MATCH[ ]DD/MM/YY[ ]HOME TEAM v. AWAY TEAM[ ]RESULTS
EPL 17/08/2013 Arsenal 1-3 Aston Villa | Giroud 6' (assist by Chamberlain) UCL 22/08/2013 Fenerbahce 0-3 Arsenal | Gibbs 51' (assist by Walcott), Ramsey 64' (assist by Wilshere), Giroud 77'(P) EPL 24/08/2013 Fulham 1-3 Arsenal | Giroud 14' (assist by Ramsey), Podolski 41', Podolski 68' (assist by Cazorla) UCL 27/08/2013 Arsenal 2-0 Fenerbahce | Ramsey 25', Ramsey 72' (assist by Gibbs)
EPL 01/09/2013 Arsenal 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur | Giroud 23' (assist by Walcott) EPL 14/09/2013 Sunderland 1-3 Arsenal | Giroud 11' (assist by Ozil), Ramsey 67' (assist by Jenkinson), Ramsey 76' (assist by Giroud) UCL 19/09/2013 Olympique Marseille 1-2 Arsenal | Walcott 65', Ramsey 84' (assist by Gibbs) EPL 22/09/2013 Arsenal 3-1 Stoke City | Ramsey 5', Mertesacker 36' (assist by Ozil), Sagna 72' (assist by Ozil) COC 26/09/2013 WBA v. Arsenal EPL 28/09/2013 Swansea v. Arsenal
UCL 02/10/2013 Arsenal v. Napoli EPL 06/10/2013 West Bromwich Albion v. Arsenal EPL 19/10/2013 Arsenal v. Norwich City UCL 22-23/10/2013 Matchday 3 EPL 26/10/2013 Crystal Palace COC 29-30/10/2013 Round 4
EPL 02/11/2013 Arsenal v. Liverpool UCL 5-6/11/2013 Matchday 4 EPL 10/11/2013 Manchester United v. Arsenal EPL 23/11/2013 Arsenal v. Southampton UCL 26-27/11/2013 Matchday 5 EPL 30/11/2013 Cardiff City v. Arsenal
EPL 04/12/2013 Arsenal v. Hull City EPL 07/12/2013 Arsenal v. Everton UCL 10-11/12/2013 Matchday 6 EPL 14/12/2013 Manchester City v. Arsenal COC 17-18/12/2013 Quarter Final EPL 21/12/2013 Arsenal v. Chelsea EPL 26/12/2013 West Ham United v. Arsenal EPL 28/12/2013 Newcastle United v. Arsenal
EPL 01/01/2014 Arsenal v. Cardiff City FA 04/01/2014 Round 3 COC 7-8/01/2014 Semi Final 1L EPL 11/01/2014 Aston Villa v. Arsenal EPL 18/01/2014 Arsenal v. Fulham COC 21-22/01/2014 Semi Final 2L FA 25/01/2014 Round 4 EPL 28/01/2014 Southampton v. Arsenal
EPL 01/02/2014 Arsenal v. Crystal palace EPl 08/02/2014 Liverpool v. Arsenal EPL 11/02/2014 Arsenal v. Manchester United FA 15/02/2014 Round 5 UCL 18-19-25-26/02/2014 Round of 16 1L EPL 22/02/2014 Arsenal v. Sunderland
EPL 01/03/2014 Stoke City v. Arsenal COC 02/03/2014 Final EPL 08/03/2014 Arsenal v. Swansea FA 08/03/2014 Quarter Final UCL 11-12-18-19/03/2014 Round of 16 2L EPl 15/03/2014 Tottenham Hotspur v. Arsenal EPL 22/03/2014 Chelsea v. Arsenal EPL 29/03/2014 Arsenal v. Manchester City
UCL 1-2/04/2014 Quarter Final 1L EPL 05/04/2014 Everton v. Arsenal UCL 8-9/04/2014 Quarter Final 2L FA 12/04/2014 Semi Final EPL 12/04/2014 Arsenal v. West Ham United EPL 19/04/2014 Hull City v. Arsenal UCL 22-23/04/2014 Semi Final 1L EPL 26/04/2014 Arsenal v. Newcastle United UCL 29-30/04/2014 Semi Final 2L
EPL 03/05/2014 Arsenal v. West Bromwich Albion EPL 11/05/2014 Norwich City v. Arsenal FA 17/05/2014 Final UCL 24/05/2014 Final
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Full Fixtures of season 2011/12:-
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EPL 18/08/12 Arsenal 0-0 Sunderland EPL 25/08/12 Stoke City 0-0 Arsenal
EPL 01/09/12 Liverpool 0-2 Arsenal | 31' L. Podolski (assist by Cazorla), 68' Cazorla (assist by L. Podolski) EPL 15/09/12 Arsenal 6-1 Southampton | J. Hooiveld (OG) 11' , L. Podolski 31' , Y. Gervinho 35' (assist by Arteta), N. Clyne (OG) 37', Y. Gervinho 71' , T. Walcott 88' (assist by Cazorla) UCL 19/09/12 Montpellier 1-2 Arsenal | 16' L. Podolski (assist by O. Giroud), 18' Y. Gervinho (assist by C. Jenkinson) EPL 22/09/12 Manchester City 1-1 Arsenal | 82' L. Koscielny COC 26/09/12 Arsenal 6-1 Coventry City | O. Giroud 39', A. Oxlade-Chamberlain 57', A. Arshavin 63', T. Walcott 74', Miquel 80', T. Walcott 90' EPL 29/09/12 Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea | Y. Gervinho 42' (assist by A. Oxlade-Chamberlain)
UCL 4/10/12 Arsenal 3-1 Olympiakos Piraeus | Y. Gervinho 42' (assist by Arteta), L. Podolski 56' (assist by Y. Gervinho), A. Ramsey 90'+4 (assist by O. Giroud) EPL 06/10/12 West Ham United 1-3 Arsenal | 41' O. Giroud (assist by L. Podolski), 77' T. Walcott (assist by O. Giroud), 83' Cazorla (assist by T. Walcott) EPL 20/10/12 Norwich City 1-0 Arsenal UCL 24/10/12 Arsenal 0-2 Schalke 04 EPL 27/10/12 Arsenal 1-0 Queens Park Rangers | Arteta 84' COC 31/10/12 Reading 5-7 Arsenal (A.E.T) | 45'+2 T. Walcott, 64' O. Giroud, 89' L. Koscielny, 90'+6 T. Walcott, 103' M. Chamakh, 120'+1 T. Walcott, 120'+3 M. Chamakh
EPL 03/11/12 Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal | 90'+5 Cazorla UCL 07/11/12 Schalke 04 2-2 Arsenal | 18' T. Walcott, 26' O. Giroud (assist by L. Podolski) EPL 10/11/12 Arsenal 3-3 Fulham | O. Giroud 11' (assist by T. Walcott), L. Podolski 23' (assist by Arteta), O. Giroud 69' (assist by T. Walcott) EPL 17/11/12 Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham Hotspur | P. Mertesacker 24' (assist by T. Walcott), L. Podolski 42', O. Giroud 45'+1 (assist by Cazorla), Cazorla 60' (assist by L. Podolski), T. Walcott 90'+1 (assist by A. Oxlade-Chamberlain) UCL 21/11/12 Arsenal 2-0 Montpellier | J. Wilshere 49' (assist by O. Giroud), L. Podolski 63' (assist by O. Giroud) EPL 24/11/12 Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal EPL 28/11/12 Everton 1-1 Arsenal | T. Walcott 1' (assist by A. Ramsey)
EPL 01/12/12 Arsenal 0-2 Swansea UCL 05/12/12 Olympiakos 2-1 Arsenal | T. Rosický 38' (assist by Gervinho) EPL 08/12/12 Arsenal 2-0 West Bromwich Albion | Arteta 26' (penalty), Arteta 64' (penalty) COC 12/12/12 Bradford City [ps]*1 - 1 Arsenal | T. Vermaelen 88' (assist by Cazorla) EPL 18/12/12 Reading 2-5 Arsenal | L. Podolski (assist by K. Gibbs) 14', Cazorla 32' (assist by L. Podolski), Cazorla 35' (assist by K. Gibbs), Cazorla 60' (assist by L. Podolski), T. Walcott 80' (assist by Cazorla) EPL 22/12/12 Wigan Athletic 0-1 Arsenal | 60' Arteta (PK) EPL 29/12/12 Arsenal 7-3 Newcastle United | T. Walcott 20' (assist by L. Podolski), A. Oxlade-Chamberlain 51' (assist by Cazorla), L. Podolski 64', T. Walcott 73' (assist by K. Gibbs), O. Giroud 85' (assist by T. Walcott), O. Giroud 87' (assist by T. Walcott), T. Walcott 90'+2 (assist by J. Wilshere)
EPL 01/01/13 Southampton 1-1 Arsenal | Guilherme (OG) 41' FA 05/01/13 Swansea 2-2 Arsenal | L. Podolski 81', K. Gibbs 83' EPL 12/01/13 Arsenal 0-2 Manchester City FA 17/01/13 Arsenal 1-0 Swansea | J. Wilshere 86' (assist by O. Giroud) EPL 19/01/13 Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal | T. Walcott 58' (assist by Cazorla) EPL 24/01/13 Arsenal 5-1 West Ham United | L. Podolski 22' (assist by J. Wilshere), O. Giroud 47' (assist by T. Walcott), Cazorla 53' (assist by L. Podolski), T. Walcott 54' (assist by L. Podolski), O. Giroud 57' (assist by L. Podolski) FA 26/01/13 Brighton & Hove Albion 2-3 Arsenal | O. Giroud 17', O. Giroud 57', T. Walcott 85' EPL 29/01/13 Arsenal 2-2 Liverpool | O. Giroud 64' (assist by J. Wilshere), T. Walcott 67' (assist by O. Giroud)
EPL 02/02/13 Arsenal 1-0 Stoke City | Podolski 78' EPL 09/02/13 Sunderland 0-1 Arsenal | Cazorla 36' (assist by Walcott) FA 16/02/13 Arsenal 0-1 Blackburn Rovers UCL 20/02/13 Arsenal 1-3 Bayern Munich | Podolski 55' (assist by Wilshere) EPL 23/02/13 Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa | Cazorla 6', 85' (assist by Nacho Monreal)
EPL 04/03/13 Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Arsenal | Mertesacker 51' (assist by Walcott) UCL 14/03/13 Bayern Munich 0-2 Arsenal | Giroud 3' (assist by Walcott), Koscielny 86' (assist by Cazorla) EPL 16/03/13 Swansea 0-2 Arsenal | Nacho Monreal 74' (assist by Giroud), Gervinho 90'+1 (assist by Ramsey) EPL 30/03/13 Arsenal 4-1 Reading | Gervinho 11' (assist by Cazorla), Cazorla 48' (assist by Gervinho), Giroud 67' (assist by Gervinho), Arteta(PK) 77'
EPL 06/04/13 West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Arsenal | Rosicky 20' (assist by Gervinho), Rosicky 50' EPL 13/04/13 Arsenal 3-1 Norwich City | Arteta 85' (penalty), Giroud 88' (assist by Chamberlain), Podolski 90'+1 (assist by Walcott) EPL 16/04/13 Arsenal 0-0 Everton EPL 20/04/13 Fulham 0-1 Arsenal | 43' Mertesacker (assist by Koscielny) EPL 28/04/13 Arsenal 1-1 Manchester United | Walcott 2' (assist by Rosicky)
EPL 04/05/13 Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Arsenal | Walcott 1' (assist by Arteta) EPL 12/05/13 Arsenal 4-1 Wigan Athletic | Podolski 11' (assist by Cazorla), Walcott 63' (assist by Cazorla), L. Podolski 68' (assist by Cazorla), A. Ramsey 71' (assist by Cazorla) EPL 19/05/13 Newcastle United 0-1 Arsenal | Koscielny 52' (assist by Podolski)
'A meeting in coarse cotton, sixpence for leather and laces. Factory hardened arms mix oil and mud. A century and a quarter forward, Gunners together; battles ahead. From those first heavy steps; Men will become gods.'
