On Sunday at 8pm I left the Oscar Wilde in Berlin, headed out into -10˚C night and shivered on my way home. I played the final goal over and over in my head, considering whether what I had seen was real or just some sort of horrible joke. Two days later I am in Barcelona […]
Tag: Birmingham
“I’m a futurist. I’m not nostalgic. I don’t collect anything. I don’t know where my medals are. I’ve given some away, some must be in a cupboard somewhere. Frankly, I’m not a collector at all. This job turns you forward. When you go to bed at night, do you look back at the good moments […]
This is not a proper match report — I am still in Sweden for another two days and things will get back to normal for the Manchester City game on Wednesday — but a quick look at the things that stood out to me in our comfortable win over Birmingham. Firstly, the squad rotation. Arsene […]
While a rash challenge is not good to see, what seems even more frustrating is the seeming impossibility to discuss these things in a rational manner, particularly when they concern the Arsenal Football Club. Those who watched the game against Birmingham on the weekend would have seen Jack Wilshere’s badly timed challenge on Birmingham striker, […]
The AFCB’s newest writer, Andrew Luck, already gave his view from the stands of Arsenal’s important 2-1 win over Blackburn, so it would be redundant for me to run through the whole match again. Instead, I would simply like to give my thoughts on the important points from the contest, focusing on the controversial moments […]
AFCB’s newest writer Andrew Luck – the third Andrew on our team! – gives us a fascinating account of Arsenal v Birmingham from a place we would all love to be: in the stands at Emirates Stadium. My route from the south of the capital, otherwise known as the London Outback on account of the […]
Some very brief pre-Birmingham thoughts from a very hungover man. Laurent Koscielny has been ruled out of this game with a back injury. His absence should mean a start for the rusty Johan Djourou and the same centre-back pairing that played against Spurs in the Carling Cup. Alternatively Alex Song could drop back into defence […]
Arsene Wenger held his usual Thursday afternoon press conference yesterday and revealed all about the state of the squad for the coming weekend and beyond. In short, Nicklas Bendtner and Kieran Gibbs will be back in the squad; Theo Walcott is an outside chance to be involved and is looking sharp; Manuel Almunia is out […]
What a delight it is today to share with you photos of Aaron Ramsey training with the Arsenal boys for the first time since breaking his leg against Stoke on February 27. The Arsenal website has a great collection of Aaron going through the paces at London Colny, a huge grin plastered on his face, […]
I don’t usually write my match reports until Monday but with a feeling of panic starting to creep in amongst readers, I feel the need to step in today to steer the Arsenal FC Blog ship in the right direction before we end up killing each other. Yesterday’s result hurt badly. From looking like we […]