The Importance Of Per Mertesacker To Arsenal

The final player of my five player special is Per Mertesacker - the Big Friendly German, as Arsenal fans refer to him as, which, whatever way you look at it, it's ironic because he is a scary player. His considerable frame alone is enough to put off some attackers.

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The most ridiculous game of football (Video)

With the Australians getting destroyed in the cricket (ha) I thought I would share with you their finest football related moment.

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Carragher joining Sky's line-up of legends (Video)

In a fortnight that has seen Gareth Bale awarded the double wammy of PFA player of the year and young player of the year, it's fair to say that Gary Neville would feature pretty highly in any punditary equivalent. Having struck gold with Neville's brand of no-nonsense yet intelligent Mancunian analysis, Sky Sports are staying in the north with their appointment of Liverpool's soon-to-be-retired Jamie Carragher.

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A slice of Motd - A recap of this weekend's action

Sweat begins to drip from your brow, nerves are almost overcoming you, your legs start to get heavy....it can mean only one thing: time for A slice of Motd!

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Classics from the archive: Eric Cantona (Video)

A lot of us spend many hours and days trying to be 'cool', whatever that exactly means, and a lot of us end up failing to convey this aura of 'cool'.

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A slice of Motd

It's the moment you have all been eargerly anticipating, yes, that's right, it's the return of A slice of Motd!

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A slice of MotD

Hear ye, hear ye, another edition of Motd rolls this way. Yes, it certainly does as it is time for Lionel Richie's physical abuser Gary Lineker to lead us through Saturday's football action.

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A slice of MotD

A quick apology for the late arrival of this week's Slice of Motd. This writer was not in England over the weekend and therefore could not weigh in with his verdict on this past weekend's Match of the Day.

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Handbags at dawn (Video)

Here’s everyone’s favourite dour Scottish pundit Alan Hansen poking fun at Michael Owen and Jason Roberts on Match of the Day 2.

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A slice of MotD

This is the start of a weekly blog which will carefully dissect all facets of our own footballing national treasure: Match of the Day.

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