Five years ago Arsene Wenger secured a deal for Carlos Vela, he was just 16 years old at the time. Many European clubs wanted to sign Vela but Wenger won the race, no doubt the way Arsenal blood youth was what convinced him to come to London. Due to work permit restrictions he headed straight out off […]
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So then, sixteen players from our first team squad are on international duty this week. Well, now that number is fifteen as news broke that Jack Wilshere is the first casualty of this farcical week. Arsenal confirmed yesterday the Wilshere did not train with the England squad and returned to his club. Details of his […]
Phil Neville reckons we are genuine title contenders after the match on Sunday. He suggests we have finally found a gritty side to our game and have learned how to win when the chips are down. Everton skipper Neville said: “They seem a little more resilient now. They’re always going to play fantastic football, that’s […]
After that horrible home loss to Newcastle United, I dreaded the next two fixtures. Off such a limp, listless, uninspired and ineffective performance, we surely wouldn’t get much out of two difficult fixtures at Wolves and Everton. Lo and behold, we proceeded to pick six points up from these fixtures, moving a point ahead of […]
So Nikki B isn’t prepared to fight for his place by the sounds of it, he’d rather take the easy option and find another club if Wenger doesn’t start playing him. What is wrong with the lad? Does he think football clubs should only have two centre forwards who will play in every game and […]
I read this article yesterday afternoon and my heart sunk! Arsene Wenger has apparently given no assurances to any of our three goal keepers about who will play or when. Manuel Almunia, who is not far away from being fit and therefore in contention for the gloves again has been told he needs to fight […]
It’s Friday and it’s the rumour catch up day. I’ll start with the defender, Phillipe Mexes. He’s currently at Roma but his contract is up at the end of the season. In January he is free to talk to clubs about a move and Wenger is supposed to be very keen to sort a deal […]
I would start this out by saying “What a difference a few days make”, but on second thought…Let’s not get carried away. We still have lots of work to do, and the result certainly camouflages many of the deficiencies that were so glaring during the just-ended two-match skid. But winning conceals a great many problems, […]
So says Sebastien Squillaci…. He suggests that should we lose tonight it will all but end our chances of winning the Premier League. Sunday’s result against Newcastle was a shame as we had the chance to get closer to Chelsea and open up a gap on teams behind us. A great side does not suffer […]
I’m still feeling pretty raw over the way we performed on Sunday and after chewing the cud, some of the players Wenger played makes little sense. Robin van Persie was risked as we know and yesterday it became clear that Cesc Fabregas was a bit of a risk too. Wenger on RVP – We pushed him in […]
At least the first week of November is behind us. However, we still have three more weeks remaining in a month that this side has traditionally gone off the rails. Is it a coincidence? I do not think so. We still have too many issues that have not been rectified – issues that are undoing […]
Well, if you believe all that’s written in the Sunday rags this morning, Robin van Persie is set for his return today. Whether that means he has a ticket to watch the game or he’ll actually be on the bench I haven’t a clue, your guess is as good as mine. Suggestion is he has […]