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AFCB editor Andrew Weber rounds up the day’s news… Nasri unlucky again Before the start of the 2009/2010 season Samir Nasri suffered a broken leg in an unfortunate training ground incident involving Abou Diaby and missed the first two months of the campaign. He recently spoke of his frustration over that injury and a desire [...]
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AFCB special columnist J’ammanuel Egnoue brings us the first edition of his new weekly column… Greetings and salutations! I’m a world-famous celebrity actor J’ammanuel Egnoue. When not acting, I’m playing professional football for Arsenal FC. I can also speak Korean! Sometimes I even practice my acting while playing football. You see when Stevie G tackled [...]
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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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AFCB editor Andrew Weber rounds up the day’s news… Almunia admits worries A day after captaining Arsenal at Anfield, Manuel Almunia has admitted he is struggling to cope with the speculation surrounding the goalkeeper’s position at Arsenal. “To be honest, it is so difficult [to concentrate]. Arsenal is a big club and speculation is always [...]
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AFCB editor Andrew Weber reviews all the action from Anfield on the opening day of the season… Arsenal snatched a late equaliser to draw 1-1 with Liverpool as Pepe Reina’s calamitous own goal denied the hosts an opening-day win at Anfield. Reduced to ten men after Joe Cole’s poor tackle on Laurent Koscielny just before [...]
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On the eve Sunday’s season opener against Liverpool the biggest talking point in the Arsenal team, that of who will start in goals at Anfield, has become even more debatable. Arsene Wenger, speaking at the pre-game press conference, confirmed that whoever starts as goalkeeper on Sunday will be Arsenal’s No 1 for the season, but [...]
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Arsene Wenger has signed a contract extension until 2014 that will see him end his career as a football manager at Arsenal. For anyone who is unsure about or disagrees with the decision of the club to hand Wenger a contract extension, I strongly encourage you to read Tony Attwood’s fantastic article on Untold Arsenal [...]
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It was always going to take something fairly hefty to break up the promised silence between my last post and the launch of the new Arsenal FC Blog scheduled for the 13th of August. As it is, it’s not just one great piece of news, but two. The first is that Cesc Fabregas has rejoined [...]
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I’m baaaack! And it’s about time, too. For those who are unaware, I took some time off over the World Cup to begin the very exciting Football Nomad adventure. It was a brilliant month of traveling and filming around Europe and South Africa and I’m delighted to say that I’m currently as close as I’ve [...]
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First things first, I have to warn you that this will be quite a lengthy post! I also have to warn you that there will be no comments about Cesc Fabregas’ potential move to Barcelona, the arrival of Marouane Chamakh from Bordeaux nor the exit of Fran Merida to Atletico Madrid. There will be no [...]
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It’s been a rather busy week following the completion of Arsenal’s season. There’s been lots of talk about players going, potential transfers as well as the announcement of the squad’s for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and I have summarised it all for you today. Campbell’s contract extension The signs are good that [...]
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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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I really can’t believe it’s the last game of the season today. It’s been quite an exhausting season from a personal point of view. So many late nights, so many stressful matches and so much emotion in the posts and comments on the blog. I make no bones about the fact that I am a [...]
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The annual Arsenal Charity Ball, which supports the Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, was held at Emirates Stadium on Thursday. The female Gooners among you all will be happy to hear that each and every player was present, suited up and looking fresh. Kickette has a host of lovely photos of the event but I’ve [...]
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