AFC.Com has been full of updates and comments about all things football…
Makes a change I suppose….
Firstly, it’s been confirmed that we will play in our home colours against Blackburn and Szczesny will therefore be wearing grey – personally I prefer him in pink. 😉
Yossi has obviously impressed Arsene Wenger as he said he wouldn’t rule out signing him on a permanent basis – something which I think is crazy, we have let better players go who have been younger than he will be next summer so what has happened to his over 30 rule??
Talking of Wenger, he has been talking about how our away results in the Premier League have been good and the result we won’t talk about was a fluke, a one-off that is unlikely to happen again – he reckons we can carry on that away form this season….
You have to consider that last year we were the best away team in the league, and Old Trafford was a one-off result, You cannot take that as a general rule, and what we have achieved over the last few years away from home is what people forget. We put a lot of effort in at Udinese, and lost a lot of players before that game at Old Trafford.
Blackburn is Blackburn. We have had good experiences and sometimes disappointing ones there over the years. Over the years they have always had good teams. In the Premier League when you go away from home you want a top performance to make the result, but I am confident we can do that.
You lose confidence quickly with the result we made at Old Trafford, and gain it back slowly. We will try to do that from game to game – work hard for each other and get back. Then the other side of our game will come out.
Right, that is where it begins…
Point earned at Newcastle after a match that Joey Barton was allowed to run riot and ruin all things to do with football.
A home defeat to the Dippers in a match we were comfortable in until that man in black thought it to be a good idea to send our little midfield terrier off and we lost 2-0….
Then, a crucial victory away in Italy against a strong Udinese side who we beat 1-0 at home, a 2-1 scoreline saw us into the Champions League proper.
Then the blip but all those who choose to highlight that loss really need to look at the side we put out – a blip yes, a learning curve, I hope so but we have to leave that result in Manchester and make sure that nothing like that happens again!
I don’t think it will either….
Then, we travelled to a dreadfully hostile stadium to face Borussia Dortmund, we withstood all that was thrown our way and we managed to go ahead through Robin. The game was all but won, until a special strike earned Dortmund a point and in my own opinion that was still a fantastic result against a strong German side, when yet again we didn’t play as well as we can.
What that result also did though was etch up another notch in the confidence building chart and that is what we are about right now, we need to take those ‘baby steps’ (oliver) each game and build on them – before you know it, we will be back running again, hopefully in time to stuff the Totts down the road…
It isn’t always going to be pretty, it isn’t going to be easy either – the home win against Swansea showed that, but does that really matter as long as we get there in the end…..
Oh, and we’ll have to do it without Jack Wilshere, Thomas Vermaelen and Abou Diaby – they are all a few weeks away from their return…..
In Wenger terms, that means a good few months but yet again, we have what we have and if they all start pulling up their socks, working for each other and themselves for 95 minutes each match day, we’ll be ok….
Then, when they come back in January, it will be like having three new signings… 😉
Get a good win tomorrow and the confidece will increase massivly, beat Shrewsbury tuesday and then get another 3 points the following Saturday and we will have a bit of a swagger back. From there we will only be few weeks away from getting Verminator and jack back if all goes well and things will look much much better.
Morning Rico, 🙂
Well said. They are my very thoughts too.
On the Benny point, I think AW, psychologically, had to say that he would not rule out a permanent transfer, because if he had said – no, he is only a stop gap – that would have undermined Yossi right at the start.
Trouble is, it might not be that at all. AW does have a habit of telling the truth – and we might sign Benny in January. Who knows with Arsene?
Morning Rico.
Another good post. You are on the top of your game at present 🙂
Got a few chores on so i’ll pop back lata.
morning all…
in january wenger must buy 3 players otherways i dnt c as top 4 spot we need defensive midfielder(m villa) hazart would b dream come true en gotze then we will become champions am sure,so spend more monet wenger
Morning all…
Who sang I don’t care how we get there??
Yep, three points tomorrow and the lego bricks will start building houses.. 😉
Hi RA, Kev – thanks re the post
Hi TT – I think it will be more than just a few weeks before we see the three back, no doubt we will read ‘a little break down in training’….
