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Arsenal Are Just Never Good Enough

Arsenal Station 11 November @ 09:04 AM EST

Despite getting off to a start that has gone beyond all expectations, the football pundits continue to dig around for any reason to stick to their idiotic pre-season predictions of Arsenal's impending doom and gloom. The club is 15-2-2 overall having scored 55 goals, 10-0 at home having scored 33 goals at the Emirates.

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Eboue & Diaby continue in starting XI at Wolves

Gooner Talk 07 November @ 11:41 AM EST


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Gunning For Wolves

Arsenal View From a Gooner 07 November @ 05:36 AM EST

This is what happen last time we have Wolves in the EPL

Arsenal visit Molineux Stadium tonight and it's a good oppourtunity to continue the good run that we are currently going through. This is no walk in the park for Arsenal as both Fulham and Aston Villa have came and gone home with only a point.

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Video: Arsenal smack AZ Alkmaar, 4-1 in the return

Soccerblog 04 November @ 08:19 PM EST

Arsenal came into its own with crisp, free flowing football. Cesc with a brace, Nasri with a very welcome contribution on his return, and Diaby rounded up the scoring. But Arshavin was the source having a hand in three of the goals. And Wenger singled him out.

Wenger highlighted Andrey Arshavin - who had a hand in three of the goals - for special praise, saying: "He was outstanding.

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AZ ALKMAAR/KROENKE

Arsenal Insider 04 November @ 08:17 AM EST

I'm sure you're all like me out there in the Gooner Nation. Still luxuriating in the warm glow of the derby win last Saturday over the Forces of Darkness. The cod DVD cover doing the email rounds with Spurs releasing a highlights video of the first forty-two minutes of the game is absolutely delicious.

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High time he got the sack…………….

Avenell Road 04 November @ 02:48 AM EST

Last week after the fantastic win in the Carling Cup, Fran Merida told afc.com that he wanted to stay at Arsenal and that he hoped his contract would be sorted out very soon. Sadly for Fran, his agent Joseba Diaz hasn't seen the interview or possibly not even bothered to speak to Merida. Diaz has said he has an illness, well a love for Atletico Madrid which all started when he slept on red and white sheets when he was young!

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Qualification Is A Must

Arsenal View From a Gooner 04 November @ 01:20 AM EST

A win tonight at Ashburton Grove will see Arsenal qualify for the from the first group stage of Champions League for the 10th consecutive seasons. Not even the great Barcelonas or Real Madrids or AC Milans can lay claim to such an impeccable consistency. Tonight sees the return fixture with AZ Alkmaar who pegged us back at the final minute of the game with an equalizer.

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Welcome to my nightmare: Arsenal beat Spurs

Soccerblog 31 October @ 06:22 PM EST


"Welcome to my nightmare, welcome to my breakdown."

Alice Cooper's 1975 campy anthem sums up the last five minutes of the first half for Spurs.

Harry Redknapp probably regrets starting a clearly unfit Ledley King who has struggled with injuries this season. Sagna on the right whips in a cross which Van Persie reacts to more quickly, outmaneuvering King to turn the ball past Heurelho Gomes for the first goal in the 42nd minute.

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Quickfire Fabregas

Arsenal View From a Gooner 31 October @ 12:12 PM EST

Catch me if you can

Stroke of luck you say? Not in my opinion.

Arsenal continued to have the upper hand over their North London rivals as we convincingly won 3-0 at Ashburton Grove. Many will say that up to the first goal, Spurs have matched Arsenal stride for stride but that cannot be further away from the truth.

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Wenger vs Harry Part 1

Arsenal View From a Gooner 31 October @ 06:37 AM EST

Bendtner to repeat this act?

As an Arsenal fan, today is the day we wait with abated breath. This is the first fixture I look for whenever the new season kicks-off. For Gooners, it comes no bigger than the North London Derby. Spurs visit Ashburton Grove looking to find the first league victory over Wenger.

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No better time to get it right, prove them wrong & A couple of personal memories of Spurs fans I’ve met

Gunners Today 30 October @ 01:46 PM EST

Hello Gooners. Hope you are all well this friday. Don't know about you but I am super pumped up for this north london Derby. Not that I wasn't pumped for it all these years....

..Living in a place about 200 miles from North london, it used to be pretty hard to develop that aversion for Spurs.

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Woe is Fabianski

Arsenal View From a Gooner 30 October @ 06:48 AM EST

I may young but you boys can still learn from me

Good Friday to you. Sorry for the late post as I was doing a bit of traveling today.

Most would've expected Fabianski to keep the keeper's jersey for this tomorrow's North London Derby but unfortunately for the Polish custodian, he is again crocked by injury.

