Thursday, 20 June 2013

Is Arsenal tour of Nigeria wise after terrorist bomb attacks, Arsene?

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Arsene Wenger has ratified Arsenal’s summer tour of Nigeria. The under-fire Gunners manager gave his blessing to the ground-breaking trip and pen was put to paper at the Emirates on Sunday as the club hosted a delegation from the African organisers of the tour. Arsenal officials met Nigeria Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the planned [...]

Credit where credit’s Djou

Sorry about the title, but I can’t resist a good pun if possible. Misleading as it might be, I must stress that I am not saying Johan Djourou deserves any credit for his performance against Manchester United. However, for all the criticism surrounding Arsene Wenger for his choice to remove Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain just as he’d [...]

Revealed: Is this the new Arsenal away kit?

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Rumour doing the rounds that this is the new Arsenal away kit for next season. Hope not. Clearly the Nike designers have given a nod to the blackcurrent kit we wore for a season at Highbury a few years back. I prefer good old yellow and blue but these days kits are all about revenue and [...]

“Live Fast. Die Young. Leave a Handsome Corpse: The Arsenal Story.”

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So then, this is what heartache feels like. This is what it means to have the figurative broken heart. I have decided I don’t like this feeling, at all. And I want it to go away. Needlessto say, many hard-core Arsenal fans like myself are in agony at this moment in time. The team that we love so [...]

Desperate Wenger is living off his reputation

Arsenal fans who argue that Arsene Wenger should not be sacked can only come up with one reason – “He’s our most successful manager ever”. Others might also point to his unearthing of talents like Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira. The theme here? It’s all stuff from an increasingly long time ago. Wenger himself resorted [...]

Arsenal lose three Premier League matches in a row

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For the first time in five years we have now lost three Premiership matches in a row. I am starting this story now Tuesday evening the 17th where the thoughts of last nights radio conversation on Talksports Drivetime between Adrian Durham and Ray Parlour are still fresh in my mind. The radio show host was [...]

Arsenal v Manchester United – Match Preview

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My earliest memory of Manchester United was the 4-5 home defeat on 1st February 1958 which I watched from my usual position on the corner to the right of the North Bank. At the time it was called the best game ever seen in an English League fixture. It was the last game that United [...]

Wilshere Returns to Outdoor Training

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed that midfielder Jack Wilshere’s rehabilitation process has finally reached the phase where he can take part in outdoor training sessions. Wilshere’s last competitive football match remains the Euro 2012 qualifier that he played for England against Switzerland in June last year. He picked up an ankle injury while on [...]

Arsenal-United no longer a ‘must-see’ game, Arsene

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It’s interesting how certain Premier League fixtures come and go as being a ‘must see’ or a top of the table clash, but one that has always whet the appetite is whenever Arsenal come up against Manchester United. However this Sunday will mark the first time I’ve missed the visit of United in nearly 12 [...]

Arsenal CEO Gazidis open to safe-standing at Emirates

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Arsenal could be set to join Aston Villa and their Villa Park plan to introduce a safe-standing area by replicating the scheme at the Emirates. Villa will put forward their suggestion at a meeting of the Premier League later this season. And if given the go-ahead, the club hope to have the safe standing zone [...]

Tread Lightly on My Dreams

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On Sunday, January 22, 2012, Manchester United will take the pitch against Arsenal at the Emirates. Cognizant of the simple fact that Manchester United handed Arsenal an 8-2 loss that is counted amongst the very worst in a period of 100 years, no one is giving much reason to believe that the Gunners have a [...]

Defeat Man United or Forget Champions League?

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The time has finally come to play out the reverse fixture of the 8-2 defeat that Arsenal suffered at the hands of Manchester United on that horrific August evening at Old Trafford. The memories of that mauling are fresh on the minds of not only the Gunners fans but also European bookies like Champions League betting, which is [...]

