FIFA, ever one to throw the middle finger to convention (See: World Cup 2010), has named their players to watch in 2009 and done so by listing 13 players, clearly damning them all to a year of unfortunate suckitude. It is, as one would expect, mostly a bunch of young prodigies and players on the cusp [.

Gallery, images, photos and pictures of Arsenal's Training Session, the 17th of August.

Includes Emmanuel Eboue, Arsene Wenger, Denilson, Andrey Arshavin, Aaron Ramsey, Theo Walcott, Jack Wilshere, Cesc Fabregas, Armand Traore, Nicklas Bendtner and Robin van Persie.

Watch and observe a truly wonderfully executed goal from the Arsenal midfielder.

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Arsenal 4 1 Portsmouth Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby scored two goals in the first half as they piled on the pressure on the Pompeys. Diaby scored the first goal on the 18th minute after Eduardo, making his first start of the season, crossed the ball from the left hand side. Three minutes later, the midfielder [.

Jack Wilshere and Carlos Vela have done it again. And is anyone surprised? Wilshere controlled the match and was, by far, the best player on the pitch in last night's 2-nil victory over joint-leaders of the Championship, West Bromwich Albion, in the third round of the Carling Cup. The youngsters' Carling Cup campaign opened at the Emirates and though not sold out, there was a sizeable crowd there as always eagerly anticipating a look at the Arsenal starlets.

Personal commitments have gotten to Arsenal Station this week but as a busy week grinds to a close, we look back at the week that was and ahead to the match we've all been waiting for.

In Arsene's 750th match in charge of the club, Arsenal advanced to the quarterfinals of the Carling Cup with another solid Carling Cup performance.

Match Reports ESPNSoccernet: An Emirates Stadium replay will now be required after an entertaining repeat of the 1927 final, which the Bluebirds won 1-0, failed to produce a goal. Setanta: City ran themselves into the ground Man of the match Ross McCormack. The Cardiff supporter there at the bar turned to me and said that they had signed McCormack [.

Even if you take out the young and the tenuous, leaving only out-and-out indisputable forwards (albeit a couple who play in midfield sometimes) you still haveWalcott, Arshavin, Vela, Van Persie, Adebayor, Eduardo and Bendtner - an embarrassment of riches. You wouldn't bet against Adebayor leaving in the summer.

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has picked a very young squad to face Olympiakos this evening, but there are still quite a few with quite wide-ranging experience. Alex Song, Mikael Silvestre and Theo Walcott all have played at the top level for some time, but Wenger specifically picked out the 18 year-old Aaron Ramsey as a [.

Arsene Wenger and Ivan Gazidis have been busy this summer securing the services of players that are already at the club. Theo Walcott got the ball rolling signing a new contract before the season was up, next on Arsene's priority was striker Robin van Persie. It has taken longer to convince the Holland international to sign an extension.

Battle of Britain Part II

Arsenal will be without captain Cesc Fabregas through injury for Wednesday's Champions League second-leg clash with Celtic at Emirates Stadium.
Tomas Rosicky, Theo Walcott, Lukasz Fabianski, Samir Nasri and Johan Djourou are also all still missing.

At 3.32 on this video Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey puts away a terrific free-kick. Yes it's only against Liechtenstein but this set piece would have beaten any top level keeper. Struck on the sweet spot it angles nicely and picks up speed leaving the goalie with no chance.

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That certainly was good. On a cold and rainy day the Arsenal finally came through with a result. Yes, it was against the team sitting at the bottom of the table, but one of the things this team had been struggling with is winning against the lesser opponent. Tip of the cap to Niklas Bendtner who played well and should have come away with a hat trick.

Gallery, Images, Photos & Pictures of Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey 2009/2010 Season. Teams/Clubs: Arsenal Players/People: Aaron Ramsey Events/Matches: Arsenal Training Session, 2009. Arsenal v Plymouth FA Cup, 2009. Arsenal v AS Roma Champions League, 2009. Arsenal v Portsmouth Barclays Premier League, 2009.

. On paper this one looked like a no-brainer and in reality it was certainly no different. One club is riding high after an impressive start to the Premier League campaign and a crucial victory in the Champions League; the other is struggling after selling a contingent of their best players and [.

There's really no sense in dwelling on this match. Sunderland is a solid side this season that drew at United and beat Liverpool. Almost our entire side had been away from the club for two weeks on plane trips and playing in meaningless matches. "But the international breaks didn't affect Chelsea or United or Spurs," you will say.

On June 26, Cristiano Ronaldo completed a $132 million transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid. In strict business terms, Real Madrid bought an asset from another business in hopes of improving its own product. No government, federation or league was going to stand in the way of what Real Madrid thought was a smart business decision.

Hello everyone. It has been quite a while since I have posted on here. Been busy settling into my dorm here in London and of course busy heading up the The Emirates to check out the lads in person. I was among the 56,000 Gooners who made the trip to the stadium on Tuesday night.

The headline pretty much sums it up... as headlines are wont to do. Another 4 goals for the Arsenal, another late consolation goal for our poor victims. Wanderers came out into the amped up atmosphere of Molineux and really took it to us for the first 25 minutes. Until a Arsenal went ahead, completely against the run of play on a Zubar own-goal, that is.

It can often be that any youngster who just happens to play for Arsenal gets automatically over-hyped by the mainstream press almost purely because of the colours of the shirt they wear. I call it...

Mad-e-Bye-Whore

There are some people in this world who never change even if they are no good.

Featured Specimen:- Emmanuel Mad-e-Bye-Whore. After all his 'Milan is Bootylicious' and 'Barca are a great team' rhetoric, he still has the guts to hit back@Lord Wenger over his controversial transfer to Manchester Arabs.

Arsene Wenger can drive out the criticism in his way after the mid week Carling Cup match against City. All the Gunners and Wenger needed was a victory and Arsenal managed to win the match against a resolute Stoke defence. Arsenal had enough quality up in front with Andrei Arshavin being fantastic all throughout the match.

Regular guest contributor, Ted Harwood, reflects back on Arsenal's 1-nil defeat in Greece in their final Champions League Group Stage fixture.

You know that feeling you get when you realize that there is so much more over the horizon, so much out there that one could experience, so much more to try?

Arsenal demolished bottom club Portsmouth 4-1 at Fratton Park.

Arsenal closed out the calendar year of 2009 on a high with a 4-1 victory at Fratton Park. It was a cold, mid-week December evening on the south coast, yet an Arsenal side shorn of their two most important players still came away with a very convincing win. Yes, Pompey are bottom of the league, but, coming into the match, Pompey were 12th in the form table over the last six matches.