Robin van Persie against Swansea on Sunday. I just cannot see anything of the sort happening. Arsene Wenger didn't exactly rule it out post Leeds match. He said how both players can play wide, and that both have already