According to reports, Arsenal are keeping tabs on Ghana midfielder Stephen Appiah. It was reported that West Ham had also made an offer for the former Fenerbahce midfielder, but Arsene Wenger could also be on the look out for the experienced stalwart. Appiah is one of the most highly regarded midfielders in Africa and has been [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal have reportedly rejected Cardiff City's attempts to take former midfielder Aaron Ramsey on loan. The highly-rated 17-year-old moved to the Emirates in a £5million deal earlier in the summer after spurning offers from Manchester United and Everton. Although the teenager could be used in the Carling Cup - if, as expected, Arsene Wenger sticks to his [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger had a last minute bid for Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso rejected last night, according to media reports. Wenger has been in the market for another midfielder throughout the summer after the departures of Mathieu Flamini, Alexander Hleb and Gilberto Silva. And despite signing Samir Nasri, Amaury Bischoff and Aaron Ramsey, Wenger still [. Click to continue reading...

Hello all. I'm still alive if anyone was wondering, I just haven't had a good chance to write in ages. Since I last posted we won 3-0 against Newcastle which was a great result, and the transfer window closed last night. I waited up watching the news tickers on and off all day hoping for Xabi Alonso, or anyone else for that matter, and it just never happened. Click to continue reading...

With the summer transfer window slammed shut - Gooner Talk, with thanks to QuartzGooner - have compiled the list of players to have been linked with us this summer. 105 players were rumoured to be on their way to Arsenal but a mere 6 actually joined the club. These were: Aaron Ramsey, Francis Coquelin, Samir Nasri, Amaury Bischoff, [. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United), Amaury Bischoff (Werder Bremen), Samir Nasri (Marseille), Aaron Ramsey (Cardiff City), Francis Coquelin (Stade Lavallois) Notable departures: Philippe Senderos (AC Milan, loan), Armand Traore (Portsmouth, loan), Justin Hoyte (Arsenal), Jens Lehmann (Stuttgart, free), Mathieu. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United), Amaury Bischoff (Werder Bremen), Samir Nasri (Marseille), Aaron Ramsey (Cardiff City), Francis Coquelin (Stade Lavallois) Notable departures: Philippe Senderos (AC Milan, loan), Armand Traore (Portsmouth, loan), Justin Hoyte (Arsenal), Jens Lehmann (Stuttgart, free), Mathieu. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United), Amaury Bischoff (Werder Bremen), Samir Nasri (Marseille), Aaron Ramsey (Cardiff City), Francis Coquelin (Stade Lavallois) Notable departures: Philippe Senderos (AC Milan, loan), Armand Traore (Portsmouth, loan), Justin Hoyte (Arsenal), Jens Lehmann (Stuttgart, free), Mathieu. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal have been drawn at home to Sheffield United in the Carling Cup.  The game will take place on either 23rd or 24th September. This competition is whee we see the best of the Reserves and the first team fringe players take part.  We are likley to see the likes of Randall, Gibbs, Merida, Ramsey, Lansbury [. Click to continue reading...

The second leg of our CL qualifier is tonight, and I think we've done enough in the tie to see ourselves through. I can't really see Twente scoring twice or more at the Grove, but then I don't want to tempt fate too much, given the perilous state of our defence in recent games.

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The fallout from the Fulham game has not been pretty. Condemnation of the performance and the wafer thin squad has been widespread, and rightly so.

I've already said plenty about what we need to do about it so it is somewhat depressing to hear the manager say we're not close to signing anyone.

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Notable arrivals: Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United), Amaury Bischoff (Werder Bremen), Samir Nasri (Marseille), Aaron Ramsey (Cardiff City), Francis Coquelin (Stade Lavallois) Notable departures: Armand Traore (Portsmouth, loan), Justin Hoyte (Arsenal), Jens Lehmann (Stuttgart, free), Mathieu Flamini (AC Milan, free), Alexander. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United), Amaury Bischoff (Werder Bremen), Samir Nasri (Marseille), Aaron Ramsey (Cardiff City), Francis Coquelin (Stade Lavallois) Notable departures: Armand Traore (Portsmouth, loan), Justin Hoyte (Arsenal), Jens Lehmann (Stuttgart, free), Mathieu Flamini (AC Milan, free), Alexander. Click to continue reading...

