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Arsenal vs Brighton: 4 most likely solutions to left-back dilemma

Nikesh Teckwani — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 19:00:28 +0000

With Kieran Tierney set to undergo season-ending surgery, Mikel Arteta faces a major conundrum on how to best replace the Scottish full-back in the Arsenal team. Monday’s 3-0 defeat at the hands of Crystal Palace served as a reality check (call it a slap in the face) for an Arsenal team which had been on […]

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What Arsenal do at centre-forward will define their season

Nikesh Teckwani — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 09:00:17 +0000

We are now 20 games into the season, and the centre-forwards at Arsenal have a combined seven league goals between them. Whether and how they address this position before transfer deadline day will ultimately define their season. All things considered, Mikel Arteta’s men had a solid enough first half of the season which has put […]

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Arsenal: Arteta’s plan begins to take shape

Nikesh Teckwani — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 11:00:35 +0000

It only took four games, but Arsenal are on the board, finally getting their first league goal and win of the season against Norwich on Saturday. With five new signings in the starting XI, we are beginning to see the club’s long-term plan take shape. Let’s be clear; yes, it was only Norwich. On paper, […]

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Arsenal: 4 biggest transfer window questions remaining

Nikesh Teckwani — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 09:45:43 +0000

With less than two weeks until Arsenal kick off the 2021/22 Premier League season at Brentford, several questions persist about the composition of the squad. In their most recent warm-up game, a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea, the Arsenal lineup (and performance) looked eerily similar to much of last season. Frankly, not much has changed around […]

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Arsenal 2020/21 season player ratings

Nikesh Teckwani — Mon, 24 May 2021 08:38:05 +0000

Another disappointing Arsenal season has reached its conclusion, so it’s now time to reflect on the year as a whole and assess individual performances. Here are the final 2020/21 player ratings. Naturally, as we finished eighth in the Premier League table, the majority of the squad receives average or slightly above average scores, with a […]

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Arsenal vs Villarreal: David Luiz injury update still a blow

Nikesh Teckwani — Tue, 04 May 2021 08:35:37 +0000

Arsenal strolled past Newcastle in a meaningless game this past Sunday, but David Luiz’s hamstring strain was the lone setback on an otherwise comfortable afternoon. The 34-year old limped off with an injury that, as per Sami Mokbel, is not believed to be too serious, but will in all likelihood rule him out of Thursday’s […]

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Arsenal vs Leicester: Mikel Arteta must support Nicolas Pepe

Nikesh Teckwani — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 18:00:03 +0000

In one of the best Arsenal performances of the season against Leicester on Sunday, Nicolas Pépé was at the heart of it all. With Bukayo Saka finally getting a rest, the Ivorian seized this opportunity to once again demonstrate his obvious quality and talent. The Gunners won for the first time since 2015 at the […]

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Tottenham vs Arsenal: Painful, Yet Predictable

Nikesh Teckwani — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 22:00:46 +0000

It was a painful, yet all too predictable North London Derby for Arsenal. Arsenal played right into Jose Mourinho and Tottenham’s hands. Anyone who has watched Spurs this season knew what their gameplan would be for Sunday’s match; perhaps someone should have relayed that information to Mikel Arteta and Arsenal. The strategy was simple yet executed […]

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Arsenal’s Unfamiliar Creativity Crisis

Nikesh Teckwani — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:00:33 +0000

Throughout the Emirates era, Arsenal have been renowned for playing attractive, free-flowing football with a vast collection of imaginative midfielders. Yet the current Arsenal squad looks devoid of any real creativity: Cesc Fabregas, Tomas Rosicky, Alexander Hleb, Samir Nasri, Jack Wilshere, Santi Cazorla, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil….even Mikel Arteta himself. The Arsenal I grew up […]

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Arsenal Fans, It’s Partey Time!

Nikesh Teckwani — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 17:10:43 +0000

The past few weeks of the transfer window had felt anticlimactic. Us Arsenal fans had yearned for a new midfielder, but we’ve finally got our man! They left it late, but the club mustered up the £45m needed to activate Thomas Partey’s release clause, and he is now officially an Arsenal player. The Ghanaian has […]

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