Mean Lean

The boys are now 15 games unbeaten (winning 14) on the road since last season. Two years ago, the boss remarked that he didn't think that there was any difference as to whether a team is playing at home or away. A point I'm pretty sure he's contradicted more than once, including his suggestion just a fortnight ago about possibly having a pitch installed at Colney with longer grass to practice for said away games. Allowing for artistic licence, I'll ignore these latter comments. Regarding the idea about there being no distinction, this seems to be a philosophy the players have taken on board too. Given that this run includes wins over two of the sides widely considered to be among the best on the continent at the moment, this current Arsenal side might finally possess that

In terms of team selection, it looks as if the team pretty much picks itself. The likes of Tomas Rosicky, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Francis Coquelin are unlikely to start, while Nancho Monreal is tied up to a cup or something so it means that we have no natural left backs at the ready. Thomas

Arsenal fans 100% content about this position. Wojciech Szczesny is far from perfect and is still only 22 years old which is still a baby for that position. But for me, he is the type of talent that you want learning on the job, learning from his mistakes and not having his path blocked. He is still a very good goalkeeper who has weaknesses in his game like his distribution which you expect to improve. I am more than happy with the cheeky, gobby Pole as our number one and I hope Arsene is also. The issue comes from those fighting for his place. Lukas Fabianski has actually ironed out many of his quite obvious flaws from his game and was very unlucky to suffer an injury during his last run in the team. The trouble is that going by his public comments last season he does not want to remain at the club as number two, he is should be playing games and needs games to improve. That cannot happen playing the odd cup match or waiting for a younger keeper to get injured. What is striking is that since his comments

Jack is back

If you were told in pre season that we would start at Liverpool with our 3rd choice goalkeeper, inexperienced right back who spent large parts of last season injured and our best center back on the substitutes bench after missing the first two games with injury then you would have been given permission to go back home to fetch a change of underwear at the prospect of Gerrard, Suarez and

It looked all too easy for him to be honest. It looked like he didn't break a sweat. Playing first time passes at speed, switch the ball left and right with either foot without thinking about it. If this is Cazorla in 1st gear then wow. We obviously need to wait until bigger tests come his way but it doesn't take a football genius to see what he can provide for us. I watched his training video on Arsenal

The North London derby is the name of the football local derby between two North London based teams – Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur. Both Arsenal and Tottenham (often referred to by their nickname, Spurs) fans have recognized each other as rivals despite the fact that, until recently, they rarely competed in the same area on the table. Arsenal traditionally has been a top 4 team while Spurs had been competing for mid table. With Spurs' recent success, they have vaulted themselves to the top 6 and, in 2010, they qualified for the UEFA Champions League by placing within the top 4. Since, they have competed with Arsenal for Champions League places.

Lukas was only 21 when he transferred to Bayern. He was very young, and his attitude did not seem right to me. Also, he was often injured and had to face a strong competition with Miroslav Klose. Bayern Munich is a top club in Europe and the world. There is hardly a unique position for a single player. You have to prove yourself in every practice. In my opinion, the change to Munich was too early

I love Rosicky as a player, a selfless player who improves those around him. A player who will give you the ball at the right time and always show for it if you want to give it back. What I had almost forgot about was his drives forward. Poor Tiote was turned in knots as he attempted to get close to the Czech wizard but a shift of the hips and then a spin in the other

AC Milan looked like a fresh hungry Premier League team while Arsenal looked like a slow, tired and laboured Italian side. Our great record against Italian sides in the past have often stemed from the speed of our football, the aggression in the challenges, the tempo that we set but for some reason this was non existent from the very start.