During the break there was some good news, with Jack Wilshere and Bacary Sagna coming through 90 minutes in a behind the doors friendly against Chelsea. Olivier Giroud came on in the dying minutes for France in a World Cup qualifier against Spain and scored the equalizer, the Ox scored his debut goal for England against the hapless San Marino team, whilst Theo Walcott was almost cut in half by…
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Can Arsenal still win the Premier League?
After a horrendous start to last season, with four defeats and sixteen goals conceded in the opening seven league games, this season started off so much better and with increased optimism. The arrival of Steve Bould has significantly improved the team’s defensive organization, with an impressive partnership developing between Vermaelen and Mertesacker. Ironically, Arsene Wenger’s decision to pair Vermaelen and Koscielny against Chelsea proved to be a costly mistake, with…
Arsenal face toughest test at Man City but with good chance of victory!
When Arsenal face Manchester City this weekend, no doubt every Arsenal fan will be wondering how our team will face up against the Premier League champions. This is Arsenal’s toughest trip so far and probably of the season as we come up against an extremely good side, a side that narrowly lost 3-2 to Real Madrid in their opening Champions league game. They are in reasonably good form, however they…
Santi Cazorla happy to learn the Arsenal Way from Arteta
Cazorla is happy at Arsenal Arsene possibly pulled off one of his biggest transfer coups of all time when he bought Santi Cazorla for a mere £12 million. The Spaniard has been expressing his delight at playing for the Gunners, the importance of his role in the team and the joy of playing with his fellow Spaniard, Mikel Arteta. Here is his most recent interview with El Pais: “They have…
Are Cazorla and Arsenal the perfect match?
Summer signing Santi Cazorla has spoken out in an interview and told reporters what a great time he’s having with the Arsenal first team. Cazorla talks about Arsenal tactics, Arsene Wenger and his new teammates. Cazorla said; “I love the style of the team. Wenger’s philosophy is to control the game and I like to be on the ball. Furthermore, the boss has put me in a position, second striker,…
Do Arsenal have Song’s replacement?
Fan favourite Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has said that the club must fill the space by Alex Song and the Englishman feels he could do it himself. Alex Song’s transfer to Barcelona was made official earlier this week and the fans realise that the club have lost yet another important player. Chamberlain said; “They are big shoes to fill but you’ve got that anywhere at Arsenal. In any position you’ve got a…
Arsenal give captaincy to Vermaelen
Arsene Wenger has picked Thomas Vermaelen as his new captain and Mikel Arteta as the vice captain. Vermaelen was the obvious choice to replace the Dutch turncoat Robin van Persie as he was already the vice captain. I am a little bit surprised that Arteta got the nod, but Wenger is clearly very impressed with the Spanish midfielder. Both Vermaelen and Arteta are signs of a subtle shift of emphasis…
Diaby ready to shine again for Arsenal
With all this talk of Cazorla joining Arsenal, a recent article on the official website has gone unheard off. Diaby has had a torrid time with injuries during the last two seasons but he’s confident that he can come back to his best. He even thinks he’ll make a prosperous partnership with our Spanish maestro, Mikel Arteta: “Mikel is a great player and he showed last season that he is…
Arsenal undone by defending against Man City
Arsenal 0 – 2 Man City report by KJ Sorry for a late report on yesterday’s match. The Olympic opening ceremony had me a bit preoccupied and I wasn’t going to miss it for the world! Onto the football, Arsenal played Man City yesterday in the Bird nest stadium (that which hosted the Beijing Olympics in 2008). There was a great atmosphere in the ground with the majority of the…
It’s time for Arsenal to renew other contracts as well as RVP
Next week, Arsenal are set to travel to Asia on the clubs pre-season tour and Theo Walcott, Alex Song and Robin Van Persie are all set to travel. The club wants to begin talks with the trio soon and the club sees the Asia tour as the perfect opportunity to talk, where the players can be away from the media and out of contact from other clubs. Van Persie’s final…