Morning Lee
RA, good point about Benny and to be honest if we pay very little for him and he’s ‘just’ a squad player, he wouldn’t be a bad one to have…
Hi mohamedinho – i think we have little chance of Gotze, he’s committed to Dortmund…
Rico,
I read somewhere (and I know that is not reliable with some of the rubbish that gets reported) that Gotze is only paid about £15,000 a week. (makes me laugh about ‘only’).
So in the end money will talk – both for him and his club.
So after Citeh, Chelsea, Manyoo, Barca, Real and Bayern have turned him down, we might have a chance. 🙂 Well I can only dream!
RA, i read that too but i can see one of the others you list offering him a deal but, if he wants real footie and not just a pay rise, he’ll join us 😉
The Fellaini rumours gather more pace 😛
Heh Rico one can always hope…..;) Don’t think thease are coing to be one of thouse draged out injury stories of the last few years. I am actualgly confident that verminator will be back sooner than most think as they operated on him quiclky, only worry is jack as we wont know how he is progressing until he is out of the protective boot but if that comes off well then he’ll also be back sooner than we thought. Diaby? if he’ll blink an eyelid he’ll pull a muscle so i am not counting on him at all, I think we will have cover in midfield for him anyway.
TT – I’m dreaming and hoping 🙂
Hope you are right re TV, I know we have JD as back up but he’s a tad off form this season…
Jack, well, a few weeks yet 🙁
I really think if Wenger is going to go for a midfielder in Jan, it will be M’vila.
Can’t wait for TV5 coming back, hope its not one set back after another.
Blackburn have won just one of their last 10 Premier League games against Arsenal.
Rovers have won just one of their last nine Premier League matches at Ewood Park.
Robin van Persie has scored eight goals in 10 Premier League games against Blackburn, but was injured in this fixture last season in August 2010.
The Dutchman has scored in 10 of his last 11 Premier League away games (netting a total of 12 goals in that run).
David Dunn has scored five goals in eight Premier League games for Blackburn against Arsenal.
Andrey Arshavin has scored three goals in five Premier League appearances against Blackburn.
Rovers have lost nine times in the Premier League at home to Arsenal, more than against any other opponent on their own patch.
Arsenal have won just one of their last nine Premier League away matches, versus relegated Blackpool.
Blackburn have dropped five points from winning positions this season, more than any other team.
This is the worst start to a Premier League season for both Blackburn and Arsenal.
Arsenal have lost 99 Premier League away games.
Also another thing, will Cesc Fabregas shut his mouth about Arsenal, I don’t care what he says, i’d prefer he not mention the club again. He can talk about his love for the club all day long, but in the end it was him that made sure AFC got as little as possible for him and tied an arm behind our back during negotiation. So enough with your crap Cesc, we don’t want to hear it.
morning guys….driving will be back later…COYGs
Agree ESP!!
I’d be elated if you are right on that one ESP…
Lee – and they have their own in-house probs, a protest is planned against Keen, hope that dosn’t inspire them on too much…
Hi goonster..
Got to pop off for a bit, back later….
The best way to answer the critics is by winning. However the gunners predictable style makes it hard for them to score. The gunners cannot launch a fast counter attack when the opposition breaks down.Instead it is a series of pass and pass and pass.
By then all the defenders and mdfielders will be back with .
less space and time. The gunners don’t like to shoot from long rangeas in the cl.
untile this ironed out out, the gunners will continue to struggle.Please take note of how other teams score and win.
Start winning the games and then we shall see if the gunners can mount a challenge.
Paul it’s been denied via Cesc’s twitter, Sport , AS ,El Mundo and Marca have a habit of embellishing stories and our red tops do all they can to repeat and further embellish themselves. I would take it all with a pinch of salt. He was probably asked if he thought the Arsenal would win the league , he answered truthfully and the media got to work spinning.
he hasnt denied he just said he never gave an interview he said it when he joined barca at the presser then tho it has been cleverly edited to look like an exclusive interview.
but nothing that we already didnt know, we never challenged for titles year on year, the papers have twisted it to mean he doesn’t believe we’ll ever win the title again
alirght rico
and all
Moaning all,
Yep, if ever you needed proof, the swansea game showed we won’t get beat 8-2 every week ! We’re on a roll.
Early kick off tomorrow, win and we can relax for the rest of the day.
with Yossi, I think thats good management. He’s trying to motivate him so that he’s trying hard to earn a contract.
