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Mind What Gap? / Fighting Talk / van Persie / Ryo

Obviously I would rather Arsenal in the Champions League for some many reasons, not least being able to keep and build our squad, as well as having memorable nights like our last CL match. But it would be nice to see how our team would do domestically with the standard one game a week, I suspect that our horrendous injury list wouldn't be so horrendous if we had a Tottenham style fixture list.

Let’s do the Ramsey wide thing (again)

Cocky Spuds, Players Defend Wenger & van Persie Contract

My post Wenger concerns are not how the new manager will work with the players he has it is how he will continue to build squads in future. My concerns are not about how a new manager will motivate his players in a home game to lower opposition it is whether or not he will buy Stewart Downing over Francis Coquelin, Ryo Miyaichi and Oxlade-Chamberlain. So many players want to leave their clubs

Let’s do the Ramsey wide thing (again)

Contract Torture, Coquelin & The Ox

I found myself getting rather snappy when I glanced across a headline on a news feed about Manchester City swooping for van Persie after contract... blah blah. I didn't even complete the headline before screaming out obscenities on my way to the train station this morning. Let alone click the link. Please, if you can do one thing for me today, it is please do not click that hit whoring filth. We do not need to encourage them any further to make up news rather than report on actual news

Let’s do the Ramsey wide thing (again)

CH3L5EA, Vantastic, Twit & More – Iron Man's Arse Weekly

It was the first time Le Boss was able to name the same back four for consecutive matches which meant the returning Verminator was left on the bench as an improving Koscielny played alongside the BFG with Johan Djourou and Andrew Saint in the full back positions. Well, on paper that was who were tasked with defending. As it transpired, the first half saw them doing very little of that as the lads spent much of the opening 45 running around in weird directions like they were

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What’s The Solution To A Great Problem Like van Persie?

In season 2009/10, Emmanuel Adebayor made his dream signing to Manchester City, the club where he could finally find happiness and a long term home, Arsene Wenger made some tactical adjustments to his Arsenal team. His tried and tested 4-4-2 had been cast aside into history and a new fluid 4-3-3 system was in place. Cesc Fabregas was given freedom to attack and create while van Persie was converted to an out and out goalscorer. A position that many people questioned. Arsenal

Let’s do the Ramsey wide thing (again)

The Struggle to Fix our Robin Reliance

A win is a win is a win, as they say, but it’s a shame that, despite winning, our games seem so often to exist merely to provoke further discussion about our flaws. Don’t get me wrong, I am very happy about winning, I just think it would be nice to sit down after a win and spend our time enjoying the performance and not just infinitely analysing our seemingly incurable ailments

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The ‘3 Ps’ – Part 2 (Penetration)

It is clear that over the last year or so Wenger has been looking to add more fleet-footed players to the squad in the hope of producing a team more proficient at the counter-attack. This can be seen in the signings of Ryo Miyaichi, Wellington Silva, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Gervinho who are more suited to being played out wide on the flanks. It is commonly stated that there is no replacement for raw pace. Yes, defenders can compensate by anticipating play well or using expert positioning. Managers

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