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Arsenal Football Club was originally founded in 1886 by employees of the the Dial Square workshop at the Royal Arsenal, which was an armaments factory in South-East London, in a district named Woolwich. Consequently, they were first named ‘Dial Square’ A Scotsman, David Danskin is the man said to have bought the first football for the club. Among the first players for the club was former Nottingham Forest goalkeeper, Fred Beardsley who would be the one to obtain a set of red kits, the colour the Arsenal still wear today. The first match for the new club took place on December 11, 1886 in an open field in the Isle of Dogs (another London district) against a club known as the Eastern Wanderers in which the club won 6-0. What is interesting is that other than the date of this match, everything else written so far may possibly be a myth.
By Christmas however, they had changed the name of their club to Royal Arsenal. They originally played on Plumstead Common before moving to Manor Ground in 1888. Royal Arsenal would move away and then return to Manor Ground as Invicta Ground proved too costly for them. Playing in the amateur leagues proved fruitful for Royal Arsenal as they won a couple of trophies and largely outclassed the other amateur clubs from London. But it wasn’t all rosy for them as the professional clubs attempted to sign their players and they were subsequently banned for amateur football for being too professional, which relegated them to only playing friendlies and in the FA Cup. So 1893 in a bid to gain access into the Football League, Royal Arsenal changed their name to Woolwich Arsenal and became a limited liability company, and attempted to buy the Manor Ground. This ended up working and Woolwich Arsenal began life in the Second Division, where they would spend eleven years, generally finishing mid-table every year. Under the guidance of manager Harry Bradshaw, Woolwich Arsenal would gain promotion to the First Division, where they would lose their manager before the season started to Fulham. They would never come close to challenging for the League title due to financial concerns. Their playing grounds were on the South side of London where most clubs in the division were on the North side, and so to stay afloat they were forced into selling their top players, which resulted in smaller attendances for home matches. In 1910 Woolwich Arsenal went into voluntary liquidation as they were on the verge of bankruptcy when Sir Henry Norris, the chairman of Fulham FC, and other businessmen bought the club. Norris was well aware of the financial difficulties of the location of Woolwich Arsenal and so attempted to merge the club with Fulham, and when that failed, attempted to have them play on alternating Saturdays, which also failed. And so Norris focused on finding a new location for the club, eventually setting his sights on Highbury, in North London, which was met with opposition from the fans and the residents of Highbury. Norris forced it through and spent 125,000 pounds on a new Stadium (9.5 million in 2010 prices) Having been relegated back to the Second Division, Woolwich Arsenal would move to Highbury in 1913, and change their name from ‘Woolwich Arsenal’ to ‘The Arsenal. After four years of no competitive football due to World War 1, The Arsenal would gain promotion into the First Division in a dubious way. In the final season of football in 1914, Arsenal had finished in 6th place, but the First Division was expanding from 20 clubs to 22 and two clubs were to be given the extra two places in the division. Chelsea was given the one place, despite being relegated in the previous season. The other club that had been relegated was none other than Tottenham Hotspur, and they were in the running for the extra place along with Barnsley and Wolves, who had finished ahead of Arsenal. Despite all this, Norris argued that The Arsenal should obtain promotion due to their “long service to league football” and the League board agreed, voting 18-8 to promote The Arsenal. It was alleged that they only managed this promotion due to bribery by Norris with his good friend and chairman of Liverpool, John McKenna, and has fueled the long-standing intense rivalry with Tottenham every since. It has also been argued that Norris was aware of match fixing before the war by Liverpool and Manchester United and used it as a tool to be promoted. Whatever the case, The Arsenal gained entrance into the First Division in 1919 and have never left since, holding the record for the longest unbroken stretch of top-flight football.
After some very poor showing and narrowly avoiding relegation, Norris had enough of his manager Leslie Knighton and hired Herbert Chapman in 1925. Chapman would put his stamp on The Arsenal, changing the way the club did things. Chapman changed the training philosophy and physiotherapy regimes and added numbers to the players shirts, a practice that is now common-place across the footballing world. He also altered the kit, adding white sleeves in 1933, and insisted The Arsenal be known as just ‘Arsenal’ so they would be the first club in alphabetical order every time. He even managed to change the name of the nearby tube station from Gillespie Road to Arsenal, which now has a 52 metre mural to commemorate the team’s move from Highbury in 2006. Chapman also changed the way the game was played on the pitch with the new formation now called ‘WM‘ which can also be described as a 3-2-5 or a 3-2-2-3. It proved so successful that by the late 1930s, most clubs had adopted this formation In Hebert Chapman’s first season in charge, Arsenal made their best finish ever in the league by placing second, but the next few seasons had them stay mid-table. Norris allowed Chapman to spend large sums of money however, and nearly won their first ever trip to the FA Cup final, losing 1-0 to Cardiff City. Three years later, and after buying Arsenal greats Cliff Bastin, David Jack and Alex James, Arsenal made the FA Cup final once more, this time defeating Chapman’s old club Huddersfield Town 2-0 and earning the clubs first ever major trophy. They then won the League title for the first time in 1931, recording their best ever win against Grimsby Town, 9-1, which still stands. In 1932 Arsenal lost the FA Cup Final to Newcastle 2-1 after they had a goal that was wrongly awarded as a goal kick. The 1932-33 season would see Arsenal win their 2nd league title. In January 1934, Herbert Chapman would suddenly pass away from pneumonia, but that would not stop the winning ways as they would win the League again that season, as well as 1934-35 and 1937-38 and another FA Cup in 1936. Arsenal were such a strong club that in 1934, England had seven Arsenal players start a match and defeated the then, World Champions Italy 3-2, and is still a record for most players from a single club starting a match for England. On March 9, 1935 Arsenal saw it’s largest ever attendance for a match versus Sunderland, counting 73,295 fans at Highbury. The Second World War would suspend all competitive football for the 1939-40 season, and Highbury was used as an ARP station (Air Raid Precautions), and had a bomb destroy the North Bank roof and setting fire to the terrace. With Highbury taken Arsenal played their home matches at White Hart Lane while football still continued, although the matches do not count in official statistics as star players would play as ‘guests’ for various clubs when not in the armed forces. The war claimed nine first team Arsenal players, the most of any club in the top flight. Arsenal were also afflicted with a heavy financial burden of repairing their war damaged stadium, and consequently struggled when regular club football began once again in 1946, finishing 13th. Tom Whittaker took over as manager and won the League title in the 1947-48 season. They would then win the FA Cup in 1949-50, a 2-0 win over Liverpool. After nearly winning the Double in the 51-52 season, but failing in both competitions, Arsenal won their 7th League title the following year in what was one
of the closest title races ever, narrowly beating Preston North End only on goal average. The title would ultimately prove to be Arsenal’s last trophy for seventeen long years. Tom Whittaker would pass away in 1956, and Arsenal would try and fail with Jack Crayston, George Swindin and Billy Wright as managers, generally finishing mid-table, and having to endure Tottenham winning the double in 1961. On May 5, 1966 Highbury would see it’s lowest ever attendance be recorded with 4,554 in the stands, and having only one player in England’s 1966 World Cup winning squad, a far cry from the successful and prosperous times under Chapman and Whittaker. Wright, then the manager, was fired and the Arsenal board made the odd appointment of their club physiotherapist Bertie Mee to replace him. The appointment of Bertie Mee was so surprising that he himself requested to return to his old role if he proved unsuccessful after one year. Alongside assistant Dave Sexton, Mee promoted players from the youth team, boys who would become household names in Charlie George, John Radford, and Ray Kennedy. Alongside Frank McLintock and Peter Shorey, they reached the League Cup in 1968 and 1969, but losing each one. They managed to make it into Europe for the 1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup however, winning it and ending their long trophy drought. The 1970-71 campaign then came, in which Arsenal recorded their first double winning campaign where they won the FA Cup and the League title, winning the league by defeating Tottenham at White Hart Lane on the last day, and defeating Liverpool 2-1 in extra time at Wembley. (And *we* complain about six years. Try 17 and then let’s talk crisis) Sadly the double winning side was broken up shortly after this, and after finishing 16th and 17, Bertie Mee gave his resignation.
Terry Neill would be appointed manager, and his time at the helm witnessed the strong emergence of an Irish core of Liam Brady, Pat Rice, Frank Stapleton, Pat Jennings, and David O’Leary which gave Arsenal a still-strong following amongst the Irish. While Neill’s time at the club was in the midst of the Liverpool dominance, he still managed to direct the club to three FA Cup finals in 1978, 79, 80 but only winning it in 79, when Alan Sunderland won the match in injury time to record a now-famous win. The 1979-80 season saw Arsenal play a record breaking 70 matches and reaching two finals, the FA Cup loss to West Ham and losing the finals in Europe to Valencia on penalties. The summer of 1980 saw Liam Brady leave for Juventus and apart from 1982-83, Arsenal continued to make the top four, but never looked like winning anything. The lost both Cup semi-finals that year and and Terry Neill struggled to manage the club, arguing with key players as a drinking culture immersed itself at Arsenal. After losing to Third Division Walsall in the League Cup, Neill was fired in Decemeber 1983 and replaced with Don Howe, under whom Arsenal would fare no better. And when Howe heard the board had approached Terry Venables (then at Barcelona) he resigned and Steve Burtenshaw was named caretaker while the club searched for a replacement. Alex Ferguson, then at Aberdeen in Scotland, was approached, but he rejected Arsenal and six month later would find himself at Manchester United.
