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These are comments made by Arsene Wenger on the eve of today’s clash with Blackburn at Ewood Park: “For us it will be important that we are strong in the air because they favour that style. They have Paul Robinson who kicks the ball very long and they have long throws too. It’s important in [...]
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On paper, Blackpool at home is the easiest fixture that Arsenal will play this season. But after the Tangerines’ surprising 4-0 win away to Wigan on the opening day they will be feeling a sense of “euphoria”, as Arsene Wenger has put it, and may play with a dangerous lack of doubt at The Emirates. [...]
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The big question for Arsenal fans going into the opening game of the season against Liverpool at Anfield is: what is a good result? Historically this a fixture where a draw would be considered acceptable, yet this assessment is complicated by the poor showing Liverpool gave last season and the pre-season injury crisis that threatens [...]
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I really can’t believe it’s the last game of the season today. It’s been quite an exhausting season from a personal point of view. So many late nights, so many stressful matches and so much emotion in the posts and comments on the blog. I make no bones about the fact that I am a [...]
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It’s Blackburn on Monday night in the second last game of the Premier League season. We need a point in our last two games to guarantee third place. We’ll hear the team news over the next day or so but in my opinion if Alex Song is present in the starting team then we will [...]
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It’s Manchester City tomorrow and what an interesting game it looks to be. City are chasing fourth in the league, we have work to do to ensure we finish third in the league while Emmanuel Adebayor returns to The Emirates for the first time since his move to Manchester. Long-time readers of the blog will [...]
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Chelsea’s narrow victory over Bolton, achieved in part thanks to two remarkable penalty denials, ensured the North London Derby remains a must-win game for Arsenal. Two fascinating returns provide the talking points for this game: Sol Campbell to White Hart Lane and Robin van Persie from a sustained injury lay-off. Campbell is bound to get [...]
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Last week it was eight. Now we’re down to seven. Birmingham and a trip to St Andrew’s are next in line as our boys continue their pursuit of a most unlikely league title. The last time we played here was over two years ago. Eduardo had his leg broken, Theo Walcott scored two goals and [...]
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At the moment watching Arsenal’s title charge is like watching someone crossing a rickety old rope bridge positioned over a massive pool of lava. There’s eight battered and beaten steps to go and if one of them breaks, we’re done for. The first of those eight steps is tomorrow’s home clash with West Ham and [...]
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As the game entered stoppage time with the scoreline at Arsenal 1, Hull City 1, I had a terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach. A feeling that for all our good work this season, for all of our fighting and scrapping and regularly brilliant football, it would all come crashing down in the [...]
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Forget about winning the Champions League. Forget about winning the Premier League. All that matters right now is that we go to Hull City tomorrow night and pick up three points. There’s been a bit of bad blood in this fixture over the past couple of years and with us fighting for the league and [...]
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Three weeks ago a disastrous performance by Lukasz Fabianski allowed FC Porto to come away with a 2-1 first-leg lead against us. Tonight our team must overturn that deficit to book a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and we will have to do it without Cesc Fabregas. The captain’s hamstring tweak means [...]
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On paper today’s home clash with Burnley looks a cakewalk. They are yet to win away from home, picking up just one point from fourteen away games this season, and currently have the worst away record this season. Meanwhile our home record is strong, our performances in the last couple of games has been good [...]
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It’s a huge game for us today at Stoke. Absolutely huge. The Carling Cup final means Manchester United have a week off league action, while Chelsea face a tough lunch-time visit from Manchester City. It’s an opportunity to gain more ground, for sure. What has surprised me are the number of Arsenal fans are extremely [...]
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Arsenal really must beat Liverpool tonight to stay in the title race. Anything less than three points would mean relying on Chelsea and Manchester United to drop points at Everton and Aston Villa respectively and although they are both tough fixtures I don’t expect that to happen. The team is likely to be the same [...]
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