The name Ashley Cole still drives a dagger into the heart of Arsenal fans, and even when the England left-back hangs up his boots, chances are he will never again be consider a Gunner. While it's true that money talks, the idea that one of their own a local boy, who grew up idolizing [...]

The results are in and Arsenal fans have unsurprisingly chosen skipper Robin van Persie as the club's Player of the Season in a poll sponsored by EA Sports. Alex Song, Tomas Rosicky, Laurent Koscienly, and Mikel Arteta round off the list of top five players chosen by the Gunners' faithful.

Seydou Doumbia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Arsenal Eyeing CSKA Moscow's £26 Million-Rated Striker Seydou Doumbia

Arsenal are all set to submit a bid for CSKA Moscow's star striker Seydou Doumbia, according to a report published by the Daily Mail.

There is no need to repeat the details but it seems safe to say most, if not all, Arsenal fans were seething with disappointment, anger, or worse after the way events transpired last summer. Of the millions of words written on the transfer business and the subsequent season, few have covered the fact that Arsene Wenger had a massive tactical challenge in front of him after the departure of his talisman and captain, the player who could have taken his place in midfield, and that of a very hardworking and reliable defender who even though popular opinion was to the contrary remains one of the best at his job in the League.

France have a proud record in the European Championships having won two Euros in 1984 and 2000.
Two years prior to their Euro 2000 success, France managed to win the most prestigious football event, the 1998 World Cup, on home soil.
Things then took a downturn, with disappointing 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004 campaigns, but a Zinedine Zidane inspired run to the 2006 World Cup final proved the country still had vast resources of footballing talent to choose from.

France have a proud record in the European Championships having won two Euros in 1984 and 2000.
Two years prior to their Euro 2000 success, France managed to win the most prestigious football event, the 1998 World Cup, on home soil.
Things then took a downturn, with disappointing 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004 campaigns, but a Zinedine Zidane inspired run to the 2006 World Cup final proved the country still had vast resources of footballing talent to choose from.

After 16 years at Arsenal, and what is now 7 years without a trophy, is Arsène Wenger still getting more right than he gets wrong?

Stubborn arguments rage amongst the Arsenal faithful, neither side willing to compromise their staunch 'belief', so they end up insulting each other.To make a thorough examination, we can only measure the good against the bad, which I shall attempt to do here, and allow people to reach their own conclusions.

Transfer Delays and Greed – By JG Maybe Arsenal fans want or don't care if they have to suffer another "Nasri" situation again; because some really don't seem to mind very much whether the player who is brought in has integrity, respect and admires the tradition and style of Arsenal FC. I'm not sure about [.

By Stuart Watson

Believe it or not there was a time when there were only one or two live football matches shown per season on television. Even when I started following football properly in the very late 80s, you would only get a maximum one game per week on television in the form of ITV's ‘The Big Match,' with Elton Welsby (remember him?

Arsenal skipper Robin van Persie scooped up one more award last week to add to his increasing collection that already includes the Premier League Golden Boot, the PFA Player of the Year, and the FWA Footballer of the Year for the 2011-2012 season.

RvP has now been honored for scoring the Gunners faithful's most favorite goal of last season, with his stunning match-winning volley against Everton beating other impressive strikes from Mikel Arteta and Thierry Henry.

The young Welshman Aaron Ramsey was regularly critized by Arsenal fans last season as he just seemed to get slower and weaker the longer the season went on, and Wenger even played him on the left wing towards the end, while the young and fit Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was sitting on the bench. During these games [.

Arsenal fans are used to Arsene Wenger pulling the occasional crazy signing out of his hat, but after being told that Yann M'Vila and Javi Martinez are top of his wish-list for a holding midfielder, the Mirror reckons that Wenger has decided to look closer to home and has now made a surprise £6million bid [.

