Beating the Mancs at Old Trafford would be very important for the team after recent disappointment in the last few weeks but I think they will play a very strong side even with an important Champions League game a few days later. We have already played our game and many of our established

Sorry for the late blog today, my day ended late last night therefore started late today.

I have slowly started to back away mentally from the Barcelona defeat although I am still pretty annoyed about how it came about. As Arsene would say we can only master what we do and not what others do.

Arsene Wenger and Samir Nasri have been charged for being annoyed and speaking the truth following a horrific decision from the referee.

It is almost like being thrown into prison for calling a murderer, utter scum. Rather strange. Ok, not quite so bad but you know what I mean. I suppose keeping everyone quiet and not exposing certain officials for what they are is what UEFA want. I am surprised that calling for video technology isn’t worth a fine or two as well. Essentially, it is the same as criticising the referee’s.

Arsene likes to keep us in suspense doesn’t he? He said that things were said to him by people who really shouldn’t be but he wouldn’t expand on that. I am assuming he means the referee and I would love to know what was said.

Anyway, what can we do about it? Time to move on me thinks. We have an important game on Saturday and we will be without Cesc Fabregas, Alex Song and obviously Thomas Vermaelen who has experienced yet another set back. Knowing what Arsene has been like in the past, I do not expect Vermaelen to be rushed back to play this season which is a mighty shame for him. He had such an impressive first season and it is sad that he will not be able to build on such a great start. Finding the solution to his achilles is the priority and he needs to get ready for pre season.

Laurent Koscielny and Johan Djourou have been in outstanding form and we have to cross all parts that they can remain fit, especially Djourou as the Djourou / Squillaci combination has been pretty solid.

I hope we can lay the whole Arsenal cannot defend thing to rest now after our defensive display before the red card. We were compact, determined and very well organised. The nonsense that Wenger does not teach defending has been a lie spoken so often that it has become the truth.

I expect that Wenger will rotate the squad somewhat on the weekend as West Brom will be massive, like the rest of our league games.

Beating the Mancs at Old Trafford would be very important for the team after recent disappointment in the last few weeks but I think they will play a very strong side even with an important Champions League game a few days later. We have already played our game and many of our established players ran around like crazy so the risk of injury increases with yet another intense game.

We have a goalkeeping crisis at the moment. Almost every keeper, including our youngsters seem to be crocked. Or at least coming back from being crocked. Quite strange really. Arsene has said that the club will contact the Premier League to ask for an emergency keeper as a temporary solution and he already has someone in mind but would not tell the press who that player was. So those who want a new keeper should be content a little at the prospect of a new registered member of staff on our books.

Alex Ferguson has spoken about Arsenal being the main threat to Manchester United but I am sure you have already read about that as it is now old news.

I shall take my old news away with me and present you with some new news, not now but tomorrow.

Have a great rest of the day.