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Post image for Spurs, Bolton and the title race

Spurs 3-3 Arsenal What a game this was. It may prove to be the straw that broke the camel’s back with regards to our title challenge — although one could argue our camel has been lying, crushed in the desert for some time now — but if you can’t appreciate a game of football like [...]

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Post image for Paul Robinson makes a fool of himself over Wenger comments

These are comments made by Paul Robinson, the Bolton defender who almost broke Abou Diaby’s leg with a brutal, shin-high tackle, in reply to Arsene Wenger’s absolutely correct comments about dangerous tackling. “I’m a committed player who wants to win all the time. I don’t go in to hurt people – that’s not my game [...]

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Post image for Have Arsenal hired a new PR officer?

To pick up right where I left off yesterday, I have to admit I spent most of Monday night checking and re-checking for news about the extent of Abou Diaby’s ankle injury. Yet while I did finally find some sort of answer – two or three games out according to Diaby himself – there was [...]

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Post image for Robinson on Diaby would not be tolerated in Australian sport

With our first Champions League game of the season against Braga on tomorrow there is only one question on everybody’s mind: how long will Abou Diaby be out for? Unfortunately at this stage there has been no information from the club aside from confirmation that he will not be playing tomorrow night. Not that we [...]

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Post image for The Short Corner: Time to give Vela a chance on the right

AFCB’s tactics guru Andrew Enloe looks at how we coped without Walcott and van Persie and presents his case for Carlos Vela to play on the right… We could be forgiven for being optimistic after seeing Robin Van Persie superbly play in Theo Walcott during Arsenal’s match against Blackburn two weeks ago.  They are two [...]

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Post image for Arsenal 4-1 Bolton: Arsenal win handsomely, but you wouldn’t know it.

I recently made the move from Brisbane to Berlin to live meaning, among other things, a change in the environment with which I watch the Arsenal play. For years my local stomping ground for watching Arsenal games has been the Pig ‘n’ Whistle but that has since changed to The Oscar Wilde Irish Pub . [...]

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Post image for Arsenal v Bolton preview: Who would have predicted Squillaci to partner Koscielny?

Praise the high heavens: the football is back! It seems like forever since our impressive win over Blackburn and I’m as excited as anyone about the prospect of taking on Bolton at The Emirates today. After speaking in detail about the injuries to Robin van Persie and particularly Theo Walcott over the past couple of [...]

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