While we all wait eagerly to see who else will be added to Arsenal's squad this summer, it's worth pointing out that the two most important signings have already been made.

Aaron Ramsey and Jack Wilshere were signed to long term contracts in June and November last year respectively.

Given the near certainty that we will start the new season without either or both of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri, it is tempting to feel downhearted.

Written by Wigan Gooner

Arsène won't replace Gael Clichy. He believes he has a ready-made replacement in Gibbs. Similar to the transfer of Cashley in 2006, Arsène thinks he has a player-in-waiting.

I like Kieran Gibbs. I like his desire to get forward and his determination.

One of Arsenal's most promising youngsters, midfielder Aaron Ramsey is finally back, fully recovered from the horrible injury suffered at Stoke and ready to take full advantage of his second loan spell this season. Loaned out ...

After working relentlessly to create changes for his teammates throughout the night, Arsenal's deadline day signing Mikel Arteta was understandably very much a part of Aaron Ramsey's dramatic celebration as the Gunners left it late to win 1-0 away to Marseille.

The result guided Arsene Wenger's men to the top of Group F with seven points but Arteta is not getting carried away, citing a strange feeling about the remainder of the Group Stage fixtures.

Wales captain and Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey has joined compatriot Gareth Bale in posing in the new Team Great Britain adidas London Olympics 2012 commemorative soccer jersey. Along with Bale, Ramsey has indicated that he would be open to being part of the first Great Britain football team since 1971.

Work rate to go with the acrobatics?

FA Cup returns to the menu as Arsenal kick off their campaign against Leeds United. The opposition may only be a Championship team but their history means that we have to treat this match seriously. Since their glory days of getting in the Champions League semifinal, Leeds have plummet down the ranks of English football.

We do get many hilarious comments from footballers the world over ranging from funny to sheer deluded. Still, if it features on In The Stands' BS of the Day, rest assured it is latter. The BS of Day comes from Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey who caused many eyebrows to raise with his comments suggesting that [.

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey revealed that the Gunners worked on something new to finally stop conceding goals from set-pieces. Speaking to Arsenal Player ahead of Saturday's game away at Newcastle, the Wales International explained that the ...

Midfielder Aaron Ramsey was pleased with yesterday's goalless draw against Newcastle as he praised the Arsenal defensive department for keeping a clean sheet. Speaking to Arsenal Player after the game, the Wales International explained that the ...

A lot of people have got it in for Aaron Ramsey right now.

Following our victory over Bolton I read several comments on AA and elsewhere to the effect that our young Welshie had a bad game and should be dropped to the stiffs.

Before the match someone even said he was turning into the new Denilson – always passing backwards and sideways as if, having grown up in a rugby-loving country, he was unaware that, with a round ball, you're allowed to pass forwards.

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Olympique Marseille vs Arsenal 0-1 Highlights Video 2011 Ramsey goal is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Marseille vs Arsenal 2011 ( L'OM vs Arsenal 2011) Final score:- Marseille vs Arsenal 0-1 ( Ramsey 90′) 19 October, 2011- 19.

Since April 10th we have lost 5 and drawn 3 games away from home, a dismal and painful run of games that has seen our defence and confidence take knock after knock.

The abject display in August at Old Trafford saw a very humbling score line result in cries for Wenger to walk now, before we fell apart at the seams was the cry of the naysayer's.

It's getting a bit boring and quiet around here during international break. That must be why I started a giant argument on twitter yesterday. Checking the twitter timeline from last night, I also see that Martin has safely landed in Las Vegas for a few days of debauchery completely unrelated to the Arsenal.

Written by Gooner in Exile

Not an ex commando out for revenge going mano-a-mano with a chirpy painter and decorator from south London, nor is he taking on a resurrected white gloved moonwalker.

It is instead a reason to watch an International involving England for the first time in as long as I can remember.

Here's a quick round-up of yesterday's international matches, featuring 2 Gunner captains:

*All matches below were part of UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying

Hungary 0 Netherlands 4: Pretty routine win for the Oranje. RvP played a full 90 minutes and got himself a goal and an assist on Kuyt's goal.

Morning all, bank holiday festitivies over (until next month), 3 day weeks a thing of the past, back to the grind this morning. Feels good, eh?

Two players who represent the most promising side of our future on the agenda this morning, starting with Aaron Ramsey who spoke about his goal against United:

Scoring the goal was a special moment for me.

Right then. A quick Saturday round-up for you.

The team news ahead of tomorrow's game is that Cesc, Nasri and Diaby are all out, which means Aaron Ramsey will continue. We all know what that means but the manager was playing with a straight bat at yesterday's press conference. The annoying Scottish bloke from Sky was trying, and I mean really trying, to stir things up because of what happened last season.

Arsenal played a team of Malaysia's best today on their pre-season tour in SE Asia, and predictably won in convincing fashion, 4-0.

The match was streamed for free on arsenal.com, so look at the schedule for coming games. Our next match is this Saturday in China.

I didn't catch the first half, so instead of a match report and player rating I'm going to go over our four goals and some other chances we had.

Very late with this I know but my couch has missed me these past week and I can't go on ignoring it any more. After 2 days of following them everywhere, my body failed me on this final day. Only time I got out of the house was to go to the stadium to attend the long awaited friendly match.

I know the staple matchday food and beverage for those going to Ashburton Grove involves plenty of alcohol but here in Malaysia, that is not our culture.

Right then,

yesterday we had an actual new signing, yesterday we had, in Arsene's words, news about a player who becomes "almost like a new signing". ALANS. Isn't that ironic?