Why intimate he won’t be needed beyond the loan and risk demotivating him?
Hi all – any news?
hi all I don’t believe Cesc anymore. If he thinks we can believe him in saying that the whole story of the interview was of pure invention from The Magazine then he’ll be very disappointed. It’s one thing to accuse a website or media to misquote, but it’s another thing to claim that they invented the whole interview. I will only believe when I see him suing the Sport Magazine for the fabrication of the story otherwise he should just shut up and enjoy the sun and trophies.
Hi Osi – i don’t care what he says, he’s history to us….
rico that’s right ‘history’.
Diaby is back after the international and Vermalaen training that’s good news?
Hi all.good read.
Rvp is on 98 goals and 54 assists apparently.what better time to hit the centurion than against his best buds ? 😉
morning…
It is good news Osi, just hope that TV doesn’t have any set back in training…
Hi Kt…
In 234 appearances…
k-tr7 that’s pretty impressive considering his appearances. How many times he scored this year because it was the only year he played regularly?
good morning.
Waiting for tomorrow.
Rvp has scored 24 goals this year alone.he has scored in 10 of 11 away games netting 12 goals.he has 8 goals in 10 games against blackburn.ainst blackburn.
I didn’t know that stat Kt, hope he does and goeas out all guns blazing tomorrow to get to the 100…
Hi JM, i think we all are, and it’s televised here in the UK, so even better….
We have lost 99 premier league away games so far 😮
KT don’t mention that he scored 8 in 10 against Blackburn’ I remember last people were saying the same thing and he failed to score in that match and we ended up with 1 point. superstition?
But how many away fixtures have we won Kt?
AA has 3 goals in 5 games against Blackburn.
see you later everybody and have a good time
Osi yesterday you made a very interesting point about how we are missing Nasri’s ability to hold up the ball and the way he was always available for a pass.i agree with you but its a very fine line between holding up the ball and slowing down the attack.right now against technical teams such as udinese/dortmund we suffered alot since Gerv/theo kept losing the ball exposing us to quick breaks.they may be more direct but that combination isn’t working especially against quality teams.i think Benayoun will be used on one flank and Gerv/theo the other since Benny can play that role nasri used to play.he can also cut in to provide support in midfield. we are missing Nasri’s ability to hold up the ball and the way he was always available for a pass.i agree with you but its a very fine line between holding up the ball and slowing down the attack.right now against technical teams such as udinese/dortmund we suffered alot since Gerv/theo kept losing the ball exposing us to quick breaks.they may be more direct but that combination isn’t working especially against quality teams.i think Benayoun will be used on one flank and Gerv/theo the other since Benny can play that role nasri used to play.he can also cut in to provide support in midfield.
Rico i’ll do my research on that
Laters Osi, have a good one yourself..
I reckon we have won more than we have lost Kt 😉
can’t recall the last time that we wore anything but red shirts/white shorts/red socks up at blackburn…and this season we cannot wear the change strip because of the blue base…perhaps we wore yellow during a recent season where that was our first choice away color…
Hi oliver – i’m glad we are in the red and white – i’m not keen on the blue strip and as someone said to me, our small side, especially arshavin, all look like jockeys 😉
i think arsh actually called it “something a jockey would wear”…i don’t mind the color pattern, but the as monaco-esque design leaves plenty to be desired…
those base colors comprised our first nike away kit, from the season we lost the ecwc final in paris. i still have that shirt and to me, it looks better than the current away kit.
Am going abit off topic here but it seems to me that Ronaldo has lost the flair he had when he was playing here in England.nowadays he just seems to be a goalmachine.that is the difference between him and messi.messi’s play has an element of art to it despite him scoring just as many goals as the winker.some have even gone as far as to say that Federer is the messi of tennis and Nadal the Ronaldo.thoughts?ne.that is the difference between him and messi.messi’s play has an element of art to it despite him scoring just as many goals as the winker.some have even gone as far as to say that Federer is the messi of tennis and Nadal the Ronaldo.thoughts?
