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Fancying Arsenal to nick it against City

by Andrew Weber on October 23, 2010

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Since the respective financial rise and fall of Manchester City and Liverpool, the fixture involving Arsenal and the blue half of Manchester has effectively replaced that of the red half of Liverpool. Much as we despise the manner in which their rise has come about the fact is that City are now title contenders and [...]

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Chamakh confirms signing + Spurs bring final game to life

by Andrew Weber on May 6, 2010

Two big pieces of news to discuss today. The first is that we will be joined in the Champions League next season by Tottenham. Earlier today I posted an article with five reasons why I am happy it is Spurs, not Manchester City, in Europe next season. However, the result does have an immediate negative [...]

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Five reasons why I am happy Spurs, not City, are in the Champions League

by Andrew Weber on May 6, 2010

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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Arsenal goalkeeper speculation: Hart and Buffon

by Andrew Weber on May 5, 2010

A couple of interesting links for you on a Wednesday morning. The Guardian seems confident in their knowledge that Arsene Wenger will be making a bid for Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart when the transfer window. Meanwhile, ESPN Soccernet speculates on Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon’s comments that “If I had to leave, I think England [...]

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Arsenal 0-0 Manchester City: Third all but secured amidst the yawns

by Andrew Weber on April 26, 2010

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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Player Ratings: Arsenal v Manchester City

by Aidan Bennison on April 26, 2010

Arsenal 0 Manchester City 0 Lukasz Fabianski – Has been in the firing line for the past week but was under no such pressure during the match. Had very little to do throughout the whole encounter apart from the odd high ball or tame cross. 6 Bacary Sagna – Defensively solid. He kept Craig Bellamy [...]

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Adebayor should provide the incentive for understrength Arsenal

by Andrew Weber on April 23, 2010

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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