Well that was just terrific!
I’m sure many fans, myself included, were standing up and applauding that performance. Only a divinely inspired Nikopolidis, the silver haired Shaun Micallef lookalike, kept the scores goalless until the 78th minute.
It was then that a superb, flowing move involving Cesc Fabregas, Eduardo, Arshavin and finally Robin van Persie broke the [...]

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A quick one as it’s late, and I’ve used up all my time working on a little development for the blog. Keep your eyes peeled for it this Friday!
I’m going to go straight into predicting the team and leave it at that, today – in short, Olympiakos are definitely not a team to be taken [...]

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“Fulham always play a fantastic game against us from first minute to last. You could not see one player who did not tackle and fight. They tried everything. We would not have gone away with three points if we had not shown attitude and spirit.”
So said Arsene Wenger in the post-match interview after Arsenal came [...]

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A quick preview to a game that many believe is ‘all about attitude’.
Craven Cottage is a fixture full of charm and old-school football elegance, but Arsenal’s recent form at the ground has been anything but charming or elegant.
I’ve done my usual pre-match ritual of reviewing Match of the Day footage from our previous league game [...]

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Didn’t see much of the game apart from text updates on Eurosport, but it’s job done by our ever-efficient ‘kids’ in the Carling Cup.
While you can get a good, thorough report of the night’s proceedings at YoungGuns, from what I could gather, there were a number of stand-out performers that night.
Kieran Gibbs was solid for [...]

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No match preview as such today – predicting the team will be tricky, but we know it’s going to be a youthful outfit with one or two old heads to stabalise things at the back.
Gunnerblog does a nice summary of who should get their chance tonight – but we know we’re all looking forward to [...]

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If Abou Diaby does a knee-slide in front of Arsenal fans when he hits the winning goal for new club Preston North End in several years time, I will not begrudge him the pleasure.
I generally find the indifference and quiet dislike that many on the net seem to share for a gifted but glaringly inconsistent [...]

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