There seems to me to be no reason for this intransigence about us having such a great squad that there are almost no players around to improve it unless they are cheaper foreign imports. So what if you pay over the odds for one or two players or if
The most interesting selection for Arsene Wenger will be who to play as the defensive shield in the Arsenal midfield. Alex Song and Emmanuel Frimpong are both suspended whilst Abou Diaby is sitting out injured. With Denilson out on loan, we are looking incredibably short in that area for today's game. According to the very reliable Jamie Sanderson from Young Guns blog, young French midfielder Francis Coquelin will start the game as the defensive midfielder. I thought we might see Johan Djourou return to the position that he started at as a youngster. If Coquelin starts the game then he is likely to be
Today was meant to be a good day, Arsenal stole a march on Lille (Of all teams) for Park Chu Young, just got him to travel to London instead of Lilles ground for his medical. It was a good sign and progress we were making in the market. But NO. He wasn't well known enough for you Gloomers, he wasn't a big enough name, the fee wasn't big enough! To give you some stats then, he is the South Korea Captain, so a big name in Korea. His fee is £3m+£2m due to Monaco's relegation, guarantee his
I may be wrong but I really believe and rightly so in my opinion that Wenger see's Koscielny and Vermaelen as his first choice partnership. He wants those two to develop an understanding and remain at the heart of our defence for many years to come. A player in the mould of Cahill, Jagielka would compliment those two and cover for injuries, suspensions and games against the usual. I don't need to
For the first time in a long time it feels like there is a chink of light amongst the clouds of doom, that a semblance of happiness echoes around the Club and the fanbase. How long exactly? Since the before the Carling Cup final, and maybe even stretching back a few more weeks to the famous home win ove
The tie was sealed when Walcott found Sagna and our dependable full back showed us his best impression of a former number 4 by sliding through a wonderfully weighted pass. Theo was away in the left channel, the area he loves so much, he gave 'the eyes' and slotted to the keepers right. A great finish and his second goal in the tie. In both those goals he was in central areas
With Laurent Koscielny still struggling for fitness, the return of Johan Djourou will ease Wenger's fears slightly, I didn't want to see Alex Song moved back into defence for such an important game, especially
There was a particularly poignant moment when he instigated a passage of play, trotted over to take the subsequent corner, received a round of applause from the North Bank and applauded them back. Heck, his song even got an airing too. I was mighty proud of the Emirates faithful on Saturday for a number of reasons – including a defiant chant of “We love you Arsenal”
So the least player we can get in an attacking mid role is Eden hazard, he looks quite a player and i personally think he's better than juan mata but if we are going to spend almost 25mil on a belgian player playing in the french league ( no offense for both
Emmanuel Frimpong has quite frightening potential. A fighter, fully of commitment and a physical freak of nature. As Arsene said, he needs to control his enthusiasm. His second yellow card was fully justified. Mistimed and reckless. His first yellow card was laughable. A Liverpool player played a pass and Sagna slid in attempting to cut the pass out. The ball went out of play and it was not clear if a touch was