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Arsenal beat Roma on penalties after 43892141-hour epic

by Andrew Weber on March 12, 2009

I must admit that my memory of last night’s epic 7-6 penalty-shootout win over Roma is something of a blur. A big, happy, confusing, exhilarating blur. To condense three hours worth of some of the most stressful football I have every watched is a tough ask, almost as difficult as being forced to watch over [...]

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Wenger should look to Walcott with away goal the key

by Andrew Weber on March 11, 2009

It’s the second leg of Arsenal’s Champions League tie with Roma in Italy tonight – and what an interesting game it looks to be. Arsene Wenger and our boys will take with them to Rome a 1-0 lead from the first leg at The Emirates. The general consensus from that match was that although we [...]

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Five players who may hold the key for Arsenal in Rome

by Andrew Weber on March 10, 2009

Arsenal play Roma tomorrow night for a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Our team takes a 1-0 first-leg lead with them to Rome, safe in the knowledge that a clean sheet will see them through while a goal would leave their Italian opponents needing to score three. In this pre-preview of Arsenal’s [...]

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Song poses midfield questions in picture-book Arsenal win

by Andrew Weber on March 9, 2009

With a vitally important trip to Rome later in the week, yesterday’s comfortable 3-0 win over Burnley in the FA Cup was just what the doctor ordered. Rarely in the same will you see three goals of such gorgeous technical quality. Yet Carlos Vela’s scintillating run and delightful chip, Emmanuel Eboue’s fine low finish and Eduardo’s [...]

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Villa’s loss is Arsenal’s gain + playing Pass-the-Captaincy once again

by Andrew Weber on March 5, 2009

Hello again – good to write to you again on a spectacularly fine and sunny day in Brisbane. There are few things I get more pleasure from than sipping on wine and writing this blog and that’s exactly what I’m up to this afternoon. The big news overnight for Arsenal fans was that of Aston [...]

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Arsenal should beat 1-goal-in-9 Fulham + Arsecast debut

by Andrew Weber on February 27, 2009

Hello and a fun-filled and fabulous Friday to you. Tomorrow sees another important game against Fulham at The Emirates. A quick glance at the table sees the away side in eighth place at the moment but a closer look at their results show that Fulham are yet to win away in the Premier League this season. [...]

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Arsenal v Roma thoughts: 4-5-1 could take us to the final

by Andrew Weber on February 26, 2009

Hello and a very good day to you all. First up today I just need to apologise for the lack of a decent post yesterday – as I mentioned briefly, I’m dealing with a fairly difficult personal situation at the moment. Unfortunately it may affect my ability to blog consistently over the next week or [...]

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