Ryo Miyachi was granted a work permit under the 'exceptional talent' clause yesterday, causing much happiness for the manager as he gets to add to his collection of young, but exceptionally speedy, wide forwards.

You know, I don't hate this team... yet. I'm looking to move my premium pick from Nani to Robin van Persie but I'm afraid that's too many eggs in the Arsenal basket. They have most players away for internationals today, then at Newcastle a the weekend with a tough but oh so vital Champions League qualification match against Udinese on Tuesday.

Limbering up for the next challenge

Normally that would mean that the team is flying. Not necessarily in a physical form but in terms of form, confidence and results. A good continuous run of positive results would probably equate to a team in flying condition. In this instance, I'm referring "full flight" to the numbers and quantity.

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey has warned Olympiakos that breaking the Gunners' long-standing unbeaten streak at home will be an uphill task for the Greek giants.

Arsene Wenger has led the Gunners through a brilliant spell during which they have gone undefeated at home during the Group Stage since 2003 and Ramsey believes that the squad can take tremendous confidence from playing at the Emirates.

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey believes the Gunners are still in time to turn things around in the English Premier League. Speaking to Sky Sports News, the Wales International explained that the start of the season was ...

Who wants to give me a helping hand?

Arsenal heads to the south of France to continue our Champions League adventure. This is the first of 2 back-to-back matches against Marseille. Stade Velodrome will provide the backdrop for this encounter and this is the same pitch where Dennis Bergkamp scored that immaculate goal for Holland against Argentina in the 1998 World Cup.

Aaron Ramsey came off the bench to strike an injury-time winner that guided Arsenal to a famous 1-0 victory over Olympique Marseille at Stade Velodrome.

Earlier in the match, a blatant handball from Marseille's Souleymane Diawara went unnoticed as the Gunners were denied an easy penalty decision.

Aaron Ramsey struck two minutes into added time to give Arsenal an important 1-0 win at Marseille's Stade Velodrome that puts them in control of Champions League Group F.

After a largely dispiriting 90 minutes in which both sides struggled to create clear-cut chances, substitute Ramsey controlled an accidental flick-on from Gervinho and placed his shot low past Steve Mandanda to give Arsene Wenger's side a fifth win in six games in all competitions.

Conclusive [Via talkSPORT]

Capturing the best performers

It probably wasn't easy for the players. Some team lives on the high of the magnificent victory from the previous game and goes on a rampage in the next few weeks/games. Some teams clings on to that magnificent victory and thought they didn't have to do much to win the following games.

Yes boss, I can run more now

Premier League returns again. West Brom are the opponents for today and it will be the last one before yet another international break. The last break was something that we looked forward too, having only just lost in the local derby. This time however, the break couldn't come at a more inopportune time.

After getting the offer of some tickets late Friday, I went to the Emirates expecting a win, confidence in the team is getting stronger, especially with WBA not quite been the attacking enigma that they were last season when we managed to lose 2-3.

Robin "Assists from the lads were Insane"

Pre-match, Robin "One Man Team" Van Persie received his awards for a spectacular October, which was capped off in devastating fashion at the Bridge as Arsenal swept Chelsea aside.

RvP numbers shows he might crash

With the weekend's Premiership action ended, things at the top of the table remains almost status quo. Along with us; Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City and Newcastle all achieved similar 1-1 draws. The only benefactors in that section of the table are Chelsea and Tottenham who both won their respective fixtures.

Morning all. Back at work? Long Christmas break over? Boss giving you a hard time already? Wish I could help. Have you thought about smashing him on the top of the head with a mallet? A bit of personal satisfaction plus the classic comedy you can only get by smashing someone on the top of the head with a mallet.

No Toure, your team is shite

That should really be the headline of the day. The Welsh midfielder will be named for the first time in almost 1 year (11 months to be correct) in an Arsenal official competitive match day squad. He had just returned from a loan stint with Nottingham Forest in the Championship.

Right so, FA Cup action this early afternoon against Leeds.

I needn't go into the details of why I dislike Leeds so much again, suffice to say I really, really, really want us to win this. We know there are going to be a raft of changes to the Arsenal team. The manager has been cautious with Djourou so he's unlikely to play and he said he'd rest Koscielny who had played a lot recently, so there's a question over who might partner Squillaci at the centre of the defence.

Let's start back in the late 60's and early 70's. The mere mention of Leeds was certain to cause fear in all but the hardest of Gooners. Leeds were as hard as their fans. Bremner, Giles, Charlton, Hunter etc were without question the dirtiest side I have ever seen, but let there be no doubt, that side could play great football before they kicked two colours out of the opposition.

The boss was at pains to point out that nobody will be leaving the club in the January transfer window in his press conference yesterday. He was asked a range of questions on a range of players, the first one was about Aaron Ramsey's short-term future and the question of him going out on loan [...]

After a short loan spell with Nottingham Forest, Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey is back with the Gunners and ready to secure a regular place in Arsene Wenger's starting eleven. Speaking to the Daily Star before the ...

Morning all and welcome to a brand new week. Yesterday's 0-0 between United and Sp*rs was probably the best result for us, meaning both teams have dropped two points. Gap closed at the top, widened at the other end. All in all a good weekend as we got back to business in the league. Next up for us is Wigan at home but between now and then there's the FA Cup replay at Elland Road to contend with.

It's a beautiful day today, isn't it? The sun is out, the birds are chirping....ok so there are no birds. And it's pretty damn cold right now. Who cares? We just won an FA Cup tie and we're back to winning ways. On top of that, we're scoring plenty of goals, just as Bergkamp intended. Shall we make it 3 trips to Wembley this season?