Oh Pep, he's totally saying "What dicha say about my PUYOLITA?" to that periodista huddled in the corner! And you'd better not mess, Lyon, because Barca know exactly what they want tonight and will probably go get it at the Nou Camp while singing "Cesc On!

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Premier League team news - Barclays Premier League - ESPN SoccernetThe big news is that it would take a "miracle" for Cesc to play for Arsenal at the weekend. For all those who have him at a discount and were hoping to keep him through Arsenal's run of pretty easy matches, you're now at a crossroads. Click to continue reading...

Good morning, happy Friday and all that. Lots to get through starting with team news ahead of tomorrow's game against Hull.

Unusually Arsene's press conference took place yesterday. I don't know why. Perhaps they all have to attend a recital at which Fran Merida is doing a solo today. It's the only possible explanation I can think of.

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With Alex Song suspended, Aaron Ramsey injured and captain Cesc Fabregas to most likely miss the game, Hull City is the perfect opportunity for midfielder Denilson to show that he can still be considered as ...

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By Walter Broeckx I have read somewhere over the internet that the pundits in England had a hard night. I can understand that. How can you explain Arsenal beating Porto with 5 -0 when you have been saying a whole season how bad we are. And then to realise we played without Cesc, Gallas and Van Persie. Click to continue reading...

The media wasn't convinced and readied themselves for a caning, the fans were a little apprehensive, there was no Cesc, we had never turned a first leg defeat around since General Custer lost at Little Big Horn, the pressure was building.

Oh dear what a let down for the Arsenal knockers, we cruised it.

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Would you rather ride on a train, dance in the rain, feel no pain or be a fan of a football club which admittedly offers you ample opportunity to go on train rides, dance in the rain but feel a lot of pain?

Are we all hopeless addicts and is football our heroin?

Is the fact that there is a big game tonight weighing heavily on your mind resulting in a severe loss of productivity at work?

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So many in the media say that we are a one man team, we are all about Cesc Fabregas and they even suggest that without him we have little threat. Didn't they say the same when we had Thierry Henry in our side?

Utter bollox I say we have a squad with players who can change a game. We have a manager who has got us playing wonderful football.

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Herculeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez! Herculez Gomez has scored for the 4th game in a row for The Sweet Potato Makers!
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Carlos Bocanegra scored the game winner for Rennes, with his foot! Click to continue reading...

Wenger accepts the loss of Arsenal's talisman - who has an outside chance of returning for the trip to Hull on Saturday - is a big blow. However, the Gunners boss insists his side have the quality to nevertheless secure their place in the quarter-finals by overturning a 2-1 deficit from the first leg. Click to continue reading...

With no early Premier League match (which I could have Live Chatted for) and life to attend to at the same time as the mid-day matches, there won't be a Live Chat today. I invite you to participate via the comments thread if you're so inclined. My team is as follows: THo, Verm, Bale, Fox, Hutton, Cesc, Gerrard, Arteta, Maxi, Drogs, and Bendtner Looking ahead to next weekend, Villa have two

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It has been a long week. If it feels like it to you, imagine what the players have been through. If you find yourself angry at the slew of articles sniping at Wenger, Cesc or us, the fans, at a time when all focus should be on Ramsey, just stop for a moment and put yourself in the shoes of the team.

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Cesc or Wayne - Who will you captain?
Another strange week that sees a few top teams missing fixtures in the Premier League schedule, so let's navigate the fixture list minefield and quickly preview the weekend from a fantasy footie perspective:
I & II: Burnley @ Arsenal: With Chelsea idle, Arsenal have a chance to take over first place in the table this weekend if they are able to thrash the league's worst road team, Burnley, at home. Click to continue reading...

It's been months since we talked about players and matches, what with midweek dribble ball and the invasion of the hatchet men last saturday, so here's a quick run down on this saturdays team, before a quick review of the opposition and their semi-illustrated history. - Almunia Sagna Vermaelen Silvestre Clichy (Eboue, Traore) Ramsey, Denilson, Ramsey, Cesc, Ramsey, Nasri [. Click to continue reading...