In May 1986 former Arsenal player, George Graham was appointed manager of Arsenal. Graham would slowly sell off older players and promote from the youth team and was able to dictate a stronger sense of discipline at the club, something the previous managers had attempted and failed at. In Graham’s debut season, Arsenal was able to with the League Cup, coming from behind in the final against Liverpool with a double by Charlie Nichols. This was in the midst of a UEFA English ban for European competitions in relation to the Heysel disaster, and so Arsenal missed out on the 87-88 UEFA Cup.
The 87-88 campaign saw Arsenal lose the League Cup final to Luton Town, but Graham was building a squad that would continue to improve with their young defense coming together under captain Tony Adams, Lee Dixon, Steve Bould and Nigel Winterburn. This, buoyed by the terrific midfield of David Rocastle, Michael Thomas and Paul Merson and goal-scoring sensation Alan Smith, in 1989 Arsenal would finally win their first League title since 1971, and would do so in stunning fashion. Arsenal led the league since Christmas, but allowed Liverpool, who were going for the Double, to overtake them by losing to Derby County and drawing at home to Wimbeldon. The final match of the season was at Anfield and Arsenal were required to win by two goals in order to win the title. With 90 minutes gone, Arsenal were up 1-0 when this happened:
And Arsenal were League Champions. Arsenal would have to wait until the 1990-91 season to find success again, and had to do so despite losing two points after a on-field brawl with Manchester United at Old Trafford, and losing Tony Adams for four months when he was sent to prison for drunk driving in December that year. However, they only lost one league match the entire year, and won the title by seven points. After signing Ian Wright from Crystal Palace in 1991 and losing David Rocastle to Leeds United the year after, Arsenal became known as ‘Boring, boring Arsenal’ depending on their stout defense and the goal-scoring prowess of Wright to win games. The FA Premier League was then created for the 1992-93 season, in which Arsenal were one of the founding members, and became the first club to win the FA Cup and League Cup double. The following year Arsenal won their second European trophy, defeating Parma 1-0 in the Cup Winner’s Cup final in Copenhagen.
Arsenal were forced to sack George Graham February 1995 when it was found he had taken an illegal payment of a player. Bruce Rioch took over at Arsenal, who guided Arsenal to the Cup Winner’s Cup Final, but lost to Real Zaragoza from a 40 yarder in the 120 minute; a howler by David Seaman. The summer of 1995 saw him Rioch sign Dutchman Dennis Bergkamp, breaking the English transfer recorded at the time. He was sacked just before the 1996 season over a dispute about the transfer funds. Arsenal then made the audacious and obscure decision to hire Frenchman Arsene Wenger from Nagoya Grampus Eight in Japan to manage their club. Wenger changed the club, completely eliminating the drinking culture that was prevalent at the time, changing the diets and training methods of the players, and brought about a change in tactics. Wenger brought in unknown players such as Patrick Vieira, Nicolas Anelka, Emmanuel Petit and Marc Overmars in 1997 and with George Graham’s noturious defense, Wenger became the first foreign manager to win the 1997-98 League title. Arsenal won the Double that year, winning the FA Cup. Ian Wright left that summer, having broken Cliff Bastin’s goalscoring record, his tally at Arsenal ending at 185 goals. The next few years were trophy-barren at Arsenal, despite signing Freddie Ljungberg and Thierry Henry. The rivalry with Manchester United fired up 1998-99 however as Arsenal finished 2nd in the League to United, and lost the FA Cup semi-final replay in extra time to them as well. The next season Arsenal again finished second best to Manchester United, this time by 18 points, and lost the EUFA Cup final in 0-0 game that went to penalties in Copenhagen to Galatasaray. The 2000-01 season saw Arsenal finish 2nd yet again to Manchester United, and lost in the FA Cup to Liverpool; as well as losing on the ‘away goals rule’ in the Champions league quarter-finals to eventual finalist Valencia.
The 2001-02 season became memorable as Arsenal’s furious attacking side lead by Thierry Henry won the Double for a record-tying third time. Arsenal were the only club to score in every game of the League that season, and went unbeaten away from home. They defeated Manchester United in the FA Cup, before also beating Chelsea in the finals. The 2002-03 was notable when Arsenal became the first club in over 20 years to retain the FA Cup title when they defeated Southampton in the final, but lost out on the League title to United losing their final game of the season at home to Leeds. That Last match day defeat to Leeds would become Arsenal’s last loss for over a year, and the 2003-04 season saw the rise of the ‘Invincibles’ where they won 26 and drew 12 matches, finishing 11 points clear of Chelsea in second place. Preston North End in 1888-89 is the only other team to have ever completed such a feat.
The following season Arsenal extended their unbeaten run to 49 consecutive League matches, an English league football record, when they finally lost to Manchester United. They failed to win the title that year as the newly cash rich Chelsea finished 12 points ahead, but managed to win the FA Cup for their 3rd time in four years. The 2005-06 season was largely disappointing, and Arsenal barely managed to obtain fourth place and their Champions League spot when St. Totteringham’s day came on the very last match day when Sp*rs lost to West Ham and Arsenal won their last ever match at Highbury stadium over Wigan. In the Champions League however, Arsenal made it the Finals against Barcelona, but a silly red card to keeper Jens Lehmann early in the match had Arsenal desperately defend a 1-0 lead for most of the game, before two late goals by Barca took the title away. Arsenal completed the move from historic Highbury to the Emirates stadium July 2006. Highbury was limited to only 38,500 seats after standing was banned in English football, and with the club unable to expand the stadium and needing to increase revenue streams to compete with money-giant clubs like Chelsea and Manchester United, a move down the road to Ashburton Grove was made. To facilitate the move in a manner that did not destroy the club financially, Arsene Wenger was forced to sell off highly paid stars and transition the club with youngsters, while still managing to be highly competitive and keep the fans into the massive 60,000+ stadium. Since the move Arsenal have stayed in the Champions League, qualifying for the competition for 14 years in a row, and have remained competitive in the Premier league, but ultimately collapsing the final months of the campaigns. December 11, 2011 saw Arsenal play at home and marked Arsenal’s 125 year in existence, and Arsenal celebrated the occasion the only way they know how; with style and class. The great-great-grandson of Fred Beardsley, the man who sourced the Arsenal original kit, assisted Vic Akers with the club’s kits and was brought onto the pitch in the pre-game ceremony. Supporters’ Stories were installed on benches outside the Armoury. A sixpence was thrown by referee Howard Webb at kick-off. Inside the players’ tunnel, celebrations of the 5-3 over Chelsea, and Henri Lansbury Sp*rs goal have been included on the walls. Arsenal had the Royal Artillery and Orchestra playing outside the stadium. The 1970s greats Bob Wilson, Charlie George, Frank McLintock, John Radford and Terry Neill were all introduced onto the Emirates pitch, followed by David O’Leary, Paul Davis, George Graham, Alan Smith, Anders Limpar and Ian Wright. Members of the Invincibles then took to the pitch, Ray Parlour, Robert Pires, Jens Lehmann, Lee Dixon, Lauren and Thierry Henry showed up. The great-grandchildren of founder David Danskin carried the matchball to begin the game. They even ensured there was a cannon alongside side the pitch.
Perhaps the best part of the weekend was the Friday prior, when Arsenal unveiled the statues of Herbert Chapman, Tony Adams and Thierry Henry outside the Stadium. So many greats could have been chosen, but it’s difficult to argue with the man who revolutionized football in the 1930s, the winning-est club captain, and the Arsenal’s record goal-scorer.
May there be more greatness to come for the beloved and storied club.
FA Cup Winners (10) 1930 Beat Huddersfield Town 2-0 1936 Beat Sheffield United 1-0 1950 Beat Liverpool 2-0 1971 Beat Liverpool 2-1 1979 Beat Manchester United 3-2 1993 Beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 1998 Beat Newcastle United 2-0 2002 Beat Chelsea 2-0 2003 Beat Southampton 1-0 2005 Beat Manchester Utd 5-4 on penalties (after 0-0 draw)
League Cup Winners (2) 1987 Beat Liverpool 2-1 1993 Beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1
European Nights 1970 European Fairs Cup winners beating Anderlecht of Belgium 4-3 on aggregate. 1980 Cup Winners� Cup finalists losing on penalties to Valencia of Spain in Brussels. 1994 Cup Winners� Cup winners beating Parma of Italy 1-0 in the final in Copenhagen. 1995 Cup Winners� Cup finalists losing 2-1 to Real Zaragoza of Spain after extra time in Paris. 2000 UEFA Cup finalists losing 4-1 on penalties to Galatasaray after a 0-0 draw and extra time in Copenhagen. 2006 UEFA Champions League finalists losing 2-1 to Barcelona of Spain in Paris.
Arsenal Ladies' Honours
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UEFA Women' Cup Winners 2007
National Premier League 1992/93, 1994/95, 1996/97, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2006/07
National League Cup 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007
WFA Cup 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007
FA Womens' Community Shield Winners (3+1 shared) 2000 (shared with Charlton Athletic), 2001, 2005, 2006
London County FA Women's Cup Winners (6) 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2007 Beat Millwall 2-0
National League South 1991/92
London Senior Cup 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004
Youth Honours
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FA Premier Youth League 1997/98
FA National Academy PLAY-OFF Final Under-17s: 1999/00 Under-19s: 2001/02
1. Ramsey is a Gooner. 2. Ramsey is not a glory hunter. 3. Ramsey already played for a top club.
QUOTE(apisfires @ Sep 15 2013, 10:47 AM)
Ramsey need to know, during his horrible injury day, all fan support him, i know last season i curse him so much
QUOTE(gunnerah @ Sep 15 2013, 10:54 AM)
4. Ramsey plays in a club that's been in the Champions League every season without fail
QUOTE(rifasha @ Sep 15 2013, 10:57 AM)
Not like that <insert traitor here>.
QUOTE(funnyTONE @ Sep 15 2013, 11:08 AM)
Hard to say. Bale used to show much loyalty to Spurs before this despite recieving lots of offers from top club. Eventually, everyone has a price....even loyalty. The same happened with Van Judas, but we sold him for scraps when we should've asked for higher fees. At least if we're branded a selling club, lets make a few profit from it.
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Is Suarez really willing to go the RM? Angel Di Maria is already sitting on the bench this morning just to make space for GaBale. Lets raid the whole RM camp this Jan.
i wish him the best, i still think of him as a gooner who changed ozil to a gunner.
Very true indeed, he might be a former Sp*rs player but remember he's actually a Gooner at heart. And his move to Real was the one that made Ozil to us materialize. Don't see a reason why we should hate him anymore.
