Arsenal 4-2 Bolton

January 20th, 2010

Arsenal:Rosicky 44 , Fabregas 53, Vermalen 65, Arshavin 85
Bolton:Cahill 6 , Taylor 28(pen)

Arsenal goes to the top of the table now after quite a long time.We just made it to the first spot.

But I can’t comment really much since I didn’t watch the game.I will download the highlights and see how the lads played.

Despite the fact that we were resilient and made a fantastic comeback,we must address the fact that our defense is quite porous if it is compared to Devils’ and Blues’.2 goals conceded at home is quite an error and we must address it properly.

I would like to comment on le Boss’s post match comments:

on William Gallas‘ challenge before the equaliser…
I am sorry if the tackle was not good, really. There are two things I have heard just now: one, that he [Owen Coyle] was not happy with the tackle, and I am sorry if the tackle was not a good one. I apologise for that. The second thing, that he [Coyle] was not happy that we carried on playing, I think that is unfair because the players who went on, they did not know what was happening behind. When the player went down, they did not know if he got up again because when you win the ball you go forward, you don’t know what is happening behind you. That is why I don’t believe you can kick the ball out every time a player is down when you win the ball. That means every time you win the ball when you are 2-1 down, every time a player goes down you have to kick the ball out – it’s impossible. That’s why they changed the rule.

I have to say Bolton wasn’t lucky in this case.The tackle happened to be the critical point of the game.No more comments…

on hearing the Arsenal fans cheering Davies’ injury…
Of course, we don’t want that. I believe always we are responsible for our behaviour whatever happens anywhere else.

I don’t support such a Gooners’ reaction.Don’t do things you don’t want people to do to you!!I’m not sure if I made grammar mistake from that sentence.Feel free to correct my error if there’s any.

By hook or by crook,we won the game and that’s important before we face our tough matches a week later.

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Arsenal vs. Bolton match preview

January 19th, 2010

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If we win this game by two or more goals margin,we will go top of the league for the first time this season.However,it’s easier said than done.

Although we recorded 2-0 win three days ago at Reebok,we actually could end up with a point should Taylor’s finishing was better.

The good things are Denilson and Walcott are fit to return for this game.More men power do help us when we are in hell schedule starting 27th January.Bendtner should recover in 10 days time and that means good news in English.Sol Campbell has yet to make any appearance so far since we resigned him few days back.However,Merida,Ramsey and Nasri are injured for now.Wenger on the other hand admitted that Arsenal hasn’t made any big progress so far in the tranfer window.

That’s forgivable when players at most online betting sites are so expensive today

I hope Traore can be more careful in his passes;I seen he made blunders in past few games that could cost us two or three points in the game.Remember,a goal scored could be a point earned,but a goal conceded could be two points lost.

The odd looks good to us right now;Most betting sites give good odds of Arsenal winning this game.

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League Table review 18/1/10

January 18th, 2010
PosTeamPWDLFA+/-Pts
1Chelsea21153352183448
2Manchester United22152549193047
3Arsenal21143455233245
4Tottenham Hotspur21115542222038
5Manchester City21108342301238
6Aston Villa21106529181136
7Liverpool21104738261234
8Birmingham219662119233
9Fulham217682624227
10Everton216873034-426
11Stoke City216781926-725
12Blackburn Rovers2266102339-1624
13Sunderland2165103038-823
14Wigan Athletic2064102344-2122
15Burnley2155112243-2120
16West Ham United2147102837-919
17Wolverhampton2154121738-2119
18Hull City2147102042-2219
19Bolton Wanderers194692638-1218
20Portsmouth2042141832-1414

7-2 victory at Stamford Bridge strengthens Blues’ lead on top of the table,although Gunners could displace them should Arsenal win Bolton by two or more goals margin.

Devils too celebrates their goal fest,although they were struggling to break into the back of the net during their first-half game against Burnley.They won 3-0 eventually.

Arsenal’s shabby performance didn’t affect it’s 2-0 victory against Bolton.To be frank,Bolton deserved a draw actually.I watched the highlight and our defense isn’t convincing enough.I hope we will defend better in our next game.

Man. City lost 2-0 to Toffees,and the  4th-7th placed teams weren’t faring well last weekend.Aston Villa had to be satisfied with a point at Villa Park despite dominating the game against the resilient Hammers.

Robert Huth’s last minute equalizer against Liverpool adds more salt to Reds’ wounds.Reds are not going well so far with having their key players Gerrard,Torres and Bennayoun injured at the same time.

Here’s the rest of the result of last weekend’s game:

1.Tottenham 0-0 Hull
2.Blackburn 2-0 Fulham
3.Wolves 0-2 Wigan

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Bolton 0-2 Arsenal

January 17th, 2010

Bolton:-
Arsenal:Fabregas 28, Merida 78

Fabregas again was put straight to work and worked out the first goal.Then came another Spaniard,Merida to solidify our lead and Arsenal won 2-0 in the end.

It wasn’t a pretty win but it’s a victory anyway.At least we got our three points.Another victory against Bolton this weekday will see us top the table although it’s Chelsea’s turn to have a game in hand.

I’m really quite tired now and I will update more later on……

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Bolton vs. Arsenal match preview

January 16th, 2010

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Hopefully this game wouldn’t be postponed again.Postponement of Arsenal game against Bolton at Grooves adds burden to our already packed and tough schedule.Here’s the fixure of Arsenal’s game between late January and early February:

Aston Villa vs. Arsenal , 27th Jan
Arsenal vs. Man. United 31st Jan
Chelsea vs. Arsenal 7th Feb
Arsenal vs. Liverpool 10th Feb
FA Cup 5th round(we will be restless if we win 4th round and draw tough team) 13rd Feb
Porto vs. Arsenal 17th Jan

There are at least 5 tough matches in 21 days;that’s average of a team for every 4 days.Arsenal’s title credidential will be determined from its performance in these 5/6 games.

So far we are quite fit for this challenge;Fabregas and Clichy have recovered.The period between now and 27th Jan when the “hell schedule” starts is a critical moment since we need to grab enough points to even qualify for this “hell schedule”

I didn’t really expect Arsenal will drop points against Bolton,but I know any team can beat every team nowadays.There’s no more free three points to grab nowadays,apart from Stoke’s game against Man. United.

I’m not sure whether Campbell will feature in this game or not,but I think it’s more probably that Campbell will be on the bench and will feature as substitute if the game requires him to be there.Campbell has been 6 months away from competitive game and he needs more time to gain pace with BPL’s game style.

In a nutshell,we must win this game by hook or by crook.We really can’t afford to slip anymore.

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