Arsenal Win In Belgium

Too often in European away ties we play with an inbuilt fear, a fear of making a mistake and not being able to recover.  Last night saw a very indifferent performance from Arsenal, a performance that the Sky TV team of Parry and Smith.
Within five minutes all Arsenal fans were wondering what had gone wrong.  [...]

Arsenal Will Challenge for the League Next Season

The press and radio are having another field day with Arsenal, writing about our demise before a ball has been kicked.  The rationale behind this theory is we haven’t spent any money so we will struggle to qualify for the Europa League, never mind the Champions League.
Well let’s look at this matter in detail.
If Clichy [...]

Who Will We Face in the Champions League

Arsenal’s path to the Champion’s League group stages has been clarified somewhat today with the draw for the qualifying round of the Champions League.
Arsenal are automatically in the “Play-off” round along with Atletico Madrid, Lyons, VfB Stuttgart and Fiorentina.  We will be joined by the winners of the following matches:
Sparta Prague  v Panathinaikos  
Shakhtar Donetsk [...]

Finishing 4th CL Qualification is Not Easy Anymore

Defeat at the hands of Chelsea mean that we finish the season in 4th place and qualify for the Champions League knock-out stage.   What does this mean, and how does this differ from previous seasons?
 Under Michel Platini’s plan to get greater inclusion for team like Cluj and BATE Borisov, qualification for the group stages is [...]