Morning all.
Bit of gossip. The Star report that sources in Spain believe Arsene Wenger is ready to ditch Wojciech Szczesny and offer Guillermo Ochoa an escape route from his Malaga nightmare. Having moved to Spain last summer, he’s yet to make it off the bench…. For some strange reason, I can’t see their being an ounce of truth in that story..
The ever reliable (not) Express report that James Milner is seriously considering leaving City in the summer for free and moving to either us or the Dippers.
The better side of Jack…..
Having been in the headlines for a few wrong reasons, seeing this latest story is refreshing. It’s easy to complain about something which one doesn’t like and sometimes, the good goes by the wayside.
Arsenal fan Archie Hill, who suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy is totally in awe of our English midfielder and all his dreams came true just recently when Wilshere paid him a visit. As young Archie arrived home from school, Jack was waiting on his doorstep.
Nine-year-old Archie Hill, was apparently spotted by the Wilshere during a television interview the Hill family did last month and he was also left impressed after the youngster had written to Prime Minister David Cameron asking for some help in his fight against the debilitating illness.
Jack had a kick about in Archie’s back garden together with his brother Leyton before spending time playing PlayStation with the pair. And of course posing for a few photographs…..
Archie’s mum, Louisa was also thrilled:
We were absolutely staggered when the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign called us to say Jack had been in touch about meeting Archie. We have had to keep the secret for weeks!
Meeting Jack was absolutely amazing. He spent hours with the boys, in the garden, on the computer and chatting away.
It is every child’s dream come true to come home from school one day and see their hero standing in the hallway. Archie kept thinking it was a dream and the smile on his face is something that we will always treasure.
Wilshere added:
It’s been fantastic meeting Archie and Leyton. My mum told me about Archie’s interview and I was really impressed by how grown up he was to go on television and to write to the Prime Minister like that. They are really great boys.
Robert Meadowcroft, Chief Executive of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, said:
We are absolutely delighted that Jack got in touch and asked to meet Archie to tell him just how impressed he was. We cannot thank Jack enough for his support.
As said earlier, it’s always easy to get on the back of players when they do something stupid so it’s nice to see Jack Wilshere doing something good. He’s certainly brightened the life of one young Arsenal fan, if not more…..
This morning Arsene Wenger confirmed that Jack is back in training and desperate to start and Gabriel is close to making his debut too and the manager is right behind his new man:
He’s very close. He is a player with ability. He likes to defend. He is good in the air, very strong.
But it is better I don’t talk too much and let him show how good he is.
I suspect we’ll see him on Sunday but we won’t be seeing Aaron Ramsey as he’s out for a while and Alexis Sanchez is a doubt for Sunday….
That’s it for Friday, have a good day all…..
Is this Jack’s road to redemption?
Will he become St Jack the Arch Arsenal!
Good to see that he’s prepared to give up his timeforsuch a deserving human being. Good on yer Jack.
See he’s not so bad, after all!
Morning everybody on such a grey and miserable morning.
🙂 Wavy. Hope it’s a turning point in his off-field career…. lol
Shame, i don’t wish that on anyone after seeing what Joost van der Westhuizen is going through.
Good on Jack, let’s hope that puts him in Wenger and the ref’s good books.
Brad, Wengers yes, but ca’t see the ref’s ever doing Jack any favours…
Looking forward to the weekend of sport too, should be a cracker…
A fantastic gesture, but it’s n the field he needs to improve….the negative off field stuff is a non event.
Morning all
Just trying to report the good Scott… 😉
But I do think his off-field stuff matters. All the time he’s up to no good, it will have an impact on his game…
Arsenal U17 play PSG U17 today in the semi finals of the Alkass International Cup, free and easy to watch….
Morning all…
Good on ya for reporting some good off the field stuff Rico. I dont think any of the boys are bad lads, even if they dont always make the perfect decisions. And this gives a little balance to things.
Good Morning WaGs and HoBs.
Good on Jack. As Rico said…..hopefully this is a pointer of Jack’s maturity and reflects on how he performs on the pitch.
Seems that we are going to get our wish….Gabriel will play against Boro. I have a feeling it will be Bellerin, Chambers, Gabriel, Gibbs defensive unit. With Flamini in front of them.
On the Arsenal player Bt?
Thanks Roger. Think our lot just have it all a bit too easy…
Rico, not that i can see.
This link is an official channel for the event, no worries about bugs, all above board and great quality stream.
http://internationalcup.alkass.net/?page_id=3306
Ok, thanks Bt – best I get on with my chores a bit quicker… 😉
Devil, I sure hope Flamini doesn’t start, Boro will bomb straight through our midfield if he does…
Rico, if my calculations on time difference is right, i think it’s a 3 pm KO..
Good luck with the chores and do get a move on…..
I’ll be out at 3pm, darn it Bt….
Rico, you can catch the whole/highlights of the match, on the same site.
First semi AC Milan v Sao Paulo on at 12:35 GMT.
Rico, I wasn’t having a crack at the report…….just saying his smoking and other things don’t upset me….his performances do.
Plus, you can watch all AFC previous cup games as well.
Check out AFC v River Plate, for quality Refereeing and Fouling…
Makes EPL look like kindergarten..lol
I didn’t take it that way Scott… 🙂
Thanks Bt…
Afternoon all.
Thanks for putting the link up Bt perhapes others can now watch what you and I saw against River plate.
The thing that really gets me is the Plate Captain finished the game with just a yellow. On the other hand Chriss Willock the victim of for most of his terrible tackles was given a red card after the game finished for defending himself when he was punched and kicked.
