How disappointing was that? Made all the worse by the frenzy of expectation that we whipped
ourselves into. I'm more stunned than angry, maybe anger will come later but right now I am walking
around in a daze.
I reckon no matter what combination of player you hoped to see yesterday, you were catered for;
if you were one of those that wanted Nasri in place of Diaby, you got it; if you wanted to see
Ramsey given more game time than Denilson, you got it; if you thought that the combination of
Fabregas, Arshavin, Nasri, Rosicky would be unstoppable, you got it, if you thought Vela and
Walcott would make the difference, you got it; if you thought Song was too important to rest, you
got it, if you thought that Silvestre shouldn't be anywhere near the first team, you got it.
On Friday, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger provided his last injury update before today's game away
at Sunderland. The Frenchman confirmed Denilson and Theo Walcott are back in the squad, adding
however how the French players ... Click to continue reading...
On Friday, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger provided his last injury update before today's game away
at Sunderland. The Frenchman confirmed Denilson and Theo Walcott are back in the squad, adding
however how the French players ...
My good friend's wedding is tomorrow so this will be a very early match preview of our trip to
Sunderland. As it has been known for the past few days, RVP and Gibbs both will miss the game after
yet another injury return for an Arsenal player from an international break.
The final international break of the year is over. How good does that sound?
Real football returns tomorrow, and unlike many Premiership weekends, it is Saturday that looks
the tastier of the days. Liverpool and City play each other at lunchtime, United face Everton in
the evening, Chelsea are involved and we have a very tricky trip to Sunderland to negotiate.
Brazilian midfielder Denilson returns to the fold for Saturday's away trip to Sunderland. The
21-year-old has been missing from the squad for a couple of months with a back problem, but
Gunners' boss Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Denilson, along with Lukasz Fabianski, Carlos Vela,
and Armand Traore, will return for the weekend's game. Click to continue reading...
Long, long ago, when the world was still new, there was once an Arsenal blog, written by an
American. It was updated daily with all the latest news, transfer stories, and thoughts on Arsenal.
It was called The ArseNole. And now, The ArseNole is back. That's right, after a shocking absence
of over a month, I've made a return to the blogging realm, since there is finally a lot to talk
about. Click to continue reading...
Well, I would be if I were one of those players having to play tonight and some nutter came
sliding in towards me with a hard tackle in mind! We cannot afford any more injuries and the loss
of any of the players mentioned below would be just awful. It doesn't even bare thinking about!
Even Sir Bobby Pires is concerned for us, but still believes we have enough strength and depth
to get through this tough time.
So what's going on? Well hey guess what this evening Kieran Gibbs has picked up the now
mandatory injury playing in the England U21 qualifier away to Lithuania. We await further news, but
who thought, when we lined up for the season with three left-footed left-backs, that where
left-backs were concerned, we were a touch over-subscribed?
With RVP unavailable for a while, predictably, the consensus is that Eduardo will take the baton
from the Dutchman. However, the way the media has chosen to focus on Eduardo is almost as if the
guy has next to zero credibility compared to Robin.
Admittedly, the Croatian hasn't been at his best (considering he is 26, I suppose we should wait
another year at least for that).
As you know, we complain about injuries, even though a lot of other clubs (Liverpool, Chelsea)
have plenty of injury problems of their own. But we now have fully eleven players injured, and
crying doesn't help, so why not have a little fun with it?
By 1970's GoonerJust when we thought it couldn't get any worse it has. First it was Bendtner out
with a groin problem then van Persie with his ankle and now it's Gibbs that's got injured while on
international duty. Add to these Denilson, Clichy, Diaby, Vela, Wilshere,Djourou, Fabiansky and
Walcott and you can make another very useful first 11! Click to continue reading...
With the news that Kieran Gibbs has sustained a knock whilst on international duty, Arsenal now
have an astonishing 10 players out of action at the moment. Robin Van Persie, Nicklas Bendtner,
Carlos Vela, Theo Walcott, Denilson, Gael Clichy, Jack Wilshere, Johan Djourou 'keeper Lukasz
Fabianski and the aforementioned Gibbs are ALL injured. Click to continue reading...
Arsenal are ready to offer £5 million for Hoffenheim midfielder Maicosuel. The News of the World says the midfielder has been earning rave reviews in the Bundesliga at TSG
Hoffenheim. Boss Arsene Wenger, keen to add to his ranks in January, has sent scouts to watch Maicosuel in
action. Click to continue reading...
By Cape Gooner, with some additional material by Tony I was watching the Wolves game on Arsenal TV
and was thinking how good a game Diaby was having before he went off. Is he doing a Denilson?
Taking his chance and playing really well, only for the "fans" to pick on every misplaced pass.
[...] Click to continue reading...
Life without Epl really Sucks!!!!!!.... Can't help it though.... Its like you are stuck in a big
time Machine .... I hope time passes quickly.... But hope is all I can do . Anywayz there's no significant news regarding Arsenal . However Cesc has been choose EA sports
player of the month . Click to continue reading...
