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Premiership Analysis

November 20th, 2006

Here’s the current Premiership table;

Pos.TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Man Utd1311112962334
2Chelsea1310122371631
3Portsmouth137241911823
4Arsenal126422071322
5Aston Villa13571159622
6Bolton136341212021
7Everton135531711620
8Reading136161518-319
9Wigan125341613318
10Liverpool135351415-118
11Fulham134541419-517
12Man City134451015-516
13Tottenham134451015-516
14Middlesbro134361016-615
15Blackburn133461117-613
16West Ham13328916-711
17Newcastle13247815-710
18Sheff Utd13247818-1010
19Watford131661019-99
20Charlton13229920-118

Arsenal dropped to fourth place after a 1-1 drew with Newcastle.Portsmouth replaced Arsenal at 3rd place after beating the new comer Watford 2-1 at home.The Devils on the other hand managed to salvage their 3 points after beating Sheffield .Utd 2-1.

Let’s look at next week Premiership Fixture;

Sat – 25 Nov 06

Charlton v Everton
A Villa v M’brough
Fulham v Reading
Liv’pool v Man City
West Ham v Sheff U
Bolton v Arsenal

Sun – 26 Nov 06

N’castle v Portsm’h
Tot’ham v Wigan
Man Utd v Chelsea

Arsenal will have some tough time facing Bolton especially at Reebok Stadium which Arsenal haven’t beat Bolton there for a few years.But of course we all looking for the giants clash at Old Trafford.Chelsea must win the match or The Blues will have hard time chasing Man United which leaves 6 points distance if Chelsea lose the game to the Devils.

But this is the not the decisive match for Arsenal,it is the match against Hamburg.However,CSKA will face Porto at home which means Porto posibility to beat CSKA is very low.If Gunners can beat Hamburg,Arsenal only need to draw with Porto or can even lost(but not too much and beat Hamburg 3-0 or more).
I hope we all will not get a game like CSKA where Gunners had so many chances but can’t even score a goal.

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Match report:Arsenal 1 Newcastle 1

November 18th, 2006

Arsenal drew 1-1 with Newcastle.

Sudden counter-attack by Newcastle made Arsenal once again behind in Emirates stadium despite dominating the game.No shock for all Arsenal fans because we had experienced it many times,be it with Aston Villa,Middlesbrough and CSKA Moskva.

Persie were injured and was replaced by Henry.

In the second-half Gunners kept generating shots and shots to Newcastle but Shay Given block all the shots.Once a while Newcastle counter-attacked to Arsenal’s defence.

The equaliser goal came when Henry scored a free-kick goal,similar to van Persie score against Everton.The attack continued but all of them end as frustation.

Like one of my commenter,Arsenal needs consistency.Last week we could see Arsenal could beat Red giant 3-0 but drew with the third last Newcastle in home.

Besides that,Arsenal need to be careful to counter-attack.Put at least 3 defender in Arsenal’s defense.Maybe Gunners already done that but quite a lot of time Arsenal were conceded goal by sudden counter-attack.

Actually Gunners controlling all the match that it played but somehow all of them ended with frustration and anger.But Arsenal style of play will pay one day.

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Arsenal vs. Newcastle Utd:Discussion and Prediction

November 17th, 2006

Arsenal will play Newcastle United 12 hours from the time I type this post.

Arsenal record against Newcastle especially at home is better in recent time but overall Newcastle has better record against Arsenal.However,since Wenger has taken charge of the manager of the Gunners,Arsenal has improved tremendously and Newcastle mismanagement made Newcastle worse recently.Newcastle is at 18th place in this season Premiership currently whereas Gunners is third with one game in hand.

Arsenal will need to win this game(actually Arsenal will have to win all games)to maintain the third place or strengthen Gunners third place before facing Bolton at Reebok Stadium.I don’t sure whether Arsenal could beat Trotters or not but we must score like we did against the Reds.

Bolton and Aston Villa(both are having same points with Gunners)will face Everton and Wigans respectively and I hope both will have a draw.Sheffield United or the Blades will have hard time facing the roaring Devils although they are facing them at home.

