Arsenal Calling

• We sort of took advantage…didn’t we?

  What a strange weekend!  Hard to put that one in to words, but I’ll give it a go.  It went from elation, at not only seeing Manchester City drop points, but to actually lose fairly comfortably, which gave Arsenal the opportunity to open up a 9 point gap over City when they travelled to Nottingham…

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• Nottingham Forest v The Arsenal – Player Ratings – Enormous opportunity missed.  So poor.

  Arsenal passed up the chance to put 9 points between themselves and Manchester City, by dropping two points against relegation threatened Nottingham Forest, in a drab draw at the City Ground. Arsenal dominated for large spells in the first half and passed up a couple of golden chances, with Gabriel Martinelli in particular guilty of…

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• Nottingham Forest vs The Arsenal – Let’s bring that cup form into the league

  After two cup games in succession, attention now turns to the Premier League as Arsenal look to get back to winning ways, following a disappointing draw at home to Liverpool.  With Manchester City having an upturn in results since the last match week, it’s absolutely imperative that Arsenal take all three points at the City…

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• Chelsea v The Arsenal – League Cup Player Ratings – Bittersweet at the Bridge

  Arsenal edged past Chelsea in the first leg of the Semi Final in the League Cup by 3 goals to 2, in a game that could have been so much more for Arsenal. They started the game perfectly by taking the lead from the first corner of the game, with Ben White heading in from…

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• Chelsea vs The Arsenal – League Cup Preview – Time to right some wrongs

  Just like that, another game comes hurtling towards us!!  The fixtures are coming thick and fast now and after a good win the FA Cup on Sunday, attention now turns to the League Cup, where we have reached the Semi Final stage for the second year in succession. Arsenal were unceremoniously dumped out of the…

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• Reflecting on Portsmouth – Was it just me or was that a thoroughly enjoyable game?

  Good afternoon Gooners!  After reflecting on the Cup game against Portsmouth at the weekend, I can’t help but wonder if that’s the first Arsenal game that I’ve enjoyed this season?  It didn’t start well, but once we got level it felt very comfortable and I loved seeing the midfield link up play between Mikel Merino…

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• Portsmouth v The Arsenal – FA Cup Player Ratings – Early scare, but Arsenal cruise through to the next round

  Arsenal are through to the 4th round of the FA Cup after dispatching a spirited Portsmouth side on the South Coast on Sunday afternoon.  Portsmouth made a fast start and took the lead through Colby Bishop, who followed up a poor parry from Kepa to fire in the opener.  After what happened to Crystal Palace,…

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• Portsmouth vs The Arsenal – FA Cup Preview – Time rotate, but respect the Cup

  After the disappointment of Thursday night’s 0-0 draw with Liverpool, Arsenal haven’t had to wait long to get back out there and move on to the next game with a tricky lucking FA Cup tie coming up against Championship side Portsmouth this afternoon. Aside from the draw against Liverpool, Arsenal’s form has been very good…

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• Let’s have some perspective (on everything!)

  Evening Gooners!  It’s been a little just over a day since Arsenal dropped two points at home to Liverpool, how are we all feeling?  I’ve tried to see the positives in the whole thing as far as I could, but like most Arsenal fans, my mind keeps wondering to what it would be like if…

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• The Arsenal vs Liverpool – 0-0 – Player Ratings – Chance missed but it could have been worse

  Arsenal missed the chance to go 8 points clear in the title race at home to Liverpool tonight after putting in a truly woeful performance, completely unfit for the occasion.  In terms of the table it is 2 points dropped however, it could easily have been all three that Arsenal missed out on with Liverpool…

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