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Arsenal Bid Farewell To Bad News

by Paul Bestall on July 20, 2009 · 16 comments

Some managers may be cursing Mark Hughes and Manchester City, with their bucketloads of cash and a needy addiction to trying to sign every troublesome and moody striker in the world. Yet, Arsene Wenger may be quiet relieved after this weekend though as Emanuel Adebayor joined the Eastlands revolution ending his 3 year spell at [...]

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With the title race effectively coming down to just three realistic contenders now, there is only one spot remaining for qualification into next season’s Champions’ League. Currently, Aston Villa are sitting fourth on 48 points, with a nice five point gap separating them from Arsenal who are in fifth. Although Villa have accrued the same [...]

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Mike Pollitt Costs Wigan Three Points Against Liverpool

by Johnathan Starling on January 28, 2009 · 2 comments

You never commit too soon.
Mike Pollitt did just that towards the end of the first half of Wigan’s home tie with Liverpool and paid the price. While Mido equalize late in the match, this was a game where Wigan seriously had a chance at getting all three points.
Yes it’s harsh to blame one person with [...]

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Arsenal Escape the Cold While Liverpool Left Out to Freeze

by Johnathan Starling on January 11, 2009 · 0 comments

On a day where the weather saw two Premier League ties called off, one London side will be glad their match was played while Liverpool will be wishing their tie at Stoke City was frozen off.
Whenever Arsenal and Bolton get together, you know two things are certain. The first being it will be a physical [...]

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Chelsea Suffer Arsenal Disease In 1-2 Killer Blow

by The Gaffer on November 30, 2008 · 12 comments

For the first 60 minutes at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, the game looked remarkably familiar. Chelsea were passing the ball beautifully around the pitch. Wonderful movement off the ball. Using incredible amounts of imagination and creativity. Yet they couldn’t seem to score that crucial second goal.
Sound familiar?
Chelsea were Arsenal. Luiz Felipe Scolari’s side were a [...]

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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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