The first half started well enough, with Arsenal creating a few chances, and generally dictating the play. However, Bolton played a quick counter-attack, and yet another ball in the air beat our defense, and just like that it was 1-0 to Bolton.
Things got worse around the half-hour mark when Abou Diaby made a very dumb, very dangerous tackle for which he received a straight red. 1-0 down and reduced to ten men, things looked pretty bleak for the Gunners on a rainy day in Bolton. As if things couldn’t get any worse, Mathieu Flamini...
I haven’t posted after the game. I was flat. Nothing mattered for 2 days. Maybe more. Today as another weekend dawns I desperately cling to the few floating straws of a league title and hope hope that somehow the guys will get themselves up at struggling Bolton and win 4-0. Probably too much to ask but no..I haven’t lost my love for football or Arsenal because we lost to Chelsea.
Two quick points on the game IMO before I get to the crux of this article. Oh and I’m not even going to bother justifying it; because I don’t want to get drawn into tiring arguments.
A wise man once said that we should not worry about things we can’t control. While this advice may be useful in one’s day to day life, it is at odds with a soccer fan’s life. Because being a soccer fan means precisely worrying about things one can’t control. Some soccer fans inside a stadium may lay claim to cause a ref to make an incorrect decision or even influence a player to react, but fans watching the game remotely are helpless in forging their team’s outcomes.
This helplessness only magnifies the frustration when things don’t go in the team’s...
The forces of evil prevailed once again today as Didier Drogba scored twice to help Chelski overcome an early second-half goal by Bacary Sagna to beat Arsenal 2-1. Coupled with ManUre’s demolition of Liverpool today’s loss by the Gunners finds them fall...
Does anyone know where to take an 8 year old Gooner to watch the game tomorrow? We live in Harlem, NYC (Nevada Smith’s is not an option as it will be way too crowded)
I’d also welcome any other parents with little Gooners to join us.
I only know of The Parlour on 86th and Broadway, which we will most probably end up at.
The sun isn’t shining as brightly as it was more than a month ago when Arsenal went 5 points clear at the top (Monday, Feb 11). 5 days after that win, dark clouds started hovering on the horizon. And now, although the dark clouds have not caused complete darkness, they are blocking the sun rays. On March 4, the clouds parted just slightly to let in a ray of sunshine at about the time Adebayor’s goal crossed the Milanese line. Even though one can continue to sense the presence of the sun behind those clouds, complete light is still elusive. So the easiest way to bring the sunshine...
…And so it comes to this, an eight game season starting Easter Sunday. As Ol’ Rosy Nose says, “squeaky bum time.”
I haven’t been a fan of Arsenal half as long as most of you, and I’ve read this forum all year with great interest. All the triumphs and frustrations of the season played out in your points and counter points. However, having said all that, I think there are two things we should remember: one, this was suppose to be a year that we were rebuilding having lost one of the world’s best strikers and two, the reason that we love them so much this year is that...
Okay, onto business. ManUre’s win over Bolton means we can now do some run-in math. With 8 games to go, they are 3 points ahead plus goal difference. Their remaining fixtures are:
Liverpool (h)
Aston Villa (h)
Middlesbrough (a)
Arsenal (h)
Blackburn (a)
Chelsea (a)
West Ham (h)
Wigan (a)
It isn’t completely fanciful to see they can drop points. L’pool could frustrate them. Villa, too, but only if they play a blinder. Boro probably not (they’re only our bogey team), ditto B’burn. Chelsea-ManUre could also easily...
I wanted to post something to capture any mid-week discussions regarding the two EPL games on Wed and any Arsenal team news/rumours.
Looking above and below:
One of the consequences of the recent dropped points is that the fate of the EPL title is not entirely in Arsenal’s hands. Previously, when Arsenal were clear at the top by 1 one point after the top 2 had played the same number of games, the equation was simple on paper at least: If Arsenal won all their remaining games, they would be champions no matter what the chasing pack did.
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