It’s fair to say we’re yet to see the best of Shkodran Mustafi so far on the pitch – perhaps that will change under the new regime – but he has played a useful role off it. The German convinced his compatriot, Bernd Leno, to join us from Bayer Leverkusen in a €22m deal and, […]
Tag: Wojciech Szczesny
One: Robin van Persie and Abou Diaby had an altercation in the changing room at half time of the game against Blackpool as a result of the Frenchman’s needless first-half booking for kicking the ball away. Two: Jack Wilshere said that Jens Lehmann was so vocal and passionate on Sunday that it was like having […]
Arsenal became the first side to throw away a four-goal lead in the history of the Premier League as Newcastle fought back to draw 4-4 at St. James’s Park. A delayed journey back from the Olympiastadion for Berlin Derby Day meant I missed the opening half-hour of this game, but upon arriving at the Oscar […]
It is no coincidence that our recent return to form has come at a time when we have established a settled and reliable first-choice eleven. I thought today I’d take a look at what each member of the starting team brings, why they work together so well and perhaps most importantly, why I love watching […]
Speaking at his press conference for the Huddersfield game, Arsene Wenger made this statement about the goalkeeping situation: “At the moment Wojciech is number one. He has done nothing wrong for me to take him out.” It is as bold a statement as I have heard him make about our goalkeepers in a long, long […]
In the aftermath of our 1-0 defeat to Manchester United Pete Triplow from The Beautiful Groan (a hugely underrated and relatively unknown Arsenal blog) made a very astute observation: “It is a popular myth that you have to be perfect to win the league. You constantly hear how ‘Arsenal can’t win the league without a […]
Last night two goals from Nicklas Bendtner and Manchester United’s best player from last season, Own Goal, helped Arsenal into the semi-finals of the Carling Cup. The club is now within touching distance of its first trophy in over five years, since Patrick Vieira signed off on his Arsenal career by slotting the winning kick […]
With Arsenal’s next game against Wigan a Carling Cup fixture, there will undoubtedly be changes made to the team. While Arsene Wenger is keen to remain tight-lipped about the make-up of his starting team, he has also revealed that Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott and Nicklas Bendtner are all likely to feature. The three front-line […]
Given the strong form of Lukasz Fabianski over the past month, Wojciech Szczesny’s impressive performance against Newcastle United and Arsene Wenger’s unconvincing comments on Thursday afternoon about the state of his elbow injury an important question now needs to be asked: is Manuel Almunia’s career at Arsenal over? In the manager’s usual weekly press conference […]
Tonight sees a very interesting match-up in the Carling Cup between Arsenal and Newcastle United. It will be a tough game at St James’ Park, so the announcement from the manager that Theo Walcott, Laurent Koscielny and Nicklas Bendtner, among others, will be back in the starting team is most welcome. Carling Cup teams are […]