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In the aftermath of our 1-0 defeat to Manchester United Pete Triplow from The Beautiful Groan (a hugely underrated and relatively unknown Arsenal blog) made a very astute observation: “It is a popular myth that you have to be perfect to win the league. You constantly hear how ‘Arsenal can’t win the league without a [...]
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For those that don’t know, my all-time favourite footballer is Freddie Ljungberg. Yes, I harp on about Johan Djourou a lot, I’ve praised Alex Song to high heavens and I will always love Dennis Bergkamp for showing me the light and leading me to Arsenal, but the truth is that none of those three can [...]
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I’m currently working on a piece analysing each and every goal that Arsenal have conceded this season in a bid to identify any trends about our defensive problems. It’s quite an exhaustive task and as you can imagine, it’s taking some time. While I’m working on that I thought I’d throw a question out to [...]
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I realise this is a delayed comment on the Newcastle game — heck, I haven’t updated the blog since Thursday! — but my brother has been in town and it has been very difficult to get anything done. Given that it is now Tuesday it is tempting to mark the loss to Newcastle off and [...]
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AFCB writer Darragh Murray celebrates the impact of Samir Nasri so far this season… I have, for a long time, sang the praises of Samir Nasri and with his exceptional performance at the City of Manchester Stadium on Sunday, providing a hefty contribution to Arsenal’s three-nil victory over the cashed up City. Many have been [...]
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While a rash challenge is not good to see, what seems even more frustrating is the seeming impossibility to discuss these things in a rational manner, particularly when they concern the Arsenal Football Club. Those who watched the game against Birmingham on the weekend would have seen Jack Wilshere’s badly timed challenge on Birmingham striker, [...]
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The AFCB’s newest writer, Andrew Luck, already gave his view from the stands of Arsenal’s important 2-1 win over Blackburn, so it would be redundant for me to run through the whole match again. Instead, I would simply like to give my thoughts on the important points from the contest, focusing on the controversial moments [...]
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