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England's Future Bleakens As Arsenal's Brightens

Yogis W. posted an article on - Feb 9, 2012, 4:14 am
Fabio Capello’s England reign is over; let the revisionism begin. Chastised in the past twenty-four hours for not having full command of the English language, the Italian may be surprised to see that Harry Redknapp is his media-annointed successor. This is the same Redknapp you will recall, who ...
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The Shifting Sands On Which Hopes Are Built

Yogis W. posted an article on - Feb 8, 2012, 7:15 am
Later post today, a morning where the crapometer hit maximum splatter. Yeah, the sigh I exhaled was as heavy as that sentence sounds. It’s just as well that this week has been about hopes for the future. Hope from the win over Blackburn, Robin van Persie hopes Theo Walcott will be a twenty goal a...
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Globetrotting Can Be A Hazardous Pursuit

Yogis W. posted an article on - Feb 7, 2012, 5:13 am
The transfer wheels are turning this morning or perhaps its just the cogs grinding out of the cold snap, ready to crank up as the season draws to its conclusion. Over the years we have had many players who were constantly linked with the club but never arrived; current squeeze is Eden Hazard. He pr...
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Is This A False Dawn Or The Start Of Something New?

Yogis W. posted an article on - Feb 6, 2012, 5:16 am
Chelsea’s inability to defend means that the gap to fifth has closed this weekend; OK United had help from their friends but frankly that is of no consequence to Arsenal save that it prevented three points going to West London. It is hard to decide which is the best result in tonight’s match; a...
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Arsenal's 007 Performance: My Name Is Bond, Premium Bond

Yogis W. posted an article on - Feb 5, 2012, 4:56 am
Arsenal 7 – 1 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 0 van Persie (2) 1 – 1 Pedersen (31) 2 – 1 van Persie (28) 3 – 1 Oxlade-Chamberlain (40) 4 – 1 Arteta (51) 5 – 1 Oxlade-Chamberlain (54) 6 – 1 van Persie (62) 7 – 1 Henry (90) Sent off: Givet (42) Arsenal delivered their first Premier Le...
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Blackburn Rovers Preview: Back On Track Or Derailed?

Yogis W. posted an article on - Feb 4, 2012, 3:35 am
Blackburn arrive at The Emirates for the early kick-off, both sides in desperate need of a win for entirely different reasons. It seems barely credible that Steve Kean is still in charge of the Lancastrians given the criticism of his tenure by supporters; perhaps it is because the Rovers fans have n...
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A Dose Of Sanity & High Demands – A Normal Arsenal Day

Yogis W. posted an article on - Feb 3, 2012, 4:13 am
Pleasures and wayward distractions prevent Big Al’s normal weekly contribution, his family fearing for his sanity when he came home with 60,000 white permanent marker pens and a plan to buy a Sea King helicopter to transport them all to The Emirates tomorrow. Apparently it’s off some bloke he me...
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Arsenal Denied In Chance To Take Advantage Of Others Failings

Yogis W. posted an article on - Feb 2, 2012, 4:47 am
Bolton Wanderers 0 – 0 Arsenal Arsenal halted their recent torpid run of results in the Premier League with a point that brought them no closer to the top four but bucked the recent trend of making it further away. Newcastle leapfrogged into fifth but such is the fluidity of the current season, b...
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Bolton Preview: Wandering Stars Begin To Return

Yogis W. posted an article on - Feb 1, 2012, 1:51 am
Arsenal travel to The Reebok Stadium this evening looking for an end to the recent run of dismal Premier League results and performances. No points during the month of January for the first time during Wenger’s reign is probably in keeping with the tortuous season so far; almost as if the football...
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Deadline Day With Hopes And Aspirations

Yogis W. posted an article on - Jan 31, 2012, 5:02 am
It’s a day where excitement will be barely contained; transfer deadline day is here, Sky Sports News understands is an even more derogatory term than normal. Their reporters though are in trouble as their major source is in the midst of a media lockdown. ‘Appy ‘Arry being unable to talk via th...
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Quick Fire Arsenal Progress To FA Cup Fifth Round

Yogis W. posted an article on - Jan 30, 2012, 5:15 am
Arsenal 3 – 2 Aston Villa 0 – 1 Dunne (33) 0 – 2 Bent (45) 1 – 2 van Persie (54 pen) 2 – 2 Walcott (57) 3 – 2 van Persie (61 pen) Three goals in seven minutes gave Arsenal a deserved victory, recovering a deficit that was the result of defending as weak and insipid as the beer prof...
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FA Cup: Villa Preview – Chicken Little Or Strong As An Ox?

