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Steve McClaren was in attendance and would have been licking his lips. We continued to look shaky at the back, even when dealing with ordinary long balls with little pressure on the defence.

In 2007 we lost Henry and Reyes - Did we care months later? In 2008 we've lost Hleb and Flamini, will we even remember who they are once Nasri scores

But hey, lets not dig up old dirt. Lets give him the chance to lay down some fresh soil. Who knows it may end up smelling of roses! (that was a good'n wasn't it?)

Alexander Hleb had never consistently played for the Gunners the previous two years. Those years had been marked by injuries and he had never been one of the main cogs in the Arsenal offence

A lot of the youngsters haven't impressed greatly this pre season, well not enough to force themselves into the first team as Wilshere has done

The first saw him jinking his way past a few tackles in the box but eventually lose his footing; and the second time he carried the ball from deep but overran run it

I am very excited about what he will give this team. Not since Marc Overmars have we had an explosive wide goalscorer. Since Walcott has been playing with the first team, his pre season form has been good

When Thierry left I was very skeptical about the Adebayor and Van Persie partnership. I was after all used to the Bergkamp and Henry combination for many years

It is beyond arguing that the transfer market is in fact a sad development within modern football, the real detrimental factor is the growth of influence at the hands of players agents