Posted in match review on Oct 4th, 2018 81 Drinks »
Unai Emery surprised with his switch to a back three for Europa League match day two in Baku. It was a move that brought about an early benefit. The rampaging Sead Kolasinac almost teed up Danny Welbeck in the third minute and the first of two successive corners was won. From the second Nacho Monreal’s […]
Posted in match review on Sep 29th, 2018 129 Drinks »
The Arsenal went into their match with Watford minus Sokratis who was presumably still feeling the effects of last week’s injury. Once again we started slowly and Petr Cech was put under pressure twice in only the third minute from first a corner, then a long throw-in. Alexandre Lacazette had our first shot having been […]
Posted in match review on Sep 27th, 2018 18 Drinks »
The team lined up as predicted in the preview on a balmy autumn evening. We survived an early scare when Bernd Leno miscontrolled a backpass. It could have resulted in worse than a corner. After four minutes we had the lead when Danny Welbeck rose majestically to power in a header from a corner. Two […]
Posted in match review on Sep 24th, 2018 23 Drinks »
Late Sunday kick-off’s now necessitate late Monday evening recall and an attempt to pick the wheat from the chaff of another excellent day at the football. A delicious haddock lunch was enjoyed before heading north for a large glass of something with good friends. It was a good day before the match had even started. […]
Posted in match review on Sep 20th, 2018 21 Drinks »
Unai Emery utilised his senior squad players for the visit of Vorskla Poltava, as expected. There was a debut for Bernd Leno between the posts. Stephan Lichsteiner and Rob Holding slotted into the back four in place of Hector Bellerin and Skhodran Mustafi. It was all change in midfield where Lucas Torreira got his first […]
Posted in match review on Sep 15th, 2018 107 Drinks »
As forecast Unai Emery went with an unchanged starting eleven from the win at Cardiff. After a scrappy opening phase The Arsenal came under an aerial bombardment and once more Petr Cech conceded a corner when put under pressure with the ball at his feet. The Geordies were looking anything but a team without a […]
Posted in match review on Sep 9th, 2018 55 Drinks »
Apologies to all. My holiday has been followed by what will be a laborious upgrade to the living room and getting as much paid work done as I can before vanishing north of Hadrian’s Wall for three nights. None of which is Arsenal related unlike this afternoon’s match against the Real Madrid Legends. I don’t […]
Posted in match review on Sep 2nd, 2018 83 Drinks »
Matteo Guendouzi held his place alongside Granit Xhaka otherwise it was the starting line-up I anticipated in the preview. Starting Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang together for the first time in the Premier League was a popular call. The opening moments, however, highlighted that at the back we are still struggling to come to terms […]
Posted in match review on Aug 26th, 2018 39 Drinks »
Aaron Ramsey got the nod to replace Mesut Ozil for the visit of West Ham United. He found the net with a close-range header early doors but it was rightly wiped out for offside, and we were slow to get going otherwise. The visitors grabbed the lead when Anderson, unchallenged when running from deep, laid […]
Posted in match review on Aug 18th, 2018 77 Drinks »
Unai Emery made one expected change for the visit to Chelsea with Nacho Monreal returning at left-back. He made one more controversial switch with Alex Iwobi coming in for the benched Aaron Ramsey. Chelsea once again left Eden Hazard on the bench with Olivier Giroud. The first effort arrived in the third minute when Luiz […]
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