Arsenal 4:4 Tottenham (H)

One word to describe our defence: Disgraceful.
To concede 4 goals at home is simply unacceptable. To concede two goals to our arch rival at home in the final 5 minutes is just disgusting. This team doesn’t seem to learn their lessons, even after horrible performances against Fulham, Hull City and Sunderland. When will they wake [...]

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West Ham 0:2 Arsenal (A) Players Ratings

Almunia : 8 – A few good saves from West Ham’s counter attack.
Eboue: 6 – A few stray passes but overall ok performance.
Gallas: 8 – Led by example, cut off opposition’s attack well.
Silvestre: 6 – Average, overshadowed by his centreback partner
Clichy: 6 – Seemed a bit off pace.
Walcott: 7.5 – Always look threatening when [...]

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Fenerbahce 2:5 Arsenal (A) Players Ratings

Almunia: 8 – Solid performance.
Eboue: 7 – Excels at rightback. Somehow he attacks better when playing rightback than right midfield.
Song: 6 – Poor performance, but good to score a goal.
Silvestre: 5.5 – Slow and awful. Scores an own goal though not exactly his fault.
Clichy: 6 – Average performance by his own standard.
Walcott: 8 – [...]

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Everton 1:3 Arsenal (H) Players Ratings

Almunia: 5.5 – A few good saves, but still susceptible to some very bad decision making. Not quite confident in him handling crosses and corners.
Song: 4 – Not exactly his fault that he was played out of position. What was Wenger thinking when he put Song at rightback when he had Eboue around?
Kolo: 5 – [...]

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Comparison between current team and the invincibles

I read somewhere that Arsene believes the current team can become as good or even better than the “invincibles”. Well, he could be right but at this moment this team is no where near the unbeaten team of 2003-2004 season. There will be a new crop of interesting youngsters coming up, like Jack Wilshere, Fran [...]

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Arsenal 1:1 Sunderland (A) – Inconsistency is part of the package

We managed to clinch a last-minute away draw with mighty Sunderland, thanks to a Fabregas header in injury time. To most fans, this is not an acceptable result / performance, especially after a crashing home defeat to Hull City.
After the mid-week thrashing of Porto, I kind of fear that we might go into another shocking [...]

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Arsenal 4:0 Porto Players Ratings

We bounced back from a shocking defeat by Hull City with a convincing win over Porto at Champions League. Well, I am not surprise anyway, as we are afterall still an inconsistent team.
Here’s my rating:
Almunia: 6.5 – A few good saves, good to keep a clean sheet.
Sagna: 6.5 – Support the attack well, good in [...]

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