Friday, 25 May 2012

How Yossi Benayoun has impacted Arsenal’s tactics this season

Yossi Benayoun

Yossi Benayoun probably hasn’t done enough to achieve cult status. His imprint is far larger amongst the squad than the fans. When he scored the winner against Aston Villa in December the euphoria in the celebrations said it all. It wasn’t just that it was such a crucial goal, it was scored by a popular player … [More]

What next for this team?

tomGunner

There comes a time in every relationship where you have to wonder, “where is this going?”. That’s where I am with Arsenal right now. My love for the club is strong, but they’re so up and down I wonder how well I really know them. I think I’ll end the relationship metaphor there, as I’m … [More]

The bipolarity of Arsenal

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We had a bad day, AC Milan beat us 4-0; we had a good day, we beat AC Milan 3-0. This more or less sums up this Arsenal team at the moment. In my preview I suspected that last night would be anything but the non-game that was expected. The cushion from the first leg … [More]

Expect more ups and downs

Consider this a ‘half season review’, but with one game added on. After a terrible start, followed by an excellent run, followed by a topsy turvy Christmas period, I feel we now have a good idea of how the season is going to go. When we beat QPR and Chelsea lost at home to Villa, … [More]

Arsenal looking too complacent for top four

As we saw from the second half of the Wolves game, this Arsenal team is more than capable of creating chances and dominating the opposition all over the pitch, but as we saw from the first half – at 1-0 against an ‘easy’ team, they go to sleep. We’ve recently seen United win 5-0 twice … [More]

Arsenal full of bad habits

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To be honest, I feared another Old Trafford-like drubbing at the hands of Spurs today. I couldn’t see us conceding less than three goals and was sure Emmanuel Adebayor would continue his good record of scoring in North London derbies, this time for the enemy. In the end what we got was arguably more depressing; … [More]

Van Persie and Gervinho going for goal for Arsenal

Gervinho & van Persie

  Arsenal travel to Blackburn tomorrow and it promises to be a difficult game, as Rovers have caused problems for Arsene Wenger’s team in the past; in the last six encounters away from North London Arsenal have failed to win on three occasions. Robin Van Persie is in decent form and Gervinho will want to … [More]

We NEED To Buy A New Striker

Gervinho & van Persie

As most Arsenal fans have had to accept over the last decade, the African Cup of Nations takes place every 2 years, at the midway point of the Premier League season. And the tournament is set to kick off again early next year, when the 2012 finals start in January. The qualifying stages are well … [More]

Forget Cesc, hail Arsenal’s new boy king Wilshere

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The king is dead. Long live the king. Well, not dead exactly. Rather, removed from the Arsenal. Yes, Cesc Fabregas has finally moved to Barcelona. The news broke last night and he is undergoing a medical in Spain now. The fee is around £35million but the money isn’t important because we probably won’t spend it. … [More]

Gervinho Off As Arsenal Held – Match Report

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Gervinho’s Arsenal debut ended in disgrace as he was sent off in a goalless Premier League draw at Newcastle United. With a quarter of an hour left the striker, bought for £12 million from Lille and Arsenal’s only major summer signing so far, was shown a straight red card for a slap on Joey Barton, … [More]