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GlossaryClassifieds What They're Saying October 18th, 2011
12:08AM    "It was a very difficult summer because half the
dressing room wanted to leave. You're preparing for a season
where you don't know who's going to come in, the players who are
staying are asking themselves what's going on at the club,
you've got a pre-season tour of Asia. It was extraordinarily
difficult. What saved us is that we're a club that are extremely
solid and united. Other clubs would surely have gone to pieces
in those circumstances."  -- Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger says
his team is steadily recovering its poise after a desperate
summer that saw half his players wanting to leave. A 2-1 win
over