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Sagna out for three weeks, Nasri the team player

by Andrew Weber on October 11, 2010

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After labeling the current international week as “the least worrisome international break ever” in yesterday’s post it gives me great displeasure to reveal that Bacary Sagna will be out for at least three weeks with a thigh injury. The right-back injured himself on the first day of training with the French squad, missing the win [...]

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Spurs 1-4 Arsenal (a.e.t.): Unique Nasri gets the goals, Gibbs and Wilshere the plaudits

by Andrew Weber on September 22, 2010

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It would be easy to get caught up in the emotion of last night’s stunning 4-1 extra-time victory at White Hart Lane. But that would do a great disservice to an Arsenal team that put in a masterclass in technical football to ensure that the ineptness of the officiating did not deny them a convincing [...]

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Vermaelen’s promotion could help Almunia

by Andrew Weber on September 3, 2010

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Some very good news to kick things off today. The word on the street that Samir Nasri is recovering well from minor knee surgery and could be back in the squad for our next game, against Bolton at The Emirates on September 11. The bad news is that as I type that I realise there [...]

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AFCB round-up: Transfer shenanigans go all Jens Lehmann, Frimpong shows Nasri how it’s done

by Andrew Weber on August 20, 2010

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AFCB editor Andrew Weber rounds up the day’s news… Transfer window goes mental In a transfer window that has been calmer than Gilberto Silva, the news from the past twenty-four hours has gone all Jens Lehmann. It reads like this: William Gallas is to complete a medical with Spurs. Fulham have turned down another bid [...]

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AFCB round-up: Nasri’s knee troubles, Squillaci bid probable

by Andrew Weber on August 19, 2010

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AFCB editor Andrew Weber rounds up the day’s news… Nasri unlucky again Before the start of the 2009/2010 season Samir Nasri suffered a broken leg in an unfortunate training ground incident involving Abou Diaby and missed the first two months of the campaign. He recently spoke of his frustration over that injury and a desire [...]

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Arsenal v Barnet: A photo compilation

by Andrew Weber on July 18, 2010

Arsenal cruised to a 4-0 win in their first pre-season game against Barnet yesterday afternoon. Here’s a photo compilation – featuring new signing Laurent Koscielny, new hairdos for Tomas Rosicky and Samir Nasri and a cheeky kiss for Wojciech Szczesny - of what was a very fun start to the pre-season. Enjoy. Thoughts? Have your say [...]

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Arsenal vs Hull preview: Zero, three or six for Bendtner?

by Andrew Weber on March 12, 2010

Forget about winning the Champions League. Forget about winning the Premier League. All that matters right now is that we go to Hull City tomorrow night and pick up three points. There’s been a bit of bad blood in this fixture over the past couple of years and with us fighting for the league and [...]

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