Arsenal Calling

• The Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur – The stakes have just been raised…

  How can the biggest game of the season get any bigger?  It shouldn’t be possible, but yesterday’s results did just that.  Don’t get me wrong, beating that lot from down the road should always be one of our main priorities.  However, this season Arsenal have loftier ambitions and go into today’s game knowing that a…

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• Thank you, Brazil!

  The Arsenal fan anxiety surrounding each international break is a very real thing and it has returned in earnest lately. This all stems for having had seemingly countless seasons ruined by major injuries to key players in years gone by where the football world has contrived against us to dismantle our squad and with it,…

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• Sunderland v The Arsenal aftermath: One game too far?

  How are we feeling this morning Gooners?  That was a really painful one last night.  It’s very much a story of what could have been and what ifs and I think that’s always what makes bad results that bit harder to swallow. At half time a draw was looking pretty good, as we were way…

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• Sunderland vs The Arsenal   2-2  – Player Ratings

  Arsenal inexplicably surrendered two points in the title race by conceding a late equaliser at Sunderland, in a frustrating game in the North East on Saturday evening.  In the first half, Arsenal were pedestrian in possession and although they enjoyed the vast majority of possession and territory, they did little with either, and in truth…

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• Sunderland vs The Arsenal – Biggest game of the season so far?

  The headline might appear dramatic, but that’s exactly how it feels to me.  At the start of the season, you would have looked at this game as ‘promoted team away, tricky due to the home fans yet the team should look to be taking three points’.  There’s considerable narrative involved now though.  Firstly, Sunderland have…

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• We need to talk about set pieces

  I think this post might be more rant than opinion, but we need to talk about set pieces, and specifically, the general opinion regarding Arsenal’s use of them to score goals and win football matches.  Arsenal’s effectiveness from set pieces has been widely reported in the past few years, with that Sky Sports graphic, showing…

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• Slavia Prague vs The Arsenal 0-3 – Player Ratings  

  Arsenal just keep finding a way at the moment and although it they endured a rough start to the game, they found a way again tonight.  The winning run continues and the clean sheets keep coming as well however, Arsenal did allow Slavia Prague to have a shot on target deep into stoppage time which…

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• Slavia Prague vs The Arsenal – Getting a bit thin on the ground

  Arsenal’s focus returns to the Champions League on Tuesday night as we look to cement our place in the top 8 however, the squad is getting a little thin and rotation is likely still required so this one could get a bit tight.  Slavia Prague have not set the world alight in their upcoming Champions…

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• A very good weekend, but not a great one…

  Seems strange to say that a weekend in which Arsenal won away from home and extended their league to 6 six points over the second placed team (at the time of writing – before Sunderland’s game v Everton) is very good, but not great, yet this it’s left me feeling right now. Don’t get me…

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• Burnley vs The Arsenal  0-2 – Player Ratings

  Arsenal’s winning run, and clean sheets, continued on Saturday afternoon at Turf Moor as Arsenal ran out 2-0 winners, with goals in the first half coming from Viktor Gyokeres and Declan Rice.  Arsenal blew Burnley away in a scintillating period in the first half which saw Bukayo Saka twice draw big saves from Martin Dubravka…

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