Hilang di ganti

Hanya beberapa minit selepas kecederaan dasyat 'dudu' eduardo.. muncul penganti yang amat berbakat dan berkebolehan.. tentunyalah Theo Walcott..

Penyerang muda yang akan memasuki umur 19 tahun nie mempunya prospek besar untuk menjadi seorang bintang... sudah dipilih beraksi dipiala dunia 2 tahun lepas.. dia adalah secret weapon bagi arsenal...

memang tepat pada masanya ketika team memerlukan seorang backup scorer dia datang utk selamatkan keadaan.. dengan jaringan cantik di separuh masa kedua.. menjadikan dia antara pilihan untuk menggantikan eduardo yang sakit...

kabar gembira juga Van persie pun sudah pulih utk beraksi semula dan rasanya utk game aston villa dia akan diturun kan sbgai pemain simpanan aje..

apapun.. to eduardo... semoga sembuh cepat.. play again.. score again...

adusss sakitnya!!!

Birmingham 2 arsenal 2...

adehla.. iskk sakit ya Rabbi... buku lali patah cekk oii.. sakit mau tak mau punye la... malangnya kena dekat eduardo yang jadi ayam tambatan kita la nie..

memang malang dan telah menukarkan mood teamate jadi tak bersemangat utk bermain dengan cemerlang.. memang nampak nyata selepas insiden tu berlaku semua pun jadi tak semangat nak main walaupun berdepan dengan 10 org..

mungkin lepas nie kita bleh lupakan terus khidmad eduardo sampai musim depan.. dan terpaksalah tugas berat dipikul oleh theo walcott yang bermain cemerlang semalam.. khabar yang best jugak.. nampaknya van persie pun dah nak pulih dr kecederaan.. mungkin ada sinar dan untuk sampai kehujung musim nie tak ketandusan stiker..

memang kecewa sgt kena penalti pada minit2 akhir tapi apakan daya.. fokus dah kurang so.. mistake yang kecil pun padahnya besar..

apapun yang penting sekarang fokus untuk tewaskan ac milan kat san siro masih ditahap tinggi dan dapat masuk final walaupun eduardo tak dapat main...

bagi saya seorg peminat arsenal dan eduardo.. harapan semoga dia sembuh cepat..

1st leg 0-0 vs AC Milan

Hail gunners..

mungkin nampak dari keputusan macam arsenal still tercari2 kemenangan.. tetapi realitinya game 1st leg nie milik arsenal.. cuma gol aje tak terjelma disebabkan tandukan terkena palang dan tersasar...

arsenal memang memiliki kekuatan.. kualiti yang luar biasa.. dengan tidak mengendahkan kekalahan dengan MU minggu lalu.. anak buah arsene terus mengekang serangan AC.. malah nampaknya arsenal lenboh mendominasi..

mungkin kata sesetengah pengkritik bahawa arsenal tidak mengambil kesempatan bermain ditempat sendiri sebagai advantage untuk 2nd leg nanti di san siro... namun walau begitu keputusan ini membuktikan arsenal boleh memberi tentangan hebat dan tak gentar bertandang di san siro...

malang sikit dengan berita injurednya our last man... kolo toure tapi rasanya sanderos mampu jadi benteng simpanan yang bermutu.. hari minggu nie arsenal akan bermain away di birmingham city... dan selepas itu aston vila.. rasanya arsene wenger perlu merehatkan 1 2 orang pemain utama utk perlawanan 2nd leg pada 4hb nie...

harap2 champion leage kali nie dapat masuk final dan buktikan terus yang team yang takde star pun bleh menang piala besar2 bersar... tapi walaupun nak kejar yang besar.. liga tak bleh diabaikan.. yang penting dapat doeble dah cukup canteek dah... ahaks..

VS AC Milan

Historic and preview... courtesy from goal.com..

