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Tag: Liverpool
AFCB’s resident football economist Aaron Gordon casts his eye on the prospective sale of Liverpool to new American owners… As some of you may know, there is big financial news in the EPL this week, with the prospective sale of Liverpool to the New England Sports Ventures (NESV) group. To provide some background, NESV is […]
AFCB special columnist J’ammanuel Egnoue brings us the first edition of his new weekly column… Greetings and salutations! I’m a world-famous celebrity actor J’ammanuel Egnoue. When not acting, I’m playing professional football for Arsenal FC. I can also speak Korean! Sometimes I even practice my acting while playing football. You see when Stevie G tackled […]
AFCB’s new tactics guru Andrew Enloe gets the chalkboards out for the very first edition of ‘The Short Corner’… In the world of Arsenal blogging, it seems the tactical side gets put on the back burner with most articles focused on team spirit and Arsene Wenger’s much-vaunted “mental strength.” This has its place of course, […]
AFCB editor Andrew Weber rounds up the day’s news… Almunia admits worries A day after captaining Arsenal at Anfield, Manuel Almunia has admitted he is struggling to cope with the speculation surrounding the goalkeeper’s position at Arsenal. “To be honest, it is so difficult [to concentrate]. Arsenal is a big club and speculation is always […]
AFCB editor Andrew Weber reviews all the action from Anfield on the opening day of the season… Arsenal snatched a late equaliser to draw 1-1 with Liverpool as Pepe Reina’s calamitous own goal denied the hosts an opening-day win at Anfield. Reduced to ten men after Joe Cole’s poor tackle on Laurent Koscielny just before […]
Adetuwo ‘Yemi Jr. posts his first Player Ratings of the new season… Manuel Almunia: The Spaniard did not really have much to do. And bar a save from a Glen Johnson shot, he was largely unconvincing when called upon. His handling was not the best and he could have done a bit more with the […]
On the eve Sunday’s season opener against Liverpool the biggest talking point in the Arsenal team, that of who will start in goals at Anfield, has become even more debatable. Arsene Wenger, speaking at the pre-game press conference, confirmed that whoever starts as goalkeeper on Sunday will be Arsenal’s No 1 for the season, but […]
What do you get when you cross a visit to the Emirates Stadium to watch Arsenal beat Liverpool, Claude Debussy’s Clair de Lune and a Handycam? Only the best film that has been made about a trip to Arsenal, ever. Full credit to Rohan Blair-Mangat for a truly wonderful film. Thoughts? Have your say on […]
What a pleasure it is to be writing to you today. After a very tough run of games that has seemingly knocked the confidence out of players and saw the English media right us off as title contenders, the 1-0 win over Liverpool means we’re back in it. Except that we were never out of […]