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Age No Barrier For Fabregas

November 24th, 2008 · Comments

So the dust has finally settled on William Gallas’ ill judged outburst with Arsene Wengers decision to strip him of the captaincy and replace him with Cesc Fabregas immediately. Wenger had to make a big decision in the circumstances and whilst some people may think his choice of the midfielder as his new captain as a […]

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Tags: Arsenal · Arsene Wenger · Cesc Fabregas · Chelsea · George Graham · Liverpool · Manchester United · Tony Adams · William Gallas

Manchester City 3-0 Arsenal: Pathetic Gunners Crash Again

November 22nd, 2008 · Comments

When was the last time Arsenal looked so pathetic?
Today, they were defeated 3-0 away against Manchester City in a game where it could have easily been 4-0 or 5-0 to the blue half of Manchester.
I’ve never seen so many poor passes from Arsenal in one game. Their first half performance was dire. Man City’s play […]

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Tags: Arsenal · Arsene Wenger · Gavin Hoyte · Joe Hart · Manchester City · Robin Van Persie · Robinho · Stephen Ireland · William Gallas · aaron ramsey · daniel sturridge

Gallas Stripped Of The Arsenal Captaincy

November 21st, 2008 · Comments

The rumor’s flying around the soccer world are that William Gallas has been stripped of the Arsenal captaincy and dropped from the squad to play Manchester City tomorrow following the Frenchman’s outspoken comments about his teammates this week.
While away on international duty, Gallas told a French newspaper: “We are coming up against teams who are […]

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Tags: Arsenal · Arsene Wenger · Cesc Fabregas · General · Premiership · Robin Van Persie · TalkSport · William Gallas

Friday Night Links

October 17th, 2008 · Comments

Previews of the weekend’s fixtures courtesy of The Sun, The Telegraph and Sky Sports.
The Injury Front
Michael Owen does it again. I guess it’s comforting Beye, Gutierrez and Martins are coming back…then again, maybe not. If Kinnear can stay calm about this, it will be the first sign of hell freezing over.
Arsenal lose William Gallas, […]

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Tags: Bacary Sagna · Chelsea · Fernando Torres · Harry Redknapp · Liverpool · Mark Hughes · Martin Jol · Martin Petrov · Michael Owen · Nicklas Bendtner · Steven Reid · William Gallas

The Return Of Joey Barton: One Touch And 3 Minutes Of Controversy

August 30th, 2008 · Comments

Joey Barton is never far from controversy and such was the case today when the Newcastle midfielder returned to professional football. In his game today for Newcastle, he only touched the ball once during the three minutes he played.
In those three minutes, he commited a controversial tackle, showed little respect, was purposefully tripped by an […]

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Tags: Emmanuel Adebayor · Joey Barton · Kevin Keegan · Newcastle United · Samir Nasri · William Gallas

Who Are The Premier League Players You Love To Hate The Most?

August 26th, 2008 · Comments

Admit it. There are some players in the Premier League who get under your skin. The type of players you love to hate. But who are they and why do you hate them so much?
Names of players who often get fans irate include:

Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
John Terry (Chelsea)
Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
El Hadji Diouf (Sunderland)
Lee Bowyer (West Ham […]

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Tags: Arsenal · Ashley Cole · Bolton Wanderers · Chelsea · El Hadji Diouf · Frank Lampard · John Terry · Kevin Davies · Lee Bowyer · Manchester United · Rio Ferdinand · Sunderland · West Ham United · William Gallas

Premier League Odds and Sods 23 March 2008

March 23rd, 2008 · Comments

Manchester United 3 – Liverpool 0: The scoreline was unfair, United should have won by more.  Rooney and Ronaldo combined for five fluffed chances.  Captain Stevie disappeared twice for the Reds.  First, when he decided to stop running and not defend on the Wes Brown goal.  Second, when he failed to get between the referee […]

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Tags: Andre Bikey · Arsenal · Birmingham · Chelsea · Fulham · Javier Mascherano · Kevin Keegan · Liverpool · Manchester United · Newcastle · Reading · Relegation · William Gallas

Arsenal Score Late Equalizer Against Man United

November 3rd, 2007 · Comments

In what was heralded as the biggest game of the Premier League season thus far, Arsenal scrambled a late equalizer by William Gallas to tie the match 2-2.
United took the lead near the end of the first half with a goal by Wayne Rooney that was ironically deflected into the net by Gallas. However soon […]

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Tags: Arsenal · Cesc Fabregas · Cristiano Ronaldo · Louis Saha · Manchester United · Patrice Evra · Rio Ferdinand · Wayne Rooney · William Gallas



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