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First things first, some theme music to go with today’s post. I know this is a completely selfish thing for me to say but I’m going to say it anyway: the first international break of the season could not have come at a better time. Following the non-news of Mark Schwarzer’s non-arrival there is virtually [...]
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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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The spectacular, brand-spanking new AFCB Writing Team provides their predictions for the upcoming season. Just don’t take Alan Dixon-Lawrenson’s too seriously… Where will Arsenal finish in the league this season? Andrew Weber: It very much depends on signings made before the end of transfer window. No higher than third is no-one is brought in, possible [...]
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AFCB editor and chief writer Andrew Weber previews Arsenal’s 2010/2011 season… The fresh scent of a new season could not come sooner for Arsenal supporters, who spent the duration of the World Cup and beyond wondering whether their captain and talisman Cesc Fabregas would remain at the club for another year. In the end Arsene [...]
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Welcome, everyone, to the re-launch of AFCB for 2010/2011! After an extended break from all things Arsenal I’m back, refreshed and raring to go for what should be another year of watching Arsenal and telling you what I think about it all. You may or may not know that over the course of the off-season [...]
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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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Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the Champions League last night thanks to a 1-0 victory over Manchester City. Here’s five reasons why I am happy it is them rather than their opponents that will get the prize of fourth place and a spot in Europe. 1. The City juggernaught gets held off for another season In [...]
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I won’t lie to you, I didn’t get to see much of Arsenal’s 2-1 loss to Blackburn. I saw highlights of the goals as well as a sustained period of about twenty minutes across half time, but not enough that would give me the right to comment on our overall performance. What I can comment [...]
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It’s Blackburn on Monday night in the second last game of the Premier League season. We need a point in our last two games to guarantee third place. We’ll hear the team news over the next day or so but in my opinion if Alex Song is present in the starting team then we will [...]
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Apart from it winning the hypothetical, unofficial award for most boring Arsenal game of the season there isn’t much to say about yesterday’s 0-0 draw with Manchester City. Both defences ruled and it made for an dour affair, in complete contrast to the hyperactive attacking duel that I had expected pre-game. A lot of that [...]
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It’s Manchester City tomorrow and what an interesting game it looks to be. City are chasing fourth in the league, we have work to do to ensure we finish third in the league while Emmanuel Adebayor returns to The Emirates for the first time since his move to Manchester. Long-time readers of the blog will [...]
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Whatever slim hopes we had of winning the league this season were comprehensively dashed yesterday as our boys lost 3-2 at Wigan. There are two contrasting schools of thought that could provide the reasoning for yesterday’s result. The first comes from the optimists, blaming the injury crisis and a lack of quality players for the [...]
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I think it’s fair to say that people will be fairly angry after what just happened, so I’m giving you the opportunity to let it out here. I don’t think it’s going to be pretty and I’m not going to hang around – but if you want to vent then go for it. I’ll have [...]
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The fat lady has sung. Loud and clear. A 2-1 reverse to Tottenham at White Hart Lane, our first North London Derby defeat in over a decade, has ended our hopes of winning the Premier League title. It was always going to be difficult, it was always going to be unlikely and now, it is [...]
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Chelsea’s narrow victory over Bolton, achieved in part thanks to two remarkable penalty denials, ensured the North London Derby remains a must-win game for Arsenal. Two fascinating returns provide the talking points for this game: Sol Campbell to White Hart Lane and Robin van Persie from a sustained injury lay-off. Campbell is bound to get [...]
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As Theo Walcott’s mis-kick dribbled wide of the goal and television pictures scanned to the Arsenal bench to reveal Arsene Wenger’s looks of utter hopelessness and frustration I thought our Premier League dream was over. I thought for all our scrapping, for all of our determination to fight back and snatch points with several goals [...]
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