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Laurent Koscielny

Post image for Reader opinion: Who are Arsenal’s first-choice central defensive pairing?

I’m currently working on a piece analysing each and every goal that Arsenal have conceded this season in a bid to identify any trends about our defensive problems. It’s quite an exhaustive task and as you can imagine, it’s taking some time. While I’m working on that I thought I’d throw a question out to [...]

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Vermaelen mystery rolls on

by Andrew Weber on October 22, 2010

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Arsene Wenger gave his usual weekly press conference yesterday and as is the norm, most of it focused on the injury situation at the club. There is good news, not so good news and bad news for the trip to Manchester City. The good news is that Bacary Sagna will be back in the squad [...]

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Post image for Koscielny out, Walcott back, Wenger’s a liar

Some very brief pre-Birmingham thoughts from a very hungover man. Laurent Koscielny has been ruled out of this game with a back injury. His absence should mean a start for the rusty Johan Djourou and the same centre-back pairing that played against Spurs in the Carling Cup. Alternatively Alex Song could drop back into defence [...]

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Post image for Chelsea v Arsenal preview: New boys set to tell a different story

I think is fair to call tomorrow’s game against Chelsea the biggest challenge our boys have faced so far this season. In fact, it might just be the biggest challenge they face in the entire season. It is a huge disappointment that we go into such an important game with such an understrength team. We [...]

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Post image for The Short Corner: Koscielny flawless after Song’s departure

AFCB’s tactics guru Andrew Enloe gives us his analysis of Arsenal’s draw at Sunderland… Saturday’s match against Sunderland was a hugely frustrating affair. It seemed that the entire world knew that the final whistle would go when the ball was cleared one last time.  A huge sigh of relief was followed by the realization that, [...]

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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 Blackburn 1-2 Arsenal: Walcott and Diaby drive terrific win

Arsenal were rewarded with all three points for a concentrated and energetic performance against Blackburn at Ewood Park. The home side caused trouble for us throughout the match with their game plan to attack aerially via long balls but our boys stood up well, scoring two goals either side of Mame Biram Diouf’s equaliser to [...]

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