Injuries are always going to happen, but I'd much rather they happen now than a few months down the line.

If we are lucky Theo will just miss this weekends game against Bolton at home which is no real biggie, Robin van Persie will be missing for Bolton, Braga, Sunderland, Spurs, West Brom, Belgrade, Chelsea and Birmingham the majority of them we can survive without him.

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Young Arsenal frontman Carlos Vela was introduced for his good friend Giovani Dos Santos with just 17 minutes on the clock in Mexico's one nil drama victory over South American outfit Colombia.

That makes sure for Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger that the 21 years old will come back to London without any knock and injury, so that he will be available for Saturday's Premier League encounter with the Bolton Wanderers at Emirates Stadium.

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Everyone watching the England, Switzerland match will have cringed when seeing the injury Theo Walcott suffered tonight after landing awkwardly on his right ankle. My first instinct was that he had done his ankle ligaments and that means a pretty long lay-off but if his studs were caught and with his ankle looking like this.

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As I have said quite a lot these past few days, there is a large section of the supporters that are disgruntled, they feel we didn't buy what we needed yet again and want answers. The negativity is infectious and you could say that since the closing of the transfer window the mood has been pretty grim.

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"He's obviously got something against me. It's just weird."

You don't say Ryan! We all know that some footballers are, how do you say it.. a bit thick. However, congratulations must be offered to Ryan Shawcross who has taken the definition of stupid to another level.

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So, Theo Walcott must be dropped from the England set-up immediately. He is the sole reason why England did not win the World Cup.

He can't pass or shoot and doesn't have a football brain.

It is Arsenal's fault for destroying a young talent who has clearly not lived up to his potential, he can't even control a long-range pass from Steven Gerrard.

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Hello again. It's been a long time since I've posted here. Life had taken me in some different directions and I had settled into retirement from football punditry. As the cliche goes, old habits are hard to break so here I am again for another Champions League season.

I plan to review each group in more detail before the group stages kick off on September 14.

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There really is little else around so I thought I'd reflect on the start to the season, and one player in particular who looks re-born -Tomas Rosicky

This summer he was close to leaving, not of his own will I hastily add, but there has always been big interest from Germany in him but Werder Bremen and Everton both inquired over his availability as Arsenal were pursuing defenders from both the clubs, Phil Jagielka and Per Mertesacker were the targets on the Arsenal side.

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20|20's longstanding relationship with Arsenal FC continues as the club officially opened their new look and redeveloped Club Level at the Emirates Stadium last weekend in time for the first Premier League home game of the season against Blackpool. Click to continue reading...

The boss hates the new squad limit rules it has been well publicised and I agree with him. But, how brilliantly has he stuffed their new rules down their throats it is rather spectacular...

Arsenal have named seventy players in their squad list to the FA, and none of the 20 are English:

Manuel Almunia, Andrey Arshavin, Nicklas Bendtner, Marouane Chamakh, Gael Clichy, Denilson, Vassiriki Abou Diaby, Johan Djourou, Emmanuel Eboue, Lukasz Fabianski, Cesc Fabregas, Laurent Koscielny, Vito Mannone, Samir Nasri, Tomas Rosicky, Bacary Sagna, Alex Song, Robin Van Persie, Thomas Vermaelen, Sebastien Squillaci.

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According to reports Arsenal are about to offer a contract to Japanese youngster Ryo Miyachi this week ahead fo him signing in January! Check out him playing below:

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I was approached by a writer who works for a popular travel comparison site wanting to give Arsenal fans information ahead of their ventures into Europe for the Champions League. I thought it would be a good idea and something quite unique. Your feedback is appreciated and I hope this is of help..

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Let me set my stall out straight away; I was convinced that Mark Schwarzer was going to sign. I thought both sides had reached the point of no return, there was no way it could not happen. Well, not for the first time I was wrong and a lot of fans were very angry, despite knowing yesterday that the deal was in effect hanging by the tiniest of threads.

