Archive for 'Premiership' Category
Carling Cup fallout
27 February 2007Arsenal and Chelsea have been charged for violent conduct following the fallout of the melee in added time of their Carling Cup clash. Emmanuel Eboue has been charged with striking Wayne Bridge who made a meal of the blow on the back of his head by dropping to the ground as if pole axed.
Emmanuel Adebayor […]
FA Cup Fifth Round replay - Blackburn v Arsenal
27 February 2007The Gunners travel to Ewood Park for a replay of the FA cup fifth round. Blackburn Rovers held Arsenal to a goalless draw in the first leg played at The Emirates Stadium.
Lets hope that we take what we did not take into the ill-fated Carling Cup final played in Cardiff against Chelsea which we lost […]
Carling Cup Final
25 February 2007Arsenal’s young Gunners lost to Chelsea FC’s tested professionals in the Carling Cup final played in The Millenium Stadium in Cardiff Wales by 2 goals to 1 in very controversial circumstances. The Arsenal went ahead from a goal by Theo Walcott who scored his very first goal for The Gunners.
His effort was cancelled by Didier […]
Wenger declares financial loss
23 February 2007Arsene Wenger declared a financial loss of 6.2 million Great British Pounds for this financial year but the board of directors have given him a go ahead to buy more players to strenghten the team if need be. Part of the reasons for the lose is the cost of moving from our old stadium in […]
The Problem with Arsenal
20 February 2007We have a problem. Our inability to finish off games in which we dominate has been our Achilles Heel. The Gunners are very fond of settling into a comfort zone if they are dominating a team. In our Champions League match against PSV Eindhoven, we should have finished off the Dutch side in the first […]
Champions League recommences
20 February 2007The Gunners recommence their Champions League dream today when they play in Holland against PSV Eindhoven. Arsenal’s form in the Premiership may be suspect as they drop points against lowly rated teams but our Champions League form is much more consistent.
Last season, we got to the finals of the competition without losing a single game […]
Another replay for Arsenal
17 February 2007Blackburn held Arsenal to a goalless draw at the Emirates Stadium in the fifth-round of the FA Cup. From the first kick of the ball it was obvious that Blackburn came to defend and they did this very effectively and stoutly.
Those who are saying that The Gunners are being favoured by referees decisions or refereeing […]
Arsenal’s tight fixtures
16 February 2007Lets hope we do not encounter player fatigue as we relentlessly pursue three trophies. We have conceded the Premiership title but we are still very much in the Carling Cup final which will be played a week on Sunday against Chelsea at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff.
Before then we meet Blackburn Rovers on Saturday the […]
Bolton’s spurious referee bias claims
16 February 2007Big Sam Allardyce and Gary Speed are accusing Chris Foy who was the referee in charge of the FA Cup fourth-round match they lost to Arsenal at the Reebok Stadium of bias. I do not know what decision Sam saw which he felt that the referee got blatantly wrong.
Bolton should just accept that for once […]
Arsenal escape the Bolton Jinx
14 February 2007The Gunners beat Bolton Wanderers in the 4th round of the FA CUp at The Reebok Stadium to advance to the 5th round where a tie with Blackburn Rovers awaits them. The game was pulsating and had plenty of end to end action but The Arsenal came out on top breaking The Bolton jinx and […]