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Post image for Part 1: Loving Arsenal’s first XI (Szczęsny, Djourou & Koscielny)

It is no coincidence that our recent return to form has come at a time when we have established a settled and reliable first-choice eleven. I thought today I’d take a look at what each member of the starting team brings, why they work together so well and perhaps most importantly, why I love watching [...]

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Post image for Vermaelen’s surgery: what does it mean for the rest of our defence?

By now all of you should be well aware of the news that Thomas Vermaelen has finally gone in for surgery on his troublesome achilles tendon problem. After waiting and waiting for the natural healing process to do it’s thing — the usual approach to an achilles tendon problem — complications with his problem have [...]

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Post image for Birmingham 0-3 Arsenal: I cannot praise Sagna enough

This is not a proper match report — I am still in Sweden for another two days and things will get back to normal for the Manchester City game on Wednesday — but a quick look at the things that stood out to me in our comfortable win over Birmingham. Firstly, the squad rotation. Arsene [...]

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Post image for Arsenal 3-1 Chelsea: A win worth getting carried away with

There are two reasons for the “day late” nature of my match report for Arsenal v Chelsea: the first being the need for a day to ponder of the importance of the result in the grand scheme of things. The second? A personal desire to be outside throwing Swedish-produced snowballs as often as possible. Going [...]

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Post image for Partizan is quite literally the most important game of the season so far

It seems strange to say it but tomorrow night’s final group stage game against Partizan Belgrade is the biggest game of our season so far. Lose it and we are most likely on our way out at this stage for the first time in Arsene Wenger’s reign. Even a draw might not be enough if [...]

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Post image for Arsenal 2-1 Fulham: Nasri provides the class, Djourou provides the calm

The atrocious quality of the stream that I used to watched today’s game against Fulham has left me feeling completely unqualified to make any poignant observations about our performance as a team. But even through the stuttery, blurry mess of a stream I feel confident enough to sing the praises of two players that I [...]

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Post image for Cup tie gifts big opportunities to Gibbs, Djourou and Szczesny

With Arsenal’s next game against Wigan a Carling Cup fixture, there will undoubtedly be changes made to the team. While Arsene Wenger is keen to remain tight-lipped about the make-up of his starting team, he has also revealed that Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott and Nicklas Bendtner are all likely to feature. The three front-line [...]

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