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Arsenal were rewarded with all three points for a concentrated and energetic performance against Blackburn at Ewood Park. The home side caused trouble for us throughout the match with their game plan to attack aerially via long balls but our boys stood up well, scoring two goals either side of Mame Biram Diouf’s equaliser to [...]
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AFCB’s new tactics guru Andrew Enloe gets the chalkboards out for the very first edition of ‘The Short Corner’… In the world of Arsenal blogging, it seems the tactical side gets put on the back burner with most articles focused on team spirit and Arsene Wenger’s much-vaunted “mental strength.” This has its place of course, [...]
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The main story thus far in the World Cup isn’t all the wackiness going on with the French and England squads or the vuvuzela’s. Not by a long shot. The main story of this tournament is and will continue to be the refereeing. Every match seems to have at least one major gaffe, an entire [...]
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American President John F. Kennedy once famously said: “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” If you’re the French national team, your response to that clarion call is: “We can do very little”. France took one on the chin on Match Day 7 as Mexico [...]
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Apologies for the delay in getting this posted. Andy & I had a bit of a publishing mix-up. Got it sorted & updates will be more timely going forward. ***** The history! The pageantry! The anticipation! The crazy, vuvuzela-playing fans! Sepp Blatter telling everyone we’re in South Africa! Yes, the World Cup is upon us. [...]
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Greetings, fellow Gooners. Welcome to the AFC Blog Arsenal Squad World Cup Preview. We’ll do some quick hitters on all the Arsenal players involved in the upcoming World Cup to kick things off, and list each player by group and team so you can follow along. As we move through the month-long tournament for the [...]
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After a weekend off from blogging I’m refreshed and ready to tackle all things Arsenal. The agenda for this week sees the away leg of our Champions League Round of 16 clash with FC Porto followed by a home game in the league against Sunderland. They are two games that probably sit in the medium-hard [...]
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Hello all, Abou Diaby here. As tonight sees the start of a new year I thought I’d share with you my resolutions for 2010. Avoid injuries such as muscle strains, ligament damage or scurvy. Grow my hair as long as Kyp Malone from TV On The Radio. Make a move to my dream club the [...]
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It’s bottom-of-the-table Portsmouth in the league tonight in another important game. With Chelsea winning last night to end their little blip it’s vital that we bring three points back from Fratton Park to keep up our chase at the top. Cesc Fabregas will of course be absent after tweaking his hamstring against Aston Villa, although [...]
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I’m not sure how happy Arsene Wenger will be about this but both Abou Diaby and Denilson have been talking up how much they’d love to play in next year’s World Cup in South Africa. In-form Diaby has said making the World Cup is a big aim of his and he will “do everything to [...]
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I was sure something special was brewing on the night that Arsenal played Aston Villa. So sure, in fact, that I organised a host of Gooners and Gooners-to-be around to my house for dinner and drinks before heading off to the pub to watch the game. I was so convinced we would win the game, [...]
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Update: Please note that I will have a full match report of the Arsenal vs Aston Villa game in Tuesday’s post. Arsenal beat Aston Villa 3-0 last night thanks to two superb goals by substitute Cesc Fabregas – the first a beautiful free-kick – and a late third by Abou Diaby. Enjoy them again now. [...]
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If someone had offered you a 3-0 win for Arsenal over Hull you would have bitten his hand off. If someone had offered you a 3-0 win for Arsenal over Hull with Denilson scoring a peach of a free-kick, Eduardo getting a much-needed goal, Abou Diaby starring as Man of the Match and getting an [...]
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Update: That should of course read ‘Eduardo back, Rosicky out’. My mistake. Some quick pre-West Ham thoughts and news bites: Eduardo has been confirmed in the squad by Arsene Wenger, Tomas Rosicky is out. Nicklas Bendtner is still 50:50 while Philippe Senderos will be in the squad for the first time this season. I still [...]
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Hello, hello. I’ve got a quick Olympiacos preview for you today and some chat about Arsene Wenger’s unwillingness to spend money before the anticipated unexpected return of the Arsenal FC Weekly podcast. We of course host Greek side Olympiacos in the Champions League tonight at the Emirates in a game where three points will be expected. [...]
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Arsenal 4 (Diaby 18, Diaby 22, Gallas 51, Ramsey 69) Portsmouth 1 (Kaboul 69) Video Highlights | Wenger Interview Match Review The Arsenal boys made it two from two in the Premier League with an extremely comfortable 4-1 win over out-of-sorts Portsmouth in the first home game of the new season. Abou Diaby’s two early [...]
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Today is the third in a series of posts reviewing Arsenal’s 2008/09 season. Last week I reviewed the performances of our goalkeepers and defenders over the course of the season and today it’s the midfielders turn. Enjoy, and be sure to let me know what you think at the end by commenting. Wenger’s gamble When Mathieu Flamini, [...]
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