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Match Report: HERE This was never going to be a walk in the park. Everton are one of the hardest working and most improved teams in the top flight, who have only lost five times this year. Most pre-match predictions had an Arsenal win, but only by the odd goal. In the end a fixture [...]

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As the season gets ready for its climax and Champions League football is not yet secured, it might seem like an odd time to start wondering about the player of the season but, well, I’m tired and this was the first topic which came to mind. Would you hand it to new boy Santi Cazorla [...]

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After the last seven days, Arsenal came into this one REALLY needing a win. For the oft mentioned eighth year in a row, Arsene Wenger’s side watched the hop of trophies disappear over the horizon, an in more embarrassing circumstances than ever before under his stewardship. For once, the home side didn’t find themselves crippled [...]

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After much wailing and gnashing of teeth about inconsistency, starting poorly and lack of intestinal fortitude, Arsenal answered some questions yesterday against at the Stadium of Light. This was not an Arsenal performance identifiable with any particular vintage, but was a hybrid of several. At different points we saw the passing and movement of the [...]

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After a good run of recent results only punctured by the Bradford debacle (perhaps appointing the Dalai Lama as club president has contributed to the Bantams extraordinary run in shoot-outs), the Arsenal switch flicks off as quickly as it did on. After today’s visit to the south coast, the extraordinary goal-scoring displays against Reading and Newcastle [...]

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The days after an Arsenal win are lovely aren’t they? You don’t have to worry about avoiding TV, radio, newspapers or people. You know you can interact without fear of ridicule or having to try and find a way to defend the indefensible.  We should try it more often, it’s definitely the way forward in [...]

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Yayyyyy! We won! It’s all brilliant again! Yeah, okay, so it was only Reading. Reading are, unfortunately for them, not only one of the worst teams, or- by definition- the worst team in the division, but also play in a way that makes it easy for a team like Arsenal to cut them to shreds. [...]

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It is, of course, easy to go in to hyperbolic overdrive after the performance and result last night. Who wouldn’t begrudge Arsenal fans a little light relief after what has been the most tortuous of weeks? Without wanting to get carried away and with the disclaimer that I am well aware that one match does [...]

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In a totally dominant display by Arsenal, they duly notched a big win in this fixture vs Reading. Arsenal were able to recover their confidence with the team being up 4-0 inside 60 minutes, and making Reading look like an undeserving English Premier League team. Line-Up’s Reading set up in their usual 4-4-2 formation, with [...]

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The immediate post match reaction yesterday afternoon centred on the 17th minute dismissal of Emmanuel Adebayor. Rightly expelled for a, frankly, ridiculous tackle on Santi Cazorla, the Togolese was probably out of the shower just in time to hear Arsenal wrest control of the match from the visitors. Common wisdom holds that had Adebayor not [...]

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One of the creepiest films of recent(ish) times ends on a joke. Having ratcheted the tension up to thigh clenching levels, Silence of the Lambs concludes with the escaped Hannibal Lecter telling Clarice Starling that he’s having an old friend for dinner. The “old friend” in question is the director of the asylum Lecter escaped from and [...]

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Fresh from a very creditable draw in Manchester on Sunday, the Arsenal’s Capital One Cup campaign begins tonight at home to Coventry City. Well, it will begin for those Arsenal first team squad members who have yet to feature very much, if at all, so far this season. I liked these nights, it was always [...]

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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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Perhaps I should have saved that headline for a day when we won and Giroud scored, but it was simply too good not to use today and, of course, Giroud is being talked about so it seemed to fit. But I’m not going to talk about him. He missed two great chances, but the goals [...]

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As Alex Song gets ready to be unveiled as the latest Barcelona player to have learned his trade at Arsenal, it is interesting to note the mass of stories which appeared today saying that the player’s attitude took something of a nosedive in recent months and that Arsene, having stood behind the player and nurtured [...]

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[As you might know the LadyArse Network has expanded. A number of writers have their own blogs, but I've made the decision to bring you the best of their posts here so that they aren't missed. This entry is by Nashy.] Four goals, new signings playing well and a clean sheet all point to a [...]

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