Me and the machines

First of 2 trips to Wearside, starting with the league match tonight and the FA Cup the following week. Beginning of a very important 7 days for Arsenal Football Club according to Arsene Wenger. 3 matches that will decide our season. An European cup tie against AC Milan sandwiched in between 2 meetings with Martin O'Neill's Sunderland.

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By DAVE MARTINEZ

There will be no hero's send-off for Thierry Henry.

After Henry scored the final goal in a 7-1 Arsenal victory over Blackburn last weekend, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger eluded to the possibility of extending Henry's loan up to the London derby against Tottenham on Feb.

Arsenal legends Dennis Bergkamp and Tony Adams are squaring up for a head-to-head clash – with the winner securing a coaching role at the Emirates.

The former Gunners are frontrunners to replace Steve Bould within the coaching staff at the club at the end of the season.

Bould is poised to replace the retiring Pat Rice as Arsene Wenger's No.

Arsenal's newest midfielder Thomas Eisfeld has made it known that he is proud to be chosen as a Gunner, particularly as he aims to strike a partnership with Tomas Rosicky a man he grew up watching at Borussia Dortmund.

The 19-year old Eisfeld arrived from Dortmund yesterday to complete his move to North London ahead of the transfer deadline and after being unveiled, the youngster pledged to make both his current and former club proud.

Arsenal's on loan striker Carlos Vela must see an openining in the Gunner's midfield, as an enforcer, whatch how he takes out the linesman with the minimum of fuss during Real Sociedad's 5-1 win at the week-end, and applause must also go to the official for doing a Messi and not a Ronaldo.

AS Roma captain Francesco Totti cemented his name in the Serie A record books by becoming the leading goal scorer for a single club with 211 goals. The Roma Captain surpassed the great Swedish and AC Milan forward Gunner Nordhals 210 goals.
Luis Enrique's side ran rampant yesterday in a much needed romp.

Arsene Wenger said he doesn't expect to sign any new players during the rest of the January transfer window and feels it should be scrapped anyway. Which is a little odd considering we just saw Thierry Henry climb into Emirates Stadium through the window. If he sticks to his word, then Gunner fans shouldn't expect to see the cavalry arrive in the nick of time to save the season from sinking any further.

After an amazing cup tie and a full week off it's time to return to the real business of Premiership football with a visit to The Liberty Stadium to take on Swansea.

Swansea Town was founded in 1912 and changed it's name to Swansea City in recognition of the town being granted City status in 1969.

From the outside looking in, everything seems to be fine in Gunner land. King Henry comes back to save the day with a late winner against Leeds in a 1-0 victory and Arsenal hosts Aston Villa in the next round of the FA Cup.

However, after reading between the lines, I wasn't too thrilled with Arsene Wenger's pre-game "motivational speech" to the fans, players, owners, and sponsors.

Arsenal face Leeds in a repeat of last season's FA Cup 3rd round tie, with the Gunner's winning 3-1 at Elland Road in a replay. Thierry Henry will be named in the Gunners squad having officially become an Arsenal player again for two months on-loan. The tale of the tape for these two sleeping giants of English football are as follows.

Here is what the Premier League clubs are wishing for in 2012: Arsenal: Gunner fans are wishing that scoring machine Robin van Persie continues his torrid streak. Aston Villa: That Alex McLeish has a method to his "managerial tactic" madness. ...
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Written by Jamie

When Thierry Henry scored in Madrid in 2005, the ITV commentator, Peter Drury, I think, called him "the gunner galactico" and since we have now given our record scorer a statue, it seems a fair representation of his greatness.

In April 2004 I stood in the lower east stand, just over an hour before kickoff.

I'm proud of the team today.

An Arsenal side composed mostly of our youth players and our second string benchwarmers did much better than anybody expected, outplaying a "reserve" Man City side that still had the likes of Nasri, Dzeko, Aguero, Johnson, and De Jong on the pitch and which likely cost more to assemble than 15 first XI's in the EPL.

Following the International break, we are back in the full swing of club football with Arsenal playing their third game in a week; what with City on Tues, Wigan on Saturday and Olympiakos the following Tues, we are busy. Long may it remain thus because it means we are in all competitions.

Today brings Martin Jol's Fulham to the Emirates.

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Turning a Blind Eye

Don McMahon

FIFA,EUFA, Some officials and some Turkish fans are racists, at least based on what I saw happening to Eboue in a Galatasary match recently.

By Chris Wright

Q: Why don't Arsenal score from corners
A: Because Van Persie takes them!

Q: What's the most popular item in the Arsenal club shop?
A: The Van Persie tea tray, because it carries 10 mugs!

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Robin Van Persie grabbed a brace as he made it 12 goals in 11 games but it was Alex Song who was the Man of the Match showing great strength and skill to set up the Gunner's opener in their 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund to-night which see's Arsenal been the only English club into the last 16 thus far.

They only booed me at the Emirates Former Arsenal cult hero Emmanuel Eboue got a vicious welcome to Turkey from Besiktas fans at the weekend. Just a handful of games into his Galatasaray career, the Ivorian found out the hard way that matches between the two sides tend to get a bit tasty. A plastic [.

Lee Dixon take a bow. The former Gunner made four predictions for the game in his betting preview and got them all right. Over 2.5 goals, Morrison to score, RvP to get a brace, and Arsenal to win.