I just don’t like blue……
Is that the JVC sponsered one oliver, i think i have one somewhere…
i haven’t watched c. ronaldo play since last season, so i cannot give an informed comment that particular issue…
what i will say regarding the player is that i got a chuckle after he went lebron (i’m rich, handsome and famous and you’re not, losers – so go back to flippin’ burgers) on the zagreb supporters who booed/taunted him with “messi” chants…pretty much lived down to expectations…
yes, the jvc sponsored one. it was the first one nike made for our club after taking the supplier contract over from adidas…dark blue with teal sleeve portions and trim…small lightning bolt patterns on the body…i wore it earlier this week, thinking the team might wear it in dortmund…
Kt – same as oliver, i don’t watch Real play so can’t comment of Ronaldo…
That’s the one oliver, awful 😉
Out of interest, what did you guys think of the plum kit we wore during our final highbury season…
Ronaldo nowadays relies more on his pace and brute strength.he rarely dribbles past a player nowadays,he has become:useless stepovers,kick and run player ;)n his pace and brute strength.he rarely dribbles past a player nowadays,he has become:useless stepovers,kick and run player 😉
i don’t think it was that bad…the bolt pattern is not easily seen, and i think the design is still superior to this season’s away kit…
i still think yellow is our proper away color – i’ll go further and say i think our best away kits have been yellow and navy. but blue is not bad as a third kit option…
anything but white…we should have been able to sue nike for breach of contract there…
Hey Potter, I don’t really care what Cesc says on twitter, I’d prefer he wouldn’t talk about the club at all is what I was getting at, I think he has done enough damage to the club, stop pretending he gives a crap about the club that made him the player he is today, I hope he shuts his mouth if its positive or negative I don’t want to hear him speak about the club.
Rico i liked it.however i liked the yellow away kit more.and rico can you help me delete my double posts?e posts?
the redcurrant kit? i have mixed feelings on that one. i understand what the club was trying to do, but i would have preferred we stick with the true arsenal colors (red and white sleeves) for our final highbury season. i would have preferred our last season kit to feature the proper colors, with an old-old school look – big white collar and perhaps lace-up neckline…like what football kits looked like at the turn of the (previous) century…
Oliver was that the 96 away jersey? I remember I had Wright on the back of the away, and Bergkamp on the home!
we missed a good opportunity this season, what with our 25th anniversary and all…i would not call this season’s kit a commemorative one – rather an ordinary kit with a (crappy) commemorative crest…
125 years of arsenal fc…this season would have been a great opportunity for the old school look.
btw I stopped putting players names on the back of Jerseys after Reyes broke my heart! And ruined my favourite Arsenal Jersey to date.
esp, that was the 95 away jersey…from the season where gg was sacked and stewart houston managed us for half the season…the season before bruce, bergkamp and platt came onboard…
By the way oliver how is Lebron doing since doing an Arsenal in the finals?
Oliver, isn’t that the same kit as 96 though? I don’t think they changed it.
k, not sure what lebron is doing now…i know what he won’t be doing come october and that is ballin’…at least not in miami…owner-player union talks have collapsed, so the season is on the verge of being cancelled…once that happens, the owners sit back and wait for the players to cave – which they will as the missed paychecks mount…
that’s a pretty apt way to sum lebron’s finals effort up…he went into a shell and decided to facilitate instead of shoot…reminiscent of how he quit on his cleveland team-mates in the second round series against boston the season prior…
esp, they did actually change it…when nike took the kit supplier contract from adidas over, they made home and away player shirts, based on the same design template: primary color body, with secondary color blocks on the sleeves, collar and trim. the home shirt was our usual red/white sleeves, and the away was a combination of two different blues – navy and teal. arsenal changed the away kit for the 96 season – also a navy blue (slightly lighter shade than the season before) base, but with a large teal lightning bolt on the body and a teal sleeve (I think it was the left one). that is the away shirt worn during the rioch season, and the one bergkamp, platt, wrighty, and err…glenn helder wore during that season…
nike also made a third kit for the players only: same design as the 95 home/away kits, but the base color was yellow and the contrast navy blue. the club and nike never sold these kits – the team wore then in a pre-season match, and in two away coca-cola cup ties: 95 at anfield (0-1) and 96 at villa park (0-0 in the q/f second leg, with villa’s 2-2 at highbury taking them through on away goals)…
i actually have one of these shirts – prepared (not worn) for chris kiwomya…maybe someday i’ll wear it ahead of a big match…it’s one of the rarest arsenal shirts, ever. perhaps second only to the navy blue jvc number we wore at wembley in a 98 cl tie against rc lens (who feature a red/yellow home kit)…
That sounds pretty cool, I have every (available) home & away jersey since 1994, and some 3rd kits also, although I never have bought a goalkeepers jersey now that I think about it!
