By WAG Watcher

Footballers don't half have it hard (nudge, nudge). Kevin-Prince Boateng has had an injury-blighted season in Serie A so far, making only 11 starts to date, and is currently a doubt for AC Milan's Champions League tie with Arsenal next Tuesday after suffering a thigh strain last week.

mansub by arsenalist Having just benefited from an assist by the Alex Oxlade Chamberlain, Robin Van Persie joined thousands of Arsenal fans in a show of dissent when Arsene Wenger replaced the young Englishman with Andrey Arshavin. Oxlade Chamberlain had looked lively and had been the only Arsenal attacker who looked like causing the Manchester [.

Manchester United may have gone up 2-1 through a super performance by winger Antonio Valencia, but just a few minutes prior another winner on the day was Robin van Persie's 91 year old grandfather, "opa wim," who was honored after ... Continue reading →

Video- Craig Gardner goal vs Wigan free kick for Sunderland January 2012 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Video- Craig Gardner goal vs Wigan free kick for Sunderland January 2012 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter This stunning Craig Gardner goal vs Wigan ( see video below) put Sunderland 1-0 ahead in their fixture against the Latics on 3rd January, 2012.

How Financial Fair Play could reshape the Premier League (good for Arsenal & Spurs, bad for Manchester City..) is a post from: Just Football

Are Manchester City's days of lavish spending about to end?

by Amit Singh

The Financial Fair Play rules (FFP) will become effective at the start of the 2013-2014 season which means that clubs will only be allowed to spend what they earn as well being expected to break even over a three year period starting from 2011-2012.

How Financial Fair Play could reshape the Premier League (good for Arsenal & Spurs, bad for Manchester City..) is a post from: Just Football

Are Manchester City's days of lavish spending about to end?

by Amit Singh

The Financial Fair Play rules (FFP) will become effective at the start of the 2013-2014 season which means that clubs will only be allowed to spend what they earn as well being expected to break even over a three year period starting from 2011-2012.

It is hardly a surprise that Arsenal's enforced wall of silence surrounding the talks with Robin Van Persie had to be broken sometime, and today it is revealed that the Dutchman wasn't even interested in listening to any offer Arsenal had to make. The Daily Mirror has finally convinced (how much was he paid?

It is hardly a surprise that Arsenal's enforced wall of silence surrounding the talks with Robin Van Persie had to be broken sometime, and today it is revealed that the Dutchman wasn't even interested in listening to any offer Arsenal had to make. The Daily Mirror has finally convinced (how much was he paid?

Arsenal vs Leeds FA Cup Highlights 2012 1-0 Video Goal Thierry Henry is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Arsenal vs Leeds FA Cup Highlights 2012 1-0 Video Goal Thierry Henry is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Arsenal vs Leeds 2012 ( Arsenal v Leeds FA Cup video below) Final score and result:- Arsenal vs Leeds 1-0 ( Thierry Henry) Emirates Stadium, London- 9th January, 2012- 19.

Arsenal vs Leeds FA Cup Highlights 2012 1-0 Video Goal Thierry Henry is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Arsenal vs Leeds FA Cup Highlights 2012 1-0 Video Goal Thierry Henry is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Arsenal vs Leeds 2012 ( Arsenal v Leeds FA Cup video below) Final score and result:- Arsenal vs Leeds 1-0 ( Thierry Henry) Emirates Stadium, London- 9th January, 2012- 19.

By Chris Wright

Unfortunate ballboy positioning or a subtle message to the Leeds fans? You decide...

It's times like these you pine for the more gentile days of Armchair Anal.

By Chris Wright

Once an odious pantomime villain of a player, since signing on the dotted line with Sky Sports, Gary Neville has begun slowly winning over the hearts and minds of the population with his forthright analysis and his endearing lack of BS when calling matches with his dismissive take on the nothing 'spat' between Robin van Persie and Tim Krul last night being the latest in a gradually lengthening line of reasons to like not 100% despise Red Nev.

