We all know that the team has scored some breath-taking strikes this season, but which one is the top one? I had some real trouble picking, but the main ones for me are some of the Nasri strikes, he's surely becoming something special, or rather, he is something special! But as mentioned, there has been many good ones, can you pick just one? Or do you, like me, log in on several different computers or cell phones to vote for more than one?
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Arsenal vs. Chelsea
3-1, Premier League, Emirates, 27/12 -10
Song 44,
Fabregas 50,
Walcott 53
What a result, what an evening, it was just pure magic! Not just the fact that we beat Chelsea pretty comfortably, but the performance from the lads was just amazing, we really played as a unit out on the pitch, and I can't wait to keep watching us if this is how it will look in the future!
The two players that to me (and probably to most others as well) truly made the difference was Fabregas and Walcott (the captain was awarded the man of the match award after the game, but he said that it was for both him and Theo, as they had some real good connection in this game), but the entire team really stepped up and helped each other out, as I mentioned it was just magic to watch them play.
As expected it was really tight in the first half, Nasri had the best chance for us, but his lovely effort was turned over the bar by Cech.
We broke the deadlock though, with one minute to go of the first half Song got an opportunity, and he certainly didn't waste it. We had some play in the box and the ball eventually bounced to Song, but just before the ball got to Song Fabregas was brought down, and after the game the ref told Cesc that if Song wouldn't have scored we would have been given a penalty, so nothing to complain about concerning that!
We came out shining in the second half, and thanks to some great understanding between Walcott and Fabregas we were given a two-nil lead! But let's take one thing at the time, the second goal came when, after some battling in the centre by van Persie, the ball got to Walcott on the wing, and he did some speeded away from his defender and passed the ball brilliantly to Fabregas, who just had to tap it in!
For the third one the two switched places and Fabregas turned provider as Walcott snatched the ball from Malouda, quickly got the ball to Fabregas who didn't let us down with another amazing pass, and Walcott finished the move off with a great shot! Truly Spectacular!
Chelsea grabbed a goal four minutes later from a free kick, but never got particularly close to recover, so we, quite comfortably, managed to get the three points and a great morale boosting win!
Injury Update;
-Diaby came on to play for about fifteen minutes in this game, so he's finally back!
-Vermaelen is expected to return at the end of january, so the squad seems to be getting back to normal!
Not an injury but Cesc Fabregas will miss the trip to Wigan as he has been given five yellow cards and is suspended for one game.
Song 44,
Fabregas 50,
Walcott 53
What a result, what an evening, it was just pure magic! Not just the fact that we beat Chelsea pretty comfortably, but the performance from the lads was just amazing, we really played as a unit out on the pitch, and I can't wait to keep watching us if this is how it will look in the future!
The two players that to me (and probably to most others as well) truly made the difference was Fabregas and Walcott (the captain was awarded the man of the match award after the game, but he said that it was for both him and Theo, as they had some real good connection in this game), but the entire team really stepped up and helped each other out, as I mentioned it was just magic to watch them play.
As expected it was really tight in the first half, Nasri had the best chance for us, but his lovely effort was turned over the bar by Cech.
We broke the deadlock though, with one minute to go of the first half Song got an opportunity, and he certainly didn't waste it. We had some play in the box and the ball eventually bounced to Song, but just before the ball got to Song Fabregas was brought down, and after the game the ref told Cesc that if Song wouldn't have scored we would have been given a penalty, so nothing to complain about concerning that!
We came out shining in the second half, and thanks to some great understanding between Walcott and Fabregas we were given a two-nil lead! But let's take one thing at the time, the second goal came when, after some battling in the centre by van Persie, the ball got to Walcott on the wing, and he did some speeded away from his defender and passed the ball brilliantly to Fabregas, who just had to tap it in!
For the third one the two switched places and Fabregas turned provider as Walcott snatched the ball from Malouda, quickly got the ball to Fabregas who didn't let us down with another amazing pass, and Walcott finished the move off with a great shot! Truly Spectacular!
