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Post image for West Brom v Arsenal: Will we do it?

So the final weekend arrives and we’re no nearer to knowing whether we will be playing Champions League football next season. We all know the equation by now: a win means third and automatic qualification. Anything less and we are at the mercy of Spurs and Newcastle. Finish fourth and we rely on Bayern Munich [...]

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Post image for Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City: A sweet, title-blocking victory

There are many reasons why Sunday’s victory over Manchester City was such a sweet one. Here’s eight: It ended City’s title hopes As the title of this article says, it has virtually blocked Manchester City, the club that has only risen to title-challenging potential off the back of it’s ridiculously disproportionate spending, from winning the [...]

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Post image for 7 games to go. 7 reasons why I’m back.

Hey everyone. Andy here after an extremely long hiatus. Rather than blabber on about why the blog hasn’t been updated — work, work and more work for both Mark and I — I’ll get straight to the point. I’m back and I’m going to be blogging about the last seven games of this season. The [...]

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Post image for The State of Play: Arsenal’s season so far

This has been the strangest Arsenal season for as long as I can remember, for a number of reasons. First came all the changes in the off-season. Fabregas, Nasri, Eboue, Bendtner, Clichy, Denilson, Traore out (have I missed anyone?); Gervinho, Jenkinson, Arteta, Mertesacker, Santos, Benayoun, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Park in. The revolving doors were spinning like [...]

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Post image for Wigan v Arsenal: Open Thread

Hey guys, just opening up a discussion thread for tonight’s game against Wigan. We should really knock off Martinez’s Wigan, who sit second-from-bottom, and with a good squad available that looks likely. Enjoy the game and play nice! Spread the Arsenal discussion by leaving a comment.

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Post image for Is Robin van Persie the best player in the Premier League right now?

Where would we be without Robin van Persie this season, eh? The captain was the dominant force against Sunderland, combining class and a devastating ability to find the back of the net to score both goals in a 2-1 win. It begs the question: is there a better player in the Premier League at the [...]

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Post image for Blackburn 4-3 Arsenal: Shambolic!

A lot of people, myself included, believed that with five signings made and good results achieved against Swansea and Dortmund, our boys had turned the corner after the mauling at Old Trafford. Well if they did, it seems they stumbled down the deepest, darkest, dirtiest dead-end alley one could possibly imagine. The defending in yesterday’s [...]

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