Just found this like, its pretty helpful!
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Arsenal/Arsenal.htm
i liked the white with the plum pinstripe 🙁
of course you did, ricco…shame they didn’t add a throttled chicken in a place of our club badge…
ESP – Cesc has just done that to my last season’s shirt, never ever again, same as you…..
Ah but our kit made theirs look dated ….
ESP – 1969- 1978 – that’s my favourite…..
as far as goalkeeper tops go, the pink number that szcz and fab both wore (and which ricco mentioned earlier) would be good to have for the novelty value…i imagine it is already a collector’s item.
ah but our kit looked better on them than it did on us…it should never be that way, but that is what happens when we start wearing our hated rivals colors…
that’s how i feel about the blue, reminds me too much of Romans lot….
Red and the yellow, that does for me 😉
of course, royal blue is perfect for my nfl team (big blue)…their home jerseys are solid blue with a small red triangle at the neckline (where the league logo is placed) and simple white numbers…
i think the simplest kits are the best. i particularly liked last season’s home kit with the white crew neck and red trim on the sleeves…simple, understated, but nice…
Really like our white 3rd kit two seasons back. Last years home was nice also.
Popping off againg, shopping 🙁
Laters
Oliver,
At the risk of sounding like a groupie, 🙂 I agree with you that our ‘natural’ away kit color should be yellow top with blue shorts.
And of course how could we berate the color of Bog Blue? 🙂
I gave up with buying shirts when they seemed to get changed every five minutes, so that each season I was buying either a new home or a new away kit. (Oh alright, perhaps it also had something to do with my spreading girth, which with the tight fit of some of the shirts, started to make me look like a red and white version of the Jolly Green Giant, Oh Ho Ho!) 🙂
Umm — Bog Blue — s/be Big Blue — oh the shame of it!!!!!!!
I’ve got to go again too. Seems like I have to finish some spreadsheets for a bossy boots client! 🙂
Oliver, what’s your take on Bleachers Report?
I have signed up to do a bit of writing for them (all amateur stuff) but I have become so anglo I am worried that I cannot remember how to spell. A bit of UK and a bit of US English. 🙂 Think I might reconsider.
HH is better!! 🙂
Guys leave cesc alone…if I hear cesc one more time am gonna barf! Leave him already. Nasri is the bigger twit. Oops sorry Rico.
Afternoon…..
hahahaha ra…i still get shirts occasionally, but i have a few old school arsenal shirts that i wear almost as often as the recent season ones. i am a bit lucky in that my shirt size has changed very little, so the older shirts still fit reasonably well…
i occasionally read br stuff, but i never considered writing for them…most of the mets/giants blogs i follow are on sb nation…
if you should pop back on later, neither tuck or nicks have been cleared for monday night, but both appear to be closer to playing then they were at the beginning of the week…
yyanks are in toronto this weekend. the big story is that mo is two asves away from the all time record. the next one will be 601 which will tie him with the current leader trevor hoffman, the following one will put mo alone at the pinnacle…jays usually play them tough, so there is a decent chance mo will get only one. but they will be home after that and i am sure most would like mo to get that historic save at home…they host tampa bay and boston upon their return home, so it will probably be in a meaningful, high-pressure situation.
Evening Gooners.
Where is everyone?
Its friday, everyone’s gone out for their fish and chips.
Shepherds pie in this house Mick…
I liked the redcurrant shirt and i kinda liked the gold shirt they won the ’02 Double in…
Also the white shirt was quite good.
Arsenal wore a white shirt in the 1930’s 40’s and 50’s.
Hi guys, i’m here too – just trying to sort tomorrow’s post out 😛
I bought the fluorescent yellow shirt a few years back in the henry era, a big mistake, dunno what i was thinking at the time, its shocking.
Hello rico, your like a kangeroo on a trampoline , impossible to pin down.
What are you going for tomorrow ?
Ha ha Micko, i am never far away 😉
I think we will sneak a win….
What say you?
Its not gonna be easy but if we play at the top of our game we should do them, another clean sheet would be nice, i’m going for 2 nil, rvp is our danger man.
