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There was a time when Arsenal were derided as ‘a selling club.’ As Arsene Wenger began to replace the squad bequeathed to him by George Graham with little known players from France and down on their luck talents in need of some TLC, Europe’s elite began to sit up and take notice. Suddenly, Arsene Wenger found that his charges...

At this point I assume all of our international travellers are back in London, and ready to get down to the business at hand. That business is getting ready to play Leicester on Monday, then go to Lisbon next week, then return to London to play Crystal Palace on Sunday and then ... well, let's take it three games...

Good news everybody! This Interlull is over, and you're reading this in the voice of Professor Farnsworth from Futurama. The bad news is that there's another one next month and while almost everyone else gets to play this weekend, we have to endure an extra Arsenal free couple of days before we play Leicester on Monday night. What a tremendous...

Throughout this Interlull my interest has been primarily that our players come back without injury. It's been so far so good, but then via @AFCPressWatch2 I saw a story about Sokratis Papastathopoulos which doesn't sound that promising. Google Translate isn't that helpful really as when you put the headline and body of the story into it and ask it to...

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. On this week's Interlull Arsecast Extra we discuss Thierry Henry's appointment as Monaco coach, Laurent Koscielny's retirement from international football and his very honest comments about France, and Aaron Ramsey on his contract, before answering questions about the team that might face Leicester in a week's...

Let's start this Monday with the good news: We're into the final week of this Interlull. Then the bad news: We're not playing until this day next week because of stupid Monday night football. Then the even badder news: There's another Interlull next month. I know it's very much a first world problem, but it doesn't make the gap between games...

Not a lot of Arsenal Arsenal around this morning, but there is some Arsenal connected stuff to get us through an Interlull Sunday. Thierry Henry is now the new head coach of Monaco, having decided that the job at Aston Villa with John Terry as his assistant wasn't the right fit for him. You may all insert your own version...

Good morrow! All is well in Arsenal-Land. The warring factions of Windsor-or-Bugger-Offs and the Windsor-Out brigades have come together in harmony. Sweet choirs of angels sing and our lives in red and white are set fair. Before the inevitable reversion to the mean, let us bask in the glory of Sunday’s match up agin the best team in Fulham,...

Morning all, a very quick Saturday round-up for you. Let's start with the Aaron Ramsey situation as the midfielder confirmed yesterday that he'd thought he'd agreed a contract with Arsenal, only for it to be withdrawn before he could sign it. He didn't exactly says 'That's that!', and did leave the door open for further negotiations, but the most likely...

It's a stormy morning in Dublin, it's Friday, it's an Interlull and it's booooooooring. Sorry to all you fans of the new, exciting, UEFA Nations League in which Ireland apparently play Wales and Denmark for all eternity, but it just doesn't do it for me. So, given all that, I thought we'd delve into the past a bit and then...

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast - the Arsenal podcast. On this week's Interlull Arsecast we discuss stats with Tim from 7amkickoff. Arsenal are over-performing when it comes to Expected Goals. What does that mean exactly? Tim delves into that, as well as some of the other interesting stats he's noticed at this early stage of the season, and...

I have consistently been moved to write about Arsenal’s attack this season because it is, to my mind, the most intriguing area of the squad. The forward line contains a lot of top class players but it is not straightforward to envisage how they fit together- this is not just a mathematical conundrum either, it’s a question of tactical...