Because of that red Chriss cannot play in todays game andf seeing the stick that Hinds and Donovon received will they be fit.
I think that it is a big ask to see them put in a good performance today.
I hope I am wrong.
Rick, i never knew that Chris was red carded, never saw the brawl, he’ll will be a big miss.
The captain was a nasty piece of work, Rick…
AC 2 nil down at half time.
AC lost 5-0!
Poor, very poor.
1=0 down to PSG, Wavy
H/T PSG 1-0
BT
Typical bit of Arsenal defending for the PSG goal 😉
BT
Thanks for the heads up by the way.
Rico, that made a nice change, reading something positive about Jack Wilshere.
It’s not the first time that Jack had done something of this nature.
It’s very easy to be cynical, as I often am, when it comes to footballers and their antics.
But credit where credit is due, he didn’t have to do this, and plenty of footballers, who act poorly, don’t do anything afterwards to repair their sullied reputations, so well done Jack…
2-0 PSG hell
2-0 down now.
To be honest, the ‘worst’ thing Jack has done, has been allowing himself to be photographed by ‘friends’, doing something that he obviously shouldn’t have done…
Maybe if he beat up his girlfriend or got himself caught ‘dogging’, he might yet get himself a pundits job on TalkRubbish…
2-1 we got a penalty
Pen for AFC!!!
Afternoon all..
Just why I thought it was worth writing about Kev, nice to read about a footballer doing something good. Shame we don’t see more….
Rico, 2-1 to PSG
No problem Joe, i am wondering if they EPL 3 pm KO’s …
Great feed
Joe you’re right about some of our defending, dead ball delivery was not great….imo
That would be handy Bt…
Game over and we lost Bt?
Rico, we lost, 4th place at best..
Joe, excellent feed, mate, pity about the result..
Final on Sunday should be a good one, for the neutral..
Sorry, best we can hope for is third.
Joe, Rick must take credit for pointing me in the right direction, regarding the link.
Thanks again Rick.
Rico, would be very handy, excellent quality feed…..
Sounds familiar, 4th at best Bt… Lol
Must try it on a Saturday at 3pm, or a midweek game which isn’t covered by sky etc…
Rico, i did amend it to a possible third…lol
🙂 Bt…
Must say I am not too disapointed about todays result. I think the River Plate game took a lot out of some of our players and with HindsSheaf andDa Graca below par we really missed Chris Willock. At the same time I think that along with Willock Hinds Mavididi Keto and especially Donovon have had very good
tournements.
One final point theorganiser’s are heaping praise on our players and the club for the way they have conducted themeselves during the tournement.
Well done to all concerned.
A belated good evening, Rico, another informative Post!
I am keeping everything crossed, including my eyes, that we do not sign Milner.
He is a good professional in his way but not the sort of player we want or need, in my opinion. He would play in the Ox’s position, or maybe Ramsey’s or Wilshere’s — oh hang on, they are all competing for the same position – well maybe the more the merrier! 🙂
Evening Hb, he’s too old….
Morning all.
I’d take Milner.
He does his job with no fuss, no fanfare and sometimes that’s exactly what’s needed.
Mornin all.
Oh, and Rico, I’m older than him, so that was not a nice call 🙂
Hi Scott, so am I 🙂
I’m off guys, catch up tomorrow…
Nighty….
Nighty nite, Lady of The House.
Ageism it’s a horrible thing 🙂
Evening Rico and the House.
Very good post Rico good to see J/W getting some praise
This is not the first time he has done something like this its not so long ago that he befrended a young lad and his family when he heared the lad had terminal cancer. Even after the lad died Jack has kept in touch with the family
there is some good in the lad.
Night Rico
Huh, don’t know about Scott being older than Milner…
Wath is older than everybody… 😀
Morning all…
Denver Post ( The Terrace ) interesting little article,
As the Rapids get closer to the start of the 2015 season, they are still hopeful of bringing in a player or two on loan from Arsenal, the English Premier League side also owned by Kroenke Sports & Entertainment.
“We’ve been talking with Arsenal quite a bit,” said Paul Bravo, Rapids’ vice president of soccer operations and technical director. “There’s a few players that we’ve been monitoring. One that’s currently in an injury situation that we were hoping to bring over. There’s another one that we’re considering at this point, but nothing concrete. But we have been in communication with them in hopes that we can maybe secure one or two players.”
Bravo did not reveal which players the Rapids were eyeing.
Last season, Bravo and Rapids president Tim Hinchey traveled to London to meet with Ivan Gazidis, chief executive of Arsenal, to discuss how the clubs could collaborate in a more meaningful way. The possibility of player loans and shared scouting resources were discussed.
Perhaps the injured player is Diaby Potter…..
If it is Diaby, i hope his travel insurance is up to date..
Morning y’all….
Bt, I doubt he can get insurance….
He could try Saga, Rico..
Up to 10m emergency medical cover, though that may not be enough….
He’s got a few years to go before Saga Bt.. 😉
Are you sure, Rico?….seems very fragile for a youngish one..
Hope you got brekkie in bed this morning…
Very fragile Bt, but as much as he has a body of a 50 year old………… 😉
All I got was Fido demanding her breakfast Bt….
I got mine in bed….made it myself….lol
Though had to feed the boys first as usual, greeted with hungry stares at 7am…….lol
🙂 Bt….
I got my own too….
What’s this breakfast in bed thing your talking about
Check the date Joe…. 😉
New post up now..
Joe, it’s like Diaby,…..a myth.