Early kick-offs either make your day or break your day.
Wow, that shepherds pie was a bit special……
I could eat it again…… 🙂
Yeah Mick, 2-0 sounds good to me….
They sure do Micko – i don’t want my weekend ruined …..
2-0, yep, i’d take that right now kev…..
Kev, we need to up our game a notch or two, last weeks performance was a little bit disappointing for me, thought the new signings settled in pretty well though.
I had a restricted view, it was like piccadilly circus infront of me with the subs running up and down the line, pat rice was even out of his seat and in good voice for most of the game as well.
A bit of Rolls Royce Robin Van Persie
http://mr-renoog-videos.blogspot.com/
Yeah Mick, it wasn’t a game that’ll stay long in the memory.
But the result was the be all and end all.
Thought Mertesaker was very good considering he’d only joined his new team mates the thursday before the game.
Benayoun was a bit of a suprise. I liked his running with the ball. He offered something different from all the short passing.
I spent the whole 90 mins standing up. The stewards seem to be more chilled out about standing… To me, that’s a positive development as it’s impossible to create an atmosphere, sat down.
Thought the fans in my section were superb, getting behind the team in the last 10-15 mins of the game when the team looked nervous. I hope they can keep up that level of support, the team need all the help we can give them…
hello, hi all, anyone wanna see Ryo start for us? The guy is superb, he had experience of top flight football in Dutch league and should at least appear early as a sub to judge his determination and skills. Same thing for Chamb.
SITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT DOWWWWWWWWWWWWWN.
Some of those guys are real job worths.
Hi Osi, not sure that Ryo is fit…
Osi, ryo won’t start an away game for us for a while yet, he may get his chance at home in the CC next week, ease the lad in gently, there’s no mad panic.
Yeah Mick. Last season during the Leyton Orient game, my lad and I had a couple of 10 year olds moaning at us because we were standing.
I had to laugh, but that’s the future. Kids filling their gobs with sweets+ hot dogs & waiting to be entertained. Getting up to cheer is alien to them…
Yeah Mick i agree, Ryo and Oxo starting against Shrewsbury sounds good to me…
Sit Down – why do they tell the fans that???
What ever happened to having emotion??
Rico, that’s why i prefer the away game crowd…
I think a lot of them sit in my area of the ground, fortunately…
Kev, I went tottenham away last season, the best atmosphere i can remember for a long time, coming out afterwards is something else as i’m sure you know, some things never change.
Barca at home weren’t bad either mind.
Mick, i know exactly what you mean about The Slum.
24 years of frustration, borne outta being second best to the Gunners has had a definate effect on the Scummers.
The fun has arrived! Hi guys, what did I miss? Somebody feel me in. Hi ya kev? How’s that shepard’s pie working out for ya?
Rico, to think people can get thrown out for standing up, its ridiculous,
Have you seen the standing section at Dortmund, its a sight to behold, the stadium is rocking, if you get a chance look it up on u tube, its fantastic.
On that note catch you all tomorrow lunchtime, C’mon arsenal.
Hi Stan. it was fab.
Hope you’re not on the sauce today..? 😉
See ya Micko.
Micko – its crazy, the club want the fans to give their support but in this game you can not truly do that while sat on your butt…
I blame it on too many JCL’s who moan!
See you micko….
Nah kev am laying low. Got to keep a cool head for tomorrow’s game. So what’s new my man? Is rosciky fit!
guys, i’m heading off for a nice cold glass of…. milkshake
catch you all tomorrow, it’s going to be a big day, hopefully a very very good day…….
nighty all
Don’t leave Rico….I just got here. Oh man not fair.
goonster, i have been awake since 2.18 am uk time, my eyes wont stay open 🙁
Goodnight Rico.
ok ok… i’ll soldier on here goonster 😉
What do you know??
goonster has put me under pressure kev 😛
Well Stan. My boy said i could go to the Bolton game, so i’m quite happy mate…
That’s the spirit Rico…
Your a real trooper… 😀
Guys, anyone here? Come on people its just 7pm for pete’s sake and besides its a friday! Come on! Hey ak get your butt back online pronto! I mean it. That’s an order,soldier.
Did you get my e-mail Rico..?
Was it too late?
Stan……….hold on tiger…. 7pm????
It’s 8.30 here Stan. Where are you buddy…..?