As with most games there can be arguments that the end was nervy and it could have been another disappointing draw.

By Alan Duffy

If there's one player out there who has Arsenal DNA, then it's former Highbury idol Thierry Henry. The French superstar has remained a massive fan of the Gunners since leaving north London for Barcelona in 2007.

Currently with the New York Red Bulls, the record-breaking former Gunner is now training with Arsenal in the MLS off-season.

Arsenal fan, Arsenal lover and from this season, an Arsenal player. At the age of 19, Carl Jenkinson is indeed living a dream as he confessed that he never expected to become a Gunner so ...

Jermain to say I'm a Gunner? Popstar Rihanna enjoyed a bit of north London banter ahead of her performance at the O2 this week when she met Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe backstage. She told Defoe: "Oh, Jermain, you play for Arsenal, yeah? I've heard all about you. The Mirror reports an awkward silence followed, broken [.

After becoming a first-team regular at Barcelona since his move to the Nou Camp, ex-Gunner Cesc Fabregas has offered some sound advice to both former teammate Robin Van Persie and to Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger. Fabregas said, "I don't know if they will keep him. It is his decision. At his age, if he wants [.

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere is determined not to follow friends Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri as he wants to be a Gunner for life. Speaking to iFilm London, the Englishman declared that throughout the years he ...

Since Arsene Wenger's team managed to reach the Champions League final in the 2005-2006 season and went head to head with Barcelona, the Catalan club seemed to have always been the Gunner's executioner. And while the Spaniards went on to win another two Champions League trophies after that final, Arsenal was always stopped in their [.

Jack Wilshere reckons he will stay with the Arsenal for life because he is in love with the rip-roaring Reds. Not sure if you've seen this interview he did at the weekend but in it he is pretty adamant that he is a Gunner for the remainder of his playing days. A bold statement from the Boy Wonder but refreshing given the amount of transfer speculation we have to put up with.

Tomas Vermaelen made his first start for Arsenal in nearly a year and scored as the Gunner's beat West Brom 3-0 yesterday at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal speeds into fifth gear - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

The Arsene Wenger philosophy has been much criticised and maligned this season. Some will so say rightly so, and others will defend the Arsenal manager.

Yet Saturday's result against Chelsea has shown that Arsenal and their manager have grown a new skin.

Arsenal's South Korean Chu Young Park scored the winner with a brilliantly curled shot to give the Gunner's a 2-1 win over Bolton in last nights Carling Cup.

Gunner's fan's can get their Park embroidered jersey's by checking out Soccer.com!

Robin Van Persie came off the bench for Arsenal today and within 6 minutes put the Gunner's back in front against Stoke at the Emirates before securing all three points nine minutes later with his second of the game. Big question now is can Arsenal hold on to their flying Dutchman in January?

Facts and figures ahead of the Premier League clash between Arsenal and Stoke City at the Emirates Stadium.

TEAM NEWS

Arsenal are without Carl Jenkinson due to a knee injury sustained against Marseille so, withBacary Sagna a long-term absentee, Johan Djourou could start at right-back.

After much deliberation and feedback, the soccer eBook is now available in a DRM-less ePub format at Goodreads. Right here. What does that mean? Well, for those folks who do not have a Kindle or Nook, you can now purchase the book for $5.99 to then download and read on pretty much any other device.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has admitted that even in a 2-1 defeat, the visiting Sunderland gave his side such a difficult time that their commitment deserves to be lauded.

The Gunners opened the scoring early through skipper Robin van Persie but Sebastian Larsson struck back later in the first half.

Arsenal captain Robin van Persie has rubbished suggestions that he is already planning a move away from the club and before his brace helped the Gunners overcome Sunderland 2-1 this afternoon, the Dutchman said that some of the claims were laughable.

Van Persie, who is in the final two years of his contract, has been open about his frustrations regarding Arsenal's slow start this season but in the last week, media reports have exaggerated his feelings by concluding that his days as a Gunner are numbered.

Former Gunner Sebastian Larsson scores a brilliant free-kick to level matters for Sunderland at the Emirates Stadium following Robin Van Persie's opener after just 27 seconds of play.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was full of praise for former Gunner Sebastian Larsson and happy that the Sweden International has become a very strong defender. Speaking on Friday in his pre-match press conference, the Frenchman explained ...

When there's no match to preview, what do you do? News Roundup!

Well, to be quite honest, at the time of writing, there is a scarcity of meaningful Arsenal news this week. The few morsels are of the "brush aside after skimming" quality, but the show must go on. We'll start with the type of news every single Arsenal fans love to hear about- transfer rumors!

Written by Oz Gunner

Theodore Roosevelt once said:

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

A passionate defence of an underrated Gunner, who deserves more respect!

Marouane Chamakh is an enigma to me. My gut feeling tells me he is a very important player for us, and yet his performances to date have been regarded as unimpressive.

Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke has insisted Gunners boss Arsene Wenger will not be sacked from his post, saying the Frenchman will decide when it is time to go.

Wenger has come under pressure in recent months after ending last season trophy-less for the 6th time in a row, while the loss of key players Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri over the summer have contributed to a poor start to the new campaign which included a humiliating 8-2 defeat at the hands of Manchester United.