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Rain in Spain – Who cares, Merida is going to Reign at Arsenal ….

Avenell Road 30 October @ 02:29 AM EST

I am still smiling after the wonderful result we 'fought' for the other night. Many 'paps' said we were lucky as Liverpool should have had a penalty in the last few seconds when Big Phil thought he was playing netball, and maybe they are right, but I think we should have been awarded one too when Watt was held back in the penalty area so justice done.

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In Whose Hand’s Is Our Future?

Arsenal News News News 28 October @ 09:52 AM EST

In whose hands is the future of Arsenal? This is the question we have all been asking. Almunia was the number one, but a mystery "chest" infection which has taken a long time to clear up ahs given the third choice keeper Mannone a chance, Fabianski is back from injury and should feature tonight against Liverpool.

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Happy 750th Arsene

LadyArse - Arsenal and the world of football from a woman's perspective @ OleOl 28 October @ 09:42 AM EST
Finally, some football to talk about after a few days of bitching and moaning about West Ham. Tonight's match against Liverpool sees Arsene take charge of his 750th Arsenal game, and it would be just plain rude if we celebrate that with anything other than a win.

Tonight we are likely to see more than just kids, so we won't have that to use as much as an excuse, but if Liverpool think their kids can match our kids then they are in for a nasty surprise.

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Memory of Baptista Looms Large

Arsenal View From a Gooner 28 October @ 03:15 AM EST

See, I told you I'm a bit good

Let's face it. We all remember Julio Baptista once played for Arsenal on a season long loan from Real Madrid. Jose Antonio Reyes went the other way in the same deal. I don't know about you but for the life of me, I can't remember much of his performance during that season bar for one.

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Pavlyuchenko in Exile and the Returning Kings

pavlyuchenko's vodka bottle 27 October @ 07:04 PM EST

что же, спрашивается, Вы говорите о Вас сумасшедший человек?

I don't understand a word of it either. What I do know is that whilst 'The Emperor' looked sharp tonight in a hold-up role. However he had plenty of chances to place his name on the scoresheet that went wanting.

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Who’s Next?

Arsenal View From a Gooner 27 October @ 09:54 AM EST

As Wenger ponders on the upcoming Carling Cup fourth round game against Liverpool, he now has a decision to be made regarding the goalkeeping situation. Vito Mannone has done well since he had to step in for then injured Manuel Almunia and the boss had no reason to drop him although the Spaniard custodian has returned, fully recovered from his chest infection.

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The Goalkeeper conundrum – Who plays the next two games?

Gunners Today 26 October @ 07:09 PM EST

....and the few after it? Evening Gooners. I hope you are feeling a lot better 24 hours or so later. My disappointment of our Sunday performance was tangible. So much so that I forgot to talk about the goalkeeping issue. However after applying some bonjela , following yesterday's write up, it is time to discuss this.

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The Point is

All Four One, and One Four All! 26 October @ 04:30 AM EST

1. A 2 Goal cushion is totally enough to kill off the game. We simply must stop letting teams think they have a chance even when they're two down.

2. We need to buy a goal keeper. Almunia is inadequate, Mannone is too young, Fabianski is scary and Sczesczny cannot get a jersey because the Nike cannot spell his name.

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Arsenal’s 15 minutes of lame

East Lower 25 October @ 04:11 PM EST

West Ham 2-2 Arsenal

There are draws that seem like wins, and there are draws that seem like defeats. Today's was both depending which team you support.

Deeply frustrating if you're an Arsenal fan though. Coming back from two goals up might be a theme of the weekend, but it doesn't make it any less infuriating, does it?

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West Ham Open Thread

The Offside - Arsenal 25 October @ 10:58 AM EST

London derby time. Lineups are in:

Arsenal: Starters: Mannone, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy, Fabregas, Song, Diaby, Eboue, van Persie, Arshavin. Bench: Almunia, Eduardo, Nasri, Ramsey, Silvestre, Gibbs, Bendtner.

West Ham: Starters: Green, Spector, Tomkins, Upson, Ilunga, Behrami, Parker, Noble, Collison, Cole, Franco.

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Wenger Won’t Say Who’s No. 1

Arsenal View From a Gooner 24 October @ 05:09 AM EST

A very good Saturday to all of you. No Arsenal today as they will only be playing tomorrow. So full preview only on tomorrow's post.

Arsenal held their AGM on Thursday and it was a much relaxed one compared to the one held post the semifinal lost to Man United. There were no one in the party who questioned Arsene Wenger's actions or tactics.

