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Sunday waffle

February 26, 2017

Hello. It's Sunday. There's nothing going on. I can't find my slippers. They are lost. Probably forever. My feet are cold. I didn't watch any football yesterday apart from about 7 minutes of Chelsea v Swansea. It was 1-1. This is beautifully set up now, I t...

The awful tale of Santi Cazorla’s zombie foot

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February 25, 2017

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Hello everyone, it's Saturday and I'm aching from a game of 5-a-side last night. I haven't played for a few weeks so you know how that goes when you're at the grizzled veteran stage of your football career. Anyway, just a quick one this morning as we catch up ...

Arsenal Gentleman’s Weekly Review

Arsenal Gent

February 24, 2017

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Exalted triumph this week as plucky Arsenal vanquished the mighty Sutton United in the Football Association Cup! Much was made of this clash of the South London titans, with Woolwich Arsenal definitely the underdogs owing to their sustained recent spell of ...

See Liam Brady in NYC tomorrow (Feb 25th)

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February 24, 2017

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Our friends at @ArsenalNYC have put together a really special event that any Arsenal fan, or even football fan, would be interested in. They've got an audience with the legendary Liam Brady who will be chatting about his time with the Gunners, as well as hi...

Giant James (no peach), Ranieri sacked + Arsecast 418 (606)

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February 24, 2017

Arsecast

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I had the most bizarre dream this morning where James from Gunnerblog was the star of a sitcom on the BBC and the more successful he got the taller he became. He was about 8'9 when I asked him if I could make a guest appearance on the show and he threw an unbe...

Lukewarm

Tim Stillman

February 23, 2017

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Lucas Perez’s ascent at Arsenal has been gradual. This is because his Gunners career to date has comprised of a series of vignettes, with the Spaniard often deployed from the bench, or else given sporadic starts in cup competitions. He has pieced these cameos ...

Get involved in tomorrow’s Arsecast tonight

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February 23, 2017

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Ok, we're gonna try something a little different with tomorrow's Arsecast. Basically, we're going to do a 'live' phone in thing where people can ring up, ask a question, have a chat, shoot the Arsenal breeze – or any other breeze you might like – and we'll tak...

A storm, Santi forlorn, and Mesut’s form

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February 23, 2017

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Good morning from a very windy and stormy Dublin. We are currently being hit by 'Storm Doris', and it's much more visceral and threatening than the name suggests. It's sort of like being beaten to a pulp by a 6'6 brute of a man called Pippin Weakling. 'You ...

Tactics Column: Oxlade-Chamberlain ready to take centre stage

Anam Hassan

February 22, 2017

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If there has been one positive in this bleak period of football for Arsenal, then it has to be the re-emergence of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain as a central midfielder. Indeed, it seemed for a long time that the idea of playing him there was put on the back-burner ...

You are dishonest to your federation

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February 22, 2017

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So, yesterday the FA released the full written reasons for issuing Arsene Wenger with a four match ban after the 2-1 win over Burnley. We all know the broad outline. The manager took umbrage with the decision to award Burnley a penalty, had words with Antho...

Arsecast Extra Episode 162 – 21.02.2017

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February 21, 2017

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Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @Gunnerblog. On this week's show we discuss the storming 2-0 win over Sutton United in the FA Cup, the so-called magic of the cup itself and how Arsenal, at least, managed to...

Sutton United 0-2 Arsenal: We won

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February 21, 2017

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Match report - Player ratings - Video Arsenal experienced glorious victory once again as the mighty Sutton United were put to the sword by the brave, lionhearted underdogs in red and white. Goals from Lucas Perez and Theodore P Walcott were enough to put us t...