Yogis W. posted an article on - Jan 29, 2012, 3:55 am
The FA Cup sparked into life yesterday with Newcastle United, Hull City and Manchester United all falling in shock results. Arsenal will seek to avoid joining that trio by beating Aston Villa at The Emirates this afternoon. Some of the build-up has been quite comical; Alex McLeish has short-term mem...
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Down On His Luck, Brow-beaten But Arsène Is Not Broken. Jack Is…

Yogis W. posted an article on - Jan 28, 2012, 3:29 am
When you are down on your luck, the footballing gods waste no time in putting their size 11s in as Arsène found this week. Jack Wilshere had adopted a talismanic status, the saviour of the season; it seems unlikely that he will be that. That the manager offered nothing more has been taken as a sign...
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Who would want to be an Arsenal fan right now?

Yogis W. posted an article on - Jan 26, 2012, 5:43 pm
I hate saying it, but you should hear them in the confessional. You would never imagine. Did you know that they…I’ll let Big Al explain this one. I must say I’m warming to the idea. The last month hasn’t been great. Post-May the future might be a bit murky. But the now, and the coming month...
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Cheap Chatter To Forge A Siege Mentality?

Yogis W. posted an article on - Jan 26, 2012, 4:20 am
A favourite tactic of George Graham’s was to build a siege mentality when he believed that his players had been slighted by the press; it happened quite frequently and invariably forged as much of a team mentality as the infamous lunchtime drinking sessions. Fast forward two decades and the intru...
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No Drama, No Crisis and For Arsenal, No Qualification. Yet.

Yogis W. posted an article on - Nov 2, 2011, 5:42 am
Arsenal 0 – 0 Marseille Arsenal’s progress to the knockout phase stalled last night, put on ice for three weeks at least. Marseille’s improvement in form since the sides first met a fortnight ago combined with a tired performance by the hosts to produce a stalemate in North London. Qualific...
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Marseille Preview: Keeping The Pressure On

Yogis W. posted an article on - Nov 1, 2011, 2:00 am
I’m proud of them. That they have faced adversity and have shown a real class and spirit in fighting through it. - Stan Kroenke, 31st October 2011 If his utterances at the recent AGM were unspectacular, Stan made up for it with that one sentence. What was said behind closed doors should remain t...
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Robin's Batman To Theo's Robin

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 31, 2011, 5:23 am
The fixtures are coming thick and fast at the moment although a lull looms with the international break kicking in after the visit of West Brom to The Emirates. It is a headache for Arsène when those encounters will not include a Carling Cup tie, a match where he will automatically rest most, if no...
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Chelsea Bark Loudly, Arsenal Bite Decisively

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 30, 2011, 1:30 am
Chelsea 3 – 5 Arsenal 1 – 0 Lampard (14) 1 – 1 van Persie (36) 2 – 1 Terry (45) 2 – 2 Santos (48) 2 – 3 Walcott (55) 3 – 3 Mata (80) 3 – 4 van Persie (85) 3 – 5 van Persie (90) As if being drawn to the surface by a corkscrew, the season is twisting out of the bottle to unl...
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Chelsea Preview & Curbing The Media Yobs Will Be A Start

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2011, 1:30 am
Arsenal travel to Stamford Bridge this lunchtime for a test of their credentials. Quite what they are is unclear, mixed messages coming from the interpretations of Arsène’s Churchillian AGM speech and other ramblings from directors. Len Shackleton is still right after all these years. According t...
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One Of Us Speaks: It's The Wide, Wide World Of Gervinho

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 28, 2011, 1:30 am
“And if I just would like to achieve one thing today it is: trust us, this team has qualities, this team will fight. And if you help us to do that I think we will have a successful season” – Arsène Wenger at yesterday’s AGM. Late in the game against Stoke, Gervinho carried the ball deep ...
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Transparency Or Board Stupid?

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 27, 2011, 3:56 am
Thomas Vermaelen declared himself fit to face Chelsea following his substitution on Tuesday night, creating  a nice defensive headache for Le Boss ahead of the weekend. Vermaelen would probably have deemed himself fit even if his leg were hanging by a thread, so sick he must be of seeing the Arsena...
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Park Rides To Arsenal's Rescue

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 26, 2011, 4:38 am
Carling Cup 4th Round Arsenal 2 – 1 Bolton Wanderers 0 – 1 Muamba (47) 1 – 1 Arshavin (53) 2 – 1 Park (56) Two quick-fire goals took Arsenal into the Carling Cup quarter-finals in front of more people than the combined total of the night’s three other ties. It is Arsenal, it must be a...
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Gervinho & van Persie's Potent Mix. Oh, And Bolton.

