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"What should Walcott have been? Perhaps it is smarter to look at what he actually was. Few forwards with 47 England caps are retrospectively marked as failures, even if those appearances came during a largely barren period for the national team. Arsène Wenger may have flirted with a few duds during his latter years at Arsenal but it said plenty that he persevered with Walcott, selecting him 397 times and starting him on 252 of them.

He scored 108 goals for Wenger, one of them in a victorious FA Cup final. These are hardly the numbers of a player who did not make it. They tell of somebody who made himself a success."

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"I very much have the feeling that Kai Havertz is going to be a player that divides opinion. Though most would concede he did not live up to his potential at Chelsea there is still a lot of variance in how people viewed his level of talent and his level of culpability for his inconsistency in West London. Some of those doubts will have followed him to the north of the River Thames."

Original Column by Tim Stillman: SIX FEET KAI AND RISING

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"The complementing skillsets of Havertz and Rice were a key reason that Arteta has looked to bring them together:

The entire tactical remodelling of Arteta’s midfield had been predicated on the German playing alongside Rice. Havertz has been earmarked to replace Granit Xhaka in the left No 8 role but he has played most of his football at Bayer Leverkusen and Chelsea as a No 10 or in a withdrawn striker role. It is a bold move but it was considered feasible because Arteta sees Rice as having the athleticism and ball-winning ability needed to complement Havertz and Martin Odegaard either side of him.

On paper, this makes Declan Rice the #6 and Thomas Partey the right-back. But in practice, Partey often became the lone pivot — and Rice became a hybrid in possession: 75% touch-heavy controller (think Zinchenko) and 25% box-crashing 8 (think Xhaka). Another way of saying that is just a true box-to-box midfielder."

Original Piece by Billy Carpenter: Forest for the trees

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CONFIRMED: ARSENAL SIGN DAVID RAYA ON LOAN FROM BRENTFORD

RAYA READY FOR “BEAUTIFUL CHALLENGE” AT ARSENAL

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ARSENAL WOMEN AT THE WORLD CUP: GUNNERS SWEDISH TRIO EXPERIENCE SEMI-FINAL HEARTBREAK

News about Arsenal FC from August 14, 2023

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When you know that you’re going to be a father, it really makes you think about the future, what kind of man you want to be. 

For me, I obviously dream about winning the league and parading the trophy through North London, for sure. World Cup. Champions League. I’ve got all those dreams, but those are all football dreams. 

As a person, I have another dream. 

I want this game I love to be a safe and welcoming place for everyone. I want my brother, Ollie — or anyone of any sexuality, race or religion — to come to games without having to fear abuse.

And when we lift a trophy at the Emirates Stadium, I want my brother there with me.

What could the trolls tell us then? Not a thing. 

Original Piece by Aaron Ramsdale: Oh Shut Up, Ramsdale!