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AFCB writer Daniel Brookes on the satisfaction of watching young players develop… This week, I have been mostly pondering a comment left on one of our Editor-in-Chief’s posts last week. The comment regarded Theo Walcott and was dropped by ‘James Robin’. It went as follows: “If we have players that need development, why aren’t they [...]
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Despite Manuel Almunia’s excellent game against Blackburn on Saturday, I still want Mark Schwarzer to sign from Fulham before the transfer window closes tomorrow. As an Australian who keenly follows the Premier League, I have seen more of Schwarzer than most people. This is not a way of belittling anybody’s opinion, it is just a [...]
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AFCB writer Daniel Brookes comments on Theo Walcott in ‘From The Left Wing’… You have to feel sorry for Theo Walcott sometimes. As an Arsenal fan, I’ve watched him progress over the last three or four years and thought of him simply as a young player who must have a certain amount of quality to [...]
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AFCB writer Daniel Brookes provides a typically alternative view in ‘From The Left Wing’… Welcome one and welcome all to my first article on the new-look AFCB. By way of introduction, my name is Dan, I live in London, I’ve been following Arsenal for about 16 years now and my current favourite player is Alex [...]
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The spectacular, brand-spanking new AFCB Writing Team provides their predictions for the upcoming season. Just don’t take Alan Dixon-Lawrenson’s too seriously… Where will Arsenal finish in the league this season? Andrew Weber: It very much depends on signings made before the end of transfer window. No higher than third is no-one is brought in, possible [...]
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Following the 4-0 final day win over Fulham, I thought it interesting to provide a very brief statistical comparison of Arsenal’s performance in the 2008/09 and 2009/10 seasons. League Position 2008/09: 4th 2009/10: 3rd Conclusion: An improvement of one place on last season – in the process navigating the unwanted task of playing early-season Champions [...]
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With just two games left in the Premier League season and third place all but secured, I’m going to follow Arsene Wenger’s example and talk about transfer today. I’m going to keep it short and simple. I am going to name the positions that I feel we need new players and also a realistic example [...]
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Real Madrid were knocked out the Champions League last night, leaving the trio of Manchester United, Lyon and Bayern Munich to join Arsenal in the quarter-finals. No-one would argue against the fact that with Madrid topping the Spanish league and players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka in their team they looked a decent chance of [...]
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Emmanuel Adebayor just can’t leave Arsenal alone, can he? The latest in a long line of interviews where he attempts to portray himself as some sort of angel, hard-done by Arsenal and Arsene Wenger is quite frankly, laughable. And while I really shouldn’t take the bait I’m going to by carving up his latest comments [...]
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I’ve just got some quick thoughts/feelings on last night’s game, which I’ll go into more detail on in tomorrow’s post: The Aaron Ramsey injury was ridiculous and unfair. It cannot be a coincidence that we have had three players taken out by opponents in the past five years, ending in serious injuries. After ignoring the [...]
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I’ve got something completely different for you guys today, a minute-by-minute analysis of Maroune Chamakh’s performance for Bordeaux against Olympiakos in last night’s Champions League game. For those that don’t know we’ve all but signed the Moroccan striker on a pre-contract and I though it would be interesting to actually watch him play and talk [...]
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There’s been a lot of talk recently about the remaining fixtures of the top three sides and how it might influence the whereabouts of this season’s league title. Heck, I was in on the act almost three weeks ago, just before the Chelsea game, when I stated that Arsenal’s more generous fixture meant that at [...]
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I may be one of the staunchest pro-Wengerites on the face of the earth but even I can admit that Arsenal have problems at the moment. However, instead of just yelling “Sack Wenger and buy some players!” I thought I’d have a go at solving those problems with the personnel we have at our disposal. [...]
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I think it’s fair to say that the fans’ confidence in Arsenal and Arsene Wenger is at the lowest point it has been this season. Sunday’s 3-1 defeat to Manchester United left our boys five points of the top of the table with league leaders and our opponents for this weekend Chelsea expected to extend [...]
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Scott the Red from The Republik of Mancunia interviewed me over the weekend about my thoughts on the Arsenal v Manchester United game. You can read a transcript of that interview below or view the article in it’s original form here. Thanks to Scott for a really good set of questions. * * * Andrew [...]
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Here is a comment from reputable Manchester United blogger Scott the Red from The Republik of Mancunia about our performance yesterday and more specifically, that of Arsene Wenger: “Whilst their players were disappointing, you have to wonder what their manager was thinking. I think today was a better performance than the European game, but they [...]
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The Arsenal FC Blog has been nominated for ‘Best Team Site’ in the 2009 Soccerlens Awards. Vote for it by clicking here! It is a little bit en vogue to criticise Eduardo at the moment. “He’s a passenger” is the thing you hear the most these days. “He’ll never be the same as he was [...]
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