Doncaster Review: League Cup Dies Death Of A Thousand Misses
Arsenal 1 – 0 Doncaster Rovers The worst football match I’ve yet seen came during the mid-80s when Birmingham City visited
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Doncaster Rovers Preview: Youth Leads The Way?
Arsenal tread the Emirates turf this evening in search of League Cup glory. Arsène confirmed yesterday that he will field a side similar
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Ill-fated Welbeck & Big Club, Small Club Conundrums
Football likes the ill-fated. We laud winners but losers are ‘ill-fated’. They make ‘ill-fated title challenges’ or make ‘ill-fated transfers’; ‘ill-fated’. Danny Welbeck’s
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Chelsea Review: Discipline Gives Us A Well-Deserved Point
Chelsea 0 – 0 Arsenal It’s a sign of how well we played yesterday that there’s a tinge of disappointment hanging in the
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The ‘Will He Make It Before Kick-Off’ Chelsea Preview
Hands up if you thought it was a 4.05pm kick-off and decided to watch a street robbery in Las Vegas knowing that you
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STONE COLD SATURDAY: Complex? What Complex?
They say Arsenal has it. Arsène Wenger challenges his players to prove they don’t have it. So, what does this monster called an
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Köln Review: Emirates Europa League Debut Won’t Be Forgotten In A Hurry
Arsenal 3 – 1 1FC Köln It was a farce which Brian Rix would have been proud to write. Arsenal won their opening
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Köln Preview: One Pun Or Two As Jack’s Back
The headline writers are desperate for a resounding win. How many puns on “Eau dear Cologne” will there be after tonight’s UEFA Cup
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Özil’s Contract, You Called Them Who? & More
I stopped what I was doing and listened. I waited and found I hadn’t misheard. The talking heads wittered on about what a
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It’s The ‘It’s The Champions League & We’re Not In It’ Post
Twenty years. Two decades waiting on Europe’s top table and not even a tip. If it wasn’t for us, Barcelona and Bayern Munich
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It’s A Dog’s Life For Alexis With Contract Talk
I am what I drink and I’m a bitter man. Or at least that’s what Claudio Bravo wants everyone to believe about Alexis
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Bournemouth Review: A Welcome Victory
Arsenal 3 – 0 Bournemouth Job done, and it must be said, well. Bournemouth, cast as sacrificial lambs to the slaughter, were sunk
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Bournemouth Preview: Back With A Swagger?
I cannot be the only one feeling the waves of relief; it’s Saturday. Matchday. The butterflies in the stomach, the excitement of waking
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STONE COLD FRIDAY: Democracy Fixes The Transfer Window
Did I say “Fixes”? Depends on your definition of fixing. Democracy is like two hyenas and a lamb deciding what’s for dinner. They
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Feeling Invincible, Arsène On Ox and the Media
Speaking at the Soccerex shindig earlier this week, David Dein recalled the following tale, “In 2014, I was hosting a dinner at the
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Running On The Spot: Cech Highlights Problems
KAPOW! “When he [Mourinho] arrived at Chelsea from Porto, he brought the main thing: he came from a club where he not acceptable to him
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Trying to Find Positives from Arsenal’s Summer Mess
To say Arsenal’s summer has been a disaster is a polite way of putting it. The toxicity that surrounded the Emirates before the
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The Ethical Issue on Arsenal Being Bombarded with Sharp Criticisms
There’s no denying how unfortunate-of-a-situation Arsenal is currently in. And it’s of their own making. Consecutive defeats and a single unsatisfying win leave
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On Managing Alexis and The Month Ahead
So that’s it; the club awaits the return of the stragglers from their international duties, assessing their fitness, physically and mentally. All eyes
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Next Summer’s Problems As Arsenal Sink Into KSE’s Mediocrity
In this morning’s edition of The Times, Henry Winter talks about events at clubs with worse owners than Stan Kroenke. I know you’re
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Legends Bite Back, Future Planning and Living Wage
That backfired quicker than I thought it would. Ian Wright was the legend who responded quickest to Mesut Özil’s Garbo moment. And the
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Özil Responds & Arsenal Is Mad, Bad and Dangerous
Challenging for titles brings wider benefits than just results on the pitch. In the good times, it’s hard to put a bad slant
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