For today's introduction we are going back into the mists of time, when men were men and not
floppy overcooked strings of spaghetti like Busquets, Nani and Pepe.
England were World Champions and Man Utd had recently won the European Cup. For
the younger reader who has grown up in the Sky era, there can be no understanding of the excitement
and national pride that both events stirred.
Arsenal legend Bob Wilson has criticised Liverpool's handling of the Suarez-Evra situation.
Speaking on LBC Radio, Wilson - who won the league and cup double with Arsenal in 1971 - argued
that Liverpool's legendary managers of the past would've been less than impressed with the way the
club has chosen to 'support' Luis Suarez:"You support your man, but I think Bill Shankly and Joe
Fagan and Bob
"Get ready to get closer. Closer to legends. Closer to history and closer to the unseen magic of
matchday. Get ready to take your seat in the players changing room. Get ready to run down the
players tunnel and to imagine the roar of 60,000 fans. " – Bob Wilson
Those are the words of Arsenal legend Wilson in the video that introduced me to the new
Arsenal ‘Self-guided' Stadium Tour.
Everyone in the world is rightly focusing on the brilliant form of Robin Van Persie in the Arsenal
attack, but the Arsenal legend Bob Wilson believes that the continuing excellence of the young Pole
Wojciech Szczesny is just as important if Arsenal are going to go on to challenge for the
Premiership title.
Bob Wilson has fond memories of Arsene Wenger, not just as a manager, but as a true gentleman who
has helped him through some tough times in recent years. He thought he had seen it all at Arsenal
when he won the double back in 1971 as a player, but his mind soon changed when [...]
- Arsenal History ...... Making the Arsenal ...... Arsenal Uncovered - By Michael Shelly and Tony
Attwood Unwarranted criticism emanates from ex-Arsenal players and managers (Bob Wilson, and
Charlie Nicholas generally excepted) all day every day. From Paul Merson to Ian Wright, those who
have nothing better to do now their playing days are over, [.
After Arsenal's successful qualification for the group stages of the Champions League several
ex-Gunners are weighing in with their opinions on Arsenal's future. The consensus is generally that
Arsenal need to shell out and bring in some experience to go with the young talent they already
have. Bob Wilson told Talk Sport Radio that they [.
Whilst looking enviously on at those teams lucky enough to be in the Champions League semi
finals, and of course being repulsed by the theatrics of the cheating/diving/referee harassment at
the Bernabeu last week, one other thing cropped up in my mind.
Last summer the clamour for a quality goalie had led to suggestions that we replace one
Manuel(Almunia) with another (Neuer) as well as other likely lads to go in goal for us,
Stekelenburg, Given and Reina.
Former Arsenal goalkeeper Bob Wilson believes the Gunners Wojciech Szczesny and Lukasz Fabianski
will be the two regular goalkeepers for the Gunners, next season. Speaking to Arsenal TV Online,
the former Scotland International explained that the ...
Former Arsenal goalkeeper Bob Wilson believes Wojciech Szczesny has what it takes to be the Club's
goalkeeper for many years to come. Speaking to Arsenal TV Online, the former Scotland international
explained that contrary to last ...
So that's it. The final Interlull of the season is done and dusted and now we just wait to make
sure that the players who went away are in good enough shape to take part this weekend.
As per usual there was a scare over Robin van Persie. He was the victim of a heavy challenge
from a Hungarian and taken off at half-time, but according to Dutch coach Berk van Narwahl:
It's getting a bit boring and quiet around here during international break. That must be why I
started a giant argument on twitter yesterday. Checking the twitter timeline from last night, I
also see that Martin has safely landed in Las Vegas for a few days of debauchery completely
unrelated to the Arsenal.
He is according to many Arsenal's best player in the history of the Club and recently inducted
football's Hall of Fame, Thierry Henry is still an important name for the Gunners. Speaking about
the Frenchman on ...
Former Arsenal legend Bob Wilson revealed the Gunners made a big-money offer during the summer to
sign a new goalkeeper. Speaking to BBC Five Live, the 69-year old is quoted as saying how a big
offer ...
It was the most unkept secret of the summer that Arsenal were chasing the Fulham keeper Mark
Schwarzer, but there has also been various rumblings that Wenger had also made an audacious bid for
the Liverpool star Pepe Reina. I personally found that hard to believe, but it seems that I was
totally wrong, according to [.
