I’m writing the report for this game super early this time, partly to make up for the lateness of last week’s post and partly because I’m just so bloody excited we managed to win! Our boys scored three of the sort of goals that only a team like Blackpool will concede to secure a 3-1 […]
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Share your predictions on Arsenal v Blackpool with on Scoreboard It’s Blackpool and a trip to Bloomfield Road tomorrow as our boys attempt to get their title challenge back on track after the disappointing stalemate with Blackburn at the Emirates a week ago. Much perspective of the task at hand will be given by Manchester […]
AFCB special columnist J’ammanuel Egnoue brings takes us behind the scenes of Arsenal v Blackpool… Greetings and salutations! It has been an interesting week in the world of Egnoue. You may have noticed that I didn’t get on the field during Arsenal’s 6-0 steamrolling of Blackpool on the weekend. Thank God for that! As I […]
AFCB’s tactics guru Andrew Enloe underlines Blackpool’s naivety against Arsenal… This is going to be a short one. Honestly there was very little tactical interest from an Arsenal perspective in this game; it was a match between a title challenger and last season’s favorites for relegation from the Championship. Diagrams and chalkboards are going to […]
Adetuwo ‘Yemi Jr. rates the Arsenal players performance against Blackpool… Manuel Almunia: Had a vacation in goal. He was rarely tested and on the one or two occasions he was called upon, he answered well. His handling was also assured throughout. 6 Gael Clichy: As he had very little to worry about defensively, he bombed […]
AFCB editor Andrew Weber rounds up the day’s news… Squillaci to sign Spanish club Sevilla have confirmed that Sebastien Squillaci is heading to London today to complete a medical and sign for Arsenal. “Defender Sebastien Squillaci is tonight travelling to London to have a medical at Arsenal, the club he will be transferred to after […]
The Arsenal boys recorded their first win of the season via a 6-0 thumping of Blackpool at Emirates Stadium on Saturday. It was game packed with feel-good moments: Theo Walcott responded to his World Cup dumping by scoring an excellent hat-trick, Cesc Fabregas was given a brilliant response from the fans on his introduction from […]
Match review to follow tomorrow. Have your say on Arsenal’s 6-0 win over Blackpool by leaving a comment.
On paper, Blackpool at home is the easiest fixture that Arsenal will play this season. But after the Tangerines’ surprising 4-0 win away to Wigan on the opening day they will be feeling a sense of “euphoria”, as Arsene Wenger has put it, and may play with a dangerous lack of doubt at The Emirates. […]