But gotta admit that Flamini presence really gave Ramsey and Ozil more time and space to roam/going forward. Good things that Ozil sits between Giroud and Wilshere in the changing room, the bond/harmony with Giroud will undoubtly help the whole team while Jacky can learn/communicate more with Ozil.
the depth in this team, bar ST is actually good once the freakin injuries are out of the way.. we had santi, rosicky, AOC, arteta, mertesacker and podolski out for this game and managed to win with still a good squad fielded out there. out of those 6, 4 were first teamers last season.
Im waiting to see d outcome when we have Arteta, Ozil, Cazorla & Rosicky fully fit in d starting lineup with OG, TW, Ramsey, Jack, Podolski & Ox available to start or ready on d bench. For me Flamini is d DM we been long miss but Arteta offer more stability due to his awareness n ability to read d game. He build our strong platform to launch attacks n also as 1st line to defense. To me he is world class eventho he nvr had chance for Spain. For Koscielny, he seem more vunerable when Per isnt around..not meant to say Sagna isnt good but both player, including TV isnt Per type of defender. Like Arteta, Per ability to well-read on opponent game mean we have more chances to neutralize opponent attacks b4 it reach our danger zone. His height is an asset to cover any high ball crosses/corners. Yesterday was d case we really missed his height as Sunderland's corners look destined to end up in our net. Rosicky, eventho he is now not as agressive as Jack nor energetic as Ramsey, but his quality is class above. He is no nonsense playmaker, he drive us forward brilliantly. With Arteta, Ozil, Cazorla combo we aren't playable team for opponent to face. At one time they could play at LW, another at centre n another time they would terrorise opponent on d right flank. We could start as 4-2-3-1 but in one time change to 4-1-3-2 or 4-3-3 without d need to sub different players in! I think there r moments in our previous game that TW cut inside n we form an 4-4-2 & in our last NLD, i think we switched our formation while not with d ball to 4-5-1 & change to 4-1-3-2 when we launch attack. Its make our movement so damn hard for opponent to read, to mark a certain player/s bcoz they arent stick to those position keep on switching. This r d reason y most opponent will come to us sitting behind d ball n cramping their own defensive zone. This is d reason y our football style is so highly rated by many spectators and this is y Arsene likes those highly technical footballers. Hope that oneday we could have done better for what Holland's inspiring style - Total Football! COYG
I believe if we able to land another prolific striker then our position to challenge for major trophy is not a dream anymore, provided no one is leaving of course. Hopefully AW can do this in Jan.
If given a choice between Rooney and Suarez, I'd still take Suarez anytime coz he is not cup tied.
It's not about signing a player this time, it's about sending a message.
Despite Rambo's scoring form, I want to highlight Flamini's presence was essential to the team as well. A yellow a game? Who cares. Just as long we have someone to do the dirty job. Signing him is a wise choice.
This Wednesday is UCL right? Wanna see some more magic from Ozil and Rambo.. Walcott still needs to improve, Per recovered from illness and hopefully Cazorla will be able to play
Having a world class player in the team like Ozil you can clearly see who is not world class in Arsenal. To me Ozil will be proud of 10 team mates including himself, only 1 player was out of place & is extremely overrated. I wont give his name bcs it might not go down well with many here. But watching this player arrive till now i don't see any improvement, if he wasn't english no one would be talking about him.
Having a world class player in the team like Ozil you can clearly see who is not world class in Arsenal. To me Ozil will be proud of 10 team mates including himself, only 1 player was out of place & is extremely overrated. I wont give his name bcs it might not go down well with many here. But watching this player arrive till now i don't see any improvement, if he wasn't english no one would be talking about him.
Having a world class player in the team like Ozil you can clearly see who is not world class in Arsenal. To me Ozil will be proud of 10 team mates including himself, only 1 player was out of place & is extremely overrated. I wont give his name bcs it might not go down well with many here. But watching this player arrive till now i don't see any improvement, if he wasn't english no one would be talking about him.
I i wont name names. A lot of hype now on him bcs he is English & currently he is all England have, but this hype about him will end soon once player like Ince Jr.& Sterling get more experience.
i think walcott's going to prove something in the UCL game. as i've heard somewhere, marseille play a high defensive line ala AVB's spurs, and if they dont change that after seeing how many chances mesut put walcott through they're gonna get some from theo. i just hope he doesnt go on a one man mission to score and neglect giroud who might be in a better position centrally.
This post has been edited by Thumpy Ick: Sep 15 2013, 03:55 PM
to put it in another POV, giroud and theo combined is a complete striker. giroud is the one touch magician who can finish and assist with his one touch passing/shooting, he can head the ball, hold up play, link up play and provide physical aggression to put pressure on defenders. but when he has the ball he rarely runs past players a la wilshere to create chances on his own, or run onto through passes. theo is the runner who runs onto through balls and plays at the edge of the opponent's defence line. last season he was scoring, this season he hasn't. they both complement each other.
Walcott's decision in front of goal still has room for improvement but his off the ball movement, positioning and final passes are his strengths and feared by any LB.He's still one of the best RW in EPL no doubt.
I wonder what will these sheep Arsenal fans say when in a season or 2 time <insert players name here> can't get into the 1st 11 bcs of Chamberlain or miyachi ahead of him??? Bcs being a Arsenal fans means you must accept all first 11 are world class players, if not you are called plastic.
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Yea at least he's able to make that run behind the defender, how many players u know can make runs like he does? His pace provide arsenal another attacking option, and having one more option is certainly better than dont have the option at all. And that's where ozil is needed too..if not u expect him to make that kind of pass to who else? Unless we replace him with Ronaldo if not I wouldn't complain much.
I wonder what will these sheep Arsenal fans say when in a season or 2 time <insert players name here> can't get into the 1st 11 bcs of Chamberlain or miyachi ahead of him??? Bcs being a Arsenal fans means you must accept all first 11 are world class players, if not you are called plastic.
not quite really. although i do agree that he is quite one dimensional and not as technically sound as he should be (being an arsenal player and all) he does have some positive attributes, he has got that pace for the forward runs for the through ball that our midfield is so capable of. but the downside is he needs to improve on his decision making in front of goal. he's still a valuable member of the squad. also, saying that chambo or miyaichi getting ahead of walcott in a season or 2 is also jumping the gun too soon. who knws, touch wood, what if chambo or miyaichi dont get to the level that we expect them to get to (dejavu of walcott when he was first bought)?
All the discussion about flamini made me miss Gilberto. Nabeh, he is the only player that can intercept the ball beautifully. To watch his defense is a joy. Macam moment of brilliance in reading the game pun Ada.
And when he was the captain, all was so good. Until Gallas become the captain haih
I wonder what will these sheep Arsenal fans say when in a season or 2 time <insert players name here> can't get into the 1st 11 bcs of Chamberlain or miyachi ahead of him??? Bcs being a Arsenal fans means you must accept all first 11 are world class players, if not you are called plastic.
calm yo tits bro. if you look at the replay, he did the best he could - on both occasion there were enough power on the shot, he stroke it at the right time and the ball was going to the space besides the goalie and it's unlucky that the goalie managed to save the ball. it's not like he just blindly shot straight at the keeper like Tamil Arasu v. Myanmar
so you have opponent's GK performing well and are you just gonna put all the blame on TW?
calm yo tits bro. if you look at the replay, he did the best he could - on both occasion there were enough power on the shot, he stroke it at the right time and the ball was going to the space besides the goalie and it's unlucky that the goalie managed to save the ball. it's not like he just blindly shot straight at the keeper like Tamil Arasu v. Myanmar
so you have opponent's GK performing well and are you just gonna put all the blame on TW?
+1. credit musth be given to keiren westwood as well. he had a great game.
Re Theo, if you guys notice, his first touch has improve tremendously this season. His positioning too. Just wait until he finds back his goal scoring form, and with Ozil keep feeding through ball to him, he will be a nightmare to defenders and goalkeepers. No need to slagging him just because he missed those chances.
Re Theo, if you guys notice, his first touch has improve tremendously this season. His positioning too. Just wait until he finds back his goal scoring form, and with Ozil keep feeding through ball to him, he will be a nightmare to defenders and goalkeepers. No need to slagging him just because he missed those chances.
Sit tight and just enjoy the win.
No. He is getting 100k per week so he must score every chance he has. It's unacceptable for him to score less than 2 each game he plays.
Assuming he plays 35 games in BPL x 2 goals = 70 goals. No excuse or #Wengeroutwiththeo.
Give Theo a break. He may not be the most gifted and talented footballer but his pace offers the team a different outlet on the right for a more direct approach.
True his finishing was appalling last night but every player goes through a bad patch sometimes and it just so happens that Theo is facing that at the moment. This is when others in the team will have to step up and take responsibility and Ramsey did just that.
Even a so called world class striker like RVP went goalless and was missing sitters for a period of a couple of months at the beginning of the year.
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+1. credit musth be given to keiren westwood as well. he had a great game.
TW did 90% of the work correctly. Link Play with Ozil, and timing, and in the right place at the right time. Only his finishing not good. Once he gets that right, he will start scoring loads of goals. The goalie Westwood had a very good game as well.
We always need walcott in the team. He can outrun anyone in the league, and wuth ozil around, he is much more dangerous than last season. Last night he just forgot to puts his scoring boots on, while the sunderland keeper got his right hand a goal stopping glove.
to put it in another POV, giroud and theo combined is a complete striker. giroud is the one touch magician who can finish and assist with his one touch passing/shooting, he can head the ball, hold up play, link up play and provide physical aggression to put pressure on defenders. but when he has the ball he rarely runs past players a la wilshere to create chances on his own, or run onto through passes. theo is the runner who runs onto through balls and plays at the edge of the opponent's defence line. last season he was scoring, this season he hasn't. they both complement each other.
The blend of perfect players? Seems u still misses King Henry a lot.
Lol the Spuds down the lane still butthurting to the max from the Ozil deal. "Amigo" club
Tottenham consider ditching Real Madrid partnership after fans sign online petition
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Spurs have placed their ‘strategic partnership’ under formal review after the relationship reached breaking point
Tottenham are considering calling off their partnership with Real Madrid.
And pressure to scrap the partnership is growing after nearly 5,000 fans signed an online petition that has been passed on to Tottenham officials.
A White Hart Lane source said: “People at the club are well aware of the petition and the partnership with Real Madrid is under review.”
Spurs were deeply angered by Real’s aggressive tactics in their pursuit of Gareth Bale and were shocked to see the Spanish club sell Mesut Ozil to their fierce rivals Arsenal.
The partnership between Tottenham and Real was announced as part of the Luka Modric move to Spain last summer.