Chelsea grabbed a goal four minutes later from a free kick, but never got particularly close to recover, so we, quite comfortably, managed to get the three points and a great morale boosting win!
Injury Update;
-Diaby came on to play for about fifteen minutes in this game, so he's finally back!
-Vermaelen is expected to return at the end of january, so the squad seems to be getting back to normal!
Not an injury but Cesc Fabregas will miss the trip to Wigan as he has been given five yellow cards and is suspended for one game.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
SOS Charity Event
Recently the first team went to an SOS Charity Event to help raise money for children in need, the partners of Fabregas, Van Persie and Vermaelen have all been working together for this worthy cause, and here's some pics from the event!
Monday, December 20, 2010
Champions League Draw, Postponements & BBC Awards
Yeah, a pretty eventful weekend, which saw all but two Premier League games postponed, and if it isn't the first time then it is one of the first times that Emirates has had to cancel a game due to the weather. So we will face Stoke on another occasion.
There were four possible teams that we could get in the CL Draw, Schalke, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Barcelona. Naturally we were drawn against Barcelona, though I won't look at it in a bad way, so what if they're considered the best team in the world, on our day we can totally beat them!
This weekend at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year event, out skipper were awarded the pleasure of handing out the rewards!
There were four possible teams that we could get in the CL Draw, Schalke, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Barcelona. Naturally we were drawn against Barcelona, though I won't look at it in a bad way, so what if they're considered the best team in the world, on our day we can totally beat them!
This weekend at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year event, out skipper were awarded the pleasure of handing out the rewards!
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Arsenal vs. Partizan Belgrade
3-1, Champions League, Emirates, 8/12 -10
van Persie 29 (pen),
Walcott 73,
Nasri 77
I'm really thankful that we made it through, we certainly never truly showed up for this game it seemed, it most certainly was one of the worst offensive displays of the season.
But we're in the knock-out stages of the Champions League yet again, and as we got second in the group the teams that we could face in the next round is either Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich or Schalke. So we're heading to either Spain or Germany.
The game was honestly rather slow all through, the opener came when van Persie was brought down in the box, and he took off where he left things before his injury by scoring another brilliant penalty!
We had a couple of chances before the end of the first half, but we were really unlucky to concede instead just after the break as a shot came off Squillaci's leg to change direction and head into goal.
But on came Theo Walcott to win the game for us, when the ball bounced back right in his path he quickly got a shot away that went straight for goal!
A while later Samir sealed the game with another brilliant strike, he seems to have ice in his veins nowadays!
So we got away with a bad result, but we really need to improve as the next game up is at Old Trafford.
Injury Update:
-Gibbs, who started the game, had to leave the pitch during the first half as he twisted his ankle, and he will most certainly miss the United game.
-Both Diaby and Fabregas are unlikely to feature against United.
-Djourou had to sit this game out due to a knee injury, and I don't know whether he will be back for the trip to Manchester.
One of the Swedish reporters managed to get hold of Theo after the game, it may not be a major interview, but its better than nothing!
van Persie 29 (pen),
Walcott 73,
Nasri 77
I'm really thankful that we made it through, we certainly never truly showed up for this game it seemed, it most certainly was one of the worst offensive displays of the season.
But we're in the knock-out stages of the Champions League yet again, and as we got second in the group the teams that we could face in the next round is either Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich or Schalke. So we're heading to either Spain or Germany.
The game was honestly rather slow all through, the opener came when van Persie was brought down in the box, and he took off where he left things before his injury by scoring another brilliant penalty!
We had a couple of chances before the end of the first half, but we were really unlucky to concede instead just after the break as a shot came off Squillaci's leg to change direction and head into goal.
But on came Theo Walcott to win the game for us, when the ball bounced back right in his path he quickly got a shot away that went straight for goal!
A while later Samir sealed the game with another brilliant strike, he seems to have ice in his veins nowadays!
So we got away with a bad result, but we really need to improve as the next game up is at Old Trafford.
