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Reading the Arsenal rumours every morning becomes more and more depressing, especially when you read things like Newcastle signing the classy striker Papa Cisse for just 7m quid. Surely he would have been worth buying as an excellent backup to … …
Will Arsenal Ever Get Rid Of Top Flop Squillaci?
Ever since Squillaci got to Arsenal in 2010 people started saying “What was Wenger thinking?”, and unfortunately they’re still saying the same thing now because in almost 2 season at the club the French defender only played a part in 23 games, an…
How can we dream of a top-four finish?
Arsene Wenger hit it right on the head – “Wake up”!! I cannot express in words, (which is rather foolish for a blogger) how frustrated I am at Swansea’s 3rd goal. It is inexplicably naive to concede a goal less than 60 seconds after you equalis…
Squillaci on his way out of Arsenal – Samba in?
It is being reported in France that the Arsenal outcast defender Sebastien Squillaci is being given an escape route by Monaco, where he spent eight happy years before being snapped up by Lyon, where he won a Ligue 1 trophy. He then moved to Spain with …
Arsenal to break the bank for Eden Hazard?
There is little surprise that there are many Arsenal transfer rumours being mooted today despite Wenger saying that he wouldn’t be buying anyone. Many Arsenal fans are hoping that the two successive defeats to mediocre teams (and Man Utd coming u…
The King is alive! Long live the King!
It was scripted wasn’t it? Arsenal’s first fixture after the clearance of Thierry Henry – Arsenal legend came against the mighty Leeds, a fixture that caused much frustration last season. Last season a well fought battle with Alex Bruce sho…
Arsenal 1-0 Leeds: Analysis
The return of Thierry Henry overshadowed Arsenal’s very interesting teamsheet, despite the fact Arsenal’s greatest ever player only started from the bench – Szczesny; Miquel, Koscielny, Squillaci, Coquelin; Song, Arteta (C); Arshavin,…
Some good news for Arsenal at last!
After losing the game against Fulham in the last minute of the game plus the loss of yet another defender, to a sending off this time, it was about time Arsenal fans were given some good news, so here it is! First of all Arsene Wenger laid into the ref…
Arsenal’s defensive crisis – Then there were two!
It seems to be a yearly occurence that Arsenal have a run of injuries to defenders. Last season it was the centre-bacls and now it is the full-backs that have dropped like flies. On the 2nd October Bacary Sagna was lost to an ankle injury and luckily W…
Fulham 2-1 Arsenal: truth will out
In politics there’s a maxim: if you go right far enough you turn left. That is to say that rather than thinking of politics as a two-dimensional line with left on one side and right on the other it’s more of a circle — with both left…
Expect more ups and downs
Consider this a ‘half season review’, but with one game added on. After a terrible
10 men Arsenal can’t gather 3 points, loose it all in 10 minutes
Did we deserve 3 points? Debatable. Did Fulham deserve a point? Debatable. Did Fulham deserve 3 points after poor sportsmanship from a fame hungry striker? No. Despite Gary Neville, who [...]
Fulham 2-1 Arsenal: a tale of two halves
Match report – Video – Defeat is generally a painful experience. Defeat in circumstances like yesterday’s even more so. It was late, very late, and pretty much self-inflicted. It came after what was a pretty good opening 45 minutes from us….
Should Arsenal’s Squillaci be charged with “false representation” ???
The French defender Sebastien Squillaci must be rueing the day he came to Arsenal and ruined his excellent previous reputation. He was brought in in the summer of 2010 to make up the numbers after Arsenal lost William Gallas, Sol Campbell and Mikael Si…
Fulham 2-1 Arsenal: Analysis
After poor results for Arsenal’s rivals over the weekend, the Gunners were looking to take full advantage by adding a victory at Craven Cottage to Saturday’s win over QPR. Szczesny; Djourou, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Coquelin; Song, Arteta, R…
Arsenal Outgoing and Incoming January Transfers
Arsenal’s manager Arsene Wenger is likely to do a bit of a spring cleaning in January when the transfer market will be opening, and will look to sell some of the players which are no longer motivated enough at Arsenal. … Continue reading →
Olympiakos defeat showed us who needs to leave Arsenal this January
The 3-1 humbling to Olympiakos is Greece in the last group match of the Champions League was a match full of frustration for some Arsenal players. It shows that they may have to leave during the January winter transfer window in 2012 as they just don&#…
Olympiakos 3-1 Arsenal: Analysis
This was a night to remember for Arsene Wenger days before the club’s 125th anniversary game as the Frenchman took charge of his 200th match in European competition – however, due to the fact that we’d already won our group, … C…
Arsenal 0-1 Manchester City: Analysis
A poignant minute’s silence for Gary Speed (R.I.P) turned into spontaneous applause and chants of ‘one Gary Speed’ before kick-off in a sold out Emirates which saw Fabianski, Djourou, Squillaci, Koscielny, Miquel, Frimpong, Coquelin,…
A January prediction in November
I won’t claim that this blog never speculates on possible Arsenal transfers now and then. Even if my own main focus is criticising the wild abandon of journalistic principles in others, I can’t manage to stay whiter than white myself.But I usually base…
Arsenal Offer Squillaci To Espanyol!
It is being reported that Arsenal have offered the French centre-half Sebastien Squillaci to Spanish side Espanyol. Squillaci has made only one appearance so far this season and an exit seems inevitable. After signing from Sevilla last summer, the 31-y…
Espanyol to rival Anzhi for Squillaci in January
It was reported last week that the Russian moneybags Anzhi Makhachkala were keen on rescuing the Arsenal defender Sebastien Squillaci from his nightmare scenario at the Emirates, and Arsene Wenger will be pleased to know that the Spanish side Espanyol …
Best Arsenal player outside the obvious? | Jack off?| French refusal | Squillaci staying…
Oh gosh, this is tough, churning out another blog with hardly any news! Errr, so, what have we got? Well… Robert Pires was offered the chance to play for Doncaster, he rightly told them to do one. I was with someone who works with him the other d…
Arsenal turn down loan move for Squillaci – Wenger hoping for permanent exit
It is being reported today that Arsenal have turned down a request from West Ham Utd to take the 31 year-old French defender Sebastien Squillaci on loan. The Hammers recently had Manuel Almunia at Upton Park for a month while Robert Green was out injur…
Coquelin and Arshavin warn play me or I’m off, don’t hold your breath Franny!
The first thing Franny needs to learn is you can’t dislodge a Wenger poster boy, and he has at least one of those ahead of him, stick in there boy, your chance will come. Though I would like to see him feature more, last season we only had Denils…
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