It was claimed the two clubs would work together in respect of players, coaching, best practices and commercial relationships.
But according to sources in Spain, Real give little credence to the partnership other than president Florentino Perez referring to Spurs as an ‘amigo’ club.
That so-called friendship now appears to be at breaking point, with Tottenham seriously debating whether the partnership should be abandoned.
There are fears within White Hart Lane that continuing with the partnership could spark more questions in January, when Arsenal are set to try again to take Karim Benzema and Angel di Maria from the Bernabeu.
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis, who used to work in the MLS, has known Real director general Jose Angel Sanchez for more than 10 years after the Spanish club tried to market themselves in the United States.
Another source said: “Real Madrid have not respected the spirit of the agreement with Tottenham and have not showed any intent to do so. They also clearly have a relationship with Arsenal.”
Other than selling Ozil to Arsenal, Real loaned Nuri Sahin to Liverpool last season and nearly allowed Fabio Coentrao to join Manchester United on loan this summer.
Tottenham have not signed a single player from Real since the partnership was announced, despite struggling with injuries in midfield and attack at different times.
The online petition calling for the end of Tottenham’s strategic partnership with Real attracted a total of 4,841 signatures and was passed to the club on Thursday.
that was also because we passed to him most of the time when we're out of ideas. he wasnt 100% fit but i saw a few brilliant touches from him already ytd, not just the one that led to giroud's goal. since i had my eyes on him for most of the match, i think he got dispossessed once and misplaced a pass once. definitely world class. it even got to the point where i was shouting at jenkinson for trying to dribble past a defender when he could've just laid the ball for ozil. same with theo, imo he shouldnt take crosses when ozil is on the pitch. i guess they'll iron it out in training, because i'm really not convinced with theo taking set pieces.
Hi Gentlemen i see a few here think i butthurt just bcs Walcott didn't score. I just want to clear things up that is not the case, it doesnt take a world class striker to score a goal. What i butthurt about is his lack of football ability, he only have world class speed thats all. All i'm saying as a observer is i cant wait for Chamberlain to mature so Walcott can be where he belong which is the bench. If you disagree just debate no need to be a monkey start calling people names. Do you see professional pundits like Rednapp or Neville having a go calling each other names just because they don't agree with something???
Hi Gentlemen i see a few here think i butthurt just bcs Walcott didn't score. I just want to clear things up that is not the case, it doesnt take a world class striker to score a goal. What i butthurt about is his lack of football ability, he only have world class speed thats all. All i'm saying as a observer is i cant wait for Chamberlain to mature so Walcott can be where he belong which is the bench. If you disagree just debate no need to be a monkey start calling people names. Do you see professional pundits like Rednapp or Neville having a go calling each other names just because they don't agree with something???
chill bro, that's why they're professional pundits not online fans. who knows, maybe redknapp frequently trolls on football sites under an anonymous username?
i agree that i cant wait for AOC to get his breakthrough season and be a frequent fixture on our team. but saying walcott lacks football ability when he's the club's topscorer of last season, you'd have to expect some flak from fans for that dont you?
i admit i used to slag off ramsey when he was making too much backheel passes and losing possession last season (but i'd never ask any player to leave), and after the phoenix like rise of him this season i am very reluctant to slag off any player, especially since we're very early in the season. i did criticise walcott after the game, esp on set pieces as his corner kicks almost always never reaches an arsenal player. ozil as i remember took one and it went straight to giroud/koscielny's head. he must be hitting the top corner every time in the training ground since he keeps taking freekicks in a real game, but so far the only guys that i remember that are able to actually hit the target are santi, lukas and new guy ozil. so yes i would like for him to kindly step off any set pieces.
chill bro, that's why they're professional pundits not online fans. who knows, maybe redknapp frequently trolls on football sites under an anonymous username?
i agree that i cant wait for AOC to get his breakthrough season and be a frequent fixture on our team. but saying walcott lacks football ability when he's the club's topscorer of last season, you'd have to expect some flak from fans for that dont you?
i admit i used to slag off ramsey when he was making too much backheel passes and losing possession last season (but i'd never ask any player to leave), and after the phoenix like rise of him this season i am very reluctant to slag off any player, especially since we're very early in the season. i did criticise walcott after the game, esp on set pieces as his corner kicks almost always never reaches an arsenal player. ozil as i remember took one and it went straight to giroud/koscielny's head. he must be hitting the top corner every time in the training ground since he keeps taking freekicks in a real game, but so far the only guys that i remember that are able to actually hit the target are santi, lukas and new guy ozil. so yes i would like for him to kindly step off any set pieces.
Bro i just ask you do you see Arsenal winning cup finals with him? When the big boys like bayern or dortmund come with their well organize teams? All they have to do is just play with a deep back line then boom!! Arsenal down to 10 men bcs Walcott have no room to run, no skill to fool the 1 defender marking him. Games like that you just see him get ball pass to Sagna & hopes the poor guy who is a defender can do something.
Bro i just ask you do you see Arsenal winning cup finals with him? When the big boys like bayern or dortmund come with their well organize teams? All they have to do is just play with a deep back line then boom!! Arsenal down to 10 men bcs Walcott have no room to run, no skill to fool the 1 defender marking him. Games like that you just see him get ball pass to Sagna & hopes the poor guy who is a defender can do something.
I quite agree with you that Walcott is pretty much one dimensional.
And i agree with you that one effective way to stop him is to play "park the bus" tactic. But against big team his speed is very useful. You seldom see big team play deep defensive line. We saw thw benefits of having him during Spurs match.
Few years back he was overrated and overhyped. But i don't hear much hype about him lately. Not sure who actually overrate him. He is a good player. But not a world class and every football fan in the world agree to that.
kenapa orang banyak butthurt dgn arsenal pabila altidore's goal tak dianggap sebagai goal?
bcoz, well honestly, ref made mistake in not allowing the play to go on and we were extremely lucky..we do deserve some good luck once in a while..tho, if the ref allowed the play to go on, wouldnt the covering defender will rush into position to stop the ball from crossing over? Isnt the sound of the ref's whistle made several Arsneal players, esp the defenders and Woj hesitated for a few seconds?
I quite agree with you that Walcott is pretty much one dimensional.
And i agree with you that one effective way to stop him is to play "park the bus" tactic. But against big team his speed is very useful. You seldom see big team play deep defensive line. We saw thw benefits of having him during Spurs match.
Few years back he was overrated and overhyped. But i don't hear much hype about him lately. Not sure who actually overrate him. He is a good player. But not a world class and every football fan in the world agree to that.
the media lah kasi hyped. but I will never sell him, he has that one thing still need to be cracked. and once it cracked open. i tell you. there's only one Theo Walcott
missed the game due to friend wedding at Muar, wented into semi-jungle residential area liao only saw goal highlights, Glad that Ozil had no problems to insta blend in, his assist and couple of other awesome pass he fed walcott only to flunk it with that space and angle surely Walcott has to finish... say one of them and our Grandsey! needless to say..awesome volley and nice 2nd build up play
UefaChampLeag next , flying to Marseille (Thursday 245) and then home to StokeC (Sunday 830)
ingat troll saja, didnt know it was serious i also forgot liao, how come he end up being with us ah? salary? playing/opportunity time?
Fergie sent Gary Neville to meet up with Ramsey to discuss personal terms whereas Arsene flew him and his entire family in a private jet to Switzerland for a meeting. The rest is history.
Fergie sent Gary Neville to meet up with Ramsey to discuss personal terms whereas Arsene flew him and his entire family in a private jet to Switzerland for a meeting. The rest is history.
lolwut our boss is pretty badass should the next 5 years proves Ramsey to be our vital player i guess its worth every hassle
Fergie sent Gary Neville to meet up with Ramsey to discuss personal terms whereas Arsene flew him and his entire family in a private jet to Switzerland for a meeting. The rest is history.
24.5 – Shots per goal by Aaron Ramsey for Arsenal last season 2.6 – Shots per goal by Aaron Ramsey for Arsenal so far this season (5/13) 8.1 – Shots per goal by Olivier Giroud for Arsenal last season (18/147) 4.8 – Shots per goal by Olivier Giroud for Arsenal so far this season (5/24)
12 – Number of times Wilshere has been fouled in Premier League play this season (second in the League – that’s the number that have been called, he was only 2/7 dribbling today because he was serially fouled and Atkinson didn’t do anything about it.)
24.5 – Shots per goal by Aaron Ramsey for Arsenal last season 2.6 – Shots per goal by Aaron Ramsey for Arsenal so far this season (5/13) 8.1 – Shots per goal by Olivier Giroud for Arsenal last season (18/147) 4.8 – Shots per goal by Olivier Giroud for Arsenal so far this season (5/24)
12 – Number of times Wilshere has been fouled in Premier League play this season (second in the League – that’s the number that have been called, he was only 2/7 dribbling today because he was serially fouled and Atkinson didn’t do anything about it.)
Dont slag of Walcottlah. After what ramsey has experience its quie clear that grooming world class player is Wenger forte, he had his misses but no one is better than him in that regard
^ tak apa bro.. it's normal.. every season arsenal fans will need someone to pantung kepala.... this time walcott is the unlucky 1. if not, we have nothing so say. haha
Walcot is another choice, he is fast but predictable and lack of consistency. Good player but not a match winner, cant hope he become the next TH14. Hope I am wrong.
Dont slag of Walcottlah. After what ramsey has experience its quie clear that grooming world class player is Wenger forte, he had his misses but no one is better than him in that regard
When ramsey played badly, he still run like a horse up and down to help the team. He got the football brain and vision to pass but just the final output not as he wished. ( I think this is why AW loves him)
Compare to walcot.... too predictable... not work hard enough as a winger to help the team in defense. But one good thing is he is really fast. Hope he could build up more "weapons" in coming years. I can see his first touch is improved. But still need more to become the real football super star.
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QUOTE(danabu @ Sep 16 2013, 09:48 AM)
When ramsey played badly, he still run like a horse up and down to help the team. He got the football brain and vision to pass but just the final output not as he wished. ( I think this is why AW loves him)
Compare to walcot.... too predictable... not work hard enough as a winger to help the team in defense. But one good thing is he is really fast. Hope he could build up more "weapons" in coming years. I can see his first touch is improved. But still need more to become the real football super star.
walcott need to have a trick or two in his sleeves. yea, he's too predictable going forward. his positioning and run forward improved since last season. oh yea, as for finishing u can refer who was our top goal scorer last season.
