By Tony Attwood I pointed out in part 1 of this article that Wenger brought to Arsenal a new approach to football, not just in the style of playing, but also in the style of coaching, of economics, and of running the club. However the world changes, and football was not blind to what Wenger [...]

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In a game of many villains for us it may seem odd to pick out one, but I'm sad to say that Denilson does not belong in the Arsenal first team.

Before I elaborate, it's worth having a quick word for each of the other villains of the piece (and some heroes):

Alex Song: idiot for the first booking (he was carded for the dissent, not for the non-foul).

Jose Mourinho is at it again in the press and letting the world know what he thinks of Arsenal and the new look AC Milan. He is basically pissing off Wenger and putting a big smile on the face of AC Milan supporters. The funny thing is that you know everyone is listening.

José Mourinho does not believe Arsenal are capable of winning the Champions League this season.

Young 21 years old Arsenal forward Carlos Vela has a really unpredicted opportunity now to shine for Arsene Wenger's Gunners side in the next weeks.

Vela has missed out so far to earn a starting place for the Premier League side, but with a few players injured actually including Robin van Persie (6 Weeks), Theo Walcott (4-6 weeks), Nicklas Bendtner (3-4 weeks) as well as Andrey Arshavin in poor form, the Mexican will definitely get his chance to join the Arsenal boat for the title race.

Young 21 years old Carlos Vela has sent a message to his home country Mexico today, as he converted calmly and with great composure a lovely Cesc Fabregas delivery to make it 4:1 for the Gunners against the Trotters.

The Mexican has received really bad treating by his fellow natives as well as the Mexican press in the last week , especially the latter ones have produced stories which are really far from reality.

Mexican sensation Carlos Vela scored twice as Arsene Wenger's Arsenal side destroyed Portuguese outfit SC Braga last evening at Emirates Stadium by 6:0. Skipper Cesc Fabregas got two as well with Chamakh as well as Arshavin on the scoring board.

The 21 years old already scored on the weekend against Bolton as he slotted home calmly a fantastic Cesc Fabregas chip pass.

A moment's lack of concentration after ninety four minutes and forty seconds in a game that was supposed to last ninety four minutes cost us two precious points.

Perhaps it is more accurate to say that not only was it the poor time keeping by referee Phil Dowd but also the stupidity of Alex Song and an atrocious penalty miss by Tomas Rosicky that combined to deny us two points that could end up making the difference between winning the league and coming second.

Always good to play a newly promoted team at home after a busy (and triumphant) week. West Brom according to Mr Wenger will be a tough test and one of the best sides we could play. Tosh, I say he couldn't have asked for a better fixture considering the progressive destruction of his squad. If we don't pick up 3 points today we may as well hold up the white flag regarding the title.

Written by Big Raddy What makes us attracted to one player but not another? For example, why do I not give a rat's behind that William Gallas left in the summer and yet was saddened by Gilberto Silva's departure? Both great players, both World Cup winners prior to their arrival, both played over 100 games for us.

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On September 6th 1913 The Arsenal played their first game at their new ground Highbury. It was a 2-1 win over Leicester Fosse.

Here's a bit of history behind the move to Highbury. By the end of the 1912/13 season, Henry Norris who had recently taken charge of the club came to the conclusion that if the club wanted to grow they needed to move to a new ground.

By Tony Attwood The issue has been raised a number of times: this blog has gone totally over the top in praising Arsène Wenger, instead of recognising his faults. Maybe there's something in that, and if so, it is entirely my fault. So I thought I would go back, look at Wenger, and all he [...]

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After Dawson's unfortunate injury (ahheerrmm) playing against Bulgaria last Friday, we saw the defensive triangle of English players that many had wished we could have signed this summer – and I thought they looked pretty good, but then again, they weren't up against the most testing of opposition.

By Tony Attwood (You can go back and read the article from the start, by clicking here). So the revised Wengerian philosophy emerged out of practical considerations. It had these basic points... a) The new youth system is working and some of the players coming through (Wilshere is the most obvious but there are many [.

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The Interlull (tm Arseblogger) allows assessment of the season so far, and despite the paucity of games, we have much to discuss.

I would like to start with our esteemed manager. Apart from the GK blip, Wenger has been very good with 3 top class signings in close season.

The midfield has been very good. Nasri continued his pre-season form and looks a fantastic player, his injury is a blow. To see Nasri take on and beat a player then lay off an accurate pass is to see the future of this Arsenal team. Should /When Cesc goes, this will o' the wisp is his natural successor assuming he remains fit.

Young 21 years old Arsenal forward Carlos Vela has a really unpredicted opportunity now to shine for Arsene Wenger's Gunners side in the next weeks.

Vela has missed out so far to earn a starting place for the Premier League side, but with a few players injured actually including Robin van Persie (6 Weeks), Theo Walcott (4-6 weeks), Nicklas Bendtner (3-4 weeks) as well as Andrey Arshavin in poor form, the Mexican will definitely get his chance to join the Arsenal boat for the title race.

Wenger, Chapman, Graham a comparison By Tony Attwood I was intending to stop this series on Wenger after covering the three basics: Philosophy, Practice and the Total Revolution. But a reader wrote in asking me what would constitute failure in terms of the Wenger revolution, and I thought it such a good question I [.

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Perhaps I've come to this realisation before, but the weekends with no football seem to shine an even brighter light on how large of a role supporting the Arsenal plays in my life. Yes, watching the Arsenal, I realise, provides my weekend life with much needed structure (in addition to a perfect excuse to have a few morning pints in lieu of a 5K jog by the lake), as well as complete immunity from friend and family obligations for a handful of hours on any particular Saturday or Sunday.

