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Ze position is simple. spend da dough and match ze numba of players goin out wiv ze numba of players comin in. at da moment, ze numbers no match. we ship clichy to shitty and it checks dig eboue to turkey. almunia iz gone back to da circus. now, me no wicked at arithmetic but dat means we need 3 players already. jenkinson dont count cos he scored an own goal from outside da area. gervinho needs a air cut. so we iz of da opinion dat we still need 5 players. now, we all knowz dat brazil is da wickedest
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Once again we started the game without captain Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri. Laurent Koscielny, Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott also missed the game through injury so we started the game quite thin on the ground to begin with. We still managed to put together a pretty strong team which

I was willing Henry to score just so we could cheer his goal, the result of the game meant absolutely nothing to me whatsoever so when the boo's rang around the ground at the full time whistle I was truly bemused. Honestly, I thought I had missed an incident or something
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Some fans are excited about the prospect of Fabregas and Mata playing together but I have to agree with those who believe that the two are, in basic terms, mutually exclusive. It is unlikely we will spend £20m on Mata without selling Fabregas first which is a crying, wailing, please-stop-screaming-because-it’s-four-in-the-morning-and-I-need-some-sleep-before-work shame. Not only because they would have made a tasty Spanish omelette of a pair on the pitch together but also because I can’t help feeling
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I am looking forward to Gervinho and Walcott having the movement, link up and artistry of Robin Van Persie. Marouane Chamakh is still out of sync right now and looks a shadow of the man that came in and hit the ground running last season. He gave the ball away frequently in the time he was on the pitch and did not cause the defenders any problems at all. Hopefully it is still pre season rust with him

The cumulative effect of all this is that other teams will be very much on the lookout for deals we are interested in since they know they may well be able to outmuscle us financially and steal a real talent from under our noses. I cannot claim to know anything more than most of you but there has to be at least some chance that whoever bid for Joel Campbell did so only
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Moving away from the defence for a moment, a few of the selections were interesting. Carlos Vela for me is not a right sided player. He is what I call a straight lined player who is too predictable to play in wide positions. Players like Samir Nasri and Ryo Miyaichi can go either side, can shift their weight onto one foot and then push off onto the other side. I do not see Vela as a wide player, suits the central
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I find it very difficult to join the Carlos Vela is useless bandwagon that has been increasing in the last year. He certainly hasn't lived up to his potential thus far and it is even more damning when you do not break through at a club like West Brom, but there is so much more to come from Vela. His finish was typical Vela and I am sure most Gooners knew exactly what was coming when he wriggled through on goal from Rosicky's pass, a cool dink over the keeper and safely into the back of the net
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In return, and to prove to you that we begin this venture on equal footing, I promise to give the same time and consideration to the words I write so that I do not unintentionally anger or insult any one of you who have so kindly taken the effort to listen to my thoughts. And if you feel that this is not a fair deal then there is a fully functioning and well-worn comments section below where I would be happy
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Interestingly, in the 09-10 season Arsenal scored more goals from outside the box than any other team. 19 of 73 goals were scored from outside the box. Denilson led the way then with strikes against Hull, West Ham, and Everton Home and Away. Tom Vermaelen was the second biggest threat from