Premiership preview- 4th December 2013

In the Premiership tonight Arsenal play Hull City at home. Hull just beat Liverpool so Arsenal will need to be on top of their game to beat Hull.

The players to watch for this game will be Olivier Giroud and Aaron Ramsey.

 If we can get the best out of either of these players then it will be good night for Arsenal. I think Arsenal will win by two goals to one. 

Manchester United are playing Everton at home and this could be quite a tough match. 

Everton are currently above Man United and would want it to stay that way. Plus David Moyes used to manage Everton so Everton will want to prove they are better without him.

However it is difficult to beat Man United at home so I think Man United will win by two goals to one.

Liverpool are at home to Norwich City and after losing to Hull at the weekend they will want to get there title chase back on track. Therefore I think Liverpool will win by two goals to nil.

Spurs are away to manager less Fulham and as Spurs are currently ninth in the league they will want to this win.

To be fair this match could go either way but I think Spurs will win by three goals to one.

Lastly Manchester City are away to West Bromwich Albion and Manchester City have been playing well so would expect to win this match by three goals to nil.

What are your predictions?

Arsenal v Cardiff City review

In yesterday Premiership game, Arsenal beat Cardiff City by three goals to nil. 

I  thought Aaron Ramsey would be one of the goal scorer's as he has been very consistent this season. 

It was great to see Aaron score two goals  against his old team and with Mathieu Flamini scoring the third goal. 

Arsenal defence have significantly improved this season both Pers Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny  have been excellent and solid at the back and this has given the rest of the team confidence. 

Arsenal where very solid in a very competitive match and this was kind of match that we would have been struggling to win last season. 

This win has put Arsenal seven points ahead although the other top teams like Liverpool, Chelsea, Man City and Man United will play today. 

Preview of the Arsenal v Cardiff City game

In today's Premiership game,  Arsenal are away to Cardiff City in what promises to be a tough encounter.

I do think Arsenal have the edge and if they play as well as they have been playing then they should win. 

Now we have Rosicky and Walcott back in the squad it gives the team a little bit more pace which they have been lacking.

 

However home advantage for Cardiff will make it harder for Arsenal to get this win and Cardiff are going to be very tough competitors. 

I think we will get a marginal victory of two goals to one and I think either Ramsey or Wiltshire will get onto the score sheet. 

What are your predictions?

Arsenal's season so far

As we are now on an international break, I thought it would be a good time to look at Arsenal's season so far.

The stats do not lie and Arsenal are in a better league position now than this time last year.

Arsene Wenger may have added a few new players, but the existing players have all started to play well especially Laurent Koscielny  and Aaron Ramsey.

Aaron Ramsey is scoring goals that has surprised fans far and wide. 

The end of summer signing Mesut Ozil has been a bit of relevation and his link up play has been second to none. 

So the area of the field that Arsenal still have a problem is upfront. We are still trying to walk the ball into the back of the net. It has been particularly hard for Oliver Giroud this season. 

I cannot see Arsene Wenger buying a striker in the January window so our bet is to hope Lucas Polodski returns from injury to partner Oliver Giroud. 

We are currently top of the league and how long we stay largely depends on when our injured players are coming back to help the squad to deliver our first trophy in eight years.

 

Champions League - Wednesdays games

In this evening Champions League games Arsenal beat Borussia Dortmund by a goal to nil. 

It was an amazing match and to be fair before the match I would have been grateful for a draw. 

But once the Aaron Ramsey scored then I started to believe we could win this. Aaron Ramsey has been a revelation this season. 

I cannot believe it is the same player that I spent all of last season moaning about!  

Now I feel really guilty about how desparate I was Arsene Wenger to get rid of him. 

To think he has scored eleven goals this season and will probably get more. 

This was a really good win for Arsenal and apparently Arsenal are the first English team to beat Borussia Dortmund at home since 1964!

Next game is away to Manchester United and winning this Borussia Dortmund game will give the team a lot more confidence for the match against Man United. 

Chelsea beat Schalke by three goals to nil and Samuel Eto scored two goals. 

This means Chelsea need a point from their next game to ensure that they qualify for the next round. 

This was a good bounce back result for Chelsea after their surprising away loss to Newcastle. Winning this game may put them back on track. 

Premiership- Super Sunday

Today is Super Sunday and in the premiership and Arsenal are at home to Stoke City. It should be a good match but with half of our first team missing anything could happen.

Hopefully the likes of Theo Walcott, Aaron Ramsey and Mesut Ozil will step up like they did against Marseille. So I am cautiously optimistic that we will win. 

Tottenham are away to Cardiff City this should be a very entertaining match as newly promoted Cardiff City try to match the super spending Tottenham. I do think Tottenham will win but Cardiff City could surprise us.

Man City play Man United at home and this should be a very good match. I think the slight edge goes to Man City as they are at home. But it is a Manchester darby so anything could happen!

 

Champions League round up- What a win!

So I am very proud of Arsenal tonight to get to win by two goals to one away  from home and with the skeleton team we took is nothing short of amazing. 

All the players stepped up to the plate and delivered and that is something we haven't seen too much of in the last eight  years!

Our goal scorer's Theo Walcott and Aaron Ramsey both had a good night. To be honest last season I really wanted Aaron out of the team ! I am now grateful that he is an instrumental part of the team.

I am even beginning to believe in Arsene Wenger again. I just hope that we can keep this up and ultimately get some silverware of some sort this season.

It was a bad night for Chelsea who lost two goals to one to FC Basel. I think complacency is what cost them the match tonight. 

As I said in my previous post FC Basel have good record against British clubs. Which means they know how to rise up to the occasion and they definitely did that today.  

Preview of tonight's Champions League games

So in under three hours Arsenal  play Marseille and this will be a tough match. Firstly any away match is a tough match and secondly half our first team is injured.

If we're lucky we might be able grind out a result but one thing is of sure this is not going to be easy. 

I am hoping that this team that includes Mesut, Theo and the inform Aaron Ramsey will surprise me and get the out right win!

Chelsea take on FC Basel at home and in the past Basel have surprised British teams. 

I am not saying they are going to do it here. Because I know they are capable of surprising teams it would not surprise me if Basel got a result. 

Unlike Arsenal, Chelsea have a full complement of players to pick from. This makes Basel challenge of beating them greater than ever. 

As both Man United and Man City did so well yesterday it would be nice for Arsenal to start with a win!