Posted in match review on Dec 9th, 2015 82 Drinks »
Arsene Wenger admitted that starting Theo Walcott was something of a risk. The England international replaced Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain with his manager confessing he didn’t think he would last ninety minutes. News that Mesut Ozil had worked off a tight calf in the warm up didn’t help the nerves. We had wondered long and hard before […]
Posted in match review on Dec 6th, 2015 61 Drinks »
A strange day. Arsenal, as expected, had Aaron Ramsey and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in for Santi Cazorla and Alexis. The points haul for November was exceeded in the first match of December, but it didn’t all go according to plan. Arsenal were a little disjointed in the opening half. A mixture of eye-pleasing football and misplaced […]
Posted in match review on Nov 29th, 2015 94 Drinks »
On a blowy old afternoon in East Anglia Arsenal welcomed back Aaron Ramsey in place of Joel Campbell. The Gunners went into the match still in fourth place but with a chance of moving level on points with Manchester City and Leicester at the top. Arsenal took control early on and in just the fourth […]
Posted in match review on Nov 24th, 2015 118 Drinks »
Arsene Wenger resisted the urge to start fit-again Aaron Ramsey and replaced Francis Coquelin with Mathieu Flamini for the visit of Dinamo Zagreb. The other change saw Joel Campbell replace Kieran Gibbs who dropped to the bench. Those in attendance had to get through a security cordon made necessary by the events in Paris a […]
Posted in match review on Nov 21st, 2015 85 Drinks »
Arsene Wenger decided to go with Laurent Koscielny, Olivier Giroud, and Alexis Sanchez at the Hawthorns. Kieran Gibbs reward for scoring the equaliser in the North London derby was to start on the left flank with Alexis switched to the right. A slow start to the match was made worse when Francis Coquelin limped off […]
Posted in match review on Nov 9th, 2015 108 Drinks »
The pre-match slight whiff of tension was palpable. A police presence outside the pub and queues to get in. Those squashed inside relayed the news of Villa’s draw with Citeh. “Win today and we go top”. Inside the ground a more sombre tone was rightfully set as the dead of past conflicts were remembered. The […]
Posted in match review on Nov 4th, 2015 85 Drinks »
Arsenal arrived at the Allianz Arena hoping to stop a team who had averaged four goals a game at home in all competitions this season. They departed a chastened side after Europe’s best had extracted full revenge for their defeat at the Grove a fortnight ago. The team news an hour before kick-off provided one surprise. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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