Arsenal manager and a man with an exceptional eye for young talent and devotion to his brand of football which, when Arsenal were at their pomp, was an absolute joy to watch.
Arsene Wenger’s current contract at Arsenal ends in 2008, after which the Frenchman expects to sit down with the Arsenal board and discuss his future. You can’t imagine Arsenal without Wenger, the man has branded the club in his image and whoever succeeds him, as someone eventually must, will have big shoes to fill.
The League Cup saved Manchester United in a way, surprisingly, after we’d dismissively referred to it as the Mickey Mouse Cup or Worthless Cup for the years preceding that win a few years back. Truth be told, it will be always be the fourth priority,...
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Written by Scott the Red. 7 comments
Men against boys. A phrase often used to describe a particularly one-sided football match. Well that phrase can certainly be applied to last night’s game at the Emirates. Only this time when the men went up against the boys, there simply was...
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Written by Neil Jones. 5 comments
Like him or not, Sir Alex Ferguson has a point:
Written by Ahmed Bilal. 2 comments
It was the 24th of October 2004. Arsenal had just completed the almost unthinkable, an unbeaten season in the Premiership. They started the next season on fire with eight wins and a draw in their first nine matches and ‘The Invincibles’...
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Written by BD Condell. 4 comments
Here we find ourselves, just over a quarter of the way through the season and the usual four-horse race seems to have already become a three-horse race. For the last few years, if a team had dropped behind this early it was usually Liverpool, but this...
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Written by Martin Banks. 12 comments
Arsenal play the most beautiful football in Europe.
Arsenal play a beautiful game.
Arsenal play the best football in the world.
Where have we heard this bullshit passed around as the ‘absolute truth’?...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 9 comments
According to Ken Friar the profits generated from the Highbury Square development project are separate from Arsenal’s usual accounts and as such are free for the club to use to reduce debt, buy a superstar (or 10 potential superstars) and pay...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 7 comments
One point against Sunderland is a lot better than no points against Sunderland, but a 1-1 draw was not the result Arsenal fans would have been looking for against the Black Cats, particularly given their slip-ups already this season. The result means...
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Written by Rob Parker. 23 comments
In full-flight, Arsenal have played some of the best football we have seen so far this season – up there with Chelsea at least. The likes of Blackburn and Newcastle have come up against a Gunners side who look absolutely irresistible in attack....
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Written by Rob Parker. 5 comments
For a manager who rarely witnesses the on-pitch misdemeanours of his own team, Arsene Wenger is never short of views on football’s bigger picture. Comrade Wenger has used his weekend off to good effect by bemoaning the break-up of communist countries...
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Written by Rob Parker. 17 comments