So here it is. At least. The new season. Are you excited? Chomping at the bit? Psyched? Pumped?

Yeah, all of those things. As usual on the eve of a big game we hear a lot from Arsene Wenger at his pre-match press conference. Sometimes on a Saturday morning I look at the glut of stories and it's amost intimidating thinking about how to sort them and present them.

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Before the 2007/08 season, many critics/pundits were forecasting what would be a negative season for the Gunners. They were too young, too inexperienced - whatever the excuse, this would be the season that would see them fall out of the top four, perhaps only the top three and concede one spot on the table to Liverpool.

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Well here it is, the start of another season, finally. It seems like it's been ages since the last one, but probably just because everyone's been bitching and moaning all summer about how Wenger can't manage a team. Even with the Euros this summer seemed ridiculously long. But tomorrow that's all over because the Premiership starts, and we've got West Brom up first. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal came back in the second half with Gallas and Adebayor's goal. They were missing Cesc and it showed in most part of the game. Denilson and Aaron Ramsey started and their game picked up in the second half. But it was the veterans who pulled out the win. RVP's swerving free kick which Gallas was able to put his body on and steer the ball into goal and a Theo Walcott (yes, he can be considered a veteran in this Arsenal team) pass to Adebayour to slot the ball home.

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What was obvious to all the fans, has now become a reality with Wenger, we need at least another player in midfield. Wenger has confirmed that he will sign someone before the return leg with FC Twente, but not before the start of the season.   Whilst Ramsey has done well so far, he is still only [.. Click to continue reading...

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Not pretty but got the job done. It is the first competitive match, and in Europe against sides usually more technically gifted than most EPL teams, it will always be tricky. I won't buy into that young mantra, but players in key positions that have not played together at this level will always going to be tough for the team to get going. Click to continue reading...

Last night was all about the result and on that basis nobody can have any complaints this morning.

Yes, we all know how light the squad is, we know how many players we had out injured, but there really is no need to cover all the old ground again. As expected we started with Ramsey and Denilson in the centre of midfield and I thought overall they did pretty well.

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  Arsenal secured a win against FC Twente with goals from Captain William Gallas and Emmanuel Adebayor. In a drab match Arsenal won whilst not playing at their best. Arsenal started with a inexperienced midfield with Aaron Ramsey and Denilson starting in the centre of midfield. Our featured player Nicklas Bendtner started from the bench. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United have been linked to Ghana midfielder Anthony Annan in the press, a long with several other clubs. Like Aaron Ramsey, who recently signed for Arsenal, Annan grew up supporting United. Arsenal have recently requested that the player joins them for training. The midfielder has been in England undergoing a trial with Blackburn Rovers, however [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal go into tonights crucial Champions League qualifier against Steve McClaren's FC Twente missing a host of key players. The most notable of which is midfielder Cesc Fabregas who is still recovering from a hamstring injury. Also unavailable are Kolo Toure, Abou Diaby, Philippe Senderos, Samir Nasri and long term absentees Thomas Rosicky and Eduardo. Click to continue reading...

We spoke during the week about how an injury to either Cesc or Denilson would leave us very stretched in central midfield and sadly that's the situation we're faced with as the former has a hamstring strain that will rule him out for the next two weeks or so.

Not only that, going into tonight's game against FC Twente we're missing also missing Kolo Toure and Philippe Senderos as well as the other names we weren't expecting to play anyway.

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Doomsday has arrived. At least that's what a lot of you seem to think, that the start of the season is a horrible time because Arsenal haven't strengthened enough and we'll never win another trophy. Personally though I'm really happy the real matches start tomorrow evening. We've got the 3rd round Champions League match versus FC Twente of the Dutch league, who are managed by Steve Mcclaren. Click to continue reading...