Friday, 24 May 2013

Backpage Roundup: Wenger Concerned About Giroud and Podolski, Rowley Scouting Remy, Vermalen Wants to Replicate United and More

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Wenger Concerned About Giroud and Podolski’s Disappearing Act in Tough Games Arsene Wenger is satisfied with the way Arsenal’s new strike pairing of Olivier Giroud and Lukas Podolski has performed in their first season at the club but is concerned by their struggles in difficult games, according to a club insider. Giroud and Podolski’s combined [...]

Backpage Roundup: FA Reject Giroud’s Appeal, Gunners Submit Enquiries for Juve Duo, Vermaelen Out Fazio In, Wenger’s Respect Plea and More

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FA Reject Giroud’s Red Card Appeal Arsenal FC’s appeal to overturn the red card shown to Olivier Giroud in last weekend’s 1-0 win over Fulham has been rejected by the FA, and the striker is now banned for the club’s next three games. The France international’s 90th-minute tackle on Fulham defender Stanislav Manolev was deemed [...]

Backpage Roundup: Gotze to Stay Put, Ox Confident of Top-Four Finish, Wenger’s Rejection of Neville’s Views, Vermaelen’s Cry and More

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Gotze’s Agent Rules Out Summer Switch Arsene Wenger’s purported plan of signing Mario Gotze for Arsenal this summer has been dealt a major blow, as the Borussia Dortmund starlet’s agent has announced that his client is not seeking a transfer at all. Gotze was thought to be one of Arsenal’s primary targets after reports recently [...]

Backpage Roundup: Dortmund Want Rosicky Back, Hodgson Cool with Arsenal over Wilshere Injury, Vermaelen Not Worried, Szczesny Senior’s Outburst and More

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Dortmund Want Rosicky Back Frustrated Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky’s former club Borussia Dortmund want to sign him back, according to reports emerging from German press. (Metro) Rosicky joined the Gunners from the Bundesliga outfit in 2006 but has failed to fully flourish in London due to his never-ending injury problems. As a result, he is [...]

Backpage Roundup: Cazorla Wants to Be More Prolific, Gunners Rubbish Wilshere Injury Report, Cech in Szczesny Out, Miyaichi’s Loan Extension and More

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Cazorla Wants to Be More Prolific Santi Cazorla says that he wants to go on a scoring spree for Arsenal as the Barclays Premier League enters the final phase of the 2012/13 season. The Spanish playmaker has become an instant hit for the Gunners since joining them last summer from Malaga, and while a total [...]

Arsenal v Aston Villa Preview – Gunners Hoping to End Two-Game Home Slide against Villans

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Arsenal are scheduled to welcome Aston Villa at Emirates Stadium on Saturday afternoon in a fixture that neither of the two sides can afford to lose. The pain of the Gunners’ humiliating FA Cup exit was still fresh when they were torn apart 3-1 on their own turf by Bayern Munich on Wednesday night. Now [...]

Backpage Roundup: Wenger Sees Future Arsenal Captain in Wilshere, Frimpong Leaves for Fulham, Djourou Open to Permanent Exit, Pires Still a Believer and More

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Wenger Regards Wilshere as Future Arsenal Captain Arsene Wenger believes that Jack Wilshere has all the ingredients to become a future Arsenal captain but says now is not the time to give him the full-time role. The 21-year-old midfielder was handed the captain’s armband by Thomas Vermaelen in the Gunners’ recent 5-1 mauling of West [...]

It’s feast or famine with Arsenal

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Some days Arsenal create chance after chance, but just can’t put the ball in the net. On other occasions they seem to have the Midas touch as everything they do ends up past the opposing keeper. Their London derby against West Ham at the Emirates on Jan. 23 was a prime example of the latter [...]

Arsenal into fourth round of FA Cup with 1-0 win over Swansea

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Arsenal didn’t have much of a problem outplaying a less-than impressive Swansea side at the Emirates in London on Jan. 16, but they did have trouble putting the ball in the back of keeper Michael Vorm’s net. It took an 86th- minute goal by English international midfielder Jack Wilshere to guarantee a 1-0 win over [...]

Arsenal show up unprepared for Man City

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Arsenal simply wasn’t prepared for Man City at the Emirates on Sunday Jan. 13 and paid for it with a 2-0 defeat. Manager Arsene Wenger said his players were too timid at the start of the match and allowed City to dictate the pace. However, defender Laurent Koscielny was far from timid when he placed [...]

Arsenal crashes out of League Cup with quarterfinal loss to Bradford

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No matter what Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger would have you believe, his team certainly was embarrassed on Tuesday night up in Bradford when the League Two outfit eliminated them from quarterfinal stage of the Capital One Cup. That’s the old League Cup for those who can’t keep up with the regular name changes of the [...]

Backpage roundup: Vermaelen disappointed, Gunners lack confidence, no more Walcott contract talks, Kroenke’s Rams train at Arsenal and more

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Vermaelen Disappointed by Lack of Creativity Thomas Vermaelen expressed his disappointment at Arsenal’s lack of creativity after his side suffered a shock 2-0 defeat at home in their Champions League game against Schalke on Wednesday. After losing last weekend’s league game against Norwich City due to a poor showing by the front players, the Gunners [...]

