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Just a bit of housekeeping to kick things off. As the World Cup has now drawn to a close, this will be my last article until the new Arsenal season begins. Andy will take up the reigns again shortly, probably once he’s recovered from all his travels and so forth. I’d like to thank Andy [...]
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Quick bit of Admin to start with. It appears that Robin van Persie has requested to change his squad number for the upcoming season. If you’ve pre-ordered the new kit, either home or away, your order will be held for shipping until the number change is finalized according to Arsenal.com. You can get the details [...]
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My apologies for the tardiness of this post, folks. Sometimes regular life intrudes on the Arsenal life. Would that every day could be dedicated to The Arsenal, I’d be one happy camper (and my posts would show up in a more timely manner!). One hopefully positive event coming on Monday will be the official announcement [...]
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Can I get a few volunteers? Just a few brave and dedicated Arsenal supporters who will volunteer 1 bone in their body (or ligament, tendon, cartilage, vital organ, what have you) and offer it up to the Football Gods so that our man Robin van Persie can go at least 1 calendar year without injury. [...]
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A bit of an Admin note here to start things off. Yesterday, reader Dave M asked in the comments why Arsenal FC Blog haven’t been covering the Laurent Koscielny news. It’s a good question, and there’s a simple answer. Rather an Occam’s Razor-type thing, really. Before Andy took off on his wild, Football Nomad World [...]
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For a man renowned for his love of details, it makes me chuckle a bit to think of Arsene Wenger leaving his Blackberry in London. It’s something you or I might do…in a fit of rush to get to the airport, something’s always going to be forgotten. But for Arsene Wenger, a man who lives, [...]
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Did you ever see the movie “Apocalypse Now”? At the end, when Col. Kurtz is dying and he whispers: “The Horror. The Horror…” I think he was having a premonition about the refereeing at the 2010 World Cup. Goals disallowed or allowed that shouldn’t have been, missed offsides and hand balls, erratic use of cards. [...]
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