Dont slag of Walcottlah. After what ramsey has experience its quie clear that grooming world class player is Wenger forte, he had his misses but no one is better than him in that regard
+1. Some ppl seem to forget TW had already contributed to this season. Just bcoz he missed 3 clear opportunity setup by Ozil at d position he normally scored, doesnt mean he's that bad. He had his bad day but everybody also will have bad day. To me he seem a little bit fatigue for the match, 2 international games he played took much of his energy. He is d type that speed is no.1 asset & we shld know using speed use lots of energy burst at certain time. Thats y AW had subbed out him when we already had 2goals cushion against Sunderland. Against Fulham, he was d the one that blasted d ball that GK only managed to parry towards centre for Podolski thunderous goalshot for 2-0. It was TW who run with ball from d middle til near d penalty area b4 passed it to Cazorla n Santi drifted to d left of goalpost b4 backpassing to Podolski for our 3rd goal. Against Spurs, it was TW that managed to slip behind their defenders to receive Ramsey pass, that he burst his speed & passed a lowdrive for Giroud to tap in for our winning goal.
When ramsey played badly, he still run like a horse up and down to help the team. He got the football brain and vision to pass but just the final output not as he wished. ( I think this is why AW loves him)
Compare to walcot.... too predictable... not work hard enough as a winger to help the team in defense. But one good thing is he is really fast. Hope he could build up more "weapons" in coming years. I can see his first touch is improved. But still need more to become the real football super star.
When ramsey played badly, he still run like a horse up and down to help the team. He got the football brain and vision to pass but just the final output not as he wished. ( I think this is why AW loves him)
Compare to walcot.... too predictable... not work hard enough as a winger to help the team in defense. But one good thing is he is really fast. Hope he could build up more "weapons" in coming years. I can see his first touch is improved. But still need more to become the real football super star.
Ramsey was regarded as direct competition of fabregas before he was "shawcrossed".
And now he is back to what people was expecting from him. He will become a world class player one day.
And Walcott, you can't expect much from a sprinter that started kicking ball at late age of 13. He is good. But nowhere near world class and i don't think have the capacity to become a world class player.
And Walcott, you can't expect much from a sprinter that started kicking ball at late age of 13. He is good. But nowhere near world class and i don't think have the capacity to become a world class player.
What If, the reason Walcott didn't score or why he is having his "off-day" was because ... he didn't want to sustain any injury as Arsenal squad is thin as it is. And it would not be worth it to push the last extra ounce of strength. Look at Giroud for eg, the reason he was injured the last game was because Ramsey threw in an awesome pass to him and he wanted to get a goal in, but ended up twisting his ankle which had everyone (esp. Wenger) worried like a mother.
I'm one of those who do not have very high expectation on Walcott.
No doubt he was our top scorer last season, no doubt he is among the fastest players. However, he's not yet a complete footballer that I wish to have. Being a sprinter alone will not land you anywhere far. It's predictable and not hard to contain, unless you are more than a sprinter. This is what exactly what Walcott needs to do. Besides maintaining his trademark as one of the fastest, he also needs to master something else. Be it finishing, long shots, accurate cross, dribbling, set piece taking, defending (?), etc...
Walcott reminds me a lot on Michael Owen. The latter made his name in similar fashion. Being in similar physical attributes, they both are sprinters. You may see how Owen's career is/was...
now happy mode la..haha.. why take football so serious? we win in a row now.. I'll take that rather than headache myself to think about player form. hahaha.. We are human after all, have up and down. cheers!
actually i felt that we were lucky that we won the match and referee helped us "a bit". if we lost 2 points from it, i think most of us here will be bashing walcott more seriously XD
actually i felt that we were lucky that we won the match and referee helped us "a bit". if we lost 2 points from it, i think most of us here will be bashing walcott more seriously XD
Actually I felt Sunderland were a bit lucky not to be 5-0 down by the end of the first half with all the chances we had
IMO walcott got Henry's pace, dribbling and finishing potential, he just lack of footballing brain, that's all
^disagreed
QUOTE(Mondo Socialist @ Sep 16 2013, 05:54 PM)
i disagree, unfortunately walcott is not as nimble as henry thus i wouldnt go as far as saying that he can dribble as well as henry.
^agreed
Walcott doesn't have the dribbling skills and ball control of Henry. He can't make something out of nothing. Highly dependent on those through balls that set him up for a 1v1.
Will Ramsey be starting against stroke? Face the leg breaker???
He already faced his demon last season. But we do travel to Marseilles midweek before hosting Stoke at Emirates. He is on fire right now, it wud be unwise not to start him (except he's not fit or etc)
To TW14 hardcore fans, again i would like to make it clear i'm not having a go at TW14 bcs he failed to take his chances against Sunderland. I'm having a go at hims bcs if you put ur feeling for Arsenal aside you will see what a below average player he is. I can say since his arrival at the club at 06 till now the progress he made as a player i would rate 8% from 100%. If you see the like of his team mates Wilshire, Ox & even Ramsey who improve game by game. Ramsey case he took 1 full season to find himself after the horror injury. So if TW14 score a hat rick or more against Marseille my opinion of him would not change bcs in a Arsenal team with world class players now like Ozil, Santi & even Ramsey it doesn't take a class player to score goals, bcs the ball will some how reach ur foot if you stand in front the goal.
Ramsey was regarded as direct competition of fabregas before he was "shawcrossed".
And now he is back to what people was expecting from him. He will become a world class player one day.
And Walcott, you can't expect much from a sprinter that started kicking ball at late age of 13. He is good. But nowhere near world class and i don't think have the capacity to become a world class player.
arshavin started late also i think
must be something wenger see in walcott. or maybe wenger got it wrong lol
QUOTE(rickysay @ Sep 16 2013, 03:37 PM)
A slow day...
Let's play conspiracy,
What If, the reason Walcott didn't score or why he is having his "off-day" was because ... he didn't want to sustain any injury as Arsenal squad is thin as it is. And it would not be worth it to push the last extra ounce of strength. Look at Giroud for eg, the reason he was injured the last game was because Ramsey threw in an awesome pass to him and he wanted to get a goal in, but ended up twisting his ankle which had everyone (esp. Wenger) worried like a mother.
nabeh, i think the chance he had all was quite clean thru and requires less effort lol.
QUOTE(kimhoong @ Sep 16 2013, 03:39 PM)
I'm one of those who do not have very high expectation on Walcott.
No doubt he was our top scorer last season, no doubt he is among the fastest players. However, he's not yet a complete footballer that I wish to have. Being a sprinter alone will not land you anywhere far. It's predictable and not hard to contain, unless you are more than a sprinter. This is what exactly what Walcott needs to do. Besides maintaining his trademark as one of the fastest, he also needs to master something else. Be it finishing, long shots, accurate cross, dribbling, set piece taking, defending (?), etc...
Walcott reminds me a lot on Michael Owen. The latter made his name in similar fashion. Being in similar physical attributes, they both are sprinters. You may see how Owen's career is/was...
but owen we awesome finisher
walcott got strong shots. but placing mia ball macam not yet good
To TW14 hardcore fans, again i would like to make it clear i'm not having a go at TW14 bcs he failed to take his chances against Sunderland. I'm having a go at hims bcs if you put ur feeling for Arsenal aside you will see what a below average player he is. I can say since his arrival at the club at 06 till now the progress he made as a player i would rate 8% from 100%. If you see the like of his team mates Wilshire, Ox & even Ramsey who improve game by game. Ramsey case he took 1 full season to find himself after the horror injury. So if TW14 score a hat rick or more against Marseille my opinion of him would not change bcs in a Arsenal team with world class players now like Ozil, Santi & even Ramsey it doesn't take a class player to score goals, bcs the ball will some how reach ur foot if you stand in front the goal.
I cannot speak on behalf of all gooners here but I find it's a valid topic for further discussion. At least, I believe Walcott should pick up some other strength before we all can proudly declare him as a "Worldclass" player. As mentioned by bro tkh, Owen was a good finisher which made/makes him someone better than Walcott (as of now).
Rather than blindly stating the cons, we should always remember that Walcott still has plenty of years to prove me wrong. Hopefully it's soon enough before he's overtaken by other better players.
Give Theo a break. Those were good saves from the keeper. He was in double digits last season for both goals and assists. Although not world class yet, he is still a very good winger. No need to compare him with henry. That was once in a lifetime player for arsenal. They should retire the 14 jersey and not give it to Theo. Remember last season how we were desperate for Theo to sign d thing.
To TW14 hardcore fans, again i would like to make it clear i'm not having a go at TW14 bcs he failed to take his chances against Sunderland. I'm having a go at hims bcs if you put ur feeling for Arsenal aside you will see what a below average player he is. I can say since his arrival at the club at 06 till now the progress he made as a player i would rate 8% from 100%. If you see the like of his team mates Wilshire, Ox & even Ramsey who improve game by game. Ramsey case he took 1 full season to find himself after the horror injury. So if TW14 score a hat rick or more against Marseille my opinion of him would not change bcs in a Arsenal team with world class players now like Ozil, Santi & even Ramsey it doesn't take a class player to score goals, bcs the ball will some how reach ur foot if you stand in front the goal.
Ok so now you term Ramsey as a world class player after only what? A handful of good games? lmao
I understand your claims on Theo. He is definitely not world class, never was and probably will never get there.
Though the same can be said about our entire squad at the moment save for our new 42.5m googly eyed messiah and probably some may agree or disagree, Santi.
Then again Theo's pace offers us a different outlet on the right and balance to the team. He provides width and a certain directness which is in stark contrast to our left with the likes of Poldi and Santi preferring to play quick one twos and cutting inside instead of hugging the baseline and fizzing crosses into the box. Its all about options and the different approaches we can take in a game. And not to mention few kick starts a counter attack better than Theo does.
I disagree on the OX though. True the talent and ability is there but few can deny he has taken a step down ever since his first exciting year with us and this injury will prove a further setback. He will need more time to find his feet again when he returns from injury and the first thing is to get back to the form he showed in his first year with us before he can even start thinking of displacing Theo.
OX is nowhere near Theo from what I've seen and like it or not Theo will continue to be an integral part of the team unless Arsene goes out and buys somebody better, like Di Maria.
What happened to Santi? Why didn't he start against Sunderland?
Not a fan of Arsenal but I thought Ozil did well.
He is injured. Few weeks until the next international. If he did managed to recover before the internationals and selected for the Roja (and played), i'll be mad as hell.
Ok so now you term Ramsey as a world class player after only what? A handful of good games? lmao
I understand your claims on Theo. He is definitely not world class, never was and probably will never get there.
Though the same can be said about our entire squad at the moment save for our new 42.5m googly eyed messiah and probably some may agree or disagree, Santi.
Then again Theo's pace offers us a different outlet on the right and balance to the team. He provides width and a certain directness which is in stark contrast to our left with the likes of Poldi and Santi preferring to play quick one twos and cutting inside instead of hugging the baseline and fizzing crosses into the box. Its all about options and the different approaches we can take in a game. And not to mention few kick starts a counter attack better than Theo does.
