Chelsea are out of the Champions League after a comprehensive defeat to Inter Milan. It’s a massive result for Arsenal for two reasons. One, it removes an opponent that has already beaten us twice this season from the competition and two, because it has the psychological potential to derail Chelsea’s Premier League campaign. John Terry’s [...]
Following Arsenal from Australia is a unique experience. It means a midnight kick-off for the weekend game and a 4.30am starts for midweek one. It means sneaking away from your friends birthday party to watch them at the pub. It means going to the work bleary-eyed and hungover after seeing them throw away another shot [...]
I think it’s fair to say that the fans’ confidence in Arsenal and Arsene Wenger is at the lowest point it has been this season. Sunday’s 3-1 defeat to Manchester United left our boys five points of the top of the table with league leaders and our opponents for this weekend Chelsea expected to extend [...]
Scott the Red from The Republik of Mancunia interviewed me over the weekend about my thoughts on the Arsenal v Manchester United game. You can read a transcript of that interview below or view the article in it’s original form here. Thanks to Scott for a really good set of questions. * * * Andrew [...]
Disclaimer: I don’t hate Wenger. In fact, I love him. This report is about the Manchester United game, not about Wenger losing the plot or needing to spend money or anything like that. It is a look at our match-up with United. I’ll run through the good before I get onto the bad on what [...]
Here is a comment from reputable Manchester United blogger Scott the Red from The Republik of Mancunia about our performance yesterday and more specifically, that of Arsene Wenger: “Whilst their players were disappointing, you have to wonder what their manager was thinking. I think today was a better performance than the European game, but they [...]
It’s currently 8am on Sunday morning in Brisbane, 18 hours away from the kick-off to Arsenal v Manchester United, and I’m excited. For the first time in a number of seasons both teams are in with a good chance of winning the Premiership and that makes for a spectacular game. United sit four points behind [...]
Here’s a quick summary on what has been a quite brilliant news day for the Arsenal: Thomas Vermaelen has not broken his leg and may yet play in Sunday’s epic showdown against Manchester United. Arsene Wenger’s revelation that “there is still a good chance he will not play on Sunday” suggests there is still a [...]
Arsenal FC Blog has been nominated for ‘Best Team Site’ in the 2009 Soccerlens Awards. Please vote for it by clicking here! Just as predicted, Alex Song will be back for this weekend’s game against Manchester United after his Cameroon team were knocked out of the African Cup of Nations by Egypt. Emmanuel Eboue will [...]
The Arsenal FC Blog has been nominated for ‘Best Team Site’ in the 2009 Soccerlens Awards. Vote for it by clicking here! Those following the African Nations Cup will know that Cameroon have secured a place in the quarter-finals after coming back from behind twice to draw 2-2 with Tunisia. The result means Cameroon finished [...]
I’ll have a match preview of the Arsenal vs Bolton game later today, but I just thought I’d quickly bring your attention to something that might have flown under the radar. The Carling Cup semi-final first leg between Manchester United and Manchester City has been postponed due to bad weather – and it’s good news [...]
The Result Chelsea’s win over Manchester United last night was, from a points perspective, the worst possible result for Arsenal fans. It means Chelsea are 5 points clear at the top with Arsenal tied on points with United in second although we of course have a game in hand. Assuming we win that we will [...]
It’s Friday night right now in Brisbane and not for the first time this week I have to be super-quick. Here’s a quick round-up of things going on involving Arsenal in the last two days: Arsenal have decided to contest the two-game ban handed out to Eduardo for diving. While it is certainly to be [...]
Manchester United 2 (Rooney 59 pen, Diaby 64 og) Arsenal 1 (Arshavin 40) Minute-by-Minute | Video Highlights | Wenger Interview Match Review Arsenal had two defensive errors to blame for an unfortunate 2-1 loss to Manchester United at Old Trafford. With our boys in control and in the lead after Andrey Arshavin’s first-half cannonball, we self-destructed in spectacular [...]
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Hello, hello. It’s a big post today as I attempt to catch up on yesterday’s no-show. First up is a quick report of the Celtic game, followed by my thoughts on our Champions League draw before I round things off by previewing the massive game against United. Enjoy! Arsenal 3-1 Celtic (5-1 agg.) – Talking [...]