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This is the second part of AFCB’s 2010/2011 Season Review, focusing specifically on the players primarily used across the centre of the park this season. Each player has been giving a report card-style rating (ranging from A+ to E-) as well as the justification for their rating based on their progress and overall performance over [...]

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You might have noticed that there hasn’t been much blogging going on around here. The fact is that — probably like all of you — I’ve been rather demotivated in the last week. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve wanted to give you all something to read and talk about, to try and put a positive [...]

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Post image for The Short Corner: How Denilson would have improved Arsenal at Anfield

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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Arsenal came from behind twice to salvage a 2-2 draw with impressive Everton in the driving snow at Emirates Stadium. Denilson and Tomas Rosicky grabbed the goals for Arsenal – the latter coming in the 92nd minute – and you can see both of those plus extended highlights in the video below (LINK): Arsenal v [...]

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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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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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It’s Friday night right now in Brisbane and not for the first time this week I have to be super-quick. Here’s a quick round-up of things going on involving Arsenal in the last two days: Arsenal have decided to contest the two-game ban handed out to Eduardo for diving. While it is certainly to be [...]

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