I have been provided with every answer Arsene Wenger gave at this evenings shareholders Q&A. For
easiness of reading I am going to split it into three articles and pick out the most important
bits, leaving out the stupid questions that just waste mine and your time.
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Before the first question was even asked Bob Wilson encouraged Arsene to say a few words to the
shareholders about his new contract and just talk about how he finds being at the club right now,
Wenger described how 'this is the club I love' and how all his energy is channelled into
doing the very best he can; "I dedicate all my energy to the club".
So Cesc began his pre-season preparations yesterday at Members Day. He took to the field ahead
of all the other players, was introduced by Bob Wilson, then spent much of his time with Robin van
Persie. The two went all the way to the World Cup final so are some weeks behind the others in
terms of their fitness.
Today, Cesc Fabregas led the team out onto the Emirates pitch for the 2010 Annual Members' Day.
Near 10,000 club members and their children cheered the captain as he clapped them back. Cesc
appears to have been in good spirits laughing and talking with his teammates throughout the session
as well as putting in some jogging and light ball work.
The Arsenal legend Bob Wilson has been speaking about Arsene Wenger's policy of buying foreigners
over Englishman, and says that the Frenchman even said that Arsenal would go bust if they bought
English players! A new report today shows that Wenger has bought a total of 83 players since
arriving at Arsenal 14 years ago, and [.
The Arsenal goalkeeping legend Bob Wilson has admitted that he once recommended the American keeper
Tim Howard to Arsene Wenger when they were looking for a new goalkeeper in 2001, a full two years
before he was bought by Manchester United. Wilson said: "Arsene has somebody in every country and
then he sends out the [.
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Readers of the last TGIF will recall that I am presently in Lala land, where for Gooners, if
they thought that matters couldn't get any worse then something always happens to prove them wrong.
So it is from this parallel dimension that I report the latest chronicles. Tuesday's performance
in the Champions league actually shows what giving some members of the team a good telling off at
half time can actually do for the focus.
Morning to you and the Interlull is well and truly behind us now. We can feast our eyes upon the
Premier League, its ups and downs (Sorry, Matthew), and all the rest.
Early team news ahead of tomorrow's game is promising. Back in the fold are Cesc, Theo, Song and
Diaby while there are high hopes over van Persie, Bendtner and Aaron Ramsey.
Brady on a bike! The tabloid transfer-o-meter haas been cranked up a notch this morning in the
papers with speculative stories abound pertaining to the team supported by venerable leader of
Cuba, Fidel Castro (apparently he is a long-standing Gooner).
A quick run through the tales that have made the back pages to kick things off this morning and
first up we have the yarn doing the round that Theo Walcott is now a top target for Barcelona boss
Pep Guardiola.
Arsenal legend Bob Wilson has revealed Arsene Wenger made "a big bid" for Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe
Reina last summer.
Reports emerged in the press last summer that Arsenal had made a substantial bid for Reina, with
The Sun claiming it was worth £23 million and the Daily Mail putting it at £25 million.
"It might also have something to do with BBC's highlights presenter Colin Murray being such a
turn-off," suggested Charles Sale in his Daily Mail newspaper diary column last week – "it" being
ITV's daily World Cup highlights programme averaging a million viewers compared to the BBC's
846,000. It is rare for ITV to outperform the BBC in this way, for the widely-acknowledged reason
that ITV's football coverage generally isn't as good.
Due to a brief summer break, this week's quick round-up football charities is a little later
than usual, but this evening we have another couple of causes related to the game which prove that,
for all of the bad news that seems to be out there and it can seem, from time to time, to be
perpetual there is still some good that can come from the heart of the game.
Albert Camus, goal keeper of French Algerian descent.
Famous author and philosopher Albert Camus once said, "All that I know most surely, about the
morality and the obligations of man, I know from sport." His sport of choice? Football of course,
and his chosen position was goal keeper, the place of those odd men who live in a very different
psychological universe than the rest of the players on the field.
Lionel Messi wants to help the Willow Foundation, and so do we.
The number 10 is many things in football. It is a position, with occupants of the shirt tending
to play as an forward or just behind the strikers. It is also a number associated with many icons
of the game. Pele, Maradona, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Rooney, and Messi are all synonymous with the
number 10 and will go down in history as some of the greatest men to have ever played football.