Injury Update:
-Gibbs, who started the game, had to leave the pitch during the first half as he twisted his ankle, and he will most certainly miss the United game.
-Both Diaby and Fabregas are unlikely to feature against United.
-Djourou had to sit this game out due to a knee injury, and I don't know whether he will be back for the trip to Manchester.
One of the Swedish reporters managed to get hold of Theo after the game, it may not be a major interview, but its better than nothing!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Arsenal vs. Fulham
2-1, Premier League, Emirates, 4/12 -10
Nasri 14, 75
WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE!!
I'm actually in Zurich over the weekend, I was pretty lucky to get to see the match at all, we managed to find a good old british pub 5 minutes before kick off, and it was packed with Arsenal supporters!
It was quite an atmosphere actually, it got especially noisy when Nasri scored our two goals, and not to mention when Everton equalized at Stamford Bridge, some minutes before the game was over!
Nasri has really been amazing this season! He shone in the first half, involved in everything we had going forward, and Nasri opened the scoring with some amazing skill, he feinted his way passed two defenders in the box before sending a powerful strike straight into goal!
We had lots of great chances before Fulham equalized, and we got especially close when Samir showed some more skill to get passed his defender, and even though he lost a shoe in the progress he managed to get the ball in, but Arshavin was just a little bit too far away.
It was really harsh for us when Fulham equalized, not just considering the chances that we had created, but as well since the only reason Kamara came free enough to score was due to a head injury to Koscielny, who was carried off on a stretcher as the Fulham players celebrated. In came Djourou, representing Switzerland in this game as Senderos, who has joined Fulham, is injured. Actually, he was watching the game with our injured skipper, they were roommates when Cesc just came to England, and clearly good friends still.
Another familiar face spotted on the sidelines was Therry Henry, it's always nice to know that former legends can take some time off to come to the Emirates and watch the team play, that way you know that they still care about the club.
In the second half we found it more difficult to create good goalscoring opportunities, one reason to that could perhaps be that Samir was not nearly as influential, it feels like he has had those kind of games before, where he is absolutely stunning in the first half, but doesn't really show up for the second one.. But that is probably just all in my head, I mean, he did score didn't he?
And it was quite a good one! Nasri recieved the ball from RvP (who has done really well since coming back, but isn't really at his best yet), and as he got past both defender and goalkeeper and got a bit too far out you started thinking, well that's a chance spoiled, but no, he turned quickly and got a shot away at once, which went straight for goal!!
After that we just had to keep things tight which we managed really well, so this time we didn't spoil a chance to go top!
Injury Update;
-Koscielny got a concussion, so far it is not known how long he will be out though.
-Almunia has suffered a small setback in training, so he is still not available for selection.
-Cesc is uncertain for the Man Utd game, but it seems as though he is progressing well.
-Diaby and Vermaelen is still out for an unknown amount of time.
Nasri 14, 75
WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE!!
I'm actually in Zurich over the weekend, I was pretty lucky to get to see the match at all, we managed to find a good old british pub 5 minutes before kick off, and it was packed with Arsenal supporters!
It was quite an atmosphere actually, it got especially noisy when Nasri scored our two goals, and not to mention when Everton equalized at Stamford Bridge, some minutes before the game was over!
Nasri has really been amazing this season! He shone in the first half, involved in everything we had going forward, and Nasri opened the scoring with some amazing skill, he feinted his way passed two defenders in the box before sending a powerful strike straight into goal!
We had lots of great chances before Fulham equalized, and we got especially close when Samir showed some more skill to get passed his defender, and even though he lost a shoe in the progress he managed to get the ball in, but Arshavin was just a little bit too far away.
It was really harsh for us when Fulham equalized, not just considering the chances that we had created, but as well since the only reason Kamara came free enough to score was due to a head injury to Koscielny, who was carried off on a stretcher as the Fulham players celebrated. In came Djourou, representing Switzerland in this game as Senderos, who has joined Fulham, is injured. Actually, he was watching the game with our injured skipper, they were roommates when Cesc just came to England, and clearly good friends still.
