Our season preview takes on a slightly different form.
Tag: Thomas Vermaelen
Another very decent week has come to a close for the Arsenal. A comfortable, controlled win over Dortmund in mid-week secured safe passage to the second round of the Champions League — in top spot to boot! — and a determined fight-back against Fulham saw us grab a draw in the Premier League. It would […]
With Thomas Vermaelen set to return in some measure in the Carling Cup this evening, either from the start or off the bench, it will pose a rather welcome selection problem for Arsene Wenger. The question is: how should he handle it? Will it be Per Mertesacker who drops out or Laurent Koscielny? Or will […]
Jack Wilshere: out for two to three months. Thomas Vermaelen: out for two months. My reaction: siiiiiiigh. It’s hard to keep a smile for more than a few days around here, isn’t it? We get thumped by Manchester United, respond with some of our most spontaneous and exciting transfer business in many a season, and […]
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 […]
By now all of you should be well aware of the news that Thomas Vermaelen has finally gone in for surgery on his troublesome achilles tendon problem. After waiting and waiting for the natural healing process to do it’s thing — the usual approach to an achilles tendon problem — complications with his problem have […]
I’m currently working on a piece analysing each and every goal that Arsenal have conceded this season in a bid to identify any trends about our defensive problems. It’s quite an exhaustive task and as you can imagine, it’s taking some time. While I’m working on that I thought I’d throw a question out to […]
Arsene Wenger gave his usual weekly press conference yesterday and as is the norm, most of it focused on the injury situation at the club. There is good news, not so good news and bad news for the trip to Manchester City. The good news is that Bacary Sagna will be back in the squad […]
I have to keep things very quick this morning so I thought it best just to include Arsene Wenger’s comments from his weekly press conference regarding player availability for Chelsea on Sunday. “I don’t know [about Cesc]. It looks a 50:50 but a 50:50 balancing on the negative side. I will find out on Saturday […]
Prior to Arsenal’s trip to Belgrade I spoke of the consequences that Lukasz Fabianski’s performance could have on Sunday’s game against Chelsea. “The big problem relating to the goalkeeper situation comes if Almunia is short for Chelsea. Does Wenger throw in Fabianski even if he bungles in Belgrade? Or does he use the opportunity to […]