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Arsenal FC – Gedion Zelalem Is Good Enough for Preseason, Nothing More
As special as Gedion Zelalem might seem to those watching the Arsenal preseason tour in Asia, it’s going to be a very long time before the 16-year old becomes a more permanent fixture for the gunners in the Premier League.
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Arsenal FC – Theo Walcott Heading Towards Another ‘Breakout’ Season
When Arsenal signed Theo Walcott as a 16-year old wonderkid from Southampton, they expected him to be one of the best players in the world by the time these words are being written. However, another summer is almost over, and with it come the expectations of the speedy forward finally fulfilling the promise of his younger days.
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Arsenal FC – Olivier Giroud Can’t Be the Starting Striker Again
When people mention Arsenal as a disappointing team, it’s not about being bad. Making the Champions League every season means you’re doing something right. And yet, and overall feeling of mediocrity and settling for less surrounds the club, and having a starting striker like Olivier Giroud might be the best example for their lack of ambition.
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Arsenal FC – Per Mertesacker Is Wrong About Being Title Contenders
While consistency might be the most important thing for a team that doesn’t overspend and is trying to win a major title, alone, without quality, it’s close to meaningless. Per Mertesacker, who is probably proof to Arsenal’s under spending on players that can’t upgrade them from their current situation, couldn’t be any more wrong about their title chances.
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Arsenal FC – Arsene Wenger Hasn’t Changed
It doesn’t really matter if certain Arsenal football directors declare there’s plenty of money to be spent. Arsene Wenger is the same stubborn, arrogant and slightly disconnected manager, who takes too long to make the moves that need to be done.
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Arsenal FC – Arsene Wenger Given One Last Chance to Deliver
There’s more than just proclaiming “we’re still a big club” when Arsenal officials announce that they can spend like the best of ’em this summer. This means Arsene Wenger has no more excuses, and that just finishing fourth and making the Champions League won’t be enough next season.
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Arsenal FC – Laurent Koscielny Proving Again How Important He Is
For two consecutive seasons, Laurent Koscielny has proved to be the difference between Arsenal finishing in the top 4 and making the Champions League, and an end result that would have been disastrous for the club, and probably for Arsene Wenger as well.
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Arsene Wenger & Arsenal Won Their Last Trophy 8 Years Ago; He’s the Only Thing That Hasn’t Changed in English Football Since
Some numbers can be taken in two different ways – either praise for Arsenal for being so patient and stable, holding on to their manager while everything around him, including David Moyes and Alex Ferguson has changed jobs, or find a way to criticize Arsene Wenger once again for turning all the great work he’s done with the gunners during the first half of his reign into one big failure during the last eight seasons.
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Arsenal FC – Lukas Podolski Knows How to Finish Counter Attacks
It’s pretty clear that no matter what, Theo Walcott will not be playing as a striker for Arsenal, but using Lukas Podolski in that position isn’t exactly the greatest of solutions. So how does it still work? Forgetting about possession football that has been a huge part of the gunners’ DNA over the last few years, and simply relying on solid defending and quick counter attacking, which only needs smart and quick decision making on the break instead of players in certain positions.
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Arsenal FC – What Does Arsene Wenger Want?
Obviously, to make the finish Arsenal need in order to remain a member of the top 4 in the Premier League and play in the Champions League. Arsene Wenger is lamenting the firings of fellow managers, but while doing that is trying to save his own ass by hiding his own failures for the last seven years.