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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That Was Arsenal's Best Performance Of The Season

Written by Sam Stubbs-Benbow on 14 December 2014. Posted in Loose Cannon Reviews

Match Review: Arsenal 4 Newcastle United 1 - Premier League 13.12.14

Two weeks ago, I wrote that Arsenal may need major changes at the club. A few weeks before that, I wrote that we were in a crisis. Each time Arsenal have come back with consecutive wins of 1-0 and this time 4-1. I should have learned my lesson, but after defeats it’s easy to fall into the trap hyperbole and overreaction. Arsenal’s performance on Saturday was probably one of our best this season and an important reminder that there is quality and potential in our injury ravaged squad.

Ramsey Caps Off Group Stage With Wonder Goal

Written by Sam Stubbs-Benbow on 11 December 2014. Posted in Loose Cannon Reviews

Match Review: Galatasaray 1-4 Arsenal - Champions League - 09/12/14

The match on Tuesday was effectively a dead rubber, with Arsenal and Dortmund both through and Dortmund all but guaranteed the top spot. But following the weekend debacle at Stoke, this game took on a greater significance as we aimed to recover from yet another set back in this trying season. While Wenger rotated heavily for the tie, it was still a good win for a team that has come in for a lot of stick.

Taylor Is Europe's Worst Referee But Stoke Deserved To Win

Written by Sam Stubbs-Benbow on 06 December 2014. Posted in Loose Cannon Reviews

Match Review: Stoke City 3 Arsenal 2 - Premier League - 06.12.14

The annual defeat at the Britannia Stadium is becoming a depressing and damaging seasonal event. But the latest instalment of this nauseating saga was an absolute stinker, even by Arsenal standards. Yet even though we found ourselves 3-0 down to Stoke, I wasn’t even that surprised. I’ve seen that lacklustre, careless, sack of crap Arsenal team before, they turn up a number of times a season and are taken apart by any vaguely competent team. Despite what you might call a ‘comeback’ in the second half, we deserved nothing from the game and after grinding out some results and momentum, we’ve thrown it all away.