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 25, 2011, 3:35 am
Bolton arrive at The Emirates this evening for a Carling Cup tie that proves that Fifa and Uefa are not the only deliquents when it comes to the fixture list. The impact and influence of television is not limited to these shores; Uefa play Europa League matches on a Thursday because they destroyed t...
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van Persie Seals Win, Team Provides Platform

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 24, 2011, 4:28 am
Arsenal 3 – 1 Stoke City 1 – 0 Gervinho (27) 1 – 1 Crouch (34) 2 – 1 van Persie (73) 3 – 1 van Persie (82) Arsenal’s season is gradually getting back on track, victory over Stoke City yesterday afternoon moved the club to within striking distance of the top four. Two points behind free...
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Stoke Preview: Arsène On Injuries & Tackling But Let's Just Win

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 23, 2011, 4:12 am
Stoke City arrive at The Emirates on a high with their throwback style of football taking them to the top of their Europa League group. If that were not enough in this curio of a season, an Arsenal win will take them above Stoke in the table, to within striking distance of a top four that was deemed...
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Avoid Burn Out: Douse The Olympic Flame & Keep RvP Fresh

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 22, 2011, 1:00 am
Ahead of the expected bruising encounter with Stoke City on Sunday, the Olympic Football Tournament has taken a battering from Arsène at his pre-match press conference. According to the manager, I think it’s good if Great Britain does well at the Olympic Games but we have to find a common sensib...
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One of Us Speaks: Do We Make Monsters?

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 21, 2011, 1:31 am
As much as I love the smell of Napalm in the mornings, I do like a Friday when I get a lie-in. Here’s Big Al weaving his lyrical magic… Other than the victory itself, two remarkable things happened during the win over Sunderland. Tomas Rosicky transported us back to late-2007 with a heartening ...
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Late Strike From Ramsey Give Arsenal Top Spot

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 20, 2011, 4:19 am
Olympique Marseille 0 – 1 Arsenal 0 – 1 Ramsey (90) You’ve no idea how hard it was to avoid a headline of “Euro Stars head home happy from the south of France“. But no incentive was offered so no product placement occurred… Arsenal moved to the top of their Champions League group wit...
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Tommy Guns For Long Arsenal Future & Marseille Preview

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 19, 2011, 3:56 am
English football’s navel must be very interesting since so much time is spent contemplating it. Whether it be the ill-advised appeal against Wayne Rooney’s recent red card or the folly of abandoning relegation and promotion, there is much to see in the bloated belly. It is hard to see why the L...
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Arsène And The Wages Of Sin

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 18, 2011, 4:00 am
Ahead of the trip to Marseilles, Arsène was interviewed on French radio about the season and summer past. Most of his comments appear to have been grist to the mill but some will light the blue touch paper under those who are looking for any reason to criticise the Arsenal manager. A regular criti...
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Arsenal Win Is A Sign O' The Times

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 17, 2011, 3:48 am
Arsenal 2 – 1 Sunderland 1 – 0 van Persie (21 seconds) 1 – 1 Larsson (31 minutes) 2 – 1 van Persie (83) Arsenal moved into tenth, their highest Premier League position since the opening day draw with Newcastle. On a day when he had used his programme notes to quash speculation – or at ...
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Sunderland Preview: Weary Side Must Lift Themselves To Victory

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 16, 2011, 4:07 am
Sunderland arrive at The Emirates this afternoon knowing that their first win in the league at Arsenal since 1983 will take them above their hosts in the table. Ordinarily that would be a sign that things are going extremely well on Wearside; now it means Arsenal are in a tailspin. Arsenal meanwhile...
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The Return Of Arsenal, Petit Pain & More

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 15, 2011, 2:46 am
If Steve Bruce thinks that Arsène has done the bosses of teams at the foot of the table a favour by diverting attention, the Arsenal manager is probably grateful to Ian Ayre for daring to broach the last taboo in English football’s rampant commercialism. The Liverpool MD / CEO / Chief Dogsbody ob...
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One Of Us Speaks: Increments of Aggravation

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 14, 2011, 1:00 am
Hey guys. Woah, Big Al, huh? All right! Well, see ya later. At the moment millions of Arsenal fans are going through something akin to the Clockwork Orange’s Ludovico Technique, only this experiment’s being conducted by the doctor from Human Centipede. Are your limbs restrained and eyeballs sit...
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International Injuries For Arsenal & Government Interference

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 13, 2011, 1:00 am
Club football returns to the fore, Arsenal awaiting the return of the players to assess injuries. The return to fitness of a large percentage of the club’s central defenders is partially offset by the news that Tomas Rosicky is already doubtful for the weekend’s clash with Sunderland thanks to a...
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Matches To Remember No 9: Sheffield Wednesday, Hillsborough, January 1988

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 12, 2011, 1:00 am
The last of this occasional series for this international break sees us take a small leap forward from yesterday’s Liverpool match. This time a 1 – 0 win at Hillsborough in January 1988. A midweek Littlewoods Cup tie en route to the final, a trophy that Luton would wrench from Arsenal’s grip....
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Matches To Remember: No. 10 Liverpool, Highbury, September 1984

