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Post image for Vermaelen’s surgery: what does it mean for the rest of our defence?

By now all of you should be well aware of the news that Thomas Vermaelen has finally gone in for surgery on his troublesome achilles tendon problem. After waiting and waiting for the natural healing process to do it’s thing — the usual approach to an achilles tendon problem — complications with his problem have [...]

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Post image for Arsenal draw Barcelona in Champions League: Open Thread

Just opening a thread for comments on Arsenal drawing Barcelona in the second round of the Champions League. We’ll play at home first before traveling to the Nou Camp for the second leg, just like last year. Thoughts? Feelings? Please keep swearing and thoughtless complaining to a minimum: let’s just talk about our chances in [...]

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Post image for Wilshere putting pen to paper is fantastic news

Jack Wilshere put pen to paper today to a sign a new contract that ensures his future is with Arsenal. It is absolutely fantastic news. His success has been the story of the season and his quality, enthusiasm and will to learn will make him a great player for both Arsenal and England for years [...]

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Post image for Is Manuel Almunia’s career at Arsenal over?

Given the strong form of Lukasz Fabianski over the past month, Wojciech Szczesny’s impressive performance against Newcastle United and Arsene Wenger’s unconvincing comments on Thursday afternoon about the state of his elbow injury an important question now needs to be asked: is Manuel Almunia’s career at Arsenal over? In the manager’s usual weekly press conference [...]

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Post image for Nasri’s improvement, Fabianski’s redemption

It might be Tuesday, two days after the great win over Manchester City, but if you’re feeling anything like me then you will still be grinning like an idiot. The post-match comments have focused mostly on the players widely considered to have been out most impressive performers at City, goal-scoring extraordinaire Samir Nasri and goal-saving [...]

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Vermaelen mystery rolls on

by Andrew Weber on October 22, 2010

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Arsene Wenger gave his usual weekly press conference yesterday and as is the norm, most of it focused on the injury situation at the club. There is good news, not so good news and bad news for the trip to Manchester City. The good news is that Bacary Sagna will be back in the squad [...]

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Post image for Thoughts on Cesc, Rosicky and Fabianski’s roles in the team

There’s not too much Arsenal news floating around today (it often happens on a Thursday when we have a Sunday game, with the manager’s press conference not until the afternoon) with the best of it coming from the mouths of Cesc Fabregas, Tomas Rosicky and Lukasz Fabianski. Cesc has stated that he believes this week’s [...]

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