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Archive for October, 2013

So any post-match fears were well-founded. Chelsea arrived, not with the development squad promised by their slimeball of a manager, but with a first team squad eleven and a plan designed to wrestle the initiative from our first team squad eleven. In the world of petro-dollars and gazfunds we know who assembles the stronger secondary […]

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Hello all, So after recording win seven of nine in the Premier League at the weekend we start a run of games destined to show just where we really stand in the greater scheme of things. Chelsea at home in the CoCup is not the most important of those, by any stretch of the imagination, […]

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Crystal Palace proved tougher opposition than many had thought beforehand in a match that for a long time served up extra helpings of tension for the impressive traveling faithful. Only three minutes from time were the points secured by a team reduced to ten players for the final quarter of the game. Arsenal were buoyed […]

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Eagles Away

After the reverse against Dortmund we are presented with an opportunity to consolidate our position at the head of the Premier League against a Crystal Palace side who were outclassed by Fulham on Monday night and who parted company with Ian Holloway as a result of their poor start to the season. Significantly Arsenal welcome […]

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So I got the scoreline right. Sadly my prediction was for a home win and not an away one. Unlike our last defeat on the opening day of the season there is some hope for where we go from here. This was a proverbial game of two halves on the face of it, yet astonishingly […]

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Another midweek, another Champions League tie to anticipate. They don’t come much more mouthwatering than Jurgen Klopp’s Borussia Dortmund. The mutual appreciation between the two managers is understandable. “It’s Arsene Wenger football. When I watch football, this is the beautiful style I can watch. If I were to spend money for a ticket, it would […]

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There are days when everything just slots into place. This was one. Not that it was a flawless performance. Passes went astray, the initiative was surrendered either side of half-time, but the quality of the goals that secured another three points and the top berth in the Premier League will long live in the memory. […]

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Back To The Real Thing

The end of the international break is always eagerly anticipated. After a fortnight without our Arsenal fix we are back to normal for the visit of Norwich City. I have to thank our friend zicoinexile for his contribution to what turned into something of an emotional week here. Thanks all in fact, for your contributions […]

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Thank You ‘Holics

Evening all, depending on where you are in the world, of course. If you are here looking for the latest updates about Arsenal players and insider info then you are in the wrong place. Don’t tell anyone I said so, but if you are selective in your reading, the traditional press are still the sources […]

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My earliest memories of watching Arsenal included an all action winger, diminutive in stature, but who could ride the roughest challenges, and who never stopped running. George Armstrong had a work ethic beyond most. Full-backs loved having his constant support, strikers thrived on his accurate delivery into the box. There were matches when he seemed […]

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