Loose Cannon Reviews

Goonersphere's match review page covering all first team matches. Reviews include scores, injury updates, match stats, and player ratings.

Sam Stubbs-Benbow, known on Twitter as @sambangsdrums, is a student in Sound for television and is a keen musician. He has been following the Arsenal all his life and more widely, is a football nut, keen on anything to do with the beautiful game. You will find him at most home games and a few away ones and will be providing match reviews for Arsenal first team games this season.

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A Heavy Price To Pay For A Point Against A Poor Spurs Side

Written by Sam Stubbs-Benbow on 28 September 2014. Posted in Loose Cannon Reviews

Match Review: Arsenal 1 Sp*rs 1 - Premier League 27.09.14

The first North London Derby of the season ended in frustration, as Sp*rs stole a point from the Emirates. Arsenal were the dominant side and Sp*rs played in a manner that suggested they didn’t harbour any belief that they could win the game. But individual errors and an indifferent performance in the final third meant that what should have been a derby day win ended in a share of the points.

Arsenal Youngsters Let Down By Experienced Players

Written by Sam Stubbs-Benbow on 24 September 2014. Posted in Loose Cannon Reviews

Match Review: Arsenal 1 Southampton 2 - Capital One Cup 23.09.14

Arsenal are out of the Capital One Cup after just one round, following a disappointing game against Southampton. With a mixture of youngsters, fringe players and first team stars, it was always going to be difficult to produce a cohesive performance and it proved too much as we succumbed to a Southampton side who played well, but certainly weren’t world beaters.

Özil Back In The Middle & Back To His Best

Written by Sam Stubbs-Benbow on 21 September 2014. Posted in Loose Cannon Reviews

Match Review: Aston Villa 0 Arsenal 3 - Premier League 20.09.14

After a challenging week, Arsenal returned to winning ways in style. A gruelling encounter with Dortmund in the week left a lot of questions about the state of the current Arsenal side, with a lot of criticism for Özil in particular. After a slightly nervy start, we finally clicked into gear and produced a magical five minute blitz which yielded three goals and killed the game. After a concerning couple of weeks, it was a badly needed victory and also a good performance to go with it.