The EURO 2012 Tournament Could Spell Trouble For Arsenal FC – By JG The possible blow-back of the EURO 2012 Tournament is something Arsenal fans have reason to be wary about. As we know already, a number of Arsenal players are going to be heavily involved in their countries efforts to win the competition.

And so the season finally ended. It was a season filled with drama, with more ups and downs for all clubs than in any previous season. Who would've scripted a more dramatic end to the Premier League title race? The excitement involved is what makes the Barclays Premier League the best league to watch.

A warning...

Don't read this blog if you think that Arsene Wenger walks on water, and don't read this blog if you lack independent thought and support the club because that is how it is and how it will always be, and especially do not waste ten precious minutes of your life if you think that writing a negative blog about the club means that RTK does not love Arsenal.

Like other ‘80s phenomena including the video recorder and the ZX81, George Graham is now almost viewed almost with a degree of scorn by a modern generation of Arsenal fans. But just as we shouldn't forget the impact the video market and Clive Sinclair's opening stab at bringing computers into our homes have had on our lives, the same applies to George's managerial tenure at Highbury.

As well as their sub-Saharan trophy drought, Arsenal also face regular jibes about their notoriously mute stadium atmosphere. ‘Highbury library' and all that. Well, an OTP exclusive suggests the acoustic atrocity could be much worse than first feared. We took in a youth tournament at at the Emirates last week.

The curtain has fallen on another season of top flight football – and what a season it has been.

As Arsenal fans we've been put through the mill more than the wheat stock at Hovis.

The most commonly used metaphor is that it was a "roller coaster" of a season. In which case it must have been this one:

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The curtain has fallen on another season of top flight football – and what a season it has been.

As Arsenal fans we've been put through the mill more than the wheat stock at Hovis.

The most commonly used metaphor is that it was a "roller coaster" of a season. In which case it must have been this one:

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Morning all.

Moving swiftly on from this weekend and we're now faced with that thing that football fans hate more than anything else in the world – having to have a bit of patience. With Euro 2012 on the horizon we may find that the business we need to do isn't done as quickly as we would like.

Arsenal fans react in horror after RVP didn't sign on the dotted line

Fear, loathing, paranoia struck Arsenal when the news broke of RVP failing to renew his contract on meeting with Arsene Wenger and Ivan Gazidis on Wednesday. There is a reason why these are called negotiations and RVP will obviously take into account what the other clubs have to offer so he can come back to the table to see if Arsenal can improve their terms.

James Curtis

ARSENAL'S ‘UNSUCCESSFUL' SEASON: AN ALTERNATIVE REVIEW

Robin van Persie was spotted in The Gunners pub shortly after the West Brom game. At one point he was seen riding the shoulders of a stout, balding supporter. A few minutes later he was behind the grill at Piebury Corner.

So the season is over and another summer is upon us. It's been here for four days and already I'm bored of it. As Mick Jagger once drawled, "the sunshine bores the daylights out of me." (Not that that presents a problem in London, but stick with the metaphor). Already I find myself looking ahead to those glove handed, dribbly nosed November afternoons.

Jack Wilshere is bidding to bring some silverware to the Arsenal next season and have the chance to goad former Gunners star Samir Nasri in the process.

Nasri won the Premier League title with Manchester City and wasted no time in throwing his success in the faces of Gooners who had blasted him for his move to the Etihad Stadium and cited money as his motivation.

First Things First...Get The Stadium Paid Off – By JG Just how much of a "war chest" do Arsenal fans believe is available? There seems to be this rumour going around that Arsenal have some giant surplus of funds to dish out for all of the "overpriced" players in the world. Well, unfortunately that just [.

The final day of the Premier League season provided more entertainment than we could have possibly hoped for. And even though Man City came back to beat 10-man QPR with two goals during injury time to win the title, we still must ask the all-important question: "What if it continued?"

97' -- Mario Balotelli continues to be an upstanding citizen who quietly helps his team.

