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Words from the 3rd Choice Captain

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Arsenal have gone through alot this season in general but also in the captaincy department with Gallas coming out with his outrageous comments which lead to Fabregas being picked for the job before picking up a 4 month injury.
This left the Gunners searching for a captain, they needed experience so they picked basically the only [...]

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Arsenal and the Champions League Draw

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

It was announced a week and a half ago and is about 2 months away(Feb 24) but I thought it would still be worth having a look at the UEFA Champions League round of 16 and where Arsenal stand.
Chelsea v Juventus
Villarreal v Panathinaikos
Sporting Lisbon v Bayern Munich
Atletico Madrid v FC Porto
Lyon v Barcelona
Real Madrid v [...]

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Youngster Signs Extention but will he stick to it?

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Arsenal youngster Jay Simpson has recently signed a long term extention with the Gunners in what both parties hope will be a wonderful relationship.
Simpson has made an appearance in all three of the League Cup games(Carling Cup) scoring a goal against the full strength Wigan in what was a promising game for the young 20 [...]

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Summary Arsenal vs Portsmouth

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Gunner\'s Gallas Goal!
I was only able to catch 35 minutes of the game and I am sure glad that is all I seen. Arsenal tryed to play in their traditional manner of pass and move but it effectively failed with plenty of poor passes and little passes back and forth with no real penertration when [...]

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Preview Arsenal vs Portsmouth

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Yesterday I was enjoying a nice replay of the Aston Villa vs Arsenal game unaware of the full time scores I saw the Gunners go 2-0 up before happerly heading off to a local game(A-League).
After a thrilling game of local football a fellow Melbourne fan also a Villa fan alerted me to the score a [...]

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Night Knight all title hopes

Friday, December 26th, 2008

A late equaliser by Zat Knight has ended our hopes of winning the Premier League this season, in my opinion. I am up there with the most optimistic of the lot, constantly defending our title hopes and reputation to friends and family but, now I have to concede.
10 points behind 1st place, lying in 5th, [...]

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Fabregas Joins the Long Term Injuries

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Arsenal Captain Cese Fabregas has been ruled out for 4 MONTHS after his clash with Xabi Alonso at the weekend. The initial thought was that Fabregas would be out for 4 weeks but the full extent wasn’t known it has now been classified as a partial rupture of a knee ligament.
The cause of the injury [...]

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Gunners v Liverpool Summary

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

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Familar sight: frustrated, angry and upset all comes with managing Arsenal this season no different on the weekend.
Arsenal hosted Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium looking to push back into the top 4 and title contention but it was once again not to be.
Arsenal took the advantage first when Robin Van Persie trapped a delightful long [...]

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Adebayor on his Red Card

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Emmanuel Adebayor wants referee Howard Webb to re-examine his red card against Liverpool on Sunday an event which should not happen a red card is a red card and I havn’t even seen what happened but after Ronaldo didn’t get a 1 match suspention action has to be taken rules are rules boys.
Adebayor was sent [...]

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Eduardo on the way back!

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

The Brazilian-born Croatian foreward Eduardo da Silva is beginning to comeback to the game after a horrific injury last season against Birmingham City.
Eduardo fractured his left fibula and dislocated his ankle in the match against Birmingham and missed plenty of football including Euro 2008 but he is on the mend and recently took part in [...]

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