Stoke I never felt that Stoke were a threat last weekend, partly because they have a terrible record against us at the Emirates, but mostly because they were without two of their best players in Affelay & Adam, whilst Bojan still doesn’t seem to have recovered from his injury last year and didn’t start the […]
The Most Premier League shots conceded v The Most Premier League shots taken – CFC v AFC
Our first big game of the season has finally arrived and it’s Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. This will probably sound smug, especially in the light of our midweek demoralising defeat, but I don’t think we’ve been better suited to beat Chelsea in the league for a long time. The reason is simple: their atrocious form. […]
Ramsey, Chambers and Coquelin kick start the Rugby World Cup! – Prepare to laugh :)
Calum Chambers, Francis Coquelin and Aaron Ramsey take part in a rugby challenge to mark the start of the Rugby World Cup in a new Arsenal Media video posted on the Arsenal YouTube channel today. Thanks to Arsenal Media for lightening the mood ahead of tomorrow’s pivotal North v West London Derby. Here ‘s […]
Zagreb 2-1 Arsenal: mental collapse proves costly
After a loss I almost always swear and say I won’t write a review. The truth is, I will. I’ll even go as far as to say you are more likely to see a review of a defeat from me than a review of a resounding win. I’ll explain why. A little over two years […]
Zagreb game gives Arsene an opportunity to try out new tactics. Will he be inclined to do it, though?
Ready for a rumble, Gunners? Yesterday’s game proved that the Champions League could be even more surprising than the Premier League – with Manchester City losing at home to Juventus and Manchester United defeated by PSV. Tonight’s game against Dinamo Zagreb will tell a lot about our guys and their mental strength, because we have […]
Dinamo Zagreb preview: all about building up momentum
Well, this is awkward. A few times a season such a thing happens: we play a team I know nothing, or next to nothing, about. And yet I have to write a preview. In such cases I try to concentrate more on what we do and how we approach the game and this is exactly […]
“Why should I subdue the world, if I can enchant it?” – Mesut Özil
DER ZAUBERER – The Wizard I aimed to have the title of this piece bear the name of one of the purest talents to ever grace the hallowed turfs of the Emirates Stadium, Mesut Özil, but I failed. This is not because I didn’t try, but I woefully failed, to find an adjective worthy enough […]
Arsenal 2-0 Stoke: profligate Gunners get the much-deserved points
I’ll start my review with two simple facts: Jack Butland would be my MoM if I could have voted him. The man made 10 saves. That’s more than Petr Cech against Liverpool (8). If you can’t enjoy the win and the performance because Arsenal were quite profligate again (or for any other reason), I suggest […]
Oliver Norgrove answers your questions
I struggled to think this week. Arsenal news and events were limited by an International break, and with the transfer window closed, gossip has been temporarily restrained as well. It is currently Thursday evening, and up until this point I have failed to think of a sensible topic to address in this column, so have […]
Stoke shouldn’t be able to harm us at the Emirates if we find our goalscoring boots
Stoke At home against the Potters we’ve always been able to conjure up some magic and soundly beat them, (see what I did there), whilst away from home we tend to lose. We’re at the Emirates for our Saturday lunchtime kick-off so I would normally be more confident going into the game, but given our […]