I disagree on the OX though. True the talent and ability is there but few can deny he has taken a step down ever since his first exciting year with us and this injury will prove a further setback. He will need more time to find his feet again when he returns from injury and the first thing is to get back to the form he showed in his first year with us before he can even start thinking of displacing Theo.
OX is nowhere near Theo from what I've seen and like it or not Theo will continue to be an integral part of the team unless Arsene goes out and buys somebody better, like Di Maria.
if u read carefully, he paused after ozil. he didnt say ramsey is worldclass ler
With this team this season I feel that this is our strongest team for the past 5 or 6 seasons. Will be disappointed if we did not mount a title challenge this year. I may be biased but I think the team is stronger than mu and mc. On par with chelsea I would think. Hate to say this but spurs looked very solid with eriksen and paulinho.
Mesut Ozil was Arsenal’s record breaking headline signing of the summer but in a side that’s now packed full of midfield attacking options it might be that the return of Mathieu Flamini turns out just as important. The 29-year-old, signed for free after his contract at Milan ran out, broke up play at Sunderland and supplied the possession for the likes of Ozil, Jack Wilshere and Aaron Ramsey to do the damage. The Frenchman was a bit of an unsung hero in his last stint too – of the 37 games he started in the 2007-8 season before leaving for Italy the Gunners lost only twice. One of those was his final appearance, the 4-2 Champions League defeat at Liverpool, which was still 1-1 when he went off injured.
With all the feel good atmosphere, I'm counting us as a title challenger, cup finalist material
AW please don't disappoint me
EPL championship tu rasanya macam sudah pasti milik Arsenal.. tapi untuk European Champions League masih susah nak kata boleh masuk final ke tidak, bahagian pertahanan masih banyak kena buat, attacking idea sudah bagus semenjak Mesut Ozil masuk, tapi bahagian pertahanan masih membimbangkan..
if u read carefully, he paused after ozil. he didnt say ramsey is worldclass ler anyways, u all calm the tetek la.
"So if TW14 score a hat rick or more against Marseille my opinion of him would not change bcs in a Arsenal team with world class players now like Ozil, Santi & even Ramsey it doesn't take a class player to score goals"
Pause? What Pause?
Read again.
So if we term things together and there is no pause how should we write?
Like this means no pause?:
"bcs in a Arsenal team with world class players now like Ozil Santi & even Ramsey"
Sorry no man boobs to calm. My balls are calm though.
This post has been edited by sigheart: Sep 16 2013, 11:01 PM
With this team this season I feel that this is our strongest team for the past 5 or 6 seasons. Will be disappointed if we did not mount a title challenge this year. I may be biased but I think the team is stronger than mu and mc. On par with chelsea I would think. Hate to say this but spurs looked very solid with eriksen and paulinho.
We are definitely a better team than MU on paper but nowhere near City and Chelsea. Everyone knows that Fergie did a magic winning the league last year with an average team.
Spurs look good on paper attacking wise. Defensive is a big question mark. But like Wenger mentioned, when you have too many new players, it can jeopardise the stability of the team. One or two player in one window would be good enough.
"So if TW14 score a hat rick or more against Marseille my opinion of him would not change bcs in a Arsenal team with world class players now like Ozil, Santi & even Ramsey it doesn't take a class player to score goals"
Pause? What Pause?
Read again.
So if we term things together and there is no pause how should we write?
Like this means no pause?:
"bcs in a Arsenal team with world class players now like Ozil Santi & even Ramsey"
Sorry no man boobs to calm. My balls are calm though.
Arsène Wenger has revealed the following team news ahead of the Champions League game in Marseille:
on Olivier Giroud…. We have a few problems. Some with Ozil but the main one is Giroud, who has a knee problem. He will have a test tomorrow and hopefully he will be fit. But it will only be decided tomorrow.
on options up front if Giroud is ruled out… I have not really thought about it that much but the obvious solution is Walcott. We’ll see.
on Per Mertesacker… There is good news. Mertesacker will be available again after illness.
on Mesut Ozil… He was ill and has some tight muscles after Saturday. But I think he will be OK. We are optimistic.
Hmm. so Walcott sparheading the attack? Better puts his scoring (not shooting) boots on.
Hmm. so Walcott sparheading the attack? Better puts his scoring (not shooting) boots on.
Doesnt matter if he not scoring as long as he could contribute to goals & win then its enuf. If all player r rated good or bad base on goal scored, then i must say Sczezny is d worst player bcoz he nvr score a goal. Team result come 1st!
Doesnt matter if he not scoring as long as he could contribute to goals & win then its enuf. If all player r rated good or bad base on goal scored, then i must say Sczezny is d worst player bcoz he nvr score a goal. Team result come 1st!
Well, if u read the interview, Walcott as ST. Which means a striker, Striker = Goal(s). We compare apple to apple, not melon to apple. Hence the famous Torres meme.
Furthermore, Theo always said that he would like to end up in the middle = Striker, thus im implying the scoring boots on.
Im not against Theo as ST, but he must prove it that he can play ST. Of course i am happy to see our team winning games, but i also want to see Theo achieving another level in his football = so that we wont be needing another striker from e.g. 50 mil Liverpool or 30 mil Man Utd.
HERE IS MY APPLE:
This post has been edited by rifasha: Sep 17 2013, 12:16 AM
Well, if u read the interview, Walcott as ST. Which means a striker, Striker = Goal(s). We compare apple to apple, not melon to apple. Hence the famous Torres meme.
Furthermore, Theo always said that he would like to end up in the middle = Striker, thus im implying the scoring boots on.
Im not against Theo as ST, but he must prove it that he can play ST. Of course i am happy to see our team winning games, but i also want to see Theo achieving another level in his football = so that we wont be needing another striker from e.g. 50 mil Liverpool or 30 mil Man Utd.
Well, if u read the interview, Walcott as ST. Which means a striker, Striker = Goal(s). We compare apple to apple, not melon to apple. Hence the famous Torres meme.
Furthermore, Theo always said that he would like to end up in the middle = Striker, thus im implying the scoring boots on.
Im not against Theo as ST, but he must prove it that he can play ST. Of course i am happy to see our team winning games, but i also want to see Theo achieving another level in his football = so that we wont be needing another striker from e.g. 50 mil Liverpool or 30 mil Man Utd.
HERE IS MY APPLE:
so true. I can understand why the lack of faith on Theo Walcott comes from, but if we want to be objective about it, we should look at the stats, because stats doesn't lie. For me, based on previous seasons results, Theo Walcott has improved tremendously, and despite not being a world class individual, he is indeed a team player. i do agree that he still have that lack of 'football brain' compared to other strikers, but there's still room for him to grow and years in front of him to develop his game. Wenger sees that, the potential of a player he trains with everyday. If Wenger saw what I didn't see in Ramsey a few months ago, then its true that Wenger knows more than we do about a player's capability and ability.
N. Bendtner has uber confidence in him to be a 'world class' striker, but he lack the willingness to listen and follow instructions....perhaps some humble pie would do him good too. And that is why he is where he is today, not because of Wenger, but due to his poor attitude. Having a positive attitude like TW allows Wenger to bring out the best in him, so give him time and he'll prove to naysayers this season how a 'non-world class' can score.
That should be a fair assessment of a player. Too early in the season is simply putting out your thoughts and personal opinion over something that isn't based on stats, so I feel that the rest should take it with a pinch of salt.
Arsène Wenger has revealed the following team news ahead of the Champions League game in Marseille: on Olivier Giroud…. We have a few problems. Some with Ozil but the main one is Giroud, who has a knee problem. He will have a test tomorrow and hopefully he will be fit. But it will only be decided tomorrow. on options up front if Giroud is ruled out… I have not really thought about it that much but the obvious solution is Walcott. We’ll see. on Per Mertesacker… There is good news. Mertesacker will be available again after illness. on Mesut Ozil… He was ill and has some tight muscles after Saturday. But I think he will be OK. We are optimistic.
As the article rightly pointed out, only MU have 5 pure defender. No makeshift defender. Other teams like Chelsea and City have 3 defenders same as what we have now. And seriously we are damn short upfront between those teams p/s check liverpool line up
This post has been edited by ahaksz28: Sep 17 2013, 05:15 AM
Amboi, do they still hate Suarez? Kesian betul.... I other news, Liverpool draw with Swansea. Well at least its a goal fest. Can't believe Swansea control the game most of the time.
theo is technically playing as a striker even when giroud is on, esp when we counter attack. giroud would be the one to link up play in the middle, while theo is actually the player in the most attacking position.
playing theo in #9 wont be a problem for him, except his link up play sucks. and if theo starts as a ST who'll play RW? jack?
theo is technically playing as a striker even when giroud is on, esp when we counter attack. giroud would be the one to link up play in the middle, while theo is actually the player in the most attacking position.
playing theo in #9 wont be a problem for him, except his link up play sucks. and if theo starts as a ST who'll play RW? jack?
oh no.... with this type of ref idk what kind of result we gonna get
the FA and bookies at it again. How can people be so blind as to not see the blatant match fixing in the EPL. without arsenal, EPL will be just like the rugby league where no one is actually playing good football.
Amboi, do they still hate Suarez? Kesian betul.... I other news, Liverpool draw with Swansea. Well at least its a goal fest. Can't believe Swansea control the game most of the time.
Saw the game. A game of 2 halfs. Liverpool control 1st half and Swans 2nd. In the end, look like Pool contented for a point.
Well, if u read the interview, Walcott as ST. Which means a striker, Striker = Goal(s). We compare apple to apple, not melon to apple. Hence the famous Torres meme.
Furthermore, Theo always said that he would like to end up in the middle = Striker, thus im implying the scoring boots on.
Im not against Theo as ST, but he must prove it that he can play ST. Of course i am happy to see our team winning games, but i also want to see Theo achieving another level in his football = so that we wont be needing another striker from e.g. 50 mil Liverpool or 30 mil Man Utd.
I guess if Giroud hasnt recoverd fully from his injury and we dun want to risk him injuring himself more, we could always play with false no. 9, with Walcott up front.
We will use walcott at front and ozil behind him. We are playing away so we will try to invite them to attack, flamini will break their attack, pass to ramsey/wilshere who will pass to ozil, killer pass to walcott-goal! Then repeat process.
We will use walcott at front and ozil behind him. We are playing away so we will try to invite them to attack, flamini will break their attack, pass to ramsey/wilshere who will pass to ozil, killer pass to walcott-goal! Then repeat process.
