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 Importance Of Bacary Sagna To Arsenal

To continue my posts on the importance of players to a team, I will follow up Theo Walcott with Bacary Sagna.

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Why Arsenal Should Forget About A Striker And Sign A Centre-back

Following Arsenal's 3-1 home loss to Aston Villa last Saturday, an Arsenal fan was filmed speaking passionately about his (and indeed everybody else's) disillusionment with the club and the lack of spending over the summer.

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Arsenal legend continues to baffle with his words

Like some demented Trappist monk given 24 hours latitude from the Benedictine instruction, Tony Adams at the moment is a man that just can’t stop talking.

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Arsenal man could follow Cesc Fabregas and sign for Barcelona

That’s right, Laurent Koscielny is the latest centre back to be linked with a move to the Spanish giants, to reiterate Barcelona want to sign Laurent Koscielny. How did that happen?

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Top 3 Unsung heroes: defenders who’ve made the difference for their clubs

Branislav Ivanovic

His header right at the death helped Chelsea to their second consecutive European trophy. The honour of Chelsea’s Player of the Year may have gone to Juan Mata but there is no doubt as to how pivotal Ivanovic’s contributions have been to the West London club.

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Koscielny wanted by Europe's best?

If you are possibly the best club in the world you would surely be setting your sights higher than Laurent Koscielny if you wanted a new central defender, however The Metro are reporting that the Arsenal man is a target for the German Champions Bayern Munich. What is even further baffling by this story is that it is being indicated that Arsenal will rebuff the reported bid of around £19 million.

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Dean got the Koscielny decision spot on (Video)

Fans couldn't get away from the fact that yesterday was Super Sunday. It was continuously announced to the watching world that Manchester United were hosting Liverpool and Manchester City were to travel to the Emirates Stadium to take on Arsenal in a day where football all but took centre stage.

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Arsenal vs Manchester City, a costly game in more ways than one

Yesterday’s game between Arsenal and Manchester City was an interesting one and not just for the ordinary reasons.

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Robin van Persie leaves behind tips to Arsenal trio (Video)

Robin van persie scored his first goals against Arsenal at the first time of asking for Manchester United last Saturday, damning the gunners to a disappointing defeat, but at least he tried to leave them some tips?

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Koscielny is right, but his comments are unprofessional (Video)

It’s continuing to dominate the headlines, but diving is again at the forefront of football as the governing body looks to clamp down on the form of cheating.

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Chelsea find the net through Mertesacker shaped hole (Video)

Arsenal have now conceded 3 goals this term and all of which have come from set pieces. 

The goal at City was down to zonal marking which is new to these Gunners, however the two at Chelsea were easily avoidable. 

The first was a floated ball in and Torres somehow escaped the clutches of Larry Kos to flick it in. How? Because Kos was too busy trying to stop him and wrestle him to the floor instead of smashing the ball away or making the header. If Torres hadn't have scored, he would almost certainly have won a pen. Credit to him for staying on his feet in fact. 

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What a lovely Per (Video)

Much has been made of Arsenals defensive resilience so far this season. Is it down to the arrival of Steve Bould to the 1st team staff? Most likely, but what else is different?

Arsenal have only conceded 3 goals in all competitions so far this term. Two goalkeeping errors and 1 penalty that was in actual fact a trip outside the box.

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