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I found myself getting rather snappy when I glanced across a headline on a news feed about Manchester City swooping for van Persie after contract... blah blah. I didn't even complete the headline before screaming out obscenities on my way to the train station this morning. Let alone click the link. Please, if you can do one thing for me today, it is please do not click that hit whoring filth. We do not need to encourage them any further to make up news rather than report on actual news

A player like Zinedine Zidane started out as a right sided player but because of his influence he was moved inside so he could be more involved in the game. The same was the case for Dennis Bergkamp at Ajax and even our very own Robin van Persie who last contributed to Feyenoord from the left wing. When you are a player who flickers in and out of games and find it difficult to dictate a

As we know, it didn't happen and apart from Gervinho and a few experienced players like Mikel Arteta we basically had to make do with what we already had at the club. With Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri departing for sunnier climates and greener pockets respectively, I thought we really needed one superstar to add to the quality youngsters and experienced

It was Aaron Ramsey that made the decisive killer pass. Reading Walcott's inwards movement, the young Welsh captain pinged a fizzing pass inside the full back into Walcott's path. With the goalkeeper coming out to close down Walcott's angles, I thought the better option would have been the cut back but as it turned out his shot rebounded into the path of van Persie to stab in from close

Then something changed, something clicked. Ramsey, Arteta and Song played a few games together, adapted to eachother, they became the cogs of the Arsenal clock, constantly keeping us ticking, like a well oiled machine. Arteta has the most passes per game ratio in the Premier League and is in the top 10 of all of Europe, not to be overlooked. His purchase, people assumed was panic

At one point, at two or three up, West Brom had an attack and the likes of Gervinho, Song, Arteta and many more players were sprinting after the West Brom players, preventing them from having time on the ball. What is even better is that this hard work came against a team that many of the

Watching the Arsenal makes me nervous and I could do with a calming early goal. That would do wonders for my heart. I would love us to start aggressively, move the ball quickly and be clinical when in front of goal. If we do grab that first goal then I hope we do not take our foot off the pedal and we

Arsene did say that ideally Vermaelen would play because of his awesome left footedness so it will be mostly a choice of which center back will partner him. This is not to mention Johan Djourou who was almost our most important player last season before he picked up his shoulder injury at Old Trafford in the FA Cup. As much as you may or may not rate Squillaci, it is hard to argue having him as fifth

In season 2009/10, Emmanuel Adebayor made his dream signing to Manchester City, the club where he could finally find happiness and a long term home, Arsene Wenger made some tactical adjustments to his Arsenal team. His tried and tested 4-4-2 had been cast aside into history and a new fluid 4-3-3 system was in place. Cesc Fabregas was given freedom to attack and create while van Persie was converted to an out and out goalscorer. A position that many people questioned. Arsenal

Robin van Persie came off the bench in the second half for Park who will have better games and he had a chance to win the game. Substitute Tomas Rosicky played a great through pass to van Persie to run onto with the goalkeeper advancing off his line, Robin did not get the purchase needed to lift the ball over the goalkeeper and into the unguarded net, instead landing comfortably in the keeper's hands. I think it was the correct choice of finish from that position but just the wrong