Tagged with Champions League

Nov 2011

2nd

Arsenal fall flat after weekend highs

Described as everything from fatigued to atrocious it shows that there is always something to pick apart, you can never please everyone. We did not produce the goals, but we did create a few chances.

Sep 2011

14th

Borusia Dortmund Arsenal, a twitter review

A review based on my twitter timeline, could be the first of many, or the last of one. We would have taken a draw, could have won it, ended up getting what we deserved.

Aug 2011

17th

Champions League qualifying, Udinese 1st leg.

Arsenal went into their first champions league game having just lost their best player, their captain and best goalscorer suspended, their rising star midfielder injured, and 50,000 fans waiting for them to cock it up.

Mar 2011

9th

Beaten by a much better team

We defended heroically –as heroically as you can with that infamous backline–but barça simply was too good for The Arsenal last night.

Feb 2011

16th

Why does Arsenal get no respect at all?

Strangely, or predictably, the English consensus is that Arsenal will be lucky not to get a thrashing at the hands of Barcelona, yet outside of the British media the prognosis is much more in favour of an Arsenal win.

Dec 2010

17th

Champions league a 12 million pound draw

Romantic as it is to go out in a blaze of glory, the financial difference between going out in the round of 16 and losing in the quarter finals of the Champions League is massive. Meeting Barcelona in the Semi finals or losing in the finals could be a £25 million pound difference.

Dec 2010

9th

Arsenal eases past Partizan to next round.

Thoughts turn to the round of sixteen, where there is a 50 percent chance of a meeting with one of the Spanish giants. The question now is whether it’s better to meet them earlier on in the draw or avoid as much as you can?

Nov 2010

24th

Not quite the fightback we were hoping for.

We were shit, but I don’t believe we are a shit team, a win at home against Partizan will be enough to qualify for the next round. If Braga can get some confidence from their victory and go on beat Shakhtar then we could still win the group.