Tag Archives: Arsenal

02 MAR

Arsenal not the only winners in north London derby

By Oliver Holmes Arsenal fought their way back from two goals down to convincingly beat Tottenham in a pulsating encounter at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners were still reeling from their Champion’s League defeat away to AC Milan and knew that a loss against their neighbours could signal the end of any meaningful challenge for [...]

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06 FEB

Rampaging Ox justifies Wenger’s faith in youth

By Harley Tamplin Arsenal supporters do not need reminding that the end to this season could leave them seven years without a trophy. The barren spell is the biggest mystery in the last decade of English football, and Arsene Wenger’s struggles have fuelled pub debate in North London and beyond.

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23 JAN

From Russia with love?

By Charles Scott Location aside, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham have little in common, something that suits their own fans down to the ground. They do however share one similarity. Each has invested large sums of money on highly rated Russian internationals in recent years without seeing any kind of positive return. Despite promising much and [...]

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21 JAN

Loyalty in Football

By David Johnson Loyalty is an incredibly intriguing concept within the realm of football. There seems to be no middle ground on the issue with fans completely polarized on the morals or lack thereof of modern footballers. Some feel that it is an inevitable by-product of the wealth that has been injected into the game. [...]

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20 JAN

Revenge shouldn’t be Arsenal’s motivation on Sunday

By David Hastings This weekend will see reigning Premier League champions Manchester United visit Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium. The match offers the home side a chance to partly extinguish memories of the worst day in Arsène Wenger’s time in charge of The Gunners, when they were humiliated 8-2 at Old Trafford last August. The ruthlessness with [...]

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09 JAN

The Return of the King: Thierry Henry back at Arsenal

By Nick Wilson It is a fact universally acknowledged that the Invincibles side were better in nearly every department than the team Arsenal now. We’ve already seen the incredible happen twice – a permanent return for Sol Campbell and latterly a loan move for Jens Lehmann when both were definitely the wrong side of thirty [...]

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04 JAN

City’s rise will be the final straw for the dominance of the “Big Four”

By Sam Cooper The Premier League has come under much scrutiny over it’s twenty year life span. But no subject has raised more arguments than the dominance of the “Big Four.”  There are facts that back up the argument that the Premier League will always be a four horse race. Since Blackburn’s successful league campaign [...]

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22 DEC

Mikel Arteta epitomises the new Arsenal

By Imran Marashli It was the lowest point of Arsène Wenger’s tenure at Arsenal. With Nasri and Fabregas gone, Arsenal collapsed to their worst defeat in over 100 years,in the infamous 8-2 humiliation at Old Trafford. The Gunners appeared in disarray, provoking Wenger to raid the transfer market in a desperate bid to resurrect the faith [...]

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09 NOV

Long way to go as season reaches second checkpoint

By Douglas Elder So, as the Premier League breaks for a fortnight, we are left with an interesting – if unfamiliar – picture at the top of the Barclay’s Premier League. The mid-season assumptions, the hyperbolic descriptions and the doom-mongering are in full swing, and here is my take on what has been a season [...]

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31 OCT

Flying Dutchman Settles Bridge Thriller

By Feargal Brennan A hat trick from Arsenal Captain Robin van Persie handed Arsenal a 5-3 victory over Chelsea in dramatic style in their Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge. Two late goals from van Persie sealed the win for Arsenal, who showed remarkable resilience and composure to win at Chelsea for the first time [...]

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