That's it then. Arsenal have officially turned the corner. In the same way that Eduardo's injury, Stuart Parnaby's dive and William Gallas's teary outburst reflected the collapse of their 2007-08 title challenge, so Ramsey's injury, Danny Pugh's waving arms and Cesc Fabregas's penalty will reflect Arsenal's glorious rampage to the title.

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Yesterday, I was too distraught to write a match review. Even now I am quite peeved but there were too many positives in the game and I think it deserves a proper mention even though the horrendous tackle cast a gloomy shadowed all the bright moments.

The start of the game reminded me of our previous two visits to this stadium.

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By Felipe Hassin Pinto a.k.a The Man from the Grove

I have to confess I do not know where to begin my column today. I am extremely emotional tonight.

I have mixed feelings about the game. At the same time that I am delighted with such inspiring victory, I am still devastated by what happened to our very own Rambo.

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I know we've got a big game against Stoke later today and I'll get to that shortly but first I hope you'll join me in raising a glass, or a cup of coffee at this early stage, to ... well ... me. Today Arseblog reaches the grand old age of 8.

It began on Feb 27th 2002 and in some kind of a hungover haze, here we are 8 years down the line.

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It can be tough being a young player at Arsenal. Thrust into the limelight at an earlier age than those at rival clubs, they are subject to instantaneous judgement, to an often brutal degree. Some thrive, able to cope with such a high pressure environment at a young age, maturing quickly and gaining experience unavailable elsewhere.

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I was just thinking to myself, imagine in an ideal world if we had no injuries then the line up against Porto could be something like this:AlmuniaSagna Gallas Vermaelen Gibbs Song Cesc Diaby Bendtner RVP Arshavin I couldn't see this side losing to last night's Porto side. Porto were there for the taking in my opinion, they looked vulnerable at the back for most of the game, Click to continue reading...

Yeah, No more match reports here. In my opinion that wasn't a match worth watching in the first place. Add to that the fact that I stayed up till 3 in the morning to see the game and have ended up all bleary eyed at work today. You have got to be seriously demented if you think I'm going to write you a play by play description.

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I'm not normally one to hide behind excuses when the lads get beat. To be honest I find them all incredibly boring. Every year we hear the same things such as our injuries hampered us, we've got no money, the media are against us and the referees are anti arsenal. After so long I lose interest in debating with these people because that's what footballs about.

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So the line up was almost as expected. Fabianski and the expected back four. Denilson in the midfield, with Cesc and Diaby. Then up top Rosicky and Nasri on the flanks of Bendtner. My first thoughts are that we do not have enough pace in the attacking positions and that Denilson needs to do more than he has done in many games of late. Click to continue reading...

A seven day break was supposed to ensure that our walking wounded had the chance to recover for tonight's Champions League resumption. Unfortunately, the opposite has occurred, and the squad have flown to Portugal without Almunia, Gallas, Song, Eduardo and Arshavin.

Most have ready made replacements who will be determined to prove a point.

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It seems like a long week since the Liverpool game but we're back in the saddle tonight as we resume our European campaign.

Porto away is always a tricky tie and the injury news yesterday makes this an even more difficult task. We've gone to Portugal with no Gallas, Song, Eduardo, Almunia or Arshavin.

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Today's games went as expected. Lyon troubled Madrid while Milan didn't have enough to keep Rooney out. Now I am hoping tomorrow's game won't throw up any surprises either.

We have some big names missing. Gallas, Song, Arshavin are not easy to replace. Is it a sign of over confidence or is it our strength-in-depth that makes me expect a good result at the Estadio do Dragao?

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So you know how the transfer tales have been following good ol' Fabregas over the last couple of months. From Real Madrid to Barcelona, they just won't stop talking about the Arsenal crack! Of course, the ever brilliant Crackòvia went to spoof it all complete with a SONG AND DANCE number to none other than the Tom Jones cult favourite.

