We may have beaten Standard Liege 2-0 last night but I can’t remember feeling as stressed about Arsenal as I do right now. With the crucial game against Chelsea just five days away this was not the sort of performance I was hoping for. On paper 2-0 looks a comfortable victory, but just like the [...]
It’s Standard Liege in the Champions League tonight with top spot and a place in the second round of the competition at stake. The manager will want his players focused on this game rather than the one against Chelsea yet his line-up will undoubtedly take into account his plan for the weekend. Arsene Wenger will [...]
I was planning on making today’s post Emmanuel Adebayor-free. But then Arsene Wenger delivered this absolute gem of a quote regarding his stamp on Robin van Persie: “You ask 100 people; 99 will say it’s very bad and the hundredth will be Mark Hughes.” Absolutely classic stuff by the manager and 100% (or is it [...]