Now that’s what am talking about….so what are ur expectations for tomorrow? I see a win and an injury!
I’m looking forward to Tuesday…..
Rico, is the game on TV…?
Whoa scratch that! I meant 8 ak. My bad. Wow and am not even drunk one bit.
Stan, your an hour and a half behind UK time.
Are you in the Falkland Islands……? 😀
I think that Rico has nodded off…. 😉
Better get your beauty sleep in boss, for an early kick-off.
A tired trooper kev 😉
No email but i have sent you one….
kev – just seen it, thanks me deario – big thanks 🙂
hey kev is rosciky fit? Wenger didn’t say anything about him. He ll ne the ideal player to play alongside arteta and song. He keeps possession better than anyone we have now. He ll bring out the best in arteta.
Better check your in-box boss… 😉
Stan are you in Iceland????
Stan what about the Canery Islands??? 😀
goonster – rosicky is a doubt…
Stan are you in a trawler in the North Sea…??? 😉
i am definately off now – don’t want to but must before i nod off…..
be good all and sleep well when you get there 😉
Nighty Night….
Stan you better come clean, or else Agent Oliver will send the boys around…. 🙂
Sweet dreams Rico. 3 pts and 2-0 for the Gunners….
You got me kev…..on a trailer head to the north sea! Very funny ak.
I hope my premonition don’t come true kev. They always do. I see an injury tomorrow but I see a win too
HaHa Stan. I had a feeling you was a fisherman….. 😀
Seriously, i doubt if Rosicky will be fit, and in all honesty, do we need him?
Benayoun, Arteta, Song, Frimpong, Arshavin, that’s quite a few to fit into the team.
Rosicky may find himself as the old-head looking after the Carling Cup squad….
We do kev….he’s what’s been missing since arteta came on board. We need to keep possession and nobody does it better than tR7. Hope he plays though.
Wonder if we’ll see debuts from Andre Santos and/or Park Chu Young?
In the last two games we played teams who were good on the ball. We had problems keeping up with them cause we lacked someone with that skill. Ramsey couldn’t do it against swansea and we struggled for large portions of the game. In the champions league too we struggled against a very decent german side that kept the ball for long spells…ben ayoun couldn’t even hold the ball for more than 10seconds. It was frustrating to watch. Hope sicky plays tomorrow.
Stan, have a read…
http://blog.emiratesstadium.info/archives/14623
Not on this side of judgement day ak….wenger won’t play them. We really need to see what santos and park can do. Am sure we didn’t sign experienced players to put them on the bench. Am really looking forward to see santos play. He’s the signing that excites me the most. This guy ll make Dani alves look like assou ekotto. He’s sublime and a good dribbler and passer. Can’t wait. COYGss
Great read kev….only wish he had stayed on more year but he’s gone so I guess we have to learn to survive without him but mark my word. He won’t be appreciated in barca the way we worshiped him. Any trophy he wins with barca won’t really endear him to the fans cause they are used to winning. Had he stayed and won us a trophy he ll be afforded GODLIKE status. But he’s gone so sayonara cesC fabregas soler and leave us alone already.
Stan, i know a lot of Arsenal fans have the hump with Cesc for leaving, but we knew it was gonna happen.
If Arsenal’s transfer policy had been more ambitious, maybe Cesc would have stayed..?
Nasri like Flamini, did the dirty on Marseilles, so why are we suprised that he did likewise to us?
These guys are mercenaries. That’s the way it is now…
I don’t take any players to my heart anymore [well maybe Jack].
What are RVP and Theo gonna do next summer???
Both will be into their last year at Arsenal….
Will they sign extensions???
Well, on that positive note, i shall bid you goodnight.
Don’t forget the Shipping Forecast on Radio 4 Stan.. 😀
Stupid Internet connections….night buddy. Here’s hoping we get a rousing victory tomorrow. My Internet connection is just too slow. Arrghhh!
Aaron Ramsey is training normally and should be available for Ewood Park, according to Jamie Sanderson.
Its rosciky am looking forward to seeing….ramsey reminds me a lot of denilson lately. Sideways passing and jogging after losing possession. TR7 should start regardless of whether Aaron is fit or not. Its gonna be a difficult game ak. We need to keep the ball longer and deny them the ball.
Morning all
New Post up….