Surprisingly, for two clubs so consistently involved in the Champions League in recent seasons, the head-to-head record of Arsenal and AC Milan is remarkably short. In fact the Gunners and the Rossoneri have met just once before in European competition. And it wasn't in the Champions League, or even in its forerunner, the European Champions' Cup.

No, the only competitive clash between Arsenal and AC Milan was in the European Super Cup well over a decade ago.

In 1993-94, AC Milan won Europe's premier club tournament - which had been re-modelled as the Champions League the previous season - for the fifth time in their history. They had also won the Italian championship - the Scudetto - for the third year running, and the 14th time overall.

Meanwhile Arsenal, English FA Cup winners in 1993, had gone on to cause a major upset by defeating a Parma side graced by Gianfranco Zola, Faustino Asprilla and Tomas Brolin 1-0 in Copenhagen in the final of the 1994 European Cup Winners' Cup.

As a result, the then two-legged European Super Cup, initiated in 1971-72 by Ajax as a means of determining Europe's top club by pairing the European Cup winners with the Cup Winners' Cup winners, brought AC Milan and Arsenal together in February 2005.

Thirteen years on, AC Milan's status as a member of Europe's elite remains unchallenged: they will travel to North London not only as the reigning European champions, but also as Europe's most internationally decorated club. The Rossoneri have won no fewer than 18 officially recognised European and World titles - more than any other club.

Their roll of honour includes seven European Champions' Cup/League triumphs (only Real Madrid have won more). as well as a record five European Super Cups, four Intercontinental Cup/Club World Cup titles (also a record), and two European Cup Winners' Cups.

In contrast, Arsenal are international lightweights. They won the European Fairs Cup in 1970 and the Cup Winners' Cup in 1994, and were beaten finalists in the Cup Winners Cup (1980 and 1995), Uefa Cup (2000) and Champions League (2006).

Nevertheless - and notwithstanding Arsenal's chastening 4-0 defeat by Manchester United in the FA Cup fifth round on Saturday evening - the Gunners today are a far more formidable outfit than they were back in 1995 when they last encountered the might of Milan.

The Gunners went into their two games with Milan in February 2005 in a state of internal flux. They were 11th in the Premier League ahead of the first-leg. Blackburn Rovers were top of the table (they went on to win the title), and the likes of Nottingham Forest, Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday, Wimbledon and Norwich City were higher placed than the North London club, who had won just two of their last 15 domestic League games.

Underlining the club's problems, midfielder Paul Merson had admitted in a newspaper interview that he was wrestling with addictions to alcohol, cocaine and gambling.

But overshadowing everything at Highbury at that time was the demise of manager George Graham. The Scot - a double winner on the pitch for the Gunners in 1970-71 - had returned as manager in 1986 and transformed the club's fortunes, leading them to two League championships, two League Cup triumphs, FA Cup glory and that European Cup Winners' Cup success in the next eight seasons. But during the course of 1994-95 he became the subject of a Premier League inquiry into allegations that he accepted a cash "bung" as part of the transfers of two Scandinavian players to Arsenal.

Remarkably, with the Gunners now struggling in the League, Graham had recently been allowed to bring in John Hartson and Chris Kiwomya and was about to sign Glenn Helder, though none of them was destined to make much impact at Highbury.

The Arsenal board, having received details of the League's findings, decided they could no longer stand by Graham, and on February 21st they sacked the 50-year old Scot for "failing to act in the best interests of the club."

So the two games against Milan in fact proved to be Graham's last European assignments with the Gunners; his assistant, Stewart Houston, took over as caretaker manager and completed the task of leading Arsenal to their second successive Cup Winners' Cup final, though Real Zaragoza beat them in the Paris final deep into extra-time.

There were no such dramas at the San Siro. The previous May, they had won the European Cup in devastating style, stunning favourites Barcelona 4-0 in Athens without key defenders Franco Baresi and Alessandro Costacurta. They had also completed a hat-trick of Serie A titles. It was Milan's third European Cup in six years and their fifth up to that point.

