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Articles by Matthew Wade

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Why Arsenal needed Unai Emery to fail

Unai Emery’s reputation among Arsenal fans hasn’t exactly been enhanced since he left the club but let’s take a look back at why it might not have been a bad thing that he failed at Arsenal.

English footballer Peter Simpson of Arsenal F.C., 8th August 1969. (Photo by Michael Webb/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Unsung Arsenal heroes: Peter Simpson

Some players come into the category of the under-appreciated because they are over-shadowed by superior team-mates. Others because they excel in under-achieving teams. There are even those whose ebullient personalities serve to distract from their dedication and skill. None of these apply to Peter Frederick Simpson.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 12: Arsenal goalkeeper John Lukic in action during a First Division match against Everton at Highbury on April 12, 1...

Unsung Arsenal heroes: John Lukic

Down the decades, Arsenal fans have been spoiled with a succession of top-class goalkeepers but this seemingly unbroken alternation between club greats and journeymen since WWII doesn’t include one very notable exception – John Lukic

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Farewell Sven, we hardly knew you

So, Diamond Eyes, our great jewel finding coup, has left after just over a year and in the absence of anyone spilling the beans In a spectacularly unprofessional manner, we, the fanbase, are left to speculate why.

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Why is Mesut Ozil so divisive?

Anyone with an outward eye doesn’t need the vilification and subsequent international retirement of Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil to remind them of how polarised opinions have changed our political landscape across the western world.

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Arsenal’s backroom revolution continues

In the dark late season months preceding the formation alteration inspired recovery, we heard Ivan Gazidis talk of ‘catalyst for change’, leading to even further speculation regarding the manager and who might appear above or beside him in the managerial structure.

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Wembley Win: Wenger vindication?

Arsene Wenger’s future looks set to be sorted out this week but we still don’t know what way it will go. What we do know if that the FA Cup win now gives him an out with dignity.