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For years now Arsenal have focused on youth; Arsene Wenger has tried to be economical by bringing in players while they’re young and therefore cheaper, for the good of the club as it pays off its stadium debt. However, this system has not brought so much success on the pitch, with no silverware since 2005. [...]

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My overall feeling after last night’s game was far from positive. Those who know my work from various Arsenal blogs down the years will know I rather lost patience with Arsene Wenger’s approach to this team a few years ago now. However, there’s no point in repeating oneself and the fact is, whether we like [...]

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If you wanted to give a summary of Arsenal’s 2012/13 campaign to this point, you could simply play the video of last night’s game. It was like an inventory of all the things we love and hate about this team. Full Stadium with away fans protesting about ticket prices – CHECK Comedy defending combined with [...]

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Perhaps it’s just because it was used as the title for the official site’s post-match Wenger piece, but the line “the team has to believe more in its quality” was one that particularly caught my attention in the manager’s press conference. To give the quote in its full context, the boss said after the game: [...]

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In my last piece on Arsenal tactics I opened by talking about Wenger’s achievements throughout the years and said that he was one of best managers both Arsenal and the Premier League have ever seen. Although I didn’t know it at the time, I was in fact setting myself up for this piece, which I [...]

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The Barclays Premier League followers perhaps discovered yesterday that Santi was the man indeed. But Diaby bossed the midfield too and it is a joy to see Podoslki’s workrate and Arteta’s defensive display. The overall collective performance has been solid, mature and composed. One can definitely say that the Arsenal has changed. The organisational skills of the [...]

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I go about my daily routine, pittering and pattering about the premises and seeing the itinerary through, when I look at the thing and do a double-take. It stirs the memory a mite; like an old friend you meet over olives and cocktails many years later and can’t place. I go over to the thingamajig [...]

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By now, I’m sure that you’ll have seen the furore that has arisen as a result of Alan Davies’ comments on Liverpool’s refusal to play on the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. And while the matter itself is very complex, the way that it’s been dealt with by fans and the media alike is so [...]

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Like anyone who grew up watching a red army steamrollering all around them, dubious penalties, last minute winners and all of that, I grew up hating Liverpool. Alright, ok, outside of the Arsenal football club, there aren’t many football clubs I do like. But where I can at least look at Manchester United and respect [...]

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I was laughing at half-time, a maniacal cackle. After solemnly deciding that the quick, direct passing and intense pressing Arsenal displayed against Spurs last weekend was the template to follow for the rest of the season, we were displaying scant quickness and minimal intensity. Liverpool attacks arrived with the frequency of quizzes in Analog Electronics [...]

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Over the last 72 hours, the media has been filled with both reports, and responses to those reports, of Luis Suarez and John Terry’s supposed racist comments during their respective games. Both have now been raised to such a high level of hyperbole, that instead of dealing with the issue in hand, that being the [...]

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It’s week two of my LadyArse tenure, and the amount of newsworthy Arsenal material remains as voluminous and unrelenting as ever. The week started with the most horrible of footballing days against Liverpool where everything seemed to go wrong; and retained its downbeat nature as Nasri made the switch to Manchester City, all the while [...]

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When I got confirmation of sealing a weekly writer’s post at LadyArse, I quietly patted myself on the back, indulged in a few orange juice shots, hoped that people wouldn’t mistake the site name for something, erm, literally arsey, and most of all, raised my hands to the heavens and prayed for enough Arsenal material [...]

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When Wenger said that being in the top four and gaining Champions League qualification was like winning a trophy, many scoffed at him. It wasn’t shiny. You couldn’t put it in a cabinet. What the hell was he talking about? It may not be a trophy, but to consistently qualify for the Champions league while [...]

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