Archives for: August 2007
31st August 2007
Team News Pompey (H):
There is no new injuries despite some rather dubious tackling from Spar...This article is courtesy of Gunners4Life.com - Arsenal FCLine up for the Villa game | PSV aim to blunt Arsenal attack | Manchester United, Chelsea can go th… more »
31st August 2007
Chairman Peter Hill-Wood said earlier this year that Danny Fiszman would never sell his shares unless he got "really brassed off."
On Thursday I heard that a "briefing " would be given by David Dein somewhere in Camden.
Sure enough, Dein announced that h… more »
30th August 2007
Here are the "pots" for this afternoons draw, courtesy of my friend Stewart Joseph.
All four EPL clubs are seeded in Pot 1.
Stewart notes : After Ajaxs loss last night - they would have been in Pot 2 - Werder Bremen move up from Pot 3 to Pot 2 and Olympi… more »
30th August 2007
Does patrician Peter Hill-Wood really want to claim the word Gooner as a trademark of AFC ?
Does diamond Danny Fiszman, strolling on the shores of Lake Geneva, even know about this?
Do Arsenal really want to trademark the word "Gooner" ?
Do they, as the… more »
30th August 2007
Arsene Wenger had asked for an early goal and Rosicky scored in seven minutes.
That ended the contest, if there ever was a contest.
With Sparta Prague now 3-0 down on aggregate, the game was over.Nothing much happened for a long time.
After 27 minutes,… more »
29th August 2007
Its been suggested that Inter Milan wanted to swap Adriano for Gilberto.
But they want Tomas Rosicky.
Arsene said , "We dont need Adriano. And they wanted one of our squad. I wont tell you who but wed have lost a player we didnt want to lose. That has no… more »
28th August 2007
The news coming out of Prague is that Tomas Repka's knee is a lot better. The swelling seems to have eased and this allowed him to be included in the squad that travels to London.
The Czechs are taking this game very seriously as Pavel Horvarth has pos… more »
28th August 2007
Gooners still cling to hopes that Arsene Wenger will sign a centreback and a forward before midnight on Friday August 31.
Names like Robinho and Obafemi Martins have been kicked around for months but Robinho has not left Real Madrid yet and Martins has n… more »
27th August 2007
Manchester United owed me money, so I backed them at 1/2 to beat Spurs.
I had a bet on the champions to win at Manchester City last week but they lost to a 30-yard shot that deflected off the buttocks of Vidic.
Then came August Bank Holiday Super Sunday… more »
27th August 2007
Without Jens Lehmanns Blackburn blunder, Arsenal would have three wins from three games.
Without timid Thierry as "captain", Arsenal now have a team that wont roll over every time it gets physical.
As expected, Man City was a very tight game and it was w… more »
27th August 2007
Arsene's dealings in the transfer market so far are creating very large surpluses of cash that are burning a big hole in his pockets.
I calculate that net cash generated from transfers in and out since the window opened are as high as £26m!
They may… more »
26th August 2007
Unsurprisingly the poll result was pretty close, with regards as to whether Bendtner will be a su...This article is courtesy of Gunners4Life.com - Arsenal FCArsenal 0 Manchester United 0 | Arsenal build sequence with late wins against Ajax, Fulham, Spart… more »
26th August 2007
ENIC want sell Tottenham as a Champions League club.
Ive been convinced all week that their agenda is to get Spurs into 4th place and then sell the club immediately as a Champions League club.
ENIC will get planning permsission to expand White Hart Lane … more »
24th August 2007
The friendly against Germany sold 86,000 tickets to folk from small towns and villages, who still care about Engerland, and corporates, who like a social evening.
That 2-1 defeat was a warm-up for another draw against Israel.
After Sven, the next England… more »
24th August 2007
Manchester City are half as belligerent as Blackburn but twice as cute.
They are defensive and cute thats why they have three wins and three clean sheets and 9 points.
City were lucky to beat Manchester United 1-0 last week and they only beat them becaus… more »
24th August 2007
For regular visitors to this site my views have been made clear. Robin Van Persie is not really a centre forward in the sense that he is not a strong physical front target man.
He is better deployed behind or next to a strong centre forward and not as… more »
23rd August 2007
Jens Lehmann is out "injured" for two weeks. An achilles, we are told.
Some of us suspected that AW might save Jens from further pressure and embarrassment.
Since 1996 many players have lost their places in the Arsenal team.
But few have been "dropped".… more »
23rd August 2007
Lampard beat Lehmann on his near post last night.
Then the Germans came back to win 2-1 at Wembley.
As a mistake, it wasnt as gross as the David Healy goal and the David Dunn goal, obviously. After 8 minutes Micah Richards did well on the right, Lampar… more »
22nd August 2007
Its such a shame.
Its been a carnival of incompetence for decades, from this weeks farce with Martin Jol right back to Irving Scholars treatment of Keith Burkinshaw, who said, "There used to be a football club over there."
Even before that Tottenham was… more »
21st August 2007
Francesc Fàbregas Soler is a wonderful midfielder playing football the way it should be played. He has vision, creativity and accurate passing which suits Arsenal's intricate passing game.
But an addition to Fabregas’s armoury of talents is his physical… more »
21st August 2007
Obviously, Arsenal miss Gilberto.
He gives the team things they cant get from anybody else.
