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Amidst the furore of yesterday's loss to Man City, one fairly fundamental point seems to have gone in under the radar. Adebayor seems, selflishly, to have put revenge against his former club, above the lofty ambitions of his current club, and Man City may pay for it in a way which will affect them where it really hurts - the loss of points now, and in future. In the build-up to last Saturdays game, we all read the stories in the papers quoting...

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Well done to GoonerTalk.com, from whom the following freeze framed photo shows Rooney clearly going to ground BEFORE Almunia made contact.

Take a look at Rooney's left knee, it is NO WHERE NEAR Almunia, and is more than 90% on it's way to the turf.

Isn't that proof of diving, and if so, how different is this to the Eduardo incident?

Now, anyone want to have a go at guessing how much the press will make of this one? 

In spite of the 2-1 loss away to Manchester Utd yesterday, this Arsenal squad should take a lot of positives from the game. The game against Manchester Utd although noteworthy, is simply one game out of 38, and considering last years champions had more to lose than Arsenal out of the game (two losses in the first 4 games of the season is a big deal), they really were out of sorts for most of the game. It is the worst I've seen Manchester Utd play at home for a very long time in spite of the fact that ...

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Watching the Sunday Supplement program on Sky Sports, it seems there IS video evidence that came to light last Friday suggesting that there REALLY was contact between the Celtic keeper and Eduardo, a fact that Wenger alluded to in his post-Celtic press conference.

The link to the two-minute Sunday Supplement clip is here.

Would be grateful if anyone has the link showing contact between the Celtic keeper and Eduardo, would like to publish it here if possible.

I still remember doing a double-take on who looked like the match mascot standing next to Bendtner in the pre-game line up, only to realise it was our new signing Arshavin. I also remember Arshavin's first goal for Arsenal, against Blackburn. That direct run along the byline, approaching the goal, and me thinking "that angle seems too tight, he'll have to cut back a little bit". And then the sheer feeling of incredulity, when I saw a flash of the net bulge. "This guy is the real deal", I remember thinking to myself. Well, this time round Arsenal's own 'little magician' will be...

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In my opinion, the upcoming 2009-2010 premier league season will be the most open title race in many years. Why? Well, put simply, every year in the last 4 campaigns, out of the so-called top-4, there have always been question marks over Arsenals squad, with the other top-4 squads pretty much left to get on with things. This year however, for the first time, there are problems with all four top-4 clubs, whether it be key player sales, new managerial introductions or a lack of transfer activity. For once in a long time, Arsenal is not the only top-4 club with issues to resolve at the start of the season.

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A splendid display by Rooney playing for England, got me wondering - has he learnt his lesson? From a selfish point of view, I'd sometimes, perdiocially, rather he didn't, considering that everytime he loses his sense of perspective, it's Manchester Utd who suffer for it. Having said that, I don't buy the whole argument about taming Rooney being the end to...

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The BBC's website last Friday quoted Manchester Utd's manager, Alex Ferguson as saying that Liverpools Benitez was going to be handed a war chest for the coming summer. Buried in the detail of that article which did mention Arsenal, was the following: "In terms of net spending - taking into account income from sales - the clubs are...

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Recent weeks of stalemate at the Emirates has led to certain sections of the crowd booing off the Arsenal players at the end of the game. The obvious question is - how is booing going to help? Is it going to lift the players to higher heights? Will it inspire them to play better? Mind you, that's not to say...

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The price clubs play for dropping out of the Premier League has resulted in the so-called lower-table teams, adoping measures to increase their chances of staying up. And who can blame them? And certainly, Wenger doesn't. One of these measures (apart from being out-and-out physical as sides such as Bolton and Blackburn have adopted), has been to park 12 (I include the visiting teams manager) men in front of their goal, leaving the home team to find the initiative to penetrate. This isn't a phenomenon that is exclusive to Arsenal. Both Manchester Utd and Liverpool, both to a lesster extent, have also been been given a taste of this - in Manchester Utd's case, this has resulted in some late, late 1-0 wins, whilst with Liverpool, they've also suffered a few surprising draws at home. The question is...

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