granit Xhaka alongside Francis Coquelin, and Aaron Ramsey to Alex Iwobi on the left. For United the fading Rooney was left on the bench. There’s no doubt the hosts started much the stronger and their early pressing had Arsenal rattled. Herrera’s dive under minimal, if any, contact […]
Posted in match review on Nov 7th, 2016 174 Drinks »
The absurdly early start to make the North London derby in time did nothing to dissolve my confidence ahead of the match. On arrival to find out that Nacho Monreal and Theo Walcott had passed fitness tests, and that Alli was ruled out by injury, only added to the feel good factor. We took our […]
Posted in match review on Nov 4th, 2016 42 Drinks »
There are few matches in football that mean as much to the supporters as those against the nearest and dearest. They don’t come much more ‘passionate’ than Arsenal versus Tottenham. As the match is on Sunday lunchtime there will be two preview posts tonight and tomorrow. We tend to remember more the triumphs at the […]
Posted in match review on Nov 1st, 2016 127 Drinks »
Fluorescently attired Arsenal had the first attempts on goal as they made a misleadingly comfortable start in Sofia. Aaron Ramsey’s acrobatic effort was off-target, then in the eighth minute a rapid counter-attack by the Gunners ended when Mesut Ozil shot tamely straight at goalkeeper, Borjan. There followed a disastrous three minutes. Ludogoretz were presented with […]
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 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 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 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 […]
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