Where has Arsenal's urgency gone?

On a night where there were Desmond 2-2’s aplenty, Arsenal came away with a credible draw away at Schalke which showed previous defensive deficiencies, as well as a lack of something which has usually been apparent in Wenger’s teams: urgency.

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Video games imitating life

I have been slow in keeping up with all the recent technological advances we have had in the past couple of years but I thought it was time to join the real world and buy myself a PS3 and Fifa 13 with it recently. Previously, I had owned a ancient old thing called the PS2 for a number of years and my only game was PES 2008. Remember that? Just to clarify, it had Michael Owen as its cover star. Yep, I really have been behind with the times.

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Time to go, Arséne (Video)

Two minutes was all it took for Robin Van Persie to vindicate his high-profiled, widely maligned move to Manchester United.

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Will Arsenal adapt for Walcott?

Fresh from his match-winning performance at the Madejski Stadium on Tuseday, Theo Walcott has said he is happy for Arsenal’s sixth goal of the night to be awarded to defender Carl Jenkinson.  The goal would have been Walcott’s third of the game, allowing him to exercise the traditional right of claiming the match-ball after scoring a hat-trick.  After initially being given to the England forward, confusion now surrounds who actually put the ball in the Reading net.  However, Arsene Wenger and his team have much more pressing matters to deal with when it comes to Theo Walcott.

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Classics from the archive: Man United vs Arsenal (Video)

As we approach another weekend of football the stand out fixture is the big one, the Ferguson/Wenger grudge match, that's right: it's Man United vs Arsenal. Some may say that in recent years this fixture has lost its edge somewhat due to Arsenal not being as competitive as they once were. To those people I say: bollocks. 

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Game, Set and Match. About time for Arsenal fans!

Arsene Wenger summed it up excellently last night when he jokingly claimed “that’s the first set to us.”

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I disagree with Gallas disagreeing with Wenger

Following Arsenal’s AGM last week, in which Arsene Wenger claimed securing a Champions League place is more important than winning the FA or Capital One Cup, it was always evoke a reaction from all those associated with football.

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Sagna return provides a welcome boost to Gunners’ defensive uncertainty (Video)

With all the attention on Jack Wilshere’s potential return in Arsenal’s Premier League clash with basement side QPR, it has perhaps been missed that Bacary Sagna is also set to make his return from a second broken leg in 12 months.

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Wenger is right regarding the top four

“A new player doesn’t want to know if you have won the League Cup,” said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger during the club’s AGM on Thursday.

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Will Aaron Ramsey ever re-discover his best form?

It has long enough now since Aaron Ramsey returned to first-team football for Arsenal following his 12 month absence from a leg shattered by Stoke’s Ryan Shawcross; the time for excuses is over and the question must be asked: will Aaron Ramsey ever become the player he once looked destined to be?

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Arsenal's goalkeeper black hole (Video)

Goalkeepers. They do the smallest amount of running of any player during a football match but if they make an error they are heavily scrutonised because, more often than not, it results in conceding a goal.

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Is TW14's KO a KO for his time at AFC? (Video)

Theo Walcott's latest injury is clearly poor luck on the young lad - literaly having the stuffing knocked out of him against San Marino on Friday night can't be what he had planned. 

I imagine he has visioned tearing the Sunday Leaguer's a new one as he showcased to Arsene Wenger why he is worth £100k a week. Instead he spent the night in A&E struggling to catch his breath. 

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Should Arsenal have gambled on Fletcher?

Arsenal have made a good start to the Premier League season, however missed chances have prevented it from being a brilliant one.

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Theo Walcott - Winger or striker?

Theo Walcott has longed for the chance to have a regular spot as a striker since his arrival at the Emirates in 2006, but Arsene Wenger has continued to frustrate the 23-year old by extending his vexatious time as a wide man.

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Dodgy transfer’s costing Anfield legacy

How often have you heard “how much?! For him?!” or “he’s not worth that, not in a million years!”  Sometimes clubs make transfers that seem ludicrous to an outsider and even to some insiders.  In order to highlight this point, I will now show one transfer comparison, which I find to be baffling, that took place this season.

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