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Well well, we didn’t expect afc.com to announce that we had signed Olivier Giroud yesterday did we, well not as soon as they did, they normally make us wait ages don’t they? What a shocker and we didn’t see that signing coming did we. 😉 Great news though, a big strong striker who is good […]

So Squillaci is reported to have traveled to Corsica for discussions with talk of a one year deal, there is an option for him to stay a further year but that part of the deal matters not to us. Just get him off of our books once and for all. Another nearing an exit is […]

Firstly some dreadfully sad news, Real Betis defender Miki Roque has died at the age of 23 after suffering with cancer. This young lad came through the youth system at Liverpool and he now becomes another taken far far too early from that evil nasty disease. RIP Miki The inevitable happened yesterday evening, after a […]

What is it that makes some fans think they are right? It’s all well and good to have hunches and our own views on what we ‘think might happen’ but suggesting that any individual view is factual sometimes baffles me. Robin is doing this, that or the other, well, just like all those media buffoons […]

Here we go again then, all last summer we heard that Bendtner was in talks with hundreds of clubs regarding a move away from Arsenal. That move failed to materialise and after reading stories from his father, who was then his agent, only to end up on loan at Sunderland must have been a bit […]

  Lukasz Podolski is signed and sealed. Olivier Giroud will complete his transfer to N.5 after France exit the Euro’s. Wenger said on French TV station TF1: Giroud didn’t play much (at the Euros so far), but he’s going to be an Arsenal player 90% next season. I think he has exceptional potential and will […]

Before we head off into todays post, FootballFancast.com reported than Yann M’Vilas move to another club will be confirmed after Euro 2012 and it has already been announced on the French stock market by the player’s club Rennes. Where that is, is anyones guess but Bayern Munich have allegedly withdrawn their interest in the player. […]

Part 1 – Rinus Michels’ Circulation Football. Arsene Wenger had nurtured and rebuild since 2006/07 season with “Total Football” as their main style. After 5 years, the 2011/12 team is expected to begin to master what Rinus Michels called ‘ball circulation’ something not many teams can do. This article is an extract from that section […]

Yesterday afternoon, news in France leaked that Arsenal had agreed a deal with French champions Montpellier for their 6ft 3in French international, Olivier Giroud. Not wholeheartedly believing this story as it is too similar to the one that broke a while back about Yann M’Vila, I had a little read around in the ‘blog world’. […]

Holland and Denmark are the latest sides to be knocked out of The Euros, so Robin van Persie and Nicklas Bendtner are gone, home today I suspect. The good news for us is that both players, who have said they will sort their futures out after this competition, can now get on and do exactly […]

Rumours are gathering pace that newly appointed Swansea manager Michael Laudrup wants to sign fellow Dane, Nicklas Bendtner. That has to be good news for all concerned, Nik wants to stay in England but doesn’t want to stay with us and no doubt Swansea could do with a big strong centre forward to help them […]

No Giroud for Borussia Monchengladbach, they have had second thoughts about trying to sign him as they know they can’t compete with us when it comes to wages etc, so it seems it’s just us in the race to secure his services. Surely we can’t muck it up can we? Ok, he didn’t shine last […]