Non Chelsea-related post: Well, not really. We play Voyeur's men in a little more than a week.

Quite hilarious advert from the Arsenal in support of their fundraising campaign this term. Cesc as a cute and cuddly pony is spot on; Theo as a lion, not so much. Never thought I'd say this, but well done Arsenal.

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Non Chelsea-related post: Well, not really. We play Voyeur's men in a little more than a week.

Quite hilarious advert from the Arsenal in support of their fundraising campaign this term. Cesc as a cute and cuddly pony is spot on; Theo as a lion, not so much. Never thought I'd say this, but well done Arsenal.

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Germany's number one goalie Robert Enke, who played for Hannover 96 was found dead at a level crossing in the town of Neustadt am Ruebenberge. As per police, indications are that Enke took his life by throwing himself in front of a train. Enke was 32 years of age.

Enke had missed his last four international games because of a bacterial infection and had just gotten back to the game, playing in Hannover's fixture against Hamburg.

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Kickette had this masterpiece last week and I just recently came across its glory. Word is this gal is an ex-WAG, so it's still semi-soccer relevant.
She must be desperate for attention.
Now some other links:

• Mancini a possible Rafa replacement? [Daily Mail]
  
• A new world's top 25.

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OMG I am part of the 60,943,912 block of humanity that owns 43.5% of Glasgow Rangers and nobody told me.
Disinvest me.
I don't wish to own any part of a stock that I would rather make a strategic short selling position upon.
This is a distressed stock.
All the playing staff are on the transfer list and it is rumoured that failed property developer, Sir Murray, was ousted from his eyrie by bankers. Click to continue reading...

Isn't it just typical, you book yourself a little holiday only to find yourself home one week before the Arsenal head to Alkmaar which is just up the road from where you were and you miss what is for most a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence, and that is seeing Arsenal in an away Champions League match. Click to continue reading...

Most of the news in today's press regarding Arsenal, is not, in fact about Arsenal, but more about the cave-men (and no doubt women and children) who are allegedly Birmingham supporters. I can't say that I heard their chant about Martin Taylor after Ridgewell had felled Theo, but the fact that Wenger felt strongly enough to brand them a disgrace means that they must have been quite loud.

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Just imagine Arsenal without injuries. It's impossible I know because these days we live with injuries. The news that Theo lasted 45 minutes in an under 21 match before being taken off will hardly come as a surprise. He'll probably have his name changed to Theo Out-Injured soon. But still, with no football going on, [. Click to continue reading...

Sunday 4th October, 2000 BST. Many Arsenal fans are celebrating champagne football conquer Allardyce's Blackburn. A few with bottles of champagne or bottles of Cava if you're not as affluent like me. Could the day get even better? The England squad selection is revealed. Theo is not picked for the England senior team.

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Yeah I probably just jinxed the team, because since I said that they'll probably all get injuries playing for their international teams. So if Fabregas, Sagna, Gallas, Song, Theo, and Arshy all come back with injuries, you know where you can point the blame. Right here. But really, think about it. Click to continue reading...

We have the waiter – now we have the beer !!

Not only do we have the wonder boy Cesc from Spain, the dodgy waiter turned keeper, the very cute looking Merida, now we have another exciting prospect signed on the professional dotted line, that is
Ignasi (San) Miquel – Nice beer

The young Spanish defender, who turned 17 last week, joined Arsenal in the summer and already has high hopes for his future with the Club – well lad, if you turn out to be anything like two of the three mentioned, then we are all going to be happy, very very happy!

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Another Little Nail In The Coffin Of The Free Market Fantasy
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And these fake scientists still have the audacity to talk about the efficiency of markets! Click to continue reading...

Peter Reid has surpassed previous efforts at disinformational and disorderly discourse with two interviews (one in the September issue of World Soccer Magazine and one in Theo Guardian this weekend).
For the interview with World Soccer, Reid was manager of Thailand, a job that he combined with punditry on BSkyB and for Coral/Eurobet Bookmakers, and things. Click to continue reading...

By that I mean POINTS!!

Another away game for us then, but thankfully not too far for the team to travel tomorrow so no excuse for fatigue or stiff muscles after getting off a ten minute coach ride

Three points tomorrow and we are right back up with the big boys, and that is exactly what we need to be tomorrow evening – Big Boys, with a big performance.

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ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES: Arsenal results before the game starts. So, where were we? Everyone's been off being kicked for their country during Cripplegate Week, and everyone is injured, so we are putting out the under 11s for this fixture. Arshavin's out, Cesc is probably out, my cat's out (but that's a cat-flap issue) and Theo is hiding under [. Click to continue reading...

Since there's nothing else going on due to the international break, I thought I'd take the opportunity to write something a little less topical that I've been worrying about lately. I think FIFA's recent crackdown on Chelsea and other clubs could be a very bad omen indeed for Arsenal.
As you have no doubt heard, FIFA recently handed down a decision which prohibits Chelsea from making any purchases over the next 2 transfer windows.

