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    youth academy
    Youth Academy; Forgotten Focus

    It’s not breaking news to hear that player transfer fees have gone up exponentially with the growth of the digital age. The deals are getting more complex, with third parties and advertisers kicking in for the move. It’s becoming what many of the football purists feared, a bit of a soap opera. The old guard will […]

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    The Youth Take
    The Youth Take the Summer

    As expected in the previous post, the youth have lit up the discussion following Arsenal’s summer tour friendlies against Western Sydney Wanderers, Bayern Munich, and Chelsea. Reiss Nelson came out with the most plaudits, with composed and confident performances.  He’s displaced other youth players who were supposed to be closing in on the first team! […]

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    Summer Down Under; Arsenal Touring Australia

    First and foremost, keep up with us on Twitter throughout the Arsenal summer tour in Australia! The dust has finally cleared, and the silly season is in full effect. The rumors of Frenchmen and starlets from transfer windows past is being mindlessly crammed into every newsfeed possible. Having lived through this saga and seeing the […]

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    Speed Bumps
    Speed Bumps and a Bright Future

    It’s a testing week to be an Arsenal fan.  In a matter of days, the club has essentially wiped our chances of obtaining this year’s league title.   Surely, this was the season that Arsene had a huge self-realization and couldn’t let it happen again!  To think that we were so nearly caught up in […]

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    Preseason; Arsenal vs. Chivas Live in Los Angeles!

    I was lucky enough to see the Arsenal play Chivas de Guadalajara in Los Angeles during the last match of their preseason Tour of the USA!  It was amazing to see the Arsenal squad from a different view without the unbearable commentary.  I couldn’t help but to form insightful new opinions on certain players and […]

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    Summer 2016
    Summer 2016; Transfers and Youth

    Yet again, we have been left foolishly hopeful that Wenger would’ve approached this summer transfer window with Drake’s advice to “play it dirty, not clean”.  As I prepare to head to Los Angeles for the last preseason match of the Arsenal US tour, I realise that we as fans are in the familiar stasis of […]