Exaggerate them, make them seem worse than they are, really stretch out the time it will take for the player to come back.

Why?

Is it not obvious?

This new Walcott injury and the manager's comments on the official website seem not quite fitting to me, on one hand the injury is not as bad as expected as the scan is clear, but then he says it will be up to 6 weeks till we see him again in an Arsenal shirt.

Dissect the West Brom game as much as you want, but it won't make any difference to the result.

I sat through the whole game in the Clock End Upper (love saying that as opposed to the South Stand), right smack behind the goal, so had a wonderful vantage point over the course of the miserable afternoon.

German soccer clubs may tap into revenue from the nation's 7.8-billion euro ($10 billion) betting market when the European Court of Justice decides on the legality of the nation's sports gambling laws next week.

I am very surprised we have not heard more on how his scans/x-rays etc have gone.

As I am sure most of you have seen already via all the pics and vids up on other gooner blogs, surrounding the diabolical challenge by the northern monkey from Bolton, it aint pretty.

If the news from AW during the champs league press conference tommorw afternoon is out for 4-6 weeks, it won't surprise me.

It's only Braga in the ECL Matchday 1 tonight, not Real or Barca, but I am just so god damn excited about watching this Arsenal team right now.

Cesc and Tomas are really orchestrating a beautiful symphony that gets played out on the Emirates pitch, with Chamakh leading the line to perfection and bringing others into play with his 100% unselfish play, it's just a pure piece of heaven when we see our beloved team play.

Have you noticed the difference in the team morale this season?

I certainly have, they all celebrate together, no big sulksters mooching around playing for themselves.

No bawling at your left-back and killing his confidence.

Gallas was a liabilty, he might have been a handy defender, but was he not at the heart of the defence that leaked all those goals?

I heard an important point raised on the Arsenal Fan Forum show last Friday night.

Gael Clichy has not got the technical ability to do anything worthwhile with the ball in the final third of the pitch, he is wonderful at getting into the correct areas when we are on the front foot, but due to his inability to reach his own man with the ball.

I like the format of the Carling Cup, where the job is done on the night, no piddley replays etc, extra-time then penalties if needed.

The FA Cup should also be run in a similar fashion from say Round 4 or 5, let the replays stay in the earlier rounds for the smaller clubs to earn some money, but in the latter rounds, with the Champs league and other comps all hotting up, the transfer fixture pile up can cause our clubs issues.

Apparently Koscienly was not going to be any good, who was this 3rd rate defender, plucked from relative obscurity to ply his trade in the Premiership?

That bloody Wenger, buying duds all the time, hey..huhh!

Chamakh can't score goals... came the cry from the moaning morons... a few goals and a month down the line and not a peep, as per the norm.

Right gooners, making my preparations to head off to the Emms for the WBA game... got a feeling we may draw the same team in the Carling Cup at lunchtime today aswell(?)

3-0 should do it today and there is a real possibilty of JET getting a game today, which is not the worst idea ahead of Belgrade and West London.

Well done young Mr Szczesny, you may have just fast-tracked you're way into the Arsenal first team with that little outburst last week.

I am firmly in the camp that rates our 20 year-old Polish keeper as a future legend at the club.

Having seen him play live for Brentford, I have witnessed just what an awesome keeper he already is and what an incredible talent he is blessed with.

When West Brom signed Peter Odemwingie from Locomotiv Moscow before the transfer window closed, not many would have been overly excited. Those with a keen eye will have seen Odemwingie represent Nigeria in the African Cup of Nations as well as this summer's World Cup but not a great deal more. The Uzbekistan born forward who has earned over 47 caps for Nigeria, the nation of his father's birth, had been in Moscow for three years after a big money move from Lille.

Online betting company Betfair is launching an online campaign giving its customers the chance to go head-to-head in a penalty shootout at both Old Trafford and Camp Nou.



It's Europe versus Americas Man Utd got in the Ryder Cup spirit by staging their own golf tournament. Of sorts. Representing Europe were Wes Brown, Darren Fletcher and John O'Shea, while Team Americas comprised Anderson, Fabio and Rafael. Europe had a slight advantage in that it appears that none of Team Americas can actually play [.

It's Europe versus Americas Man Utd got in the Ryder Cup spirit by staging their own golf tournament. Of sorts. Representing Europe were Wes Brown, Darren Fletcher and John O'Shea, while Team Americas comprised Anderson, Fabio and Rafael. Europe had a slight advantage in that it appears that none of Team Americas can actually play [.