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Carlos Vela has finally secured his loan move away from Arsenal and it was not to Bolton or Valencia as we expected but to West Brom. Well done lad, I am proud of ya. I am sure he wanted the move to Spain but playing in the Premier League will give him more beneficial experience

A forgotten man, Manuel Almunia has recovered from his erm 'injury' and could take his place in goal. That will be his first game since the horror show against West Brom all those months ago. The rumours that have been doing the rounds are that he does not want to sit on the bench as second choice which isn't really the stance I thought someone like Almunia would take. Obviously I am dealing with just a rumour here but it does seem to add up. I do not believe that he has had an

This all comes from one man. I am sure it is no coincidence that we face so much foul play when we come up against them. I look at Alex McLeish and I see a disgusting violent man who wants his team to hurt these foreigners at Arsenal. I see a man who takes his team to Old Trafford and pulls out the KY Jelly and hands it out to his team. Not a stud in sight.

Down the road, however, the family which looked after me after school were going mad. A family of keen Arsenal fans (including one Myles Palmer), they were as happy as I was indifferent and there must have been something in the way they talked about Arsenal that flicked a small, red switch in my brain. It wasn’t long before I declared myself to be an Arsenal fan and a commemorative cup winning Arsenal shirt on my birthday in December made it official.

Andrey Arshavin who is still not back to his best, delivered a pin point corner to the head of Laurent Koscielny who nipped in ahead of Martin Fulop to head into the net. His rounding of the belly celebration would indicate that his partner is pregnant, so it was a goal fully deserved. His second goal for the Gunners in a wonderful first season. He has developed a great partnership with Johan Djourou and appears to have ironed out his errors. I have no doubt that he will become a world beater for

Samir Nasri was replaced for Andrey Arshavin with 15 minutes to go against Wigan on the weekend, so that could hint at the managers thinking. Nasri started at Elland Road in Cesc Fabregas' position and could well take up that position once again

We have seen how games have improved players and helped them develop and grow. How many hat-tricks would Van Persie have scored if he had an average injury record? How good would he have

The Dutchman is getting his groove back, he is finding his swagger at the right time. With practically his first touch of the ball at Elland road, he rose to score our third goal of the game. I believe that he will be pivotal to our attacking play this afternoon and hopefully his run of scoring goals will continue

Plenty of talk about the center backs are still in the air but I have a feeling that we may avoid buying anyone. Squillaci is a week away from a return whilst Vermaelen now has a date of return, this is not to say that set backs are not going to happen but with that in mind, I wonder if Arsene will carry on with what he has and possibly Alex Song stepping back in one of the upcoming games. Wenger may be thinking that Djourou and Koscielny will get the chance to rest in the next few weeks with Squillaci

Alex Song was masterful until he tired out late in the second half. The 'visible' wall has now turned into a graceful, skilful, brick wall. I love the way he positions himself in front of the opposition midfielder and they just run straight into him, bounce off his solid frame then the blonde haired Cameroonian shuffles his way past a couple of challenges and then finds an advanced team mate who knew that sequence was about to unfold 10 seconds prior to the pass. Gordon Strachan called him the best defensive midfielder in the league, so do I.