Apr 13
The Collapse:
In the future when football scholars will look back at the 2007/08 season, they may prefer to use the format from Jared Diamond’s book Collapse to examine what went wrong with Arsenal. Diamond’s book examines how and why some of the world’s greatest civilizations disappeared. Well, Arsenal have collapsed in the worst possible fashion, losing all 4 titles by defeats to their bitterest rivals.
Same Same but different
The First half: Arsenal played well, moved the ball with purpose but could not take the lead. Adebayor...
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Apr 11
[Update: LDE's preview has been added]
With each passing week, the sense of disappointment has increased. It is quite unfortunate that all of Arsenal’s weaknesses have been on display for everyone to see. Their “dirty laundry” was out in the open starting with the Carling Cup loss when the first signs of tensions within the squad emerged. And what happened in the games after the 2-0 Blackburn win has been documented enough times. Still for me each new game started with hope that maybe, just maybe Arsenal will spring into life. Despite all their problems...
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Apr 09
The Story: The Gallant Mane
Author: Anonymous. The story was mysteriously found near the old garbage dump in the borough of Islington.
A quick scan of the story reveals the following:
Hero: A young fast horse named The Red Mane. The horse’s name comes from the combination of two French movies by Albert Lamorisse — The Red Balloon and White Mane.
Villains: 4 horses named Mud, Chester, Ringo & Spurtz. Also, an unknown mystery man named Raul Bendez also falls under the villain role.
As per the story,...
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Apr 05
(Thanks to Sachin for emailing this to me yesterday. Sorry not to get to an internet connection until this morning!)
Time for game 2 of the Arsenal and Liverpool series. Even though it may look tiring to play the same opponent in quick succession, each game presents a different flavour and in turn a unique challenge. The first game was meant for Arsenal to gain a good advantage, maybe a 1-0 or even a two goal lead while Liverpool’s intentions were to sit back and limit Arsenal to just one goal, or get an away goal themselves. The second game means more to Arsenal...
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Apr 02
The Gunners are left frustrated as Benitez’s game-plan worked to perfection. The Scousers nicked an away goal at the Grove and then soaked up the Arsenal onslaught to earn a 1-1 draw in the first leg of the Champions League Quarter-Final.
After an relatively uneventful first twenty minutes, Arsenal began to exert themselves on the match. That pressure resulted in the first goal coming in the 24th minute, a smashed header off the head of Emmanuel Adebayor.
The joy was short-lived however, as it took only two minutes for Liverpool to reply. Steven Gerrard’s whipped...
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Apr 02
Champions League football is back again. Although, the almost month long wait feels like an eternity. That is because days after the joyous March 4 away win to Milan, things have not gone as per a happy script for Arsenal. Dropped points in the league before a loss to London rivals Chelsea threw Arsenal’s title hopes into a spin. Things appeared to get grimmer after 45 rain soaked minutes away to Bolton; the rain appeared to be drowning Arsenals’ promising season down the drain. Yet amazingly this young team took a page out of previous Wenger and even George Graham teams in...
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Apr 01
I regret I don’t have the time nor analytical skills to write one of the lengthy erudite previews that regular posters have come to expect from some of the more esteemed contributors to this site, but since people are clamoring for a pre-match thread, here it is.
Judging from the headlines, Torres’ play and/or Arsenal’s defense of him is the key to this match-up.
Toure and Wenger Agree: Stop Torres and We Stop Liverpool
Benitez: Arsenal Fear Torres
Obviously there’s more to it than that, so have at it. How do you think Arsenal will...
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