Last night’s 5-1 win over Shakhtar Donetsk was one of the easiest European victories in recent seasons. We’ve thumped Slavia Prague 7-0, crushed Braga 6-0 and thrashed countless other teams, but it is hard to remember a more comfortable Champions League fixture than Shakhtar, a club that I believed to genuinely threaten us for top […]
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Arsenal play host to Eduardo and his new buddies from Shakhtar Donetsk tonight in a game that Arsene Wenger believes will “give us an opportunity to basically think we have qualified” if three points are secured. A quick glance at the table shows he’s probably right: both Arsenal and Shakhtar sit on six points with […]
The Arsenal FC Blog has been nominated for ‘Best Team Site’ in the 2009 Soccerlens Awards. Vote for it by clicking here! It is a little bit en vogue to criticise Eduardo at the moment. “He’s a passenger” is the thing you hear the most these days. “He’ll never be the same as he was […]
Arsenal came from a goal down to beat West Ham 2-1 in Sunday’s FA Cup tie at Upton Park thanks to goals from Aaron Ramsey and Eduardo. Watch them again below (LINK): Have your say on Ramsey and Eduardo’s goals by leaving a comment.
It’s bottom-of-the-table Portsmouth in the league tonight in another important game. With Chelsea winning last night to end their little blip it’s vital that we bring three points back from Fratton Park to keep up our chase at the top. Cesc Fabregas will of course be absent after tweaking his hamstring against Aston Villa, although […]
The final round of World Cup qualifiers concluded yesterday evening and it was a mixed night for the Arsenal players on display. William Gallas helped France qualify by scoring the decisive goal in their 1-1 extra-time draw with Ireland, heading home from one yard out in characteristic fashion after ex-Arsenal captain Thierry Henry’s clear handball. […]
OK, I’m back again for my first “proper” post in almost a fortnight after a rather delightful holiday in Malaysia. I’m quite relaxed and refreshed and ready to get back into the blog and back into the Arsenal. But where to begin? I thought I’d run through the latest Arsenal news by looking at it […]
It’s Friday night right now in Brisbane and not for the first time this week I have to be super-quick. Here’s a quick round-up of things going on involving Arsenal in the last two days: Arsenal have decided to contest the two-game ban handed out to Eduardo for diving. While it is certainly to be […]
It’s a very late, very brief post today in the wake of the closing of the transfer window. By now you will surely know that it was a hugely uneventful final day, with no new signings coming in. I said in yesterday’s post that I was hoping a defensive midfielder would come in to cover […]
Hello, hello. It’s a big post today as I attempt to catch up on yesterday’s no-show. First up is a quick report of the Celtic game, followed by my thoughts on our Champions League draw before I round things off by previewing the massive game against United. Enjoy! Arsenal 3-1 Celtic (5-1 agg.) – Talking […]