I just don’t think you understand
Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea What a day, what a performance, and if anyone over the last few years has ever said to you: ‘Think how good Arsenal could be if they…
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I just don’t think you understand
FA Cup final preview: Cech and balance
*eyes open at 6am*. It's the cup final, baby! Best write a preview then. Cup runneth over Though the river marked ‘league titles’ ran dry many years ago, leaving an…
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FA Cup final preview: Cech and balance
Pinch yourself – yes it is Monreal
Arsenal 2-1 Manchester City Imagine my surprise when Arsenal’s mojo - which I had prayed for in hope rather than in expectation before the match - emerged in the second…
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Pinch yourself – yes it is Monreal
What do we want? Mojo. When do we want it? Now.
Yesterday I took my kids to non-league football for the first time, for a play-off hopefuls clash between my local team Wingate and Finchley, and the hipsters' choice Dulwich…
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What do we want? Mojo. When do we want it? Now.
The sweet taste of FA Cup success
What a day, what a performance, what an experience. Here's my take on the day in the shape of a Storehouse story. Bit late because I went to the parade…
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The sweet taste of FA Cup success
Come on you rip-roaring yellows
It’s happening. I somehow managed to avoid getting too nervous, too soon about today. In fact, it wasn’t until Thursday’s Arsecast that the fear slapped me in the face and…
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Come on you rip-roaring yellows
Where’s Wally? He’s right bloody here, that’s where
View image | gettyimages.com Arsenal 4-1 WBA Walcott’s pootled along this season, slowly recovering his potency - oh so slowly - not always convincing on his infrequent forays off the…
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Where’s Wally? He’s right bloody here, that’s where
I can handle a whimper as long as there’s one last bang
View image | gettyimages.com When we lost to Swansea ten days ago I detected a whiff of endofseasonitis. We’d already qualified for the Champions League and the title was long…
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I can handle a whimper as long as there’s one last bang
Squeezing into the final, Arsenal style
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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Squeezing into the final, Arsenal style
Buzzing again: it must be the cup
Bah humbug to anyone who can’t get their rocks off at the thought of an FA Cup semi-final, whoever the opponent. I’ve been bouncing off the walls all week. Competing…
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Buzzing again: it must be the cup