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Didier Drogba has carried on where he left off last season for Chelsea FC

Just three weeks into the new season and it's a case of as you were in England and Scotland as familiar names lie in the top spots in each league. In England champions Chelsea are the only team with a 100% record following their 2-0 victory over Stoke City at the weekend but familiar foes Manchester United and Arsenal FC aren't far behind.

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Yesterday, it is said an agreement was close between Man City goalkeeper Shay given and Fulham if this goes through Mark Schwarzer will make the short move across London to join Arsenal. It looks like it will be a loan deal, not a permanent one.

The Daily Mail ran with a somewhat unsubstantiated story about the possible transfer and with people in the football world, journalists and former players alike, saying Mark is on his way to Arsenal it makes you think that the likelihood of it happening is more likely than not.

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Blackburn 1-2 Arsenal

Yesterdays game against Blackburn showed why defensive coaching is so important, and thankfully a week of intense preparation for the aerial bombardment from our opponents paid off. There was a strange assurance about the defence that has been absent for a long time there was still the time for the defensive cock-up that would lead to a goal but that aside it was a very promising performance which many positives can be taken from.

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A simple comparison highlighting the differences between the clubs, managers, and players.
Blackburn: 140 passes attempted...81 completed...
Arsenal: 383 passes completed....310 completed...

by Guardian Chalkboards

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One thing that really seems to rankle with other bosses is that Arsene Wenger always dodges the opportunity to have a glass of wine with the opposing manager in his office after the game. It is one of the reasons that many of the traditional English managers really don't take to him.

Quite frankly it is pathetic, it may be classed as traditional but a quick handshake and a few words will suffice and quite frankly I can see every reason why Wenger doesn't want to be anywhere near the fat, dribbling oik that is Fat Sam.

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So at last the official site have confirmed the signing of Sebastian Squillaci a day after Arsene Wenger confirmed the signing in his press conference yesterday.

From what I know about him he will bring a different style of defending to the center-back partnership. He seems to be an aggressive, strong and combative defender and the type we have been crying out for for a long time what he may lack in natural athleticism he more than makes up for in strength and aggressiveness and the ability to head the ball.

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Coming to the Gunners from Sevilla...

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Champions League 2010/2011 Group Stage Draw is a post from: Just Football

After an entertaining set of final qualifiers, the Champions League 2010/2011 proper is good and ready to go. Ajax, Tottenham, Werder Bremen, Auxerre, Partizan Belgrade, Sporting Braga, MSK Zilina, FC Copenhagen, Hapoel Tel-Aviv and FC Basle have all made it past the final hurdle through to the group stages, and there they are joined by the other 22 automatic qualifiers.

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Yes it's that time again and just like the rest of you I am pumped to see how the group stages are going to play out. For the draw, the 32 teams are split into four seeding pots depending on each club's coefficient. Every group will contain one team from each of the seeding pots, though no club can play a side from their own association and there are further procedures determining the exact placing of each contender.

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Well, although the official website hasn't confirmed it yet, Wenger stated at a press conference today that it was a done deal, and given how cautious he generally is about speaking out about transfer targets, I think we take him at his word Sebastian Squillaci has joined Arsenal FC from Sevilla.

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At todays press conference Arsene Wenger faced a barrage of questions over the delay in announcement over the Sebastian Squillaci deal, he confirmed that the defender has signed for us:

'he's a good player, at the right price and is a good signing for us.'

Squillaci is currently in Spain sorting out his personal situation ready to re-locate to London.

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Yesterday, Arsenal's biggest shareholder both in terms of shares and financially (and not fatness) launched a full takeover of NFL side St Louis Rams, costing him in total a whopping £292 million just to complete the full takeover. Overall, the Rams are thought to be valued at just short of £500 million.

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Will it happen on Monday?

Ok, it will definitely happen on Tuesday...

Right, its Wednesday it must happen today!

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The club are under no pressure to officially announce the transfer of Sebastian Squillaci, he is not scheduled to carry out any interviews like Marouane Chamakh was; Arsenal didn't want to announce his arrival on a Friday but were pushed into a corner.