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Hoorah, The Champions League is back this week and you don't need me to tell you we are off to sunny Portugal to face Porto.

Porto, once managed by the old git Jose Moanrinho and once winners of this completion having got one over Old Red Nose on the way, but Porto aren't going to have the same joy against this English side.

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Porto are already thinking about next Wednesday's game against Arsenal and one of their plans is to make sure not to give any space to captain Cesc Fabregas. Speaking to the News of the World, midfielder ... Click to continue reading...

The Arsenal website doesn't have much to offer today except this piece Diaby has improved tremendously. I must say I completely agree with that article. At the start of the season I didn't think of the lanky Frenchman as anything more than a squad player (My bad! But can you blame me?) Over the last few months an increasingly fit Diaby has impressed on many levels.

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Our captain has come out with an interesting comment,

As a team, we need to be stronger. We can't hide behind people saying we are too young or we have injuries. We just have to compete. People say you must learn from your mistakes, but you learn how to play football when you are 12, 13, 14, 15.

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'Twas the season, which means 'tis the season. 'Tis the season to roll out the Cesc to Barcelona rumor machine. An annual festival with lots of Catalan floats looking curiously like Trojan horses, songs sung by Barcelona big wigs such as "I Love You, Cesc" and "Make Me Your Woman (Tonight)", then finished off with [. Click to continue reading...

Later this afternoon I shall take my tired and slightly *boilked* carcass to the pub where I shall watch us play Chelsea.

At this moment in time I don't know how I feel about it. All I know is my head hurts quite a bit but that's the awesome power of Jameson for you. Pretty much everything that has needed to be said about the game has already been said.

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Arsenal visit Stamford Bridge a week after our title challenge has supposedly been transformed into a disaster. Many supporters have already decided that this game will result in another humiliating defeat taking us out of the title fight and dumping us in one for third and fourth place.

Given our recent record against the big teams and Drogba's record against us it's probably a logical conclusion.

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Good morning all and a happy Friday to you. This week seems to have really dragged, no midweek football after a weekend defeat isn't necessarily a good thing.

All the focus now will be on Chelsea though. Arsene's press briefings will take place today, no doubt the United game will be rehashed but I'm not sure there's much left to say about that, regardless of the questions he'll be asked today.

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According to reports this morning, the European Champions Barcelona are also intending to swipe Emmanuel Eboue from Arsenal this summer, as well as the Gunners captain Cesc Fabregas. According to The Sun, Eboue is one of the few stars at the Emirates not to have signed a new contract this season, which means that he is [. Click to continue reading...

Repasando la actualidad futbolística me encuentro con varios temas que quisiera comentar. Primero, y el más reciente, es el pie y medio que tiene el Sevilla en la final de la Copa del Rey tras vencer en el Pizjuan al Getafe por 2-0. El otro finalista, recordemos, saldrá del At. Madrid - Racing de Santander, dónde parece que el emergente Sergio Canales será del Madrid para las próximas temporadas. Click to continue reading...

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Arsenal 1-3 Man Utd. Or, Fergie 1-0 Wenger. United got their tactics spot-on, Arsenal didn't.

This must have made very depressing viewing for all Gunners, especially as it was spookily similar to last year's Champions League semi final at the Emirates, when United crushed their hosts on the counter-attack.

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Arsenal 1 (Vermaelen 80) Man Utd 3 (Almunia og 33, Rooney 37, Park 52)
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It was billed as a game we did not have to win, but could not lose. After being comprehensively and deservedly blown away by United, the title is not inconceivable, but now highly unlikely.

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And so to the second of our run of four tough games, and arguably the biggest of the lot. Some may argue that the trip to Stamford Bridge is the most critical game we have, but for me, our history with United, and the boost we could get by defeating them, makes this one huge.

That isn't to say a win is essential.

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