If the big Brazilian had played at Ewood Park, David Dunn would not have scored that goal because Gilberto would not have allowed him a free hit from 22 yards.
Th… more »
20th August 2007
Eduardos EPL baptism was a rough one in a 1-1 draw at Ewood Park.
He suffered culture shock. Like Petit, Henry and Pires years before, the striker was thinking : If this is football, what have I been playing for the last ten years ?
For a physical game l… more »
19th August 2007
Eduardo will make runs for Fabregass passes.
That is what I want to see at Blackburn, if he plays.
Recently, Hleb has been making runs for Fab4s passes. And he will still do that when Eduardo comes into the team. That triangle will work : Hleb is always… more »
18th August 2007
Whats new at Arsenal ?
A new message : We cant be bullied any more.
“It is a different Arsenal now,” said Arsene Wenger on Friday. “They are not going to let other teams kick them off the pitch.”
As usual, Arsene is talking in the… more »
17th August 2007
Happy birthday William Gallas, Robert de Niro and V.S. Naipaul !
Willie, youre 30 and captain of Arsenal. Being captain is an honour and a big challenge. Good luck with the armband and good luck with your season.
Sir Vida, youre 75 and should now write s… more »
16th August 2007
As many of you know, I regard Rob Hughes as the conscience of football.
And so do scores of senior people in world football.
Rob wrote the foreword for the original hardback edition of The Professor.
This morning Rob sent me his piece on last nights Arse… more »
16th August 2007
SIR ALEX said Arsenal would be top four and better without Henry.
He will have noted their new competitive edge, their late goals against Ajax, Fulham and Sparta Prague.
Fergie will be thinking, "If they beat Blackburn, theyll beat Man City. And if they… more »
15th August 2007
My guess is that Sparta Prague are pretty average.
My second guess is that this game could finish 0-0.
My third guess is that if there is a goal, Bendtner could score it.
But Rosicky will be pulling out all the stops to score in his hometown.
Sparta dont… more »
14th August 2007
Football is about players and goals and winning.
And its about improving from game to game.
Right now, Arsenal are quite close to being a good team. But it looks a bit fragile, as if it could go either way. They need more goals, more wins, no injuries.
O… more »
13th August 2007
Arsenal 2 Fulham 1
This was deja vu, Groundhog Day.
[Unless of course it was all planned - go a goal down, knacker the opposition in 80 minutes, then go in for the kill with fresh legs, and come out with an entertaining, heroic victory, to entertain thos… more »
11th August 2007
Today, August 11, is a slightly weird moment in my year.
Its a moment of anticipation and a moment of confidence, and also moment of nostalgia, a time when I try to remember other seasons, other kick-offs, other anticipations.
Unfortunately, I cant reme… more »
11th August 2007
I have half awoken from my summer slumber, brought on by the surprisingly warm British sunshine, ...This article is courtesy of Gunners4Life.com - Arsenal FCFarfan is average ! Arsenal can score two goals !! | Henry & Dein, two canny characters | Liverpo… more »
10th August 2007
A year ago Roy Keane was a virgin manager and now he is a novice manager.
Sunderlands promotion has made his career very interesting.
Roy is 36 today.
One of the men at the middle of this Irish success story is Michael Kennedy, the Arsenal-supporting law… more »
09th August 2007
I heard there were three speeches at that Labour party football dinner at Wembley.
Tony made a speech and left and then Gordon made a funny speech, talking about Scotland-England games.
And then it was Sir Alex Ferguson. But his wasnt a normal sort of sp… more »
08th August 2007
Arsenal u20s played the better football in their opening match of the inaugural Champions Youth Cup in Malaysia, but failed to exert the necessary authority to force a result. Fran Merida may well have provided it - but he is away on international duty.… more »
03rd August 2007
Probably one of our most important fixtures of the season has now been confirmed as we start off ...This article is courtesy of Gunners4Life.com - Arsenal FCArsenal Vs Chelsea. A preview | Valencia replace Hamburg in Emirates Cup | Henry/ Gallas/ Briand/… more »
03rd August 2007
The Champions League Third Qualifying Round includes :
Toulouse v Liverpool
Spartak Moscow v Celtic
Fenerbahce v Anderlecht
Lazio v Dinamo Bucharest
Sevilla v AEK Athens
Sparta Prague v Arsenal.
Matches on August 14/15 and 28/29
Going home, going home, R… more »
03rd August 2007
Two tidy, technical teams will meet at the ArenA on Saturday night
Ajax have superior defensive discipline, Arsenal have more flair.
Ajax play 4-3-3, Arsenal just play.
Ajax have the power-shooting of Wesley Sneijder, Arsenal have the power-shooting of v… more »
02nd August 2007
Hampton & Richmond Borough 0 Arsenal 4
Neil Banfields side was selected with the upcoming G14 tournament in Malaysia in mind .
His team was : Mannone (Szczesny 57), Ogogo, Steer, Randall (Rui Fonte 66), Rodgers (G.Hoyte ht), Nordtveit, Dunne(Thomas 57),… more »
02nd August 2007
What Ive been hearing this week is unprintable.
And thats a shame.
But all of it makes me more optimistic about Arsenals immediate prospects.
Theres stuff I cant write for legal reasons and stuff Ive promised not to publish.There is also stuff I could sp… more »
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