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Happenings at Arsenal this season has dealt a major blow on us fans. Its been a very tough couple of months which has been hard to comprehend. The season started with us being pretty confident about our chances, I for one felt we had a decent squad to really compete for top honours after losing RvP and Alex Song in the summer 'if' we made 1 more signing before deadline day, a DM/box to box midfielder to complement what we have in our ranks. Well, Wenger passed on that which I had no qualms with seeing that Diaby looked like he could do an RvP on us and stay fit all season, I was emphatically wrong. Diaby wobbled off injured against Chelsea in the 1st half and from that day we never looked like we could be that force we showed in earlier games most notably Man

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

Bourussia Dortmund, a club who have now taken German football by storm, went 12 years with nothing to provide (silverware) for their supporters. They spent time adopting a new approach, a radical, but admirable one at that. This sustainable approach is similar to that of Arsenal’s and from the brink of collapse, they returned to the pinnacle of the Bundesliga. Through all of this prolonged period of hardship and fruitlessness, their fans stood by the club, and now boast one of the most vocal and passionate fan-bases in world football. Visiting their stadium is a daunting challenge for any team from around Europe, as they have proven in the Champions League over the past couple of years. Their approach and their fan base has

This would be pretty close to the depth chart I would look for. The rotation at each position would be possible and allow for fresh legs and proper cover. Most of all Arsenal would have an efficient player, pace, stature, attitude and strength in midfield that AFC desperately lack when Diaby is not fit, so basically always.  I didn't put Rambo in any of the positions as we no longer know where he fits do we? He's a lost player that had such promise, now in many minds an after-thought. The thing is the Gunners have many midfielders that can be played at a variety of positions, but a DM, anchor, etc. AFC don't have a one that can truly embrace and excel in that role bar Diaby and his fitness is lacking in any case. Coquelin is a good little player but

Jack and Santi spend more time tracking back then going forward. Arteta is being hugely misplayed at the DM position and isn't physical enough to be the imposing presence AFC need to stop the opposition and then to be able to launch the attacks we are capable of mounting. Don't get me wrong, on their day, the boys can beat ANYONE. The issue is when its normal play and things don't go perfectly for them, they simply buckle and absorb pressure, they don't dish it out.

Arsene isn't going anywhere. He is too good at what he does for the board to go with anyone else. He continues to find talent for cheap and sell for high whilst maintaining AFC in the top four and always taking the blame. Don't get me wrong, he has plenty of blame that deserves to come his way, but he also has a lot of credit. Arsene won't want to leave when AFC is in this condition and the recent results may well give him the transfer funds and mandate to do what is needed and fill the holes at AFC. The truth is this, although his ideas have gotten stale and there have been issues with his choices lately,

I’m bored. I’m so bored. I’m bored of being out a title race before we were even in it. I’m bored of challenging for 4th. I’m bored securing 4th. I get nothing out of 4th? What do I get as a fan for finishing 4th? I get nothing. I don’t get anything financially, it doesn’t benefit me personally.  I’m bored of the fact Uefa and Sky have made the Champions League the be all and end all of football

One year on from the Keown/Van Nistelrooy incident, Arsenal went back to Old Trafford as champions of England and looking to continue the now famous record breaking unbeaten run. The ‘Invincibles’ ’hadn’t tasted defeat in 49 previous league games but Sir Alex and United were certainly not

We have missed these options so far due to injuries but if these players can remain fit for the most part, you can see the benefit to the team this will have. Diaby is a player that I like very much and there are games in which perhaps he is better suited that Wilshere. He has a certain unique physical presence that is useful against teams that play with Sam Allardyce tactics. The argument comes down to

Arsenal losing is obviously not an alien concept to any of us. We have an impressively vast portfolio of slipped leads, goals conceded against the run of play, and general variegation in momentum. Basically, if there is a cock, Arsenal have upped it. But this one-two jab to the genitals has hurt more than usual because of the uncharacteristic…toothlessness (I abhor using this word, but nothing