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It’s a very late preview of the Shakhtar game today and I have to apologise for that. Better late then never though, I hope. Tonight’s team will be much changed from the one that snuck a late win against West Ham. Cesc Fabregas, Alex Song, Denilson and Andrey Arshavin are all out with injuries (although [...]
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Tonight sees a very interesting match-up in the Carling Cup between Arsenal and Newcastle United. It will be a tough game at St James’ Park, so the announcement from the manager that Theo Walcott, Laurent Koscielny and Nicklas Bendtner, among others, will be back in the starting team is most welcome. Carling Cup teams are [...]
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Since the respective financial rise and fall of Manchester City and Liverpool, the fixture involving Arsenal and the blue half of Manchester has effectively replaced that of the red half of Liverpool. Much as we despise the manner in which their rise has come about the fact is that City are now title contenders and [...]
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Arsenal play host to Eduardo and his new buddies from Shakhtar Donetsk tonight in a game that Arsene Wenger believes will “give us an opportunity to basically think we have qualified” if three points are secured. A quick glance at the table shows he’s probably right: both Arsenal and Shakhtar sit on six points with [...]
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Arsene Wenger held his usual Thursday afternoon press conference yesterday and revealed all about the state of the squad for the coming weekend and beyond. In short, Nicklas Bendtner and Kieran Gibbs will be back in the squad; Theo Walcott is an outside chance to be involved and is looking sharp; Manuel Almunia is out [...]
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I think is fair to call tomorrow’s game against Chelsea the biggest challenge our boys have faced so far this season. In fact, it might just be the biggest challenge they face in the entire season. It is a huge disappointment that we go into such an important game with such an understrength team. We [...]
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Tonight is the first North London Derby of the season. Although it’s only the Carling Cup, with both Arsenal and Tottenham juggling Champions League and Premier League fixtures and therefore certain to rotate, it could be a cracking game at White Hart Lane. When it comes to predicting the team that Arsene Wenger will put [...]
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