My prediction:Arsenal 2 Newcastle 0

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Premiership table analysis

November 13th, 2006

Here’s the current Premiership table;

Pos.TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Man Utd1210112752231
2Chelsea129122271528
3Arsenal116321961321
4Aston Villa12561159621
5Bolton126331211121
6Portsmouth126241710720
7Everton124531611517
8Wigan115241613317
9Liverpool125251415-117
10Fulham124531316-317
11Reading125161318-516
12Tottenham12435914-515
13Middlesbro124261016-614
14Man City12345714-713
15Blackburn123361016-612
16West Ham12327915-611
17Sheff Utd12246716-910
18Newcastle12237714-79
19Watford12165917-89
20Charlton12228918-98

Finally,Arsenal climb to to 3rd place after could ever done it last week but Gunners themselves lost to West Ham 1-0 at Upton Park.Fortunately,Sheffield United and Fulham help us to make the Trotters(Bolton) and Portsmouth drop points.Watford were thrashed 4-0 by Chelsea(expected).Manchester United managed to revenge their two time lost to Blackburn Rovers last season when the Devils beat Blackburn 1-0 to keep leading the Premiership table.

Here the next Premiership fixture;

Sat – 18 Nov 06

Man City v Fulham
Arsenal v N’castle
Chelsea v West Ham
Everton v Bolton
Portsm’h v Watford
Reading v Charlton
Sheff U v Man Utd
M’brough v Liv’pool

Sun – 19 Nov 06

Wigan v A Villa
Blackb’n v Tot’ham

Firstly,we talk about Arsenal’s game against Newcastle United.Arsenal enormous 3-0 win over classic rivals Liverpool will be sure boosting Gunners confidence after 2 draws and a lost despite their dominance in their games.Of course I hope Arsenal could win this game and take some advantage before facing Hamburg at 22nd November and Bolton Wanderers at November 25th.

Liverpool is going to play away games next week.If you don’t know,Liverpool had lost 5 of their 6 games(including the game against Arsenal)and scored only 1 away goals so far(in Premiership).Benitez and his gang has to recover from Gunner’s shot to beat Middlesbrough.

Next is Everton vs. Bolton.I’m not sure who is going to win this game but I’m sure this game is going to be an exciting match.

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3 goals,3rd place and glory for Gunners

November 12th, 2006

Flamini,Toure and Gallas enlightens our gloomy day since 3 match ago.Horray!!!!!!!!!!

Arsenal started attacking as early as first minute but Persie made it hand ball.Instead of scoring a goal,Persie got a yellow card.

At 11th minute,it’s the Reds turn to scare us when Crouch kicked the ball into Gunner’s net but it’s off-side.

Hyppia strikes at 18 minute but it went wide.

At 25th minute,Henry shot the ball into the net but it went neatly into Reina’s hand.

Gonzalez shot a first-timer kick but it went just slightly higher than the goal.

At 41th minute,Hleb passed the ball to Fabregas and he crossed it and Flamini did the finishing into the net.No off-side this time.

At 52th minute,Toure strengthened Arsenal lead.

van Persie took a strike but Reina caught the ball neatly.

Gerrard then tried his usual long-shot but this time it went slightly higher than the goal.

At 74th minute,the ref seems to get some injury.Time wasting by the refs

Flamini was tackled by Pennant.Pennant got a yellow card.

Persie takes a corner-kick.Ussualy in Arsenal’s game the ball was either went to goalkeepers hand,cleared by defender or someone heads it wide.But this time is different,Gallas heads Arsenal to 3-0 win over Liverpool.

Adebayor ran the ball into Liverpool’s defense,no defender this time.But somehow Adebayor strikes into the Reina’s leg and it was reflected to the left-side of the field.

A good game by Arsenal,Gunners style of playing finally pays off.

Arsenal has slightly better control in the pitch and I hope they can maintain till the end of this match.If Arsenal could win this match then Arsenal could get back their ‘face’ after drew with CSKA and Everton and lost to Hammers last week.And Wenger’s temper could be cooler.

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