By Chris Wright

Yesterday, UEFA saw fit to fine Porto the princely sum of €20,000 for their fans aiming monkey chants at Mario Balotelli not so very long ago roughly half the even princely-er sum they charged Arsene Wenger (let alone the three-game ban) for having the nerve to question a few refereeing decisions.

I originally wrote about this on our Liverpool site, but wanted to expand on the story over here.

Liverpool chairman Tom Werner says that Fulham's USA star Clint Dempsey would be a great addition to Kenny Dalglish's Liverpool squad.

Dempsey is having a career year at Fulham, scoring 16 goals in the league for Fulham and obviously catching the eye of Liverpool's US ownership.

Arsenal to swap Bendtner for Lewandowski-Yes Please! by BA Robert Lewandowski has just scored 30 goals from 46 appearances in all competitions this season. He led his side, Borussia Dortmund, to an historic league and cup double, scoring a hat-trick against Bayern Munich in the cup final. He was also voted player of the year [.

Arsenal to swap Bendtner for Lewandowski-Yes Please! by BA Robert Lewandowski has just scored 30 goals from 46 appearances in all competitions this season. He led his side, Borussia Dortmund, to an historic league and cup double, scoring a hat-trick against Bayern Munich in the cup final. He was also voted player of the year [.

Written by Double98

Is everyone delighted with the return of the King?...

I am not so sure. Maybe it is the Gooner DNA in me that requires that I suffer even in triumph, I must temper joy with regret but I just can't forget how we parted...

Do you remember?

Fulham vs Newcastle 5-2 Goals Highlights 2012 Video Dempsey hat trick Ben Arfa Guthrie Murphy Zamora is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Fulham vs Newcastle 5-2 Goals Highlights 2012 Video Dempsey hat trick Ben Arfa Guthrie Murphy Zamora is a post from Soccer Blogger.

By Alan Duffy

Arsenal 7 (Seven)-1 Blackburn Rovers Premier League 4th February 2012

After a sustained period of dismal performances and almost no points, Arsenal needed to rediscover their mojo on Saturday if they were to stay in the hunt for a top-four finish.

Arsenal striker Andrei Arshavin yesterday revealed that the lack of regular playing time was a major factor that influenced his decision to leave the club. Having made only a handful of appearances for the Gunners this season (most of them from the bench), Arshavin said that he was happy with his return to his old club.

After a whole season of going back and forth between Arsenal and other European clubs, Podolski's transfer rumours have finally reached an end now that German newspapers have announced that the International German striker has agreed to join Arsenal. Arsene Wenger has wanted to transfer the striker ever since last summer's transfer window ended, but [.

When Luis Suarez went down a touch 'theatrically', shall we say, it looked like Liverpool were going to draw first blood against Arsenal. When Dirk Kuyt had his penalty saved by Szczesny, it looked like Liverpool were going to draw first blood against Arsenal When the ball was ten centimetres from crossing the line, it [.

When Luis Suarez went down a touch 'theatrically', shall we say, it looked like Liverpool were going to draw first blood against Arsenal. When Dirk Kuyt had his penalty saved by Szczesny, it looked like Liverpool were going to draw first blood against Arsenal When the ball was ten centimetres from crossing the line, it [.

It appears to be the same old story with Arsenal... and that's a good reason for supporters to celebrate and something for the other 19 English Premier League teams to be aware of. There are two familiar story lines with the Gunners. First, you can count on Robin van Persie to find the back of the net in just about every game he plays.

Arsenal's new home shirt for the 2012-13 season is this year's worst-kept secret. After the initial leak in February, followed by an image from an industry trade show a couple of weeks later, we now have a third (and probably ...
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Arsenal's new home shirt for the 2012-13 season is this year's worst-kept secret. After the initial leak in February, followed by an image from an industry trade show a couple of weeks later, we now have a third (and probably ...
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Balotelli's foul on Song would you like a signed cast with that? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

During the Arsenal v Manchester City game yesterday two players' careers at their clubs were almost ended.

