October
Arsenal had a very poor October. October started badly after a shock 2-1 defeat from West Brom even though Arsenal dominated. Then Arsenal scraped a victory against Red Star with a Didier Drogba goal, who so far has not lived up to his £30 million price tag. But then Arsenal hammerred Cardiff 7-0 with Henry(2), Van Persie(2), Senderos, Walcott and a Filipescu own goal. But then it became bad as Pompey dumped them out of the league cup with a Giovanni Torre brace. And then Reading held Arsenal to a draw despite Arsenal dominating. October ended with a tough 1-0 win in Belgrade against Red Star.
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After the Red Star match there was a press conference for Mr. Boyle:
Boyle: Thank you for all coming to this press conference you can ask me any Arsenal related question.
Reporter 1: How have the team taken to being knocked out of the league cup in the third round?
Boyle: Well, obviously after the game we were upset that we did not progress further in the competition but now that our emotions have calmed down we now see that we will havbe more time to focus on the three more important Competitions.
Reporter 2: We have all heard about the £30 million spent on Didier Drogba. Do you think he will be worth it?
Boyle: Now look I know Arsenal fans will be shocked about the amount of money we spent on Didier and at the moment he is not as prolific as he was at Chelsea but give him time we play a lot prettier football than Chelsea with lots of passing whereas Chelsea play a lot of route one. I know Didier will be worth it in the end.
Reprter 3: It was well documented that Claydon, when he bought the club, wanted a new manager such as Lippi. How is your relationship with Lee Claydon?
Boyle: We are great friends profesionally and unprofesionally. I know that he was not to sure about me staying on as manager but the team helped me by getting into the top four and qualifying for Europe and at the moment there is no reason why he should sack me because of results as Arsenal are second in the premiership abnd have qualified for the champions league knock-out rounds.
Reporter 4: The Manchester United game is coming up will the be the normal drama? Pizza and pea soup food fight? A player getting hit by a stray boot?
Boyle I know we are a much better team than Manchester United and will win if we play to our full potential. But will my players disgrace Arsenal football club? NO. I will be very pleased to beat Ray Daniels next week.