We had barely digested Saturday's match before it was time for another epic performance. This time Sheffield United were to be ridiculed by Arsenal's youngest team ever in the Carling Cup. The average age was merely 18 years and 6 months and the oldest player on Arsenal's side was Lukas Fabianski at the age of 23. That says it all.
Arsene's young guns are now offiicially the most feared squad in the Carling Cup, not because we have big players that will hurt our opponents but because our cohesive play is more dangerous than Roy Keane on drugs. This ended any doubts of the future of the squad, however, the question is, will Wenger be able to keep the squad together? Is this enough to win trophies now?
Awarding Man of the Match to one player is not possible as the team performance won the game, and everybody had a part to play; Ramsey, Vela (scoring a Hat-trick), Bendtner (scoring a brace), Wilshere (scored his first competitive goal and became the second youngest to score after Cesc.
Overall it was a proud day to be a Gooner, hopefully we shall se the young guns lift the Carling Cup later this season before the big guns lift the Premiership trophy in May!
Wenger knows best!
/mike
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Wednesday, 24 September 2008
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Guns shoot down the violent Wanderers as the criticised strike back
Welcome back fellow Gooners, it has been a while but now I am ready to give you news and post match analysis of Arsenal's fixtures. I would like to start off with a personal boast, saying that this summer I managed to meet the French National team during their visit to play Sweden in a friendly. As you know, many of our present and former players are in the French squad. This allowed me to get autographs of players including Gäel Clichy, William Gallas, Thierry Henry, and others. Now to get back to this weekends fixture:
In recent years the matches between Bolton and Arsenal have been intense, much due to the influence of Sam Allardyce, it has been the only way for many teams to stop Arsenal but this years fixture at Reebok Stadium would not hold the Gunners back. It took a goal for Arsenal to get into the game. Unfortunately it was Bolton's Kevin Davies who headed the ball in the Arsenal net after 14 minutes.
It was great to see the Arsenal reaction as they dominated the rest of the first half, creating numerous chances. At first it looked as though the ball did not want to end up in the net after both Adebayor and Song managed to hit the post, reminding the fans of a couple of seasons ago. But Arsenal would not give up and continued to push the trotters until Magic Arsenal-free-flowing goals from Eboué and St. Nick in the 26th and 27th put Arsenal ahead.
Arsenal had more chances to score and probably would have done so before Half Time but
they failed to do so as Jussi Jaaskelainen kept Bolton in the game and was in my opinion Bolton's motm. In the second half, Bolton were pushing for an equalizer, it would prove to be in vain as more brilliant football from the Arsenal was to come. Much of the game's success was due to great performances from players who have been heavily criticised; but after the game no one could say that Alex Song and Denilson shouldn't be on the team. Even the much criticised Eboué deserved a lot of credit for his performance.
To sum up the game, Arsenal never gave up which saw Denilson make it 3-1 from a magnificent Walcott run and an Adebayor pass. It was a proud moment for any gooner, and i think i speak for all by saying that I cant wait until tuesday when our young guns meet Sheffield in the Carling Cup. Wilshire and Ramsey will want to prove themselves and this will be a great opportunity for them to do so!
Check back for a full match report on Tuesday after the Game!
Keep your trust in Wenger!
/Mike
In recent years the matches between Bolton and Arsenal have been intense, much due to the influence of Sam Allardyce, it has been the only way for many teams to stop Arsenal but this years fixture at Reebok Stadium would not hold the Gunners back. It took a goal for Arsenal to get into the game. Unfortunately it was Bolton's Kevin Davies who headed the ball in the Arsenal net after 14 minutes.
It was great to see the Arsenal reaction as they dominated the rest of the first half, creating numerous chances. At first it looked as though the ball did not want to end up in the net after both Adebayor and Song managed to hit the post, reminding the fans of a couple of seasons ago. But Arsenal would not give up and continued to push the trotters until Magic Arsenal-free-flowing goals from Eboué and St. Nick in the 26th and 27th put Arsenal ahead.
Arsenal had more chances to score and probably would have done so before Half Time but
they failed to do so as Jussi Jaaskelainen kept Bolton in the game and was in my opinion Bolton's motm. In the second half, Bolton were pushing for an equalizer, it would prove to be in vain as more brilliant football from the Arsenal was to come. Much of the game's success was due to great performances from players who have been heavily criticised; but after the game no one could say that Alex Song and Denilson shouldn't be on the team. Even the much criticised Eboué deserved a lot of credit for his performance.
To sum up the game, Arsenal never gave up which saw Denilson make it 3-1 from a magnificent Walcott run and an Adebayor pass. It was a proud moment for any gooner, and i think i speak for all by saying that I cant wait until tuesday when our young guns meet Sheffield in the Carling Cup. Wilshire and Ramsey will want to prove themselves and this will be a great opportunity for them to do so!
Check back for a full match report on Tuesday after the Game!
Keep your trust in Wenger!
/Mike
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