This is the third part of AFCB’s 2010/2011 Season Review, focusing specifically on the players primarily used across the back four last season. Each player has been giving a report card-style rating (ranging from A+ to E-) as well as the justification for their rating based on their progress and overall performance over the course […]
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In the aftermath of our 1-0 defeat to Manchester United Pete Triplow from The Beautiful Groan (a hugely underrated and relatively unknown Arsenal blog) made a very astute observation: “It is a popular myth that you have to be perfect to win the league. You constantly hear how ‘Arsenal can’t win the league without a […]
I realise this is a delayed comment on the Newcastle game — heck, I haven’t updated the blog since Thursday! — but my brother has been in town and it has been very difficult to get anything done. Given that it is now Tuesday it is tempting to mark the loss to Newcastle off and […]
The main story thus far in the World Cup isn’t all the wackiness going on with the French and England squads or the vuvuzela’s. Not by a long shot. The main story of this tournament is and will continue to be the refereeing. Every match seems to have at least one major gaffe, an entire […]
American President John F. Kennedy once famously said: “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” If you’re the French national team, your response to that clarion call is: “We can do very little”. France took one on the chin on Match Day 7 as Mexico […]
Apologies for the delay in getting this posted. Andy & I had a bit of a publishing mix-up. Got it sorted & updates will be more timely going forward. ***** The history! The pageantry! The anticipation! The crazy, vuvuzela-playing fans! Sepp Blatter telling everyone we’re in South Africa! Yes, the World Cup is upon us. […]
Greetings, fellow Gooners. Welcome to the AFC Blog Arsenal Squad World Cup Preview. We’ll do some quick hitters on all the Arsenal players involved in the upcoming World Cup to kick things off, and list each player by group and team so you can follow along. As we move through the month-long tournament for the […]
A very good day to you all. It’s Arsenal FC Weekly podcast time again as Arseblogger joins me to celebrate the wins over Tottenham and Liverpool and preview the week ahead. We discuss the confusion caused by Cesc Fabregas’ solo goal as well as the return of Manuel Almunia, so be sure to click the […]
Today is the second in a series of posts reviewing Arsenal’s 2008/09 season. Yesterday I reviewed the performances of our goalkeepers over the course of the season and up for scrutiny today is the Arsenal defence. Unlike yesterday’s post which looked individually at the performances of Manuel Almunia and Lukasz Fabianski, this article is more […]
It’s great news first up today with the word from the manager that Cesc Fabregas has been named as captain of the Arsenal Football Club. Arsene Wenger has taken a risk in giving the armband to someone so young but I really feel he’s made the right decision. Fabregas is a natural leader, has a never-say-die […]