This weekend's headlines were stolen by Emmauel Adebayor even before a ball was kicked. Saturday morning, Adebayor finally lashed out at his former club Arsenal, moments before the Gunners kicked-off a challenging visit to the Eastlands.

January move unlikely, free transfer in the summer a sure thing?

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Bordeaux have ruled out in-demand striker Marouane Chamakh leaving in January.

The French-born Morocco international was linked with Arsenal and West Ham in the summer, but a move failed to materialise.

Sir Alex Ferguson: "Caaammaaann! So what if I'm not French, I would make a great Musketeer. You can be Aramis, Arsene is Porthos and since I'm the oldest, I can be Athos!" Arsene Wenger: "Ya, Mich. He's cool but just don't go to Old Trafford. They'll call you names there." Michel Platini: "Oh, mon Dieu.

Much has been said about Arsenal striker Eduardo da Silva's dive against Celtic during last Wednesday's 2nd leg of the Champions League pre-qualifier. One split-second incident has led to questions about Michael Platini's proposed system of 5 referees, TV technology, retrospective charges and just exactly what is it that constitutes a dive.

Arsene Wenger's rapidly increasing dependence on youngsters within his squad reached new heights this midweek when he chose to start off the Champions League group stages with rookie Italian goalkeeper Vito Mannone between the sticks.

AAAAHHHHHHHH I AM ARTUR BORUC AND THIS IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT MADE ME ANGRY THIS WEEK:

1. ARSENE WENGER'S SHOW HOW CAN YOU GET SENT OFF FOR KICKING A WATER BOTTLE?!?!?!! ONE TIME I FILLED A WATER BOTTLE WITH MILITARY GRADE EXPLOSIVES AND THEN I DRILLED A BABY IN THE HEAD WITH IT AND ALL I GOT WAS A WARNING!

Okay so my adopted Croatia didn't win last night. Instead they were comprehensively beaten by a very good England side. It has to be admitted. I suppose we Gooners enjoyed last night. The sight of Fabregas, Bendtner and Eduardo scoring along with Arshavin's assist for their various international teams was satisfying.

Ligue 1 defending champions Bordeaux's coach Laurent Blanc says he wouldn't be interested in taking over the France squad if Raymond Domenech was to leave sooner than expected. Blanc, who won the French League title last season with Bordeaux, is considered one of the best French coaches along with Arsenal's Arsene .

Too often last season Wenger deployed Bendtner as a wide player, whilst not in an orthodox left-wingers role, sufficiently wide to keep out of the penalty area. The same pattern has been repeated this season, resulting in the young Denmark striker pleading for Arsene to play him in a more central role.

PFA chief Gordon Taylor has urged football fans, pundits, and the FA to put a stop to the lynch mob mentality that is surrounding Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor. The targetman stirred up controversy over the weekend by first stamping on Robin van Persie's face before scoring a goal and sprinting the length of the pitch to celebrate in front of the angry Gunners fans.

The first defeat of the season is always the most tricky one to deal with. Perhaps that explains why some feel that the earlier it comes, the better. At the beginning of the 2007-08 season, a determined young Arsenal squad made a typically flying start to the campaign.

Morning, it's Wigan on the menu today and a home game which seems like a bit of a novelty this season so far.

Only Robin van Persie is back from injury. Andrei Arshavin hasn't made it, neither has Almunia, Theo Walcott has had a setback apparently, and the others we know about already. The importance of this game should be in no doubt.

Well, game time is nigh, and the lineups are in.

Arsenal: Starters: Mannone, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy, Eboue, Song, Fabregas, Diaby, Eduardo, Van Persie. Subs: Szczesny, Rosicky, Ramsey, Silvestre, Wilshere, Gibbs, Bendtner.

Wigan: Starters: Kirkland, Melchiot, Boyce, Bramble, Figueroa, Thomas, Diame, N'Zogbia, Gomez, Koumas, Rodallega.