Another familiar face spotted on the sidelines was Therry Henry, it's always nice to know that former legends can take some time off to come to the Emirates and watch the team play, that way you know that they still care about the club.
In the second half we found it more difficult to create good goalscoring opportunities, one reason to that could perhaps be that Samir was not nearly as influential, it feels like he has had those kind of games before, where he is absolutely stunning in the first half, but doesn't really show up for the second one.. But that is probably just all in my head, I mean, he did score didn't he?
And it was quite a good one! Nasri recieved the ball from RvP (who has done really well since coming back, but isn't really at his best yet), and as he got past both defender and goalkeeper and got a bit too far out you started thinking, well that's a chance spoiled, but no, he turned quickly and got a shot away at once, which went straight for goal!!
After that we just had to keep things tight which we managed really well, so this time we didn't spoil a chance to go top!
Injury Update;
-Koscielny got a concussion, so far it is not known how long he will be out though.
-Almunia has suffered a small setback in training, so he is still not available for selection.
-Cesc is uncertain for the Man Utd game, but it seems as though he is progressing well.
-Diaby and Vermaelen is still out for an unknown amount of time.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Carling Cup Draw, World Cup vote and Goal of the Month
Yeah, a quite eventful day in the football world, but the major event of the day must have been the World Cup Vote! I'm not going to hold it in anymore, the world cup of 1018 goes to Russia! and the world cup of 2022 goes to Qatar! Disappointment for England as their bid was beaten by Russia's, but at least I got to hear a very good speech by Arshavin, who played a big part in Russia's bid, as he is captain of their national team, but is unfortunately not likely to play in that world cup.
We will face Ipswich Town in the semi finals of the Carling Cup, an exciting two legged final which will begin in Ipswich.
The goal of the month video came out today as it is the start of a new month, and my vote went to Samir's against Tottenham, as I think that it was a sublime finish! But Theo's strike at Donetsk came close as well, have a look yourself:
We will face Ipswich Town in the semi finals of the Carling Cup, an exciting two legged final which will begin in Ipswich.
The goal of the month video came out today as it is the start of a new month, and my vote went to Samir's against Tottenham, as I think that it was a sublime finish! But Theo's strike at Donetsk came close as well, have a look yourself:
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Arsenal vs. Wigan
2-0, Carling Cup, Emirates, 30/11 -10
Alcaraz 41 (og),
Bendtner 67
We never played truly convincing during the game, we created lots of chances but most of them were wasted, but nevertheless, we're in the semi finals!
Van Persie started this game, the first start for quite some time, and he did well, obviously he's not in top shape yet, but he had some great touches and free kicks during the game, so it looks like he's getting there!
The game started very slow, actually, it was pretty slow all through the 90 minutes, but we had some moments when we played great football and created lots of chances.
We deserved to go ahead before half time, even though it was a Wigan own goal, it was headed in by Alcaraz, from Theo's corner.
Our second goal was a bit better, van Persie started the attack by playing the ball wide to Vela, who's cross found Bendtner, and he managed to get it past the Wigan 'keeper.
So it wasn't our best game ever, but it was enough to get us into the last four in the league cup.
Injury update;
-no news as it is right now.
Alcaraz 41 (og),
Bendtner 67
We never played truly convincing during the game, we created lots of chances but most of them were wasted, but nevertheless, we're in the semi finals!
Van Persie started this game, the first start for quite some time, and he did well, obviously he's not in top shape yet, but he had some great touches and free kicks during the game, so it looks like he's getting there!
The game started very slow, actually, it was pretty slow all through the 90 minutes, but we had some moments when we played great football and created lots of chances.
We deserved to go ahead before half time, even though it was a Wigan own goal, it was headed in by Alcaraz, from Theo's corner.
Our second goal was a bit better, van Persie started the attack by playing the ball wide to Vela, who's cross found Bendtner, and he managed to get it past the Wigan 'keeper.
So it wasn't our best game ever, but it was enough to get us into the last four in the league cup.
Injury update;
-no news as it is right now.
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