It’s not your day when Nasri, Rosicky, Eduardo look blunt + player ratings
on Nov 22, 2009 in Arsenal English Premier League Aaron Ramsey Alex Song Andrey Arshavin Armand Traore Arsene Wenger Bacary Sagna Cesc Fabregas Eduardo da Silva Manuel Almunia Match Reports Premier League Robin van Persie Samir Nasri Sunderland Theo Walcott Third Gen Thomas Vermaelen Tomas Rosicky William Gallas Well after that, would you have preferred to wait a little longer for ‘real football’ to come along? Arsenal put in your quintessential international-football-hangover performance against Sunderland and were unable to gel sufficiently t...

Rotation the key, but Arsenal’s midfield could be light – Black Cats preview
on Nov 21, 2009 in Arsenal English Premier League Aaron Ramsey Alex Song Andrey Arshavin Armand Traore Arsene Wenger Bacary Sagna Carlos Vela Cesc Fabregas Chelsea Denilson Eduardo da Silva Emmanuel Eboue Kieran Gibbs Manuel Almunia Mikael Silvestre Phillipe Senderos Premier League Robin van Persie Samir Nasri Sunderland Theo Walcott Third Gen Thomas Vermaelen Tomas Rosicky William Gallas I’ve just had the meanest vindaloo at a lovely Indian restuarant. And to say it was spicy would be an understatement. My very innards feel like they don’t know quite what’s going on, with a real fire going on in my belly. And frankl...

Arsenal’s Hype Meter in trouble + THERE’S REAL FOOTBALL TOMORROW!!!!
on Nov 20, 2009 in Arsenal Aston Villa English Premier League Alex Song Armand Traore Arsene Wenger Denilson Eduardo da Silva Mikael Silvestre Sunderland Thierry Henry Third Gen God! That took forever. Two weeks, since our last game at Wolves? More like two whole years! Seriously, the only way international football is made interesting is when there’s a great big furore to get in a huff about. Take this video, for exam...

Thierry needs someone to back his corner. Here I am, forever.
on Nov 19, 2009 in Arsenal Blogging Eduardo da Silva Thierry Henry Let’s get it out there. Henry cheated. No-one’s arguing against that. Not even Henry himself. A blatant handball/double-tap to keep the ball in play and spoon it (quite brilliantly) to William Gallas, who, take nothing away from him at le...

Silvestre will get the nod over Traore for the left back spot
on Nov 18, 2009 in Arsenal Armand Traore Arsene Wenger Bacary Sagna Emmanuel Eboue Gael Clichy Kieran Gibbs Mikael Silvestre Premier League Robin van Persie Third Gen Thomas Vermaelen News has filtered in that Kieran Gibbs, the guy who’s covering the other left back out crocked, is now out crocked. YoungGuns was one of the first to break the news that Gibbs had been injured just 21 minutes into an England U-21 match against...

RVP’s chocolate milkshake + Cesc is leaving, haven’t you heard?
on Nov 17, 2009 in Arsenal Andrey Arshavin Arsene Wenger Cesc Fabregas Premier League Robin van Persie Third Gen Again, we start with news on Robin van Persie’s injury and rumours are doing the rounds that, with permission from the club’s physiotherapists, the Dutch striker will be flying to Serbia for some ‘alternative treatment’ for hi...

Pavlyuchenko makes more sense than Chamakh + official RVP prognosis
on Nov 16, 2009 in Arsenal Blogging Tottenham Arsene Wenger Eduardo da Silva Premier League Robin van Persie Third Gen Transfer Rumours UEFA Champions League So now Arsenal FC’s medical team have come out with their own prognosis on Robin van Persie’s situation, and it seems it might be closer to six weeks out for the Dutch centre forward. I suppose it is good news, though in my mind I’m...

RVP’s injury poses truly complicated questions + the man who will replace him
on Nov 15, 2009 in Arsenal Blogging Abou Diaby Andrey Arshavin Carlos Vela Eduardo da Silva Robin van Persie Third Gen Oh Lord on High, Mary Mercy and all things holy, NO! Robin van Persie is out. In a meaningless friendly against some Italian hacks (Georgio Chiellini, you’re a marked man now!), RVP found himself in the box after breaking past the defenders, on...

Wenger right as always: Platini on the warpath to ruin players’ lives
on Nov 13, 2009 in Arsenal Blogging Arsene Wenger Cesc Fabregas Kolo Toure The barren wasteland of Arsenal news prompts me to write this little feature, which is just as important an issue in the world of football. While European football remains the home of more skillful, intelligent and stable football, I’d like to...

I can’t even bring myself to make up an ‘Arsenal to buy Messi’ story
on Nov 12, 2009 in Arsenal Blogging Arsene Wenger Barcelona Nicklas Bendtner It’s one of those days, ladies and gentlemen. One of those days when the tumbleweeds drift across the screen, nothing drops through on NewsNow, and rumours about Xavi perving over Cesc both bore and infuriate. We could talk about how plain odd...