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Roman Abramovich may have done the biggest favour to all connected with Arsenal Football Club this January transfer window. By spending £50M on Fernando Torres, a player who was woeful at the World Cup and unwanted by Barca or Real, the Russian oligarch has priced Cesc out of the reach of Barcelona for at least [...]
Arshavin dropped for West Ham trip
A pearler missed from Wenger’s presser yesterday afternoon. “Arshavin will come back after a breather for a few games and be sharper” Having played both cup games in the last 7 days, and played very much below-par, our little Russian wide man appears to be getting the bench for a week or so. Excellent news. [...]
Have you forgotten how good RVP is?
Forget that he played in the World Cup, he was rushed back to lead the line for the Dutch but never actually looked quite right. Moreover, the lone striker role is just not playing to the strengths of the spikey former Feyenoord man. I am hugely excited about the new deep lying forward and or [...]
Nasri is far better in the Platini role
Good enough to have it known as the Nasri role. So we are on a low ebb at the moment, if Spuds was not bad enough, we get humbled by a poxy pub team from Portugal who caved in a mountain to build their stadium. Fair play to the lad who got both their goals, [...]
Success Demands Lessons Are Learned Quickly
The manner of the defeat at the weekend was in pointed contrast to the belief in this squad’s abilities recently espoused by Arsene. Wenger believes it to be the strongest in his reign at the club. Position for position, his … Continue reading →
Wenger has it all planned!
In that he decided that he would build a team, whilst up against the Russian, Spanish and Arab billions, on a shoestring, that was capable of dominating the greatest club tournament on the planet. I am of course talking Champions League football. Having written about my beliefs for this team in said competition in previous [...]
West Ham at lunch and for tea?
The draw for the Quarter Finals of the Carling Cup takes place at lunchtime today, around the 12.15pm mark. Arsenal can land Manure, Villa, Ipswich, West Ham, Brum, West Brom or Wigan. What are the odds of landing West Ham at lunchtime in the Carling Cup and then swallowing them up before tea time later [...]
Cesc will start tonight!
He is no benchwarmer. Wenger has very clearly stated he believes this squad, not team, but squad is capable of winning the Quad! So we go for the lot, and can play first teamers in the Carling Cup, why?, because we have a squad of around 25 first teamers now! His policy has not changed, [...]
Arsenal bullied then toyed with Manchester City
Having watched the whole 90 minutes again, on ATVO, one thing struck me about this match that nobody anywhere has mentioned. How many reading this right now thought we were stick on’s to get a red card in the 2nd half? Denilson? Song? Fabregras? Djourou? I went for Denilson, as I thought he was the [...]
You won’t call him flappy again
Confidence is crucial to all types of sportsmen and women, it’s a vital ingredient in making the magic step towards World Class ability as opposed to World Class talent. I have done nothing but back Fabianski since the day I saw him play for us in the Carling Cup a few years back against Wigan. [...]
Wenger knows we can win the Champions League this year!
Cesc was fit for the Brum game, yet not even on the bench. Theo was definitely fit, but rested for Tuesday night’s massive Champions League match against the very, very decent Shaktar Donestk. I don’t think Chavski are untouchable, but there is a growing problem in the Premiership right now, United have faced it, and [...]
The positives from the Chavski match
Yup, you read it correctly, I am bored of reading all the monotonous crap knocking us, so I am going to focus on the glowing positives from the 90 minutes played out at ramshackle of a ground. Jack is ready, more than ready, to give world-class performances on a weekly basis, he is no longer [...]
Mourinho says Chavski will slaughter Arsenal on Sunday
The self-styled Special One has been mouthing off on Spanish TV, ahead of Sunday’s all important London Derby between the Chavs of Pikesville and the Regal Reds of London N5. He just cannot help himself can he? Bitterness is a hard pill to swallow, so they say, and ever since Maureeno was booted out of [...]
Szczesny played a blinder!
Well done young Mr Szczesny, you may have just fast-tracked you’re way into the Arsenal first team with that little outburst last week. I am firmly in the camp that rates our 20 year-old Polish keeper as a future legend at the club. Having seen him play live for Brentford, I have witnessed just what [...]
Accept the defeat Gooners…then move on!
Dissect the West Brom game as much as you want, but it won’t make any difference to the result. I sat through the whole game in the Clock End Upper (love saying that as opposed to the South Stand), right smack behind the goal, so had a wonderful vantage point over the course of the [...]
Arsenal 2, West Bromwich Albion 3: JUST DESSERTS
Hands up if you approached this match with just a just a little trepidation – no, I didn’t either. In retrospect, we should have known better. There have been recent examples where our team has followed excellent performances with duds. I thought that our side had matured enough to get past that – sadly, that [...]
Gloating gooners were moaning only last month
Apparently Koscienly was not going to be any good, who was this 3rd rate defender, plucked from relative obscurity to ply his trade in the Premiership? That bloody Wenger, buying duds all the time, hey..huhh! Chamakh can’t score goals… came the cry from the moaning morons… a few goals and a month down the line [...]
Cesc Fabregas Perfect Role-Model for Jack Wilshere
Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has revealed how he looks up to team-mate Cesc Fabregas and how he aims to follow his captain’s lead. The 18-year-old has already made an impression for the Gunners this season and earned his first senior cap for England last month in a friendly against Hungary. And Wilshere admits he has [...]
How brilliant is to follow this Arsenal side?
It’s only Braga in the ECL Matchday 1 tonight, not Real or Barca, but I am just so god damn excited about watching this Arsenal team right now. Cesc and Tomas are really orchestrating a beautiful symphony that gets played out on the Emirates pitch, with Chamakh leading the line to perfection and bringing others [...]
Diaby injury: No news = Good news
I am very surprised we have not heard more on how his scans/x-rays etc have gone. As I am sure most of you have seen already via all the pics and vids up on other gooner blogs, surrounding the diabolical challenge by the northern monkey from Bolton, it aint pretty. If the news from AW [...]
Cesc Fabregas Admits to Dip in Premier League Form
The Gunners beat Rovers 2-1 at Ewood Park, but midfielder Fabregas was not happy with his own contribution. However, the 23-year-old is confident he will be back to his best when Arsenal host Bolton Wanderers at the Emirates on Saturday. Speaking in his programme notes, Fabregas said: “I was out of form and during the [...]
Wenger has a new weapon against dreaded injuries!
Exaggerate them, make them seem worse than they are, really stretch out the time it will take for the player to come back. Why? Is it not obvious? This new Walcott injury and the manager’s comments on the official website seem not quite fitting to me, on one hand the injury is not as bad [...]
Barcelona Wonderkid could Sign for Gunners
Arsenal are set to repeat their Cesc Fabregas raid on Barcelona’s youth team by snapping up Oriol Romeu, according to the Daily Mail. Oriol Romeu, 18, is a highly rated defensive midfielder and shone at the heart of the Spain under-19 team that lost in the final of the recent European Championship. The youngster is yet to hold [...]
Barcelona did Everthing to Sign Me – Fabregas
Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas admits Barcelona did all they could to prise him away this summer, but that he was told he had to stay put by the Gunners. The Spanish ace has become a poster boy for the Catalans who, according to Sport, will sign him in 10 months. But reflecting on the summer [...]
Time to shut Fat Sam up
Have not got much time to say a lot this morning, which will please most, off on a weekend trip to the beautiful Fistral Beach… for those who have never been… GO! Along with 2 friends, we purchased a holiday property overlooking the beach about a decade ago, and it has easily proved to be [...]
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