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Archive for October, 2014

A Burnley Brief

The law of averages suggests that somewhere along the line Burnley will win a match. Dare I risk mentioning that if it happens on Saturday, however unlikely that may seem to so many, the law of sod will have been proven once more. When first I remember watching Arsenal this Saturday’s opponents were a force […]

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Jon Sammels Remembered

Three points secured the previous day, the clocks have gone back so it is dark early. What do you do on the longest Sunday evening for six months? This Gooner reached for the dvd of our first double season, 1970-71. The triumphs that season were made all the more remarkable by the fact that the […]

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I think I have said before, and probably more than once, that if the mark of a good side is one that picks up wins when playing badly, then we must be world-beaters. Quite frankly right now we’ll take the three points any way we can get them, whilst offering up prayers to all of […]

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So we are looking for a turning point. Or did that arrive in the final two minutes in Brussels? Arsenal’s need for three points at Sunderland this weekend is more about establishing, or maintaining, some momentum. We had hoped that the win at Villa Park would be the springboard for a healthy run of confidence-boosting […]

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Football books sell. It is why we have such a choice of Arsenal titles in recent months. Books about your favourite clubs, players even, have a magnetic attraction. More people, it seems, write about the Arsenal than any other club and so there should be no surprise at the number of books about the Gunners […]

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What looked like being a humiliating evening was turned on it’s head in the last two minutes in Brussels as Kieran Gibbs and Lukas Podolski turned a single goal deficit around in remarkable fashion. A sluggish (Alexis Sanchez aside) Arsenal found two moments of inspiration after a very pedestrian performance to that point. In the […]

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Well, those who traveled to Brussels by air today must have been cursing the weather gods. As I write their day hasn’t improved a great deal since returning to terra firma as thunderstorms rumble around the city. Back at home the storms gathering in the atmosphere and on the internet are gathering pace. With Wojciech […]

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Where does one start after yet another performance in which Arsenal frustrated more than they delighted? The day started well enough, a fabulous lunch in equally fabulous company. Asked outside how confident I was I had to respond with “Don’t tell anyone, but not very.” That said we made a bright and confident start with […]

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At last, following an unusual international break in which we provided five players for England and I enjoyed watching Scotland in Poland, we are back to real football. The stuff that matters, if you will. There is, however, no getting away from the fact that we are down to the bare bones for the visit […]

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Once again I am indebted to our very own resident sports physiotherapist, Trev, for his professional view on a topical subject. We have players out for a variety of reasons, and it would take a series of articles to cover them all. Trev looks at one area this week as an example. Do you think […]

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