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Last night there was a lot of reminiscing going over on Twitter and it brought back a few memories of my own.

Now being slightly younger than a fair few of those people who I was chatting to my memories are obviously pretty limited but there was one memory that came quickly flooding back, the first time I ever got to see Tony Adams play.

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When we signed Andrey Arshavin one of the first things that had Arsenal fans in stitches was his high pitched voice and feeble grasp of the language, then came the comments about women drivers being given separate roads to drive on. The fans loved his bluntness, the fact it wasn't an error in translation, he said it meaning what he had said.

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Three masterful performances and one cracker of a match dominated the headlines after the second weekend of Premier League action, three 6-0 victories by Chelsea FC, Arsenal FC, Newcastle United, and a draw between Manchester United and Fulham FC.

Chelsea's dominance of Wigan Athletic continued as the champions have put 14 goals past the hapless Latics in only two matches and are the toast of the league despite playing against two lower tier teams. Click to continue reading...

SEVILLA FC & ARSENAL FC have come to an agreement for the former to transfer to the latter 30 year old French International defender SQUILLACI. The Frenchmen flew yesterday to London to undergo the medical examinations before signing for the "Gunners". The transfer price has not been given but speculations in the Spanish press comment that it could be between 6. Click to continue reading...

SEVILLA FC & ARSENAL FC have come to an agreement for the former to transfer to the latter 30 year old French International defender SQUILLACI. The Frenchmen flew yesterday to London to undergo the medical examinations before signing for the "Gunners". The transfer price has not been given but speculations in the Spanish press comment that it could be between 6. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal are finally starting to get moving in the transfer market as last night Sebastian Squillaci was on his way to London to undergo a medical, put the finishing touches to his personal terms and, all being well, will ink a three year deal for a fee of £5.5 million initially but with add-ons taking it to £6.

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Arsenal 6-0 Blackpool

That should lift the spirits.

An electric performance gave us the biggest win at the Emirates so far as a Theo Walcott hat-trick, an Arshavin penalty and Diaby's fine finish well and truly battered a lively and refreshingly un-fouling Blackpool team.

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It has come to my attention, through a reliable source, that Arsenal are currently talking to six different clubs with a view to bringing in at least two signings before the transfer window closes.

Some of those are names you are probably familiar with: Sebastian Squillaci, Mark Schwarzer, Phil Jagielka, Emir Spahic (surprising) and they have also been keeping an eye on Tasci and Gary Cahill I'm told.

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Last week there was a lot of commotion about Arsenal going back in for Mark Schwarzer after he handed in a transfer request to Fulham this came after Arsenal said to his representatives that there was nothing more they could do to get Fulham to sell so the deal was dead.

At first there were a lot of rumours that Arsenal returned to Fulham with exactly the same offer as before but these are incorrect, the financial incentive was there with an extra £700,000 and that added with the transfer request, was deemed a bid worthy of persuading Fulham to sell.

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Over the past few days another of Arsene Wenger's transfer targets has come clear, Sevilla defender Sebastian Squillaci.

We have placed a bid of £6 million for the defender who despite over 10 years experience, isn't one of the first names you would think up when you think of top quality center-backs we could bring in.

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Interesting but steady start of the season for Arsenal FC, a few of the week's issues..

The first game this season has passed and what a tough one we got. Let's not make a mistake about this; Anfield away is one of the toughest fixtures we could have got. In this particular season, it perhaps was the hardest from the lot.

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I love the Internet, and, with sites such as Ustream and Justin.tv, I can view live matches right on my laptop. No more televisions for me!
However, I can't take the laptop everywhere, and there were quite a few times during World Cup 2010 that I had to miss a few matches because I was out and about. Click to continue reading...

With the first game of the new season over it is time for Arsene to be looking for some new blood, again. He has quite often publicly admitted to needing another center-back and there is continuing speculation over the future of 'keeper Manuel Almunia who is unsettled due to the consistent links with Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer.

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