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Hello people hope you all are having good days without any Arsenal news because it has been very boring for a few days on the Arsenal front, due to the international breaks no doubt. But before I go into that there is some positive news regarding Walcott:

The official website has said he is due to back after this weeks international break versus Croatia but in my opinion I doubt he will figure against Man City, seeming the importance of the game and risking him would not be worth it.

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It's getting near that time when even I would travel up to the chilly north of our fine country, but maybe that's because ‘those lights' are soon to be turned on in Blackpool!!

On that note, this coming Saturday I think it will be the Mighty Arsenal who will shine as bright as those Blackpool Illuminations, and come away with three points at least.

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Theo's new Nike ad, watch it here on Arseblog first

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This is rather odd. Theo gets a Tattoo and we get to see the nippy attacker having it done but what does that have to do with the company he is promoting? What do you think? Send you ideas on a stamp addressed envelope to.....

Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager!

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Regardless what you read and where you read it, everyone is labeling our win as a lucky one, and well, lucky it was although I had the impression our lads were playing with the handbrake on, happy to settle down for a goalless draw.

At the end of the ninety minutes, we should considering ourselves lucky, happy and relaxed ahead of the second leg.

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So here we are, a mere few hours from kick off in our crunch match number 2 for the season. I don't know if you remember but last season I had a number of 'Crunch-time' blogs. I haven't went with Part 1, 2, 3 etc for this season cause, quite frankly, I believe there will be too many.

Tonight it's Celtic in the cauldron that is Celtic Park.

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I was not going to put this post on just yet but as it was topical I have gone ahead and done it..

I have always had a small piece of admiration for Manchester City's fans, they have to live in the shadow of there glorious neighbours since Man U got promoted to the old first division in the mid seventies.

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Arsenal's pre-season campaign ended with a disappointing 2-0 defeat away at Valencia and a lot of pending questions still waiting for an answer. It may have been "just a friendly game" but when this takes place just days before the kick-off of the official season, it makes more sense to file it as a "big game", just as Wenger described it.

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Afternoon all,

the lads are in Valencia ahead of the LAST PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY!

Amazingly, this means that we have proper football back next weekend! It also means we have one week to strengthen our squad and tonights game against top class opposition gives Wenger the perfect chance to get a final look at his team and select the areas that need strengthening.

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So it all gets underway again for another season on Saturday when Southend United take on Huddersfield in the League One opener at Roots Hall.
For the average Blues fan, the summer has been frustrating to say the least. Just after last season's campaign finished, chairman Ron Martin said the Blues would be aiming to make quicker signings, giving new players the time to bed-in before the 09/10 season started. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday we lost the last of the ‘Invincibles'. I would like to wish Kolo the best, but I feel he has betrayed us by joining another Premiership team, he could just be the difference in us winning the title or coming second, so I will just say thanks for what you have achieved with us and as we only paid £150,000 for him 7 years ago, you can knock Wenger for selling him, but you cannot knock him for the price he paid for him.

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In a time when Holland had a number of great left wingers ( Coen Moulijn, Piet Keizer, Robbie Rensenbrink) Theo Pahlplatz (62) played 13 matches for Oranje and scored three goals. The former FC Twente star, he never played for another club, tells us about his past, present and future Click to continue reading...

With all that is going on about Cesc and Arshavin, one should be very careful on what to read and what to believe, but if all the interviews circulating around are to be taken as genuine material, then we should expect the lads to mean business from day one, next season.

Theo shows the way

It was a good learning curve for us all, but next year it is all about the trophies.

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No Eboue, no Adebayor, no Van Persie, no Kolo no explanation, yep, the first photos from pre-season where released yesterday and they pose quite a few questions. Cesc and Theo were absent from them also but they came with an explanation, and, to be fair, there were a few others missing from the shots which you can see here.

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Walcott admits that Pearce was right to withdraw him after his 45-minute run-out in the opening game, but wants to channel his disappointment over that performance into helping England to reach Monday's final against either Italy or Germany. "You never like to be substituted," he said. "But even my parents booed me off at half-time against Finland"
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I hate that I do!

Arsene's been whinging again, spouting some sphill about the player Fabio calls our most important. The lad Walcott and how he is being overused and will he burn out by next summer. Mmm, let me think, 2 extra England games, is that really gonna push young Theo over the brink, I don't think so Arsene, or don't you see it like that?

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Morning Insiders, another fine day springs into life which is more than can be said for activity on the transfer market with Arsenal FC – I think the words "bugger all" come to mind.

While FTK takes a well deserved break sunning himself on a beach in Barbados I thought I would take a few lines to thank all our readers and contributors over the last season.

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And so it is that we come to the last day of the season and find ourselves hosting the club that most embodies all that went wrong with Arsenal this year.

It was a fiery match with Stoke, who will finish the season as the dirtiest team in the league, accused by Arsene Wenger of kicking Arsenal off the pitch.

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Hello everybody and welcome to this fascinating discussion of Arsenal's new away kit for the 2009/2010 season. I am writing about away kits simply for the fact that I don't want to talk about transfers yet, which is all the newspapers are talking about already. So you're stuck with away kits today. Click to continue reading...