Squeezing into the final, Arsenal style

• Post author:Jim
• Post published:19/04/2015
• Post category:Match Review

Reading 1-2 (AET) So it’s the FA Cup final for the second year running, Arsenal’s 19th of all time - a record. And if we go on to beat the…

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Coquing marvellous

• Post author:Jim
• Post published:12/04/2015
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View image | gettyimages.com Burnley 0-1 Arsenal Yesterday’s win was a gentle reminder that it’s not every week you fire off a three-goal, eight-minute salvo where all the goals were…

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Giroud fizzes, Arsenal fizzle out

• Post author:Jim
• Post published:22/03/2015
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View image | gettyimages.com Newcastle 1-2 Arsenal Arsenal’s record after European games has not been too bad this season - DDWLWDWWW - but you never know how a team will…

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Giroud was all like ‘yeah’

• Post author:Jim
• Post published:15/03/2015
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View image | gettyimages.com Arsenal 3-0 West Ham Ping, ping, dummy, flick, goal - it was one of those days when Arsenal’s build-up passing slotted together like one of those…

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All’s Welb that ends Welb

• Post author:Jim
• Post published:10/03/2015
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View image | gettyimages.com   Manchester Utd 1-2 Arsenal Worth waiting for. A truly lamentable record at Old Trafford was put to bed, at last and deservedly, by an Arsenal…

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There’s more in this side, somewhere

• Post author:Jim
• Post published:02/03/2015
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View image | gettyimages.com Arsenal 2-0 Everton There should, ordinarily, be no reason at all why a 2-0 victory should not elicit a sense of complete wellbeing. So why did…

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No points for a no-show

• Post author:Jim
• Post published:08/02/2015
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Spurs 2-1 Arsenal After three straight league wins and two cup victories, maybe I got lulled into a false sense of security. This side is clearly still a work in…

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Cazorla ices the Arsenal cake and I want another slice

• Post author:Jim
• Post published:18/01/2015
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View image | gettyimages.com Manchester City 0-2 Arsenal A magnificent, disciplined, resilient and pragmatic 90 minutes from Arsenal that ended in three well-deserved points. The best result this season? No…

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A header, a chip, a flick and a panenka

• Post author:Jim
• Post published:14/12/2014
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View image | gettyimages.com Arsenal 4-1 Newcastle Utd Arsenal’s best league performance of this season? I don’t think there’s any doubt about that. And so very Arsenal that it should…

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Dismal Arsenal stagger on

• Post author:Jim
• Post published:07/12/2014
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#460048954 / gettyimages.com Stoke City 3-2 Arsenal It’s impossible to make any sense of this season, because you have absolutely no idea what Arsenal will do when they step on…

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