When Samir Nasri moved from Arsenal to Man City last summer in a £25 million transfer, many Arsenal fans accused him of being a mercenary who was only out for the money (as opposed to all those people around the world who don't want to get paid as much as possible for their work) and wasn't helping his chances of winning trophies.

Cripes, Manchester City's all over the place these days. One supposes with that ending they're allowed to be. Also: money's compelling. Don't ever think otherwise.

They won the title this weekend after spending oodles and oodles of money the last few seasons. One oodle was Samir Nasri, you might recall, one of their big purchases before this current season, having left an Arsenal side which has struggled for trophies in recent years.

Carlos Tevez made headlines yesterday by holding up a provocative slogan against Sir Alex Ferguson during Manchester City's title parade and now Samir Nasri has become the second Citizen to hit back at his former club.

Tevez's ill-tempered approach in mocking Manchester United was criticized throughout the media and although Nasri has not issued a personally offensive statement, his criticism of Arsenal's fans would only worsen his reputation among the Gunners faithful.

Arsenal fans can relax about bringing in more attacking players apparently. Lukas Podolski has told reporters that Arsenal have got three players for the price of one by bringing him to the Emirates. If this proves true, then the price tag of around £11 million could be the bargain of the season. "In Cologne, I [.

Hey gays,

Mighty impressive stuff, keeping up the season chat over at the Wigan thread. Have to say, I'm very impressed at the level of commitment shown towards this blog.

Unfortunately, this blog is all but defunct now. Martin, Brenton, Darren and I simply do not have the time to continue blogging here.

Join us for live blogging of West Brom v Arsenal in the Premier League. Kick off is 3pm, team news posted as soon as we have it.

Live blog is 100% free to follow on your computer or mobile device and gives you real time text commentary from the match and we'll keep you up to date with all the other relevant scores today (come on Fulham!

The Bandwagon Effect By JG Jumping on bandwagons is distastefully popular these days amongst SOME (not all) Arsenal fans. That is, until the bandwagons crash due to the "flawed logic" they were built upon. The list is very long, but here are a few recent examples. 1. We need to buy a new goalkeeper [.

Over the past seven years Arsenal's defensive inadequacies have been there for all to see. The same amount of time the team has failed to win a trophy. It's also no coincidence it's seven years since Patrick Viera left the club too.

Arsenal fans must feel like they are caught in a very long version of Ground Hog Day.

Arsenal fans in the United States will be glued to their TV sets this Sunday to watch their massive season finale against West Bromwich Albion. That is unless you live in Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Colorado, Utah or the Northwest where ...
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By Alan Duffy

No doubt cheesy Brit film writer Richard Curtis is already planning to use this incident in his next twee Hugh Grant vom-com, but Gooner Luke McQueen, who does have more than a touch of the posh-fop about him, probably deserves some credit after posing outside the Emirates in a Tottenham shirt.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes that the strong criticism unleashed at youngster Aaron Ramsey in recent weeks will only make the midfielder emerge as a stronger player.

Wenger, who signed Ramsey from Cardiff City in 2008, has helped the Welshman gradually developed into one of the regulars in the Gunners side but despite the player's tremendous promise, certain sections of the club's supporters have lost patience with the 21-year old.

There have much rumblings amongst Arsenal fans about the erratic form of the young Pole Wojciech Szczesny, especially after his clumsy performance against Norwich, and many Gooners believe that perhaps a little more competition may get him to raise his game a little. As we all know, Manuel Almunia is finally getting taken of the [.

I have to admit that I naively raised an eyebrow yesterday when Roberto Mancini, chasing a much-needed win at Newcastle, took off attacking midfielder Samir Nasri for defensive midfielder Nigel De Jong. In the end this turned out to be the masterstroke that won City the game, and possibly the league title.

This season is turning into a nightmare for Arsenal fans after today's 3-3 draw at home against Norwich.

Arsenal's fans worst fears are that Spurs finishes above the Gunners in third place and that Chelsea grab that fourth Champions League spot by beating Bayern Munich in the Champions League final in two weeks.