Comments on: Replacing Ljungberg & The Emirates Cup

By: tumusiime ronnie

tumusiime ronnie — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:57:11 +0000

i know da Gunners will put all da cups on fire. i believe ARSENEL is stil da best. but need some more attention my friends.

By: Arsenal FC Blog » Excitement, injuries and the winger mystery

Arsenal FC Blog » Excitement, injuries and the winger mystery — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:47:04 +0000

[...] optimistic if/when he signs a replacement for Ljungberg. One of the suggestions I mentioned in yesterday’s post has signed for Manchester City for next to nothing but the other option remains open. Will Wenger [...]

By: Harlan

Harlan — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:11:42 +0000

Okay, South African gooner-Spurs are in South Africa now and we’re being slated for lack of ‘ambition’. How do you rate Spurs team for the coming season? Forget about last season when we beat them twice without Henry and RVP. You might have watched them play, so how do you measure them against the Arsenal? Be honest, don’t be subjective and tell us.

By: Samuel

Samuel — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:07:40 +0000

South African Gooner: A bit far away to get your arson on at Seven Sisters yes?
I predict 3rd, out of race like febuary instead of november and a cup.
Does anyone know what’s going on with the gunnerblog comments?
Ok, I must go travel into London, am going to see Aimee Mann

By: South african gooner

South african gooner — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:55:15 +0000

I assure you fellow gunners.Arsenal fc will kick ASS this season.Everyone has written us off this season but mark my words!!!!we will light the premiership on fire!! I ask of all you fellow gunners to let go of all the negatives surrounding our squad and prepare ourselves to witness the demorilizing of the manutd and chelsea dogs.LETS GO ARSENAL!!!!!!!!!!!11

By: sam nix

sam nix — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:07:35 +0000

just curious… i remember feeling more frustrated with our inability to finish than with our inability to defend as a team.. apart from going down 1-0 too often..

By: sam nix

sam nix — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:00:57 +0000

how many times did we get scored on more than twice in a game? And how many times did we score more than two goals in a game?

By: Spanish Fry

Spanish Fry — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:26:58 +0000

Good points. We need a general lift in consistency in all areas on the park. The difference between failure and success is very small and if Arsenal can tighten up a little at the back and put away some more chances then success is not unforseeable. I’d still like a winger though…

By: Samuel

Samuel — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:23:06 +0000

“Also, its worth noting that we tied for 3rd last campaign, only to be edged by goal differential. An excellent indication of how good we could be if we could just stick that damn ball in the net.”

Yes and no. We wasted what seemed like a billion chance but we also scored as many as Chelsea. Slipping at the back is just as important, more so now we have a fit Van Persie and Eduardo so we have less worries about those chances going wasted.

By: Samuel

Samuel — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:20:31 +0000

Two things:
1) I don’t think Gallas will have the armband next season but I am glad he may be getting more responsibility towards how the team plays. He has had big, sensible ideas for how to stop little slipups (playing zonal instead of man marking?) and to make the team less mistakes.
2) I’m not saying it is the full squad we should be starting with but, our squad seems a lot better than last years essentially 3rd place team. Forget about other teams adding to their squad, to add to what we had last year, we could have:
A new goalkeeper good enough to fight for Lehmann’s place – Fabianski
Two new fullbacks – Sagna and Flamini
A new centre back – Sagna
New and fitter wingers – Rosicky, Walcott and Eboue
Two new strikers – Bendtner and Eduardo
Now from last years team we have lost one and a half strikers (Henry played for half a season, so is half. Ali and Bap only played like half a man each), a quarter of a winger and a bunch of players that weren’t anywhere near the team. I know it not be a lot for some, but our team are a lot fitter (Gilberto unfit for the start as opposed to our whole team after the world cup), a lot more adaptable and there just seems to be a little more of them than last season.