However, they had lost the previous season's European Super Cup to Parma, and in December 1994 Velez Sarsfield of Argentina had beaten Milan in the World Club showpiece in Tokyo. And their Serie A campaign going into the Arsenal game was not over-inspiring, as they'd drawn as many as they'd lost (P17, W7, D7, L3). But that disguised a run of nine unbeaten games that had taken the Rossoneri out of mid-table obscurity and onto the fringe of the League title race.

Moreover, Milan had qualified for the knock-out stages of the Champions League, finishing second to Ajax in their group, and were about to resume their campaign in March. It would take them all the way to the final for the third year running, though their Dutch nemesis, Ajax, would defeat them 1-0 in Vienna in May.

There was, of course, a Dutch dimension to Milan at that time. Silvio Berlusconi had taken over the debt-ridden club in the mid-1980s, installed Arrigo Sacchi as manager and bought three of the world's best players - Dutchmen Ruud Gullitt, Marco van Basten and Frank Rijkaard. Between them, and with the considerable help of others in a highly talented squad, they ensured that Milan enjoyed great success.

Sacchi left in 1991 to manage Italy, and was succeeded by current England manager Fabio Capello (who had had a brief spell in charge of Milan at the end of the 1986-87 season). But Capello had several adjustments to make in his squad for the 1994-95 season. Van Basten was still injured, having suffered from ankle problems for the best part of two years. French striker Jean-Pierre Papin left for Bayern Munich, Romania's Florin Raducioiu joined Espanol, and Denmark's Brian Laudrup went off to Scotland with Rangers. Gullit had returned from Sampdoria, but in November had headed back to Genoa in exchange for Alessandro Melli.

Capello did, though, have outstanding talent at his disposal as Arsenal awaited. Key men included goalkeeper Sebastiano Rossi; World Soccer Magazine's World Player of the year Paolo Maldini; skipper Franco Baresi, for years recognised as the world's best sweeper; Gianluigi Lentini, at the time the world's most expensive player; Marcel Desailly, who had arrived from Marseille in 1993; current Italy boss Roberto Donadoni; and 'The Genius' - Yugoslav Dejan Savicevic, who had recently scored four goals in Milan's 5-3 win at Bari in Serie A.

Then there were Alessandro Costacurta, Christian Panucci, Mauro Tassotti, Demetrio Albertini, Zvonimir Boban, and Marco Simone.

If there were artists in Milan's ranks, the pre-Wenger Gunners were essentially made up of artisans. The fabled defence of David Seaman, Lee Dixon, Steve Bould, Tony Adams and Nigel Winterburn was still alive and kicking. But the Swede Stefan Schwarz, in his only Arsenal campaign, was the one class act in a midfield that also included the likes of David Hillier, John Jensen and an as-yet unreconstructed Ray Parlour. Ian Wright and Hartson were sharing the striking responsibilities, while Merson was just returning from rehab. The likes of Martin Keown, Stephen Morrow, Andy Linighan, Ian Selley Alan Smith, Kevin Campbell and Eddie McGoldrick had also featured in recent weeks.

So when Milan headed to North London for the first leg on February 1st 1995 they were probably not quaking in their cultured boots. Yet although it produced no goals, it was a lively encounter.

Graham, who brought Merson back for an emotional return as a 74th minute substitute, commented afterwards that he took a lot of pride from his side's display. Arsenal hustled the Rossoneri all the way, but Milan pushed up quickly and made it difficult for the hosts to get runners in behind them. Typically, the technical ability of the Milan players - and their defensive organisation - impressed those in the English audience with open minds, and suggested that the second leg at the San Siro would be a tough assignment for the Gunners.

So it proved in the second-leg, in which Boban scored four minutes before the break and Massaro settled it for Capello's side on 67 minutes, though Seaman had to make some superb saves to restrict them to two.

Graham said afterwards that he'd been disappointed with the Gunners' performance, admitting that Milan had been much the better side. He felt Arsenal had shown the Italians far too much respect and allowed them too much time and space. "If you do that," said Graham ruefully, "outstanding players will destroy you."