Alex Song, who miraculously avoid breaking his led after Balotelli's foul, and Balotelli himself, who should have been sent of for that foul early in the first half and was then eventually sent off in injury time, prompting Mancini to say that he doubts Balotelli will play for City again.

According to reports, Josep Guardiola will leave the Nou Camp at the end of the season. It is believed the he will likely take a year-long break from football before returning to manage at another club. Guardiola will be in ...
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Ducky's Note: If the title is lost on you, you have probably missed the greatest sensation that was ever generated this side of the Arabian Sea. Even that side of the Atlantic has heard of it.

As much comedy as the John-Terry-on-cigarette-packet incident has afforded to all of us, there are two factual inconsistencies in the whole episode.

Bye bye Timmy?Good morning! With MLS preseason training beginning in just three weeks and the MLS Combine complete, there should be a lot of player movement and a ton of new signings announced in the coming days. The 2012 MLS SuperDraft kicks off tomorrow, and though the New York Red Bulls only have one selection (the 31st overall pick in round two), it's not inconceivable that we could see a trade or two happen while the general managers and coaches are assembled in Kansas City.

By J Hutcherson - WASHINGTON, DC (Jan 27, 2012) US Soccer Players -- The news that Arsenal - Manchester United drew 1.2 million viewers in the United States for a live game early on a Sunday morning has opened a new discussion for the what it means for televised soccer to succeed. Use whatever cliché you would like, but the impact of that game should have the holders of other foreign soccer rights in the.

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By Walter Broeckx

Well we all know that feeling. You come home Friday afternoon from work. But you have a cold feeling a bit shacking, a bit feverish. You then go to bed [.

Hopefully you're still feeling a warm glow from Saturday's impressive win over Blackburn Rovers.

It has certainly calmed some of the pitchfork-and-torch brigade who were on the march after the 0-0 at Bolton.

They may not have had the imagination or panache to use pitchforks and torches, but they had their bin bags and were still determined to march on Castle Emirates and demand the head of Baron von Wengerstein.

This is what the new Arsenal home shirt for next season looks like, Arsenalinsider can exclusively reveal. As in previous years, we have been given the first sneak peak at how Arsene Wenger's players will look in the latest offering from the club and manufacturers Nike.

We've been right every time in the past and we stand by this image, such is the strength of belief in our source.

What a big win, and a big loss! Conceding the goal in that manner added another chapter to the special Arsenal edition of 101 Extraordinary Ways To Concede A Goal. While the remarkable comeback in extremely trying circumstances completely countered the impact of that goal in the short term, the injury to Mertesacker will make the future games all the more challenging.

By Alan Duffy

Football fans like nothing better than to point to conspiracy theories and referee bias in order to blame somebody for their team's failings.

However, in the north London derby on Sunday, man-in-the-middle Mike Dean seems to celebrate a Tottenham goal courtesy of a little skip and a jump of joy when Louis Saha nets the opener.

The Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has admitted that the reason he managed the fantastic penalty save that kept Arsenal in the game at Anfield on Sunday was down to some advice that he received from Arsene Wenger. He had failed to stop his last couple of penalties, so Szczesny reveals that Wenger decided to have [.

There are games where even a defeat feels like a win. Then there are those where victory can't quite overcome the feeling of losing out. On a rare occasion though, one gets to experience both these contradicting sentiments at the same time! Arsenal's heroic effort against Milan will surely fall into that exceptional category.

For a man so quietly brilliant on the pitch, Barcelona midfielder Xavi has been quite outspoken off it. He has previously told Barcelona's official website that Cesc Fabregas confided in him that he was "suffering" because he so desperately wanted the move from Arsenal back to Barca that he eventually got.

Fellow arsophiles, I want to pose a simple question:

In a season of ups and downs, false dawns and unexpected revivals, which Arsenal player has turned out to be the biggest surprise package (in a positive way)?

I'm not talking about the likes of Vermaelen and van Persie, of whom we all expected great things.