The young England and Arsenal winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is preparing for his international duty this weekend and has expressed his desire for England to book their place at the 2014 World Cup finals without any drama. England are set to start their bid to get to Brazil in Moldova on Friday and face Ukraine at Wembley four days later. ‘The Ox’ had this to say about England’s up and coming…
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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 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…
Is Racism set to spoil the Euros for Oxlade-Chamberlain and Walcott?
Former England international Mark Chamberlain, father of Oxlade-Chamberlain, admitted he considers not traveling to Ukraine to see his son’s international debut, due to his fear of racism abuse. After public warnings from the Foreign Office, Theo Walcott’s family also revealed that they would not travel to Ukraine to watch England’s games. Chamberlain’s father told Sky Sports News about his racism fear: “I have probably not made up my mind, but…
Arsenal should bring Thierry Henry back to inspire Oxlade-Chamberlain!
The young Arsenal striker Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain took the Premiership by storm in his early Leage appearances for Arsenal, and he admites that it was Thierry Henry, who was on loan at the club at the time, that inspired him to his brilliant performances. “It was really my first start in a massive game,” recalled Oxlade-Chamberlain. “Just before we were walking out to the tunnel, Thierry put me in a headlock…
Was Wenger right to choose Aaron Ramsey against Everton?
There seems to be a big difference of opinion amongst Arsenal fans after Arsene Wenger picked Aaron Ramsey to start against Everton last night ahead of Gervinho or Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Although Wenger was probably expecting a defensive battle in which Ramsey may have been of more help than the other two, in reality the Welsh captain could have made the match less nail-biting if he had put away one of…
Wenger – Oxlade-Chamberlain is not ready for central role………yet!
Arsene Wenger was forced into using Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the central midfield role in Arsenal’s Champions League match against AC Milan, and he was pleased with the performance of the 18 year-old. Wenger said after the game: “For a guy who has never played at the top level in central midfield, he started in a Champions League game and he did well. He tired a bit in the second half…
Wenger is worried about damaging Oxlade-Chamberlain
Even though Arsenal’s manager Arsene Wenger seems to be very worried about the possibility of club wonderkid Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to end up like his fellow team-mate Jack Wilshere if he’s played too much, he thinks that the winger has a very good chance of getting called-up to this summer’s EURO2012 if he continues playing in such tremendous form. Wenger said: “Physically we have to monitor him because after every game…
Should Arsenal give Arshavin one more chance?
Andrei Arshavin has had a nightmare in 2011 and his reputation at Arsenal is in tatters after a whole year of disappointing performances. When the booing started as he replaced Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain against Man United, he looked devastated, and many people predicted that he would not play for the Gunners again. But this week his agent revealed that Arshavin intends to stay and fight for his place at Arsenal after…
Wenger – I was right to take off Oxlade-Chamberlain
Arsene Wenger has been thoroughly lambasted for taking off the exciting youngster Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain yesterday, and replacing him with Andrei Arshavin. The fans around the ground immediately started booing at the change and even the Arsenal captain Robin Van Persie made it clear that he was making a serious error. But the Frenchman is adamant that he made the right decision and doesn’t need to explain his actions. “I’ve been…