Ian Wright had a goal disallowed that might have given Arsenal a boost had it stood, but the Milan defence was excellent, pressing in on the Gunners constantly and giving them no room to play.

The forward movement of Capello's side was impressive too, with Boban, Massaro and Savicevic interchanging slickly and then dropping deep when necessary, but Arsenal returned from Italy knowing they hadn't made their opponents work hard enough.

So now, 13 years on, the two sides meet again. Arsenal top the Premier League by five points from Manchester United, but United exposed their shortcomings on Saturday with a 4-0 drubbing in the FA Cup. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger had Wednesday's Milan game in mind as he attempted to juggle and protect his depleted squad at Old Trafford. But the beating they took may have shaken the Gunners' confidence.

Alamak Kalah la pulak!

MU 4 Arsenal 0..

alahai.. ape sudah jadi nie... nasib baik la bukan perlawanan liga kalau idak mesti advantage utk MU jadi juara liga...

xpelah FA cup, Carling cup ... semua tue piala biase2 je.. yang penting dan besar akan datang 4 hari dari sekarang....

adakah kita cukup bersedia menghadapi gergasi Itali nie.. hmm dengan pemain2 yang banyak injured dan down spirit sbb baru kalah dengan MU... hmm kita kena recover cepat.. bangkit dan bangun semula.. gagah kembali..

Rasanya arsene wenger dah ada formula untuk menang cuma perlu ketabahan anak buahnye aje utk mengharungi cabaran yang besar dan hebat nie.. harap2 dapat fight jugak walaupun susah..

Bersedia bertemu MU

Manchester United...

Pemenang liga tahun lepas.. memang pencabar utama arsenal untuk tahun ini.. mungkin sebab terlalu sedih sgt pada 'emotional day' haritu sbb tu kalah dengan man city.. ahaks.. tapi kelibat ronaldo, rooney, evra, tevez kadang2 nampak gerun gak.. tapi diorang nie tak konsisten dr segi one team performance sbb diorg selalu berganti2 penyerang.. so x beberapa adept la..

Arsenal..

seperti kebiasaan, arsenal pertaruhkan 1st 11 yang sama mcm game blackburn.. aku rasa memang sgt bagus sbb team skarang dah form team spirit dengan elok.. dengan eduardo dan adebayor jadi forward dan flamini, hleb dan fabrigas ada di sisi dan tengah rasanya xde byk masalah... cuma kena cekangkan defence .. rasanya kolo toure dah balik dah utk bleh main kali nie.. keeper mungkin still lehman sbb form dia skarang agak ok.. dan wing back mungkin sagna dan gallas ... kuat2 semua nie.. ahaks..

okeh.. oleh sbb nie game of the week .. aku plak dengan lecehnye keje malam... iskkkkk.. aku predict arsenal menang 1-0.. bleh jadi seri sbb nak timbal balik kat emirate.. hehehe.. kalau main kat emirates stadium kena blasah le diorg.. ahaks..

Blackburn 0 Arsenal 2

Pagi yang hening.. pukul 3 bangun utk tgk arsenal game.. tak tertahan pula mata aku nie tapi disebabkan game yang rancak dan best.. 80% aku dapat saksikan aksi diorg..

kepala phillip sendaros botak tue .. menghasilkan gol pertama... sebenarnya permainan pemain pertahanan nie semakin cemerlang disebabkan ke absent nan kawan dia iaitu kolo toure.. peluang yg sangat baik utk memikat hati couch utk jadi 1st 11 selalu...

game kali nie rasa gementar jugak la.. mana tau tiba2 terscore plak blackburn... dan adebayor menjaringkan gol penamat fuhhh lega sgt... kire thrill la gak.. ahaks.. overall aku happy sgt sbb arsenal dan 5 point clear dengan MUsuck ...