With Alex Song in inspired form, it begs the question who will replace him when he leaves for
the African Cup of Nations in January?
The obvious candidates are Abou Diaby and Denilson. In my opinion, they are not good enough to
play every game for Arsenal. They are great squad players, with lots of potential.
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It seems that speculation surrounding Yaya Toure is reaching fever pitch with the player coming
out and stating his displeasure at not getting regular first team football despite being reassured
in the summer that he would do.
This happened a couple of days ago, but, you know...(shrugs). 15 Arsenal players have been
called up for duty over the international break. The entire list can be found here.
Of the 15, only 5 Diaby, Gallas, and Sagna for France, Arshavin for Russia, and Song for
Cameroon are playing in meaningful senior international matches, as all of their nations are trying
to qualify for the World Cup.
A full list of those players affected by the Interlull was posted yesterday on the official
site. While we have to accept that the French players and Arshavin have two games due to their
play-off duties, it's a bit disappointing to see that Cesc could potentially play for Spain and
Robin van Persie twice for Holland in meaningless friendlies.
Despite missing Theo Walcott, Nicklas Bendtner, Carlos Vela, Denilson, Samir Nasri, Tomas Rosicky,
Jack Wilshere and Fran Merida at one stage in the match, Arsenal put on show an amazing display
away at Wolves and ... Click to continue reading...
Despite missing Theo Walcott, Nicklas Bendtner, Carlos Vela, Denilson, Samir Nasri, Tomas Rosicky,
Jack Wilshere and Fran Merida at one stage in the match, Arsenal put on show an amazing display
away at Wolves and ...
Before this season began, many were criticizing Arsene Wenger's decision to sell Adebayor and
wondered where goals would come from for the North London team. I responded in an article: "It is Arsenal whom I think will be this season's top scorers. Arsenal's attacking midfield and
attack is tough to criticize. Click to continue reading...
Remember when the Spuds beat our Carling Cup team 5-1 and every blog we went on all we saw was
this new way of writing Ar5ena1? Well I have just thought of a new way of spelling T0tt3nham
.. I hope it sticks for a while..
All I have heard on the radio since Saturday is Arsenal only beat the Spuds because they had a
load of injuries.
Highlights and an interview with Arsene Wenger below.
I am still walking on air following our demolition of Spurs yesterday. With a glorious 3-nil
victory at the Emirates we were able to put some breathing space between us and the four clubs
trailing us at the moment.
This Saturday on ESPN2 (for fans in the US), you will be able to witness a clash of Premier
League titans. Arsenal and Tottenham will be taking each other on in the North London Derby. For
anybody in the United States that would like to watch, the match kicks off at 8:45am EST at the
Emirates.
Arsenal
Team News
Things were looking up for Arsenal keeper Lukasz Fabianski in Arsenal's 2-1 victory over
Liverpool in the Carling Cup on Wednesday.
by CARL ELDRIDGE What is it with Arsenal and our keepers? If Arsene Wenger has one weakness (and
he probably doesn't other than choice of shirt-tie combo) it must be choosing the incumbent for the
No.1 slot. He was blessed to inherit David Seaman and even then he gave Alex Manninger a chance
ahead of the pony-tailed one.
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Harry Redknapp has thanked Arsene Wenger for putting Wilson Palacios on the road to
Barclays Premier League stardom. Midfield anchor man Palacios has become a favourite with Tottenham fans since his £12million
transfer from Wigan last January.
Carling Cup tomorrow, with a home matchup against Liverpool.
As I've said previously, I feel a little conflicted about the competition. Do I want to win?
Yes, of course. But I have mixed feelings about how we treat the competition. Because, to be clear,
Arsene Wenger does not really care about winning the Carling Cup.
Upton Park is where our focus is today. Gianfranco Zola's West Ham faces exactly the same
turmoil as Arsenal's previous opponent, AZ Alkmaar, financially stuttering that is.They have sold
close to 10 players since last year just to offset some of the monetary difficulties but have kept
virtually the core of the team in Robert Green, Matthew Upson, Scott Parker, David Noble and
Carlton Cole.
Today see the visit of Birmingham to Ashburton Grove. The incident 2 seasons ago at St. Andrew's
will no doubt still rankles in the mind of all Arsenal fans. The Eduardo broken leg incident
brought about sad memories of that particular season. First for the bad injury that the Brazilian
suffered at the hand (or legs) of Martin Taylor but more importantly, it was the start of which
Arsenal lost the impetus for the Premier League title.
One of the things I hate about people, life if you may, is when promises are broken. If you
can't keep 'em, don't make 'em! I once told my friend I'd visit him when he was living in a
different city. But due to one thing or another, I never got around to it.
If we are to believe what Ramsey has said recently, Wenger is looking to start him in 15-20
games this year.
