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Arsene Tortures With Late Substitutes

It was a thrilling last minute win at Wigan last evening to move us into third position on the league table. Adebayor worked hard throughout the game and was rewarded with a spot-on pass from Fabregas in the 88th. He trapped the ball deftly and slotted home a perfect shot through the legs [...]

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Arsenal Rise to the Challenge

Arsenal left Stamford bridge with one point after upsetting Chelsea in a thrilling match. Arsenal were first to go up from a great strike by Flamini off a Hleb cross. Essien returned the favor minutes later with a long and bendy shot that Lehmann had little chance to stop. The finish to [...]

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Return of The Arsenal

Today was a good day to be an Arsenal supporter. The squad fought hard, played well, and won convincingly. We finished the day 3-0 with two well placed penalties from our captain Gilberto. Tottenham looked completely lost in the midfield and especially in the back, which allowed the Arsenal to apply constant, frustrating pressure.
Cesc [...]

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Where’s Our Arsenal?

This is a short post tonight as I’m much too inebriated to write a well composed, thoughtful post on what was truly a wretched game. We went down early to an American striker, which I unfortunately have the responsibility in calling out in my pre-match report.  The only saving grace was a set-piece from VP11 [...]

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The 4 Problems at Arsenal

The Loss
It was a crushing defeat at Bolton over the weekend. It never really looked like we were going to win this match but there were a couple of flashes of brilliance that made it seem like a draw was possible. It was a decent team performance with flat-out poor finishing. The [...]

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Setanta’s Horrible Commentary on a Fantastic Arsenal Win

Going down after just 4 minutes was not the way Arsenal wanted to start a home match against Hamburg. Having gone down a goal in several home games, only to manage a draw after the initial shock, it looked like the team was going to follow the pattern once again.
The goal was similar to [...]

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Confident Gunners Outperform Reds

With a three-nil win over Liverpool at home Arsenal have regained the third spot (on goal differential) and boosted the club’s confidence. Arsenal played a wholesome 90 minutes dominating play nearly 60% of the match and allowing very few chances for the Liverpool side. The game was decided on midfield domination from Flamini, [...]

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Gunners Smashed By The Hammers

Arsenal lost to West Ham today in what can only be described as a poor performance. It all came in the 88th minute when West Ham strung together a nice play along the left which ended with a cross and a goal. And then it was over.
The entirity of the match was a [...]

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A Draw with Moscow

Sorry for the lake of a post for the last couple of days. You see, I have been under the spell of the most evil viruses, causing every flu-like symptom known to man. While this illness has been ravaging my body I have been able to only eat, sleep, and watch T.V. [...]

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Everton Match Report, 1-1

Well it was a disappointing match today as Arsenal drew at home with Everton. We dominated possession with a whopping 70% to 30% according to the official statistics. We outshot them 29 to 2. So how’d we draw?
In the end, I think it stems from a lack of finishing. We just [...]

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