MUsuck tak suck nak kena melawat old trafford plak hari sabtu nie... hmmm big game.. seb baik tak keje malam... wakkakakkakaka

Kita belasah blackburn

kita akan berkunjung ke blackburn Ahad ini.. rasanya selepas kemenangan dengan Man City minggu lepas.. semangat masih membara utk terus berada di atas MU..

ok.. kalau game dengan blackburn yg lepas kita menang 3-2.. itu setelah ditentang dengan sengit oleh pemain lawan.. kali nie kena lebih waspada..

dengan toure dan ebiue masih di afrika.. flamini tampak x berapa fit utk game nie.. nampaknya mungkin gilberto akan dpt peluang starting 11 dulu...
sendoras akan terus jadi last man.. hmm.. setelah lawan England iTu hari rasanya senderos lebih matang..

so prediction aku.. Arsenal menang 3-0.. go arsenal..

Adakah Arsenal akan bermain luar dari England?

Alahai.. heboh english press bincang pasal isu ni...

kebanyakan manager dah melompat dengan kenyataan FIFA yang bila di fikirkan memang masuk akal..

tapi kalau untuk tujuan kormesial.. memang ada banyak pro n kontranye ye...kelab yang terbilang macam Arsenal memang mengalu-alukan teta[i ada bayak perlu diperbincangkan...

Arsene cakap dia takde masalah... yelah kesian jugak dekat kita ni penyokong luar England yang mahu tgk kehangatan pasukan kita kan...

bagi aku la.. kalau bleh mai malaysia lagi bagus tapi kalau x mai xpe jugak... kan BPL nie leage England... biar la buat kat england baru rasa syok kan... sekadang ada tour bila ujung2 musim pun dah kira bagus.. hehe

Arsenal chairmain tegur FA England

Peter Hill-Wood..

Beliau adalah chairman untuk Arsenal sejak tahun 1982, mewarisi share kelab daripada ayahnye.. yang bercolibrasi dengan uncle2nya ketika itu..

seorng bisnesman yang berjaya dan berwawasan tinggi untuk kemajuan kelab Arsenal... dia adalah penyumbang idea untuk membuat stadium baru iaitu stadium Emirates sekarang..

isunya sekarang..
peter menempelak FA England yang sememangnya bangga dengan liga English yang paling berprestij didunia.. namun bagi pasukan kebangsaan England masih belum jadi yang terkuat.. man taknya.. kebanyakkan kelab yang mengunguli carta, lebih suka mengunakan kudrat import berbanding pemain tempatan..

jadi secara berterusan England memang kekurangan bakat untuk mewakili skuad kebangsaan.. kalau ada pun tak sejaguh team gary lineker dulu..

jadi seharusnyalah FA England mengambil lebih banyak perubahan.. sebelum semua yang ada terus pupus... hahaha

Man city 3 Arsenal 1

menang lagi ..

how beautiful Arsenal game tonite.. macam lipas kudung aje eduardo mengucar kacirkan pertahanan man city... like the fox in the box.. we should selute the 2nd goal.. superb.. cantik la.. memang gifted pemain nie.. once again Arsene Wenger not judge he wrong... wow... gempak siot..

ok.. tribute for our new goal machine.. ahaks.. malam nie aje dah dua gol di sumbatkan oleh dier.. Yes.. Emmanual Adebayor... dah mengatasi jaringan terbanyak setakat ini yg dipegang oleh Ronaldo.. berbisa sungguh sbb fizikal dia yg tinggi lampai dan lincah susah dikawal. kita sgt berharap this is the beginning of a new 'kanu' or theirry henry or maybe ian wright..

Lehman...

ahaks.. cayalah bagus .. persembahan yang tak menghampakan.. harap2 dia dpt perform lagi.. memang syg nak lepaskan keeper yg from zero to hero at germany nie.. keep on fighting for ur place as a #1 Arsenal goal keeper..

Bersemangat...

peluang sgt cerah utk kita menghadapi cabaran champion leage x lame lagi.. dan hopefully we can maintain our top flight post.. yeah.. good lah!