Backpage roundup: Walcott injured, Arteta opens up about his sacrifice, Wenger not afraid to splash cash, Podolski’s improvement and more

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Walcott’s Chest Injury Rules Him Out Of Poland Game Theo Walcott will not feature in England’s World Cup qualifier against Poland on Tuesday due to a chest injury, the Football Association have confirmed. The Arsenal winger picked up the injury after colliding with San Marino goalkeeper Aldo Simoncini in Friday’s 5-0 win and stayed in [...]

Arsenal tastes defeat for first time this season

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The way Arsenal kicked off the season with two uninspiring 0-0 draws against Sunderland and Stoke City; they’ve perhaps done well to go six league games before losing. What really hurts though is that the loss came at home to Chelsea, who has now expanded their league lead to seven points over the seventh-place Gunners. [...]

Backpage roundup: Fabregas believes in Wenger, Szczesny remains number one, Vertonghen snub claims, Vermaelen confident, Wilshere return close and more

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Fabregas Has Faith in Wenger Cesc Fabregas has hailed Arsene Wenger’s ability to turn talented youngsters into world class players and is confident that the Frenchman will keep Arsenal in the hunt for title glory this season. Despite losing high quality players such as Robin van Persie and Alexandre Song this summer, the Gunners still [...]

Arsenal hope goals go marching in against Saints

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Abou Diaby – 50/50 to meet the Saints Arsenal v Southampton     3 p.m. After two nil-nil draws, the knives seemed to be out against an impotent Arsenal side. Fast forward a week, and all of sudden the Gunners are solid championship contenders after a 2-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield. And so, after the [...]

Backpage roundup: Wright wants Defoe at Emirates, Arteta says RVP is irreplaceable, Vermaelen wants positive thinking, Lansbury sold and Niang gone

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Wenger Should Sign Defoe, Says Wright Arsenal legend Ian Wright believes that Arsene Wenger should sign Jermaine Defoe from fierce rivals Tottenham Hotspur as recently-departed striker Robin van Persie’s replacement. Current Arsenal frontmen Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud are goalless after the opening two matches of the new season, and while Wright is confident that [...]

Backpage roundup: Djourou, van Persie, Dzagoev and Nasri

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Djourou’s Agent Discusses Potential Summer Moves Johan Djourou’s agent Flavio Ferraria has hinted that his client is on the wish list of several European clubs, including Italian outfit Napoli. The 25-year-old centre-half is currently on a long-term deal at Arsenal but is not considered an integral part of the club’s first team squad any more, [...]

Backpage Roundup: Wenger Wants Powell, Vertonghen Still Available and More

Arsenal Enter Powell Chase Arsenal are vying for the signature of Crewe Alexandra starlet Nick Powell, who is also attracting interest from the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea. The teenage midfielder was instrumental in his club’s promotion to League One last season, scoring 16 goals, including an outstanding strike in the play-off final against [...]

Backpage Roundup: Dragovic, Vertonghen, Belhanda and M’Vila’s Assault

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Interest High In Arsenal Target Dragovic FC Basel defender Aleksandar Dragovic has claimed that a number of big European clubs, including Arsenal FC, Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund and Olympique de Marseille want to sign him in the summer transfer window. In a recent interview with Kurier, the Austrian international said: “On the names of the [...]

Alex Song curbs his attacking instincts to help stop Stoke

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It’s often cast as the sporting equivalent of the descent to Hades – where brutality reigns for what seems an eternity and only heroes emerge unscathed – and Arsenal prepared as if they were entering the Britannia Stadium as such. But just as Stoke City had a gameplan to stop Arsenal based on exaggerated muscularity, so did [...]

Backpage Roundup: More Individual Glory for RVP, Wilshere’s Olympics Issue and More

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RVP Claims FWA Gong Too Just two days after being named the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year, Arsenal FC captain Robin van Persie has snapped up the Football Writers’ Association’s Footballer of the Year award too. The FWA awards’ winners are selected through a voting procedure, in which nearly 400 journalists’ opinions are taken. A [...]

Arsenal 1 – 0 Everton Match Report with Jules Wheeler

This evening, Arsenal won 1-0 against Everton at Goodison Park. Luckily, the other results also went our way with Chelsea losing to Man City and the Spuds managing a draw against the Neanderthals in the last minute of the match. Our win gave us the three points and took us to the third spot on [...]

Walcott: Arsenal have got Spurs worried

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After Monday’s 2-1 win over Newcastle United, Arsenal are only one point behind their bitter North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur on the premiership points table and their winger Theo Walcott, who set up both the goals in that last-gasp victory, has said that the Gunners are brimming with confidence. Central defender Thomas Vermaelen’s 95th minute [...]

Same old story with Arsenal

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It appears to be the same old story with Arsenal… and that’s a good reason for supporters to celebrate and something for the other 19 English Premier League teams to be aware of. There are two familiar story lines with the Gunners. First, you can count on Robin van Persie to find the back of [...]