Young 21 years old Carlos Vela has sent a message to his home country Mexico today, as he converted calmly and with great composure a lovely Cesc Fabregas delivery to make it 4:1 for the Gunners against the Trotters.

The Mexican has received really bad treating by his fellow natives as well as the Mexican press in the last week , especially the latter ones have produced stories which are really far from reality.

So Gary Cahill is appealing against the red card awarded for his foul on Marouane Chamakh.

Good. I'm delighted. Bring it on.

By appealing, Cahill leaves open the option of having his three-match ban for a straight red extended by the FA committee that hears his appeal. And make no mistake – he deserves to have the ban extended.

What constitutes failure? By Tony Attwood One of the most interesting issues raised in correspondence about the "philosophy of Wenger" articles was the question, "what constitutes failure". I was asked whether seven years without a trophy would be a failure? Or ten years? And that led me into thinking that really that was far too [.

Group H continues the pattern established by many of the other groups. One team as prohibitive favorite (Arsenal), and several teams (Shakhtar Donetsk, Partizan Belgrade, and Braga) competing for second place.

Arsenal F.C. - One of the most storied clubs in English football, Arsenal have seen a bit of a hardware drought over the last 5 seasons.

When was the last time we failed to qualify for the knockout rounds of the Champions League? Not being a historian I cannot tell you but it was a rare occurrence and some time ago. Which is why I am not over enthusiastic about tonight, it seems a diversion from the real target of the Premiership. I realise this is a purely subjective view but I would swap the winning of the CL for the PL (both would be best but unlikely).

Segundo o www.goal.com, Arsène Wenger disse que o Arsenal teme a influência brazuca do SC Braga. Digo eu: ele e mais alguns!

When a team wins by a margin like 6-0, it's very easy to dismiss the match as a sporting contest. And so it is in this case, Sporting Braga were ripped apart by an Arsenal team that was in the mood to show the best of their game. At no point, from the first minute to the last, did Braga look like they had a chance of taking any of the points.

Mexican sensation Carlos Vela scored twice as Arsene Wenger's Arsenal side destroyed Portuguese outfit SC Braga last evening at Emirates Stadium by 6:0. Skipper Cesc Fabregas got two as well with Chamakh as well as Arshavin on the scoring board.

The 21 years old already scored on the weekend against Bolton as he slotted home calmly a fantastic Cesc Fabregas chip pass.

It is not teams but squads that win the EPL or the CL. If the CL final was tomorrow and everyone was fit and available, what team should we pick based on what we know about the players at this stage? For the first time in several seasons, we have well balanced squad comprising a solid defence, an embarrassment of riches in midfield and a true cutting edge up front, so competition for places will be hard fought.

The Stadium of Light, there's a misnomer. Anyone who has had the misfortune to travel to Sunderland away knows the drab, watery light that emanates from the cold North Sea and washes over the industrial wasteland that is Sunderland. They will also know how we struggled at TSOL last season, despite having 90% of the possession we got beaten by a late Darren Bent goal (plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose).

Let us start here. There is light and there is darkness, there is good and there is evil, there is N5 and then there is N17. N5 is blessed with parks, glorious architecture, fine restaurants, great bars and the finest football stadium in Britain; whereas N17 is a total toilet, the parks littered with dogshit, litter and hoodlums, the architecture can only be described as urban wasteland, the restaurants vary from appalling to mediocre, the bars imbue such depression that suicide is an attractive alternative, and the football ground (it cannot be called a stadium) is a complete joke.

Arsène Wenger has three Hands!!! By Paul Blythe The Phrygian sage Epictetus said: ‘Everything has two handles, one by which it can be carried and a second by which it cannot'. There may even be a third handle, often not in clear view and the major problem being you need a third hand to reach [...]

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A exemplo do que sucede na UEFA e na FIFA, a Federação Inglesa foi rápida na aplicação do castigo bem como no prazo determinado para que Arsène Wenger possa recorrer. Numa semana e acabou. Um exemplo que deve ser seguido. E em Portugal como seria?

"Charge relates to improper conduct during match against Sunderland.

Seems as though quite a few where surprised by the strength of the team Wenger put out against spuds including many of our own and certainly many of theirs most notably of which was Twitchy himself who, judging by his team selection, was no where near anticipating who he would face.

My only guess as to why he got it spectacularly wrong was that for a moment he must have thought he was in the big league, the one he read about in news papers for years in which managers of the big four put out weakened teams in the fizzy cup to preserve key members for imminent Champions League duty, well, talk about misunderstand.

....... No, he's much better than that – the man's a bloody genius!

I don't know the figures, but I would guess that there would have been in excess of 50 players transferred to Premiership clubs last summer, yet I believe we have made the three best signings of all.

London's analysis

It seems as though the players' midweek celebrations went on a bit longer than we might have thought. The only thing that surprises me is that one or two didn't take to the field carrying half empty Champagne bottles and wearing sun glasses to shield their eyes from the painful effects of the sun after a late night.

Last night I typed "Arsenal+Embarrassed" into Google, limiting the search to the previous 24 hours. The number of hits was 31,500, which just about says it all.

I don't want to join the stampede of condemnation that followed Saturday's result and I do not subscribe to the theory that our season is over before it's begun, but I'll admit to being spooked.

I have to be honest and say that prior to my research I knew little of Partizan Belgrade, not even knowing which country they represent (my geography tuition ending prior to the destruction of Yugoslavia). I read that they are top of their League and have won the Serbian League and Cup double for the past 2 years.