Cool Hand Åukasz
Wolves 0-2 Arsenal A fine rearguard performance, bookended by two well-taken goals from Chamakh and notable for an exceptional goalkeeping performance from the enigmatic Lukasz Fabianski. Watching Fabianski is not…
Injury forecast: Chance of sun on Saturday, chance of rain too
What else is there to do during the international break but worry? Worry, primarily, for the health of the Arsenal XI currently scattered across the globe being hacked to pieces…
Braga against the goal machine
Arsenal 6-0 SC Braga I am operating in the finite timeslot somewhere between getting home at midnight and going to work this morning: I have no time to lose. Easy…
It’s Fab to be back
Arsenal 4-1 Bolton Good weather, good mates, good football. A fine cocktail that makes for a very pleasant Saturday afternoon indeed. Bolton going down to ten men might have made…
This is not football, it’s a soap opera
The good news this morning is that it seems certain that Cesc Fabregas is staying at Arsenal. He pitched up at Member’s Day yesterday, and he apparently had a chat…
Fab, Theo and Brazil nuts
Remember how Wenger stated he’d like to get his transfers sorted before the World Cup began? He’ll be lucky. Most high-calibre players are content to wait until the tournament ends…
Burden on Bendtner as injuries bite
Injuries, injuries, injuries. Arseblog this morning reiterated some of the snaps, twangs, fractures, strains and pings that have blighted us this season. It is indeed a minor miracle that, with…
Arsenal strike back in epic encounter
Arsenal 2-2 Barcelona North Bank flags What an unbelievable game of football. My mind is still boggling. I’ve seen some good teams at the Grove in my time and I’ve…
Missed chances, dropped points
Birmingham City 1-1 Arsenal At the risk of repeating myself, a draw yesterday did indeed end up feeling like a ‘hammer blow’. Wenger merely called it a ‘big blow’, but…
Arsenal v Barcelona: the best draw of the lot
Guardian squad sheet BBC preview Another weekend, another match we can’t afford not to win, but for the time being at least we dream of Catalonia. Yes of course, the…