Loss to Mighty Hull City

So we had lost to the Mighty Hull City at our home ground. Its only the sixth game and we already registered our second defeat. No disrespect to Hull City, but if we couldn’t even beat or draw Hull City at Emirates Stadium, we are simply not good enough of challenging the titles.
There was no [...]

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Thrashing of Shef United. Top of league.

So, our kids thrashed Shef United 6-0 in carling cup round 3. I just watched the highlights and I must say I am really impressed with the fluidity of their moves. Carlos Vela is brilliant, can’t wait to see him in EPL action.
Well, we are right now top of the league, with our arch rival [...]

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Squad for Carling Cup round 3

The following squad is named for the coming carling cup match against Shef United.
12. Carlos VELA (Age 19)
16. Aaron RAMSEY (Age 17)
17. Alex SONG (Age 21)
19. Jack WILSHERE (Age 16)
20. Johan DJOUROU (Age 21)
21. Lukasz FABIANSKI (GK) (Age 23)
24. Vito MANNONE (GK) (Age 20)
26. Nicklas BENDTNER (Age 20)
35. Francis COQUELIN (Age 17)
38. Jay EMMANUEL-THOMAS (Age [...]

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Carling Cup 3rd Round: Arsenal vs Shef United

Too bad the local TV isn’t gonna show this match. The only carling cup match available is Man United vs Boro.
As usual, I guessed our lineup would be mainly consist of fringe and reserve team players. Probable lineup may be like this:
Fabianski
G.Hoyte—Djourou—Gallas—Gibbs
Wilshere—Ramsey—Song—Walcott
Bendtner—Vela
That’s a relatively young team, which is why I think Gallas would be playing [...]

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Bolton 1:3 Arsenal (A) Players Ratings

Almunia: 7 – Good performance and great distribution.
Clichy: 6 – Decent performance
Gallas: 5 – Poor marking to Davies.
Toure: 5 – Same as Gallas.
Sagna: 6 – Did ok.
Eboue: 7.5 – Great 1st half. Congrats on his first league goal.
Cesc: 6 – Average performance. Haven’t really put in a good performance this season.
Denilson: 7.5 – Great goal. [...]

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Dynamo Kiev 1:1 Arsenal (A) Players Ratings

Alumina: 5 – Beaten at the near post on one occasion but otherwise not often tested.
Sagna: 4 – Though it’s not a foul, but still responsible for giving away the penalty. Didn’t do much going forward.
Gallas: 6 – Score the equalizer. Otherwise an average performance.
Toure: 6 – Did ok.
Clichy: 6 – Did ok defensively. Look [...]

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Blackburn 0:4 Arsenal (A) Players Ratings

Almunia: 7 – Very solid. One really good save.
Sagna: 7 – Solid defending as usual.
Toure: 6 – Decent performance.
Gallas: 7 – Made some good tackles.
Clichy: 7 – Solid in defence.
Eboue: 7 – Some intelligent runs. Won a penalty for us.
Cesc: 6.5 – An average performance. Outshine by Denilson.
Denilson: 8 – Good cross to Ade. Very [...]

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