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Arsenal – Stoke Preview

Dec 17th, 2010 | Source: Arsenal Offside | Category: Latest Arsenal blogs

Stoke City
Position: 12th, 6-3-8 (21 points, -1 goal differential)
Away Form: 2-1-5 (-3 goal differential)
Recent Form: WWDDL
Last Meeting: Arsenal 3 - Stoke City 1 (February 27, 2010)
Back in league action tomorrow against Stoke City, in a game



Champions League Draw: Guess Who?

Dec 17th, 2010 | Source: Arsenal Offside | Category: Latest Arsenal blogs

Well, after several years of getting lucky in Champions League draw, it seems like our gambler’s luck has caught up to us. It always does. For the second consecutive draw, we draw FC Barcelona.
Let me just honestly say I’m not too upset



Arsenal Draw Ipswich for CC Semi & A Look to the Month Ahead

Dec 2nd, 2010 | Source: Arsenal Offside | Category: Latest Arsenal blogs

So Arsenal have drawn Ipswich for the Carling Cup semifinals. You know, their manager looks awfully familiar to me…..

Oh that’s right, it’s our old friend Roy Keane! Perhaps Paddy could drive over from Manchester for a friendly



Sunderland – Arsenal Match Thread

Sep 18th, 2010 | Source: Arsenal Offside | Category: Latest Arsenal blogs

Lineups are in:
Sunderland: Starters: Mignolet, Ferdinand, Bramble, Richardson, Onuoha, Riveros, Henderson, Malbranque, Al Muhammadi, Welbeck, BentBench: Reid, Zenden, Gyan, Bardsley, Carson, Colback, da Silva
Arsenal: Starters: Almunia, Sagna,



Champions League Draw: It’s Shakhtar, Braga, and Partizan

Aug 26th, 2010 | Source: Arsenal Offside | Category: Latest Arsenal blogs

Well, it’s official, let’s breakdown our opponents in Group H:
(NOTE: Some of this info is complete, but I figured it would be better to just get it up so we can start talking about it, and fill in the blanks later)
Shakhtar Donetsk
Match



Bonjour: Sebastien Squillaci Joins Arsenal

Aug 26th, 2010 | Source: Arsenal Offside | Category: Latest Arsenal blogs

Well, although the official website hasn’t confirmed it yet, Wenger stated at a press conference today that it was a done deal, and given how cautious he generally is about speaking out about transfer targets, I think we take him at his word



Champions League Draw Preview

Dec 18th, 2009 | Source: Arsenal Offside | Category: Latest Arsenal blogs

The Champions League draw takes place tomorrow morning. I’ll post an update with my thoughts when it happens. I meant to post this earlier, but I had a friend in town from back home who’s doing stand up comedy in the city this week, and we



Arsenal’s All-Decade Team: Right-Back

Dec 17th, 2009 | Source: Arsenal Offside | Category: Latest Arsenal blogs

Well, the polls on the goalkeeper position are closed, and our winner, in a very, very tight vote, was Jens Lehmann, taking 63 (52%) votes to David Seaman’s 58 (48%). Manuel Almunia picked up a solitary pity vote. Next up: right-back.
Not too many



Burnley-Arsenal Thread

Dec 16th, 2009 | Source: Arsenal Offside | Category: Latest Arsenal blogs

Lineups are in:
Burnley: Jensen, Mears, Caldwell, Carlisle, Jordan, Eagles, Elliot, Alexander, Bikey, McDonald, Fletcher. Subs: Penny, Kalvenes, Gudjonsson, Blake, Nugent, Thompson, Guerrero.
Arsenal: Starters: Almunia, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen,



Denilson, Traore Injured; Wilshere to Newcastle?

Dec 15th, 2009 | Source: Arsenal Offside | Category: Latest Arsenal blogs

Just a quick news round-up before my formal preview of the Burnley match coming later this afternoon. First, the bad news is that Denilson is out of the Burnley match with a back injury. You’ll recall that he just returned from being out for 10