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 11, 2011, 1:00 am
A change of pace this morning, a look back to the past in an occasional series that will intersperse the international breaks to come. A brief ... watch for that and a rare sighting of Vladimir Petrovic in an Arsenal shirt. The Premier League era would have loved him. Looking back, little has cha...
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Theo's Fears Give Him An Edge & Lessons To Learn

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 10, 2011, 4:23 am
A musical quality about the final Monday of this international break, Apparently Nothing transpiring in the world of Arsenal. Well, nothing apparently may not be entirely true. The club is, according to reports, squaring up, going toe-to-toe with Chelsea in order to sign a 15 year old striker from ...
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It's Arsenal So It's A Drama About A Crisis

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 9, 2011, 4:19 am
Sunday morning in the international break carries a touch of indifference about it. A touch? Utter might be a better description. It is a day when there is no hiding the bad news, or news that is negative about the club. Not that the employees can particularly do anything about it. The current edit...
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Captain's Log: The Cross Of Changes

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 8, 2011, 1:00 am
Club cap’n, Consolsbob, is here with his view on matters Arsenal… This has been a bloody awful season so far for Arsenal fans. Defeat on the pitch, an intensifying civil war between fans, another injury crisis and the conviction amongst many that the team cannot deliver. Add in continued uncert...
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Mertesacker On Defence, Ivan's Not Sitting On It

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 7, 2011, 1:00 am
No Big Al this morning so it’s just mee. Where to begin? Well, it seems to be about communication. What’s being said and more to the point, what’s not being spoken of but has crossed someone’s mind. On the pitch, the ability to communicate is being lost. Understandably, with so many Per-mut...
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If Criticism Is A Joke, Why's No-one Laughing?

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 6, 2011, 3:16 am
You have no idea how strong the urge to title this post with a Dexy’s moment was, “Jackie Wilshere Says”. In my mind’s eye, the football lyrics are already forming and it would require deepest apologies to Kevin Rowland for destroying Dexy’s last decent moment. Another day perhaps. On a d...
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Stepping Up To The Plate For Club & Country

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2011, 4:04 am
As the conclusion to the Euro2012 qualifying campaign draws near, once more Fabio Capello’s future is under scrutiny. Not because his a failure in his role, more that his contract is near its end and inevitably the media want a John Bull, larger than life character in situ. Whether that person is ...
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God Given Rights, False Hopes And Great Expectations

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 4, 2011, 4:17 am
... ’t even go there, conceding eight is an unusual outcome for any team in any league. This time around the defeat at White Hart ... Life on Mars. The point is that Arsenal has no God-given right to success. Those employed by the club must work hard to ... hypocrisy surrounding Arsenal. The...
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Hand Der Vaart Strikes As Arsenal Are Pole-Axed In Defeat

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 3, 2011, 4:27 am
Tottenham Hotspur 2 – 1 Arsenal 1 – 0 van der Vaart (40) 1 – 1 Ramsey (51) 2 – 1 Walker (71) Arsenal fell to their fourth Premier League defeat of the season, the magic number as far as champions are concerned. No team, the received wisdom tells us, can lose more than four games in a sea...
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Tottenham Preview: Time To Get This Premier League Campaign On The Road

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 2, 2011, 3:21 am
Arsenal travel to White Hart Lane as underdogs for the first time in many years. Tottenham have never beaten Arsenal during October in the Premier League era, an Arsenal win and two draws in that time. Underdogs. Underdogs? It is not hard to see why Arsenal have been labelled as such with Tottenham...
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Platitudes From Stan As Arsène Prepares His Troops For Sunday

Yogis W. posted an article on - Oct 1, 2011, 2:51 am
The NLD is firmly on the horizon, clearly in view and ready for action. It comes against a backdrop of Arsenal’s financial results, Stan Kroenke speaking for the first time about his ownership and speculation about the future of his captain this January and next summer. The latter will be the stor...
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One of Us Speaks: Bridging the Fàbre-chasm

Yogis W. posted an article on - Sep 30, 2011, 1:00 am
The Magnificent Malochi is here for another ivory-tickling sermon In December 2007 one of our plucky young Carling cup sides overcame Blackburn Rovers in the quarter final. It was a breathless scrap in the Lancashire mud on a bitter night against an experienced Mark Hughes team. You’ll probably r...
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Arsenal Stutter But A Win Was All That Was Required

Yogis W. posted an article on - Sep 29, 2011, 1:33 am
Arsenal 2 – 1 Olimpiacos 1 – 0 Oxlade – Chamberlain (17) 2 – 0 Santos (20) 2 – 1 Fuster (27) Arsenal stuttered to victory over their Greek opponents, ready to be sacrificial lambs at a White Hart Lane slaughter this weekend. Oh, don’t get bent out of shape, Beasley is a Tiny Tot. It ...
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