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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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A quick International Break round-up before I head off to a birthday breakfast with my family. Robin van Persie was stretchered off after 11 minutes of Holland’s game against Italy with an ankle injury. Dutch TV reported he will be out for 2-3 months after tearing ankle ligaments. It’s awful news for both van Persie [...]

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Note: Regular readers will know I usually post match reports on a Monday. However with Chelsea and Manchester United playing tonight I thought I would include a match report of that game from an Arsenal perspective in tomorrow’s post. Stay tuned. Arsenal 4 (Zubar og 28, Craddock og 35, Fabregas 45, Arshavin 65) Wolves 1 [...]

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Today is the second in a series of posts reviewing Arsenal’s 2008/09 season. Yesterday I reviewed the performances of our goalkeepers over the course of the season and up for scrutiny today is the Arsenal defence. Unlike yesterday’s post which looked individually at the performances of Manuel Almunia and Lukasz Fabianski, this article is more [...]

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I thought I’d throw out a cheeky Saturday blog today, just because I can. More correctly it’s because I’ve had a couple of beers and have a bit of time on my hands. Hooray! First things first I just want to say “thank you” to everybody who left comments on yesterday’s post. To have over [...]

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Hello again and a happy Tuesday to you all. The Easter breather is over now and it’s time to look ahead to an exciting and intriguing week of football. Indeed, with the return leg against Villarreal on Thursday and a trip to Wembley to play Chelsea on Sunday, it wouldn’t be going too far to [...]

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