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Confusion reigns in goal as Almunia’s guaranteed spot is ripped away

The Beautiful Groan 23 October @ 04:58 PM EST

Less than a month ago, we approached a Premiership game away at Fulham with the goalkeeping position in disarray. Almunia had been struck down for over a week with a chest infection, and with Fabianski also out with a long term injury, young Mannone had been thrown into a Champions League game in Liege.

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Injury Nightmare Continues

Arsenal News News News 20 October @ 09:45 AM EST

What have we done to deserve so many injuries? Is there a curse at The Emirates? Since moving to the Emirates we have lost too many players for too long, Henry and van Persie ins season one, Rosicky and Eduardo in our second year and last year's injury list would have been too many to fit into either ER or Casualty.

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Birmingham preview – in the post-Eduardo era

The Beautiful Groan 17 October @ 08:38 AM EST

A lot has been said about today's meeting with Birmingham being the first since that fateful day Eduardo had his leg shattered by Martin Taylor. Some say we owe them a hammering, which is true from the point of view that we threw away three points after playing against ten men for 87 minutes, but less so for the 'tackle' itself.

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Birmingham preview + Saturday round-up

Arseblog 17 October @ 03:23 AM EST

Well here we are. It's almost Football O'Clock.

As per usual Arsene spoke to the media yesterday so there are bits and pieces from that to get through. More up to date team news sees us without Eduardo, as expected, Carlos Vela, as expected due to his travel arrangements, Nicklas Bendtner who picked up an injury in training and Gael Clichy who will be replaced by Kieran Gibbs.

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Arsenal receive goalkeeper boost

Arsenal Brunei Blog 16 October @ 09:33 PM EST
Arsenal's goalkeeper stocks have risen with the return from injury of both Manuel Almunia and Lukasz Fabianski.
First-choice shot-stopper Almunia has been out with a chest infection and is only rated a small chance to return against Birmingham City this weekend but Fabianski, who has not played yet this season, may be called on after recovering from knee surgery. Click to continue reading...

Injury Report

Joga Bonito Mundo 16 October @ 05:06 PM EST

Liverpool will be without Gerrard and Torres due to injuries.

With the end of the International play it is time to look at injuries sustained by players during international duty. With a Champions League round next week injuries could be crucial for some sides.

Managers hate sending their players to play for their country and rightfully so.

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The Sequence Must Continue

Arsenal View From a Gooner 16 October @ 02:18 PM EST

Which Gallas will show up?

Today see the visit of Birmingham to Ashburton Grove. The incident 2 seasons ago at St. Andrew's will no doubt still rankles in the mind of all Arsenal fans. The Eduardo broken leg incident brought about sad memories of that particular season. First for the bad injury that the Brazilian suffered at the hand (or legs) of Martin Taylor but more importantly, it was the start of which Arsenal lost the impetus for the Premier League title.

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Hibernation over

East Lower 15 October @ 04:30 PM EST

Well here we all are again, a little dustier and a trifle older, but here we all are nevertheless.

I did try to get excited about the internationals. But I couldn't. I missed the Ukraine game entirely, and though I did watch the Belarus game, it was so inconsequential that I lost interest faster than I do when I periodically attempt doing some DIY.

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And We’re Back

The Offside - Arsenal 15 October @ 09:10 AM EST

Players report back to London today, and hopefully by the end of today or early tomorrow we'll have an inventory of who picked up knocks playing in internationals. At the moment, the only one I've heard is Gael Clichy, who injured his thigh playing for France yesterday. This must have frustrated Wenger, who was actually commentating on the match for French television, noted that Clichy was hurt and should be substituted, only to watch him struggle through to the end of the game.

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Hero and Villain of the month – September 09

Gunners Today 03 October @ 08:17 AM EST

First of all apologies for the lack of posts in the last two days. It is not because I've been stuck on topics to write about. There are two reasons. A post this week will explain one reason why I didn't write anything since the end of September.

I did try posting something yesterday, it was going to be mainly images.

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Fulham 0-1 Arsenal Highlights

Arsenalians 28 September @ 02:48 AM EST
Arsenal visited Fulham on Saturday at a floodlit Craven Cottage near the Thames. It was a thrilling evenly balanced match, as both sides had their chances, but in the end the Gunners made full use of their chances, as a Robin van Persie strike sealed a win against the Cottagers. This win takes Arsenal up to 5th in the table, behind 4 teams who have all played one match more than them. Click to continue reading...

A slow start to the week

Arseblog 28 September @ 02:30 AM EST

Morning, hope your weekend was a good one. An Arsenal win always helps. A birthday also helps. Helps you lie around all day Sunday going 'Bleurgh' after too much Havana Club the night before, but I'm not complaining.

Mostly because today is Monday. Tomorrow night sees the second Champions League group stage game with a home tie against Olymiacos.

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