As the article rightly pointed out, only MU have 5 pure defender. No makeshift defender. Other teams like Chelsea and City have 3 defenders same as what we have now. And seriously we are damn short upfront between those teams p/s check liverpool line up
didnt read the article, just saw the table but looks like arsenal is not really doing too bad with the number of players
Talking about injuries, by the end of this month and mid/end of October, most of our currently injured players will be back again. Bar Poldi (out until December) and Diaby , Arteta, Ox, Rosicky and Santi all should be available by then.
Perfectly in time to face our tricky fixtures in November and busy schedule in December.
Yeah, only Poldi and Diaby are long term injuries. Wenger will have to rotate to keep everyone happy. Arteta or Flamini as DM?
Arteta & Ramsey will be first choice MF pairing I think, with Jack and Flamini as rotation options.
Assuming everyone is fit, this would be our options:
AM - Ozil - with Santi, Rosicky as backups. LW - Santi - with Poldi, Ryo, Ox as backups RW - Theo - with Ox, Gnabry as backups. CF/ST - Giroud - with Poldi, Theo, Sanogo, Nicky B? as backups.
In other news Gustavo has just got his second red card in 3 games. But as usual I am sure people would've preferred we dumped 15 million on this bloke than sign Flamini on a free
Finally people are beginning to notice Giroud as more than just a big, strong, target man that can only score tap ins.
Thanks man. I never fail to enjoy watching their analysis of our game. Really opening up to football fans like me about what the technicalities of every game and what's going on with every touch. Makes you realize that playing football at a high level is close to rocket science. Of course, everyone enjoys listening to football pundits with real knowledge and experience compared to commentators who speak just because they know a few english vocabularies and football terms.
Thanks man. I never fail to enjoy watching their analysis of our game. Really opening up to football fans like me about what the technicalities of every game and what's going on with every touch. Makes you realize that playing football at a high level is close to rocket science. Of course, everyone enjoys listening to football pundits with real knowledge and experience compared to commentators who speak just because they know a few english vocabularies and football terms.
Alan Hansen and Shearer? MOTD always slaying off Arsenal no matter how good they played.
What I heard is Wenger pulled out signing Gustavo after watching Flamini aka Gattuso in training action.
Haha I heard also Gustavo wanted guaranteed first team football because its a world cup year but Wenger insisted everyone has to fight for their first team spot and no one is guaranteed to start.
He then butthurt and opted to be a big fish in a small pond at Wolfsburg.
Alan Hansen and Shearer? MOTD always slaying off Arsenal no matter how good they played.
MOTD is good if you only want to enjoy the highlights of the game. If you want to hear the analysis, go for Gary Neville. I hate him as a player, but love him as a pundit.
Not sure, because I rarely listen to them. Most times its either the ESPN pundits or the ASTRO guys....
Sometimes you should listen to their analysis. Just for entertainment. Take the match against Sunderland for example. Best they can come with was how bad our defensive works are, then keep talking about the Sagna and Altidore incident, and how the match should be 2-2 by then.
MOTD is good if you only want to enjoy the highlights of the game. If you want to hear the analysis, go for Gary Neville. I hate him as a player, but love him as a pundit.
Spot on. I heard UK Arsenal fans mute the volume when MOTD come to their Arsenal punditry.
Is Gooners fan the most active in this Football Lounge? I find that our analysis and discussions here are more insightful and meaningful compared to the other clubs in BPL.
Sometimes you should listen to their analysis. Just for entertainment. Take the match against Sunderland for example. Best they can come with was how bad our defensive works are, then keep talking about the Sagna and Altidore incident, and how the match should be 2-2 by then.
Yea, maybe I will in the future. I usually just watch the match in my ipad or my TV, never download any MOTD before.
Well its good that they acknowledge Young's antic is destroying their image in the long run rather than winning them points. I don't deny diving has been a culture in football for so long, and its quite true that if they can enforce a rule against diving tactics, there will be lesser of such act happening.
screw MOTD hansen/shearer. GNev/carragher is a lot better, they actually give analysis without bias, instead of hansen/shearer who goes on about how atrocious arsenal's defending are without acknowledging the fact that we're 2nd best defence last season. all they do is talk about the good ol days of football in their time.
Sorry bro but its getting a little annoying to see you saying this in every post you make in this thread.
QUOTE(sigheart @ Sep 16 2013, 03:50 AM)
Fergie sent Gary Neville to meet up with Ramsey to discuss personal terms whereas Arsene flew him and his entire family in a private jet to Switzerland for a meeting. The rest is history.
If that isn't enough to influence a player to join, I don't know what would
QUOTE(harrychoo @ Sep 17 2013, 02:37 PM)
No matter how bad Hansen and Shearer were as pundits, they can't be worse than Shebby...
"yes john, u know john..."
+ 1 I've always hated him and forever will. From what I remember, he has NOTHING positive to say whenever he's talking about us. And then he went on and destroy Blackburn as a club. This fella is a joke.
+ 1 I've always hated him and forever will. From what I remember, he has NOTHING positive to say whenever he's talking about us. And then he went on and destroy Blackburn as a club. This fella is a joke.
^ Even if he is, its really irritating. You would expect someone like him to not be bias when making comments on TV. I'm just really glad he's not on Astro anymore.
Sorry bro but its getting a little annoying to see you saying this in every post you make in this thread. If that isn't enough to influence a player to join, I don't know what would + 1 I've always hated him and forever will. From what I remember, he has NOTHING positive to say whenever he's talking about us. And then he went on and destroy Blackburn as a club. This fella is a joke.
I'm sorry if u didnt like it. But i don't do it that often. Just wana purposely say that way
this is interdasting seems like we are getting new right-back come January since Juanfran rejected us? Sagna also mentioned that his future is at the centre. Wenger must've thinking of positioning him there permanently to provide more competition to our current CBs
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this is interdasting seems like we are getting new right-back come January since Juanfran rejected us? Sagna also mentioned that his future is at the centre. Wenger must've thinking of positioning him there permanently to provide more competition to our current CBs
Wenger spoke to Ozil in fluent German and told him he would build his next great team around him. Did Ozil know who Moyes was before he came to the UK? Does how know now? ouchh
I'm gonna watch the match at 2.45 for sure but idk if I should stay up all night or sleep first but risking the possibility of not waking up and missing the match entirely
Idk men, the last time we met them ended up 0-0 and 0-1....dull shiet Hopefully its a different ball game this time around that said id take 1 nil grind out win tonight, Giroud may still be alright, but until we get our strikers back...he should be rested at any chance possible.
he is somewhat true...early during transfer window, our main concern was defensive midfield (cover for Arteta) and striker. Fellaini was targetted due to his physical presence. While MU's main concern is creative midfield, bcoz they seriously lacked creativity in the midfield. Now with ozil in our midfield, creativity would not be burdened on Santi and Jacky..
I'm gonna watch the match at 2.45 for sure but idk if I should stay up all night or sleep first but risking the possibility of not waking up and missing the match entirely
Happened to me a few times. When I woke, it is the last 5 minutes of the match or the highlights already. Damn, why can't they do Champion League like EPL - 11 pm or 1 am our time
I see we got 2 world class signing at the end, a free flamini. And the most costly özil. These 2 really balance our team, in term of defense and offense.
I've always had faith in le Prof, albeit shaky at times but I knew he would come good all moves he's made will be justified. Take a bow~ Great article for Wenger faithfuls.
Everything changes once he brought in Ozil. Now to raid Dortmund for Bender and Reus
it's not just when he brought in ozil. it's the whole tenure he was in charge here..even without signing ozil, we still can't deny that he built a strong foundation for the club to be competitive in the future.
I think Wenger will quit once he achieve a few major titles. He will quit on the top like Fergie did. Fergie retired when he was 71. Wenger is now 63. So another 7-8 years for Wenger to stamp his mark as one of the greatest managers in EPL. Lepas itu, Jurgen Klopp (age 46 now) hopefully will take over.
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The Gunners arrived in southern France without Santi Cazorla, Mikel Arteta, Lukas Podolski, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tomas Rosicky, Yaya Sanogo, Abou Diaby and Nicklas Bendtner while top scorer Olivier Giroud is carrying a knock.
Wenger, who was expected to strengthen his squad more than he did during the summer transfer window, will name teenagers Chuba Akpom, 17, and Isaac Hayden, 18, on the bench.
Unfortunately only one picture appears to have documented Mesut Özil’s initiation ceremony at Arsenal this week.
As the Gunners prepared for their Champions League group phase opener against Marseille, the mood of the Arsenal squad was lifted when newbie Özil was forced to go through the common signing-on ritual that seems to befall most high profile footballers these days.
In front of his new Arsenal peers, a sheepish looking Mesut Özil stood on a chair and belted out a song for his teammates.
Özil’s initiation was snapped by Arsenal youth player Chuba Akpom, who then posted the picture on Instagram.
Unfortunately we cannot tell you what Mesut Özil sung.
The picture from Mesut Özil’s Arsenal initiation is below.
The Gunners arrived in southern France without Santi Cazorla, Mikel Arteta, Lukas Podolski, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tomas Rosicky, Yaya Sanogo, Abou Diaby and Nicklas Bendtner while top scorer Olivier Giroud is carrying a knock.
Wenger, who was expected to strengthen his squad more than he did during the summer transfer window, will name teenagers Chuba Akpom, 17, and Isaac Hayden, 18, on the bench.
Y they need to mention Bendy name..He's not injured n also not in London. I think i read somewhere that he attending special training in other country to drop his weight, only if he succeed then he'll presume to his football.
can we do like this? RWB n LWB instead of LB n RB? and classic diamond mid? ---------Sczezny----------- Jenks--Per--Kos--Gibbs --|-------Flamini--------|-- --|-Jack-------Ramsey-|-- - v---------Ozil--------- v - ------Theo------------------ --------------Giroud-------
QUOTE(Mikken @ Sep 18 2013, 07:12 PM)
Anyway, why Monreal did not get any playing time nowadays. Is Gibbo that good compared to him
Gibbs is 1st choice LB..his form r solid atm, no way Monreal get ahead of him unless Gibbs is another injury victim for long period. But i like Monreal's calmness.
highlight of yesterday's UCL: Vladimir Weiss (Olympiakos winger) greatly embarassed $100million rated PSG defenders in Thiago Silva and Marquinhos. still 24 years old
The team yet to settle down. Our pass especially from Walcott quite poor. Walcott need to help Sagna. Valbuena really dangerous so far. Everything through Valbuena.
Happy to see Walcott's first goal of the season, may more goals come from him... he gotta a lot to prove now, especially with good playmakers like Özil around.
Sep 15 2013, 11:09 AM, updated 13y ago
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how to compare
, Arteta, Ox, Rosicky and Santi all should be available by then.
makes the news solid concrete!
Real Money is that way >>>
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