This might be a good time to play United

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I might be clutching at straws a little, but there’s a small amount of evidence to suggest that our best results against Manchester United in recent times come during difficult periods. Now is certainly one of those periods. After we looked like recovering a season that looked lost as soon as it started, we are [...]

Sunday’s game vs. Man United crucial for Arsenal

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It’s out of the frying pan and into the fire for Arsenal as they take on Manchester United at Emirates Stadium on Sun. Jan 22. It’s going to be interesting to see how the Gunners psyche will be affected considering United laid an 8-2 beating on them at Old Trafford back on Aug. 28. You [...]

Frustration is boiling over at the Emirates

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Frustration is boiling over at the Emirates- an underperforming squad has started 2012 in a well documented poor fashion. Sadly the return of the King Thierry Henry has been tarnished by some mindless fans at Swansea on Sunday aggravating the Frenchman. The Gunners have now lost two league games on the bounce and languish well [...]

The Arsene that Laughs Last, Laughs Loudest

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“If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?” — Poet William Shakespeare, who was no doubt actually speaking to Arsene Wenger. Forget what you think you know, everything you know, about revenge. [...]

Deep-rooted problems at Arsenal

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There are no excuses, yesterday we were outplayed and outfought by a newly promoted side, as Swansea beat us 3-2 to seriously dent our hopes of making the top four. The penalty decision was questionable, yes, but as has been the problem recently, we were not up for this game at all. We scored early [...]

Don’t win raffle unless you buy a ticket, Wenger

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I never usually do New Year’s resolutions, but this year I decided to give myself a six week break off alcohol, and I’m starting to regret it already as Arsenal have already given me a couple of reasons to drown my sorrows. Our first visit to Swansea in 30 odd years and a new ground [...]

Arsenal circus needs some new acts, Arsene

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Nine years ago Swansea were bottom of the table of league football. Rock soild bottom. Next stop non-league oblivion. Yesterday they were flying high and should be rightly proud of themselves for turning the Arsenal over in royal fashion. They displayed hunger, desire, fight and unity in abundance and deserved the victory. Nine years ago [...]

Arsenal to be cautious with signings

Arsenal to be cautious with signing’s

Here we are in the January transfer window, and we are all excited over the new stars that will be coming to the Emirates. There is talk of this one, and talk of that one. Yet behind all the hype in the press you have Wenger telling us what I am afraid is going to [...]

Swansea City v Arsenal Sunday January 15th 2012

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After an amazing cup tie and a full week off it’s time to return to the real business of Premiership football with a visit to The Liberty Stadium to take on Swansea. Swansea Town was founded in 1912 and changed it’s name to Swansea City in recognition of the town being granted City status in [...]

Arshavin accolade arrives as he ponders Arsenal departure

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Here is one for you: Andrey Arshavin has become the athlete of the year for the fourth year in a row according to a body known as the all-Russian public opinion research center. No, I am not making this up (for once). It says so, here, in black and white on AA23′s very own website. [...]

Tell last man out the Emirates to switch off floodlights, Arsene

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So, it’s all over, Arsene. In a season in which we have celebrated 125 years of glorious tradition and history it has come to this. With the news that the imperious gladiators of global football have grasped an unassailable nine point lead ahead of our once proud team, surely it is time for Arsenal to [...]

Wenger mulls starting Henry with RVP for Arsenal against Swansea

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Will Thierry Henry start up front with RVP at Swansea on Sunday? Probably not I reckon, AW has stayed coy over his plans but if he didn’t start him in the 1-0 win over Leeds in the FA Cup then he’s hardly likely to in a Premier League game with three vital points at stake [...]

Arsenal 1 – 0 Leeds Utd (H) FA Cup – Video Blog

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Welcome to the video blog by Jules for Arsenalinsider.com. Jules takes us through the one bill win against Leeds on Monday. Stunning beauty Jules Wheeler discovered a love of performing at an early age. Her talent for acting and dance quickly stood out and Jules was offered a place at the prestigious child actors school [...]