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Stop the Coq and go Xhakaboom

Posted on 27 September, 2016 by Blog Admin

When he arrived in North London from Borussia Monchengladbach for a reported fee of £35m, it is is unlikely Granit Xhaka would have envisaged his first few months going as they have. So far, Arsenal have had three big matches – Liverpool (home), Paris Saint-Germain (away) and Chelsea (home). Xhaka has been on the bench for all of them.

Ahead of him has been the pairing of Francis Coquelin and Santi Cazorla, Arsène Wenger’s first-choice midfield duo from last season. Xhaka may have arrived as Arsenal’s big summer signing but that has not wavered Wenger’s allegiance to Coquelin and Cazorla.

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The #ABWRadio Show : 097 – Arsenal 3-0 Chelsea

Posted on 24 September, 2016 by Danny

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Fuck the chavs.

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160 – No No, No No No No, No Sanogo (22nd September 2016)

Posted on 22 September, 2016 by Danny

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Raj was not eating a pizza with 52 toppings!.

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The #ABWRadio Show : 096 – Nottingham Forest 0-4 Arsenal

Posted on 20 September, 2016 by Danny

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Poor old Lord Bendtner.

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Wenger’s Rotation: Helping or hurting?

Posted on 20 September, 2016 by Blog Admin

Arsène Wenger has seemingly started the season plunging into his toy box in order to find players which are good enough to utilise – and by what we’ve seen so far, he seems to like variety. There are some old favourites that have taken precedence over the newer, more expensive flavour of the month toys.

This is one thing we know about Arsène, he is a loyalist in every sense of the word. He prefers to stick with those he’s groomed over a period of time rather than throw in a new signing that isn’t as in tune to the Premier League as proven talent.

Rarely before have we seen so many completely varying line-up predictions just to see them blown out of the water by Wenger making choices we can’t predict, perhaps neither can the opposition (and perhaps that’s the point). It’s been met with frustration from some fans, I included, but are we wrong to judge so quickly? In football it’s all too easy to spout certainties at situations that we’ve barely seen the surface scratched on.

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The #ABWRadio Show : 095 – Hull City 1-4 Arsenal

Posted on 17 September, 2016 by Danny

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I slept through the whole game again ffs.

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159 – Almost Pointless In Paris (15th September 2016)

Posted on 16 September, 2016 by Danny

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Again we played like twats in Paris.

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The #ABWRadio Show : 094 – PSG 1-1 Arsenal

Posted on 14 September, 2016 by Danny

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Angry Giroud did a Hulk smash, like a bloody child.

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Thinking the Unthinkable: Are Arsenal capable of surviving tactically without Mesut Özil?

Posted on 13 September, 2016 by Blog Admin

Coming from me, such a question borders on the absolutely ridiculous…impossible even. Though I am not suggesting that Arsène Wenger should look to sell our prized German maestro, this piece is more of a tactical look at if Arsenal would not only be able to push on without one of the best number ten’s in world football, but also thrive.

Let me first just say that anyone who knows me, on any sort of level in regards to football, knows that I have defended the Gelsenkirchen native for the entirety of his Arsenal career to date. Having followed him from his Schalke days, through his rise to stardom at Werder Bremen and then his confirmation of greatness orchestrating the Real Madrid attack, I absolutely believe that he is one of the most gifted footballers on the planet. But football is a funny old game, one that provides us with constant reminders that the ability of a player doesn’t always guarantee that they are classified as a necessity.

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The The #ABWRadio Show : 093 – Arsenal 2-1 Southampton

Posted on 10 September, 2016 by Danny

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