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Archive for September, 2015

Arsene Wenger made five changes for the visit of Olympiacos. In came David Ospina, Gabriel, Kieran Gibbs, Francis Coquelin, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Petr Cech, Per Mertesacker, Nacho Monreal, and Aaron Ramsey started on the bench and Mathieu Flamini was ruled out by injury. Arsene had said beforehand that his selection would be influenced more by […]

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We welcome our friends from Olympiacos for what has become a critical night for the Gunners. Defeat in Zagreb, and the fact that our next two Group F fixtures are against Bayern Munich, make the three points a must for the hosts, a point not lost on Arsene Wenger in his pre-match press conference. “You […]

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As some had hoped beforehand Arsene retained Per Mertesacker, Mathieu Flamini, and Aaron Ramsey from the squad team that won at the other end of Seven Sisters Road on Wednesday. We started with our attacking set-up. Flamini holding with Santi Cazorla in the box to box role, Aaron Ramsey and Alexis right and left, with […]

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Mathieu Flamini’s two strikes on Wednesday night means we go into the match at unbeaten Leicester City with spirits raised. Matty will not be the only one of the ten players who came in for the win at the swamp to hope to be retained at the King Power stadium. A point acknowledged by Arsene. […]

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Arsene made ten changes from the side that started at the bus stop in Fulham but the side was packed with experience. Per Mertesacker was joined by Calum Chambers in the middle of the back four, protected by Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini. The early jousting went to and fro with Joel Campbell featuring on […]

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Well, I certainly didn’t anticipate starting a NLD preview with news of an unprecedented burst of common sense being shown by the Football Association, but the news that Gabriel’s sending off at the bus stop in Fulham has been overturned is jaw-dropping. Particularly in as much as the incompetent Mike Dean is now likely to […]

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After the minimalist (perm either of two words with disgrace) report from an alehouseĀ in North End Road after the farce that was Saturday, I should comment on today’s announcement from the Football Association. At the outset I shall try to avoid the language that seemed entirely appropriate in the hours that followed the fiasco in […]

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Mike Dean

AbsoluteĀ disgrace.   *this post may have been amended pre-watershed*

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Right, Zagreb is done and dusted. Everybody has an opinion about what happened, fair enough. What matters now is we are facing a match that has some significance on Saturday lunchtime. Chelsea, let’s face it, have had a hold over us for some time now. In seven Premier League meetings we haven’t beaten them since […]

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Arsene opted for a little rotation in Zagreb as expected beforehand. David Ospina, Mathieu Debuchy, Kieran Gibbs, Mikel Arteta, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, and Olivier Giroud were recalled. Chelsea too, with one eye on Saturday one suspects, also made six changes. Half chances were traded in the opening minutes as both sides looked to test the full-backs. […]

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