From what I can see there isn't too much going on out there. I suppose the biggest discussion point at the minute (apart from the FA's refusal to punish Bellamy, Neville, or Mascherano) is Arsene's insistence that the enforcement of a restriction on the transfer of u18's would ruin his youth policy, and while Arsenal probably have more at stake than most other clubs, it is a rule which will negatively impact every club in Engalnd.

I feel disappointed and somewhat annoyed of how Arsene Wenger seems it liable to sell two main players this transfer window and bring in one (Thomas Vermaelen) as a like for like replacement. If Arsenal want to challenge for all trophies this season we needed a better squad, and without a doubt needed another CB.

The inexplicable is often the standard in football. The £14 million pounds Man City paid for Wayne Bridge is inexplicable. Florent Malouda's protean hairstyles are inexplicable. Arsene Wenger's ability to see zero penalties against Arsenal is inexplicable. Yet even bearing this in mind, I could not help but rubbing my eyes to make sure I had read the headline correctly:

Abramovich keen to stop big-spending City

The gist of the article is that Abramovich feels that Manchester City have spent too much and need to be reigned in.

The international break is over and we resume with the real football. I have stated before FIFA needs to address the international football calendar. We cannot have a stop start season, any rhythm that teams have is disrupted. I would prefer a break in October or 2-3 weeks and another in March, allowing all internationals to be crammed into these periods.

1. 4-2 flattered Manchester City. Statistics showed we had nearly twice as many attempts on goal. We had 12 corners to City's 3. And we shaded possession as well.
2. However, City were clinical at a time when Arsenal were at their creative best, but defensively most fragile.

While he was honored as Estonia's best player in the past half a century by the nation's football association, Mart Poom could not earn even remotely the same kind of respect on club level. Despite boasting a variety of Eastern European and English clubs on his resume during his early days as a player, the legendary former Estonia goalkeeper is best remembered for an extremely inactive spell as a back-up keeper at Arsenal F.

Russian side want Andrey back, but they can't have him!

Zenit St Petersburg have announced their intentions to lure former star Andrey Arshavin away from Arsenal and back to Russia after a huge financial injection from billionaire gas giants, Gazprom.

Global fuel providers, Gazprom, have decided to substantially increase their investment in the 2008 UEFA Cup winners in an attempt to create a European super-force to compete with the like of Manchester United, Barcelona, and Real Madrid.

A great majority of the football world has grown used to laughing off Arsene Wenger's dramatic remarks over major incidents in recent years. This is precisely why the Arsenal manager was largely ignored when he labeled the accusations over Gunners striker Eduardo's recent "dive" against Celtic as a "witch-hunt".

Another week of Premiership action is now in the books, and Thursday means one thing: it's time for the Thursday Throwdown from A to Z. Here we go...

A is for Anelka. Chelsea fans should be counting their lucky stars that both Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba are in spectacular form.

For Premier League fans around the world, the last couple of weeks have been almost too painful to endure as something very important seems to have disappeared out of our lives. But with yet another international period finally in the books, we can once again look forward to the return of our most beloved brand of football this weekend.

When the Carling Cup Round 3 draw was first made, it was very difficult to imagine West Bromwich Albion providing much of a competition to Arsenal at The Emirates. Granted, Arsene Wenger uses the competition to provide some first-team action to his reserves, but even those teenagers usually prove to be a handful for the opponents.

According to many, Arsenal's Vito Mannone was the reason why the Gunners left Craven Cottage with all three points last Saturday, with manager Arsene Wenger clearly delighted with the performance of the Italian.

The Frenchman said:

I believe you would give him 10 out of 10 because everything he did was right, and for a goalkeeper, that is the most important.

According to many, Arsenal's Vito Mannone was the reason why the Gunners left Craven Cottage with all three points last Saturday, with manager Arsene Wenger clearly delighted with the performance of the Italian.

The Frenchman said:

I believe you would give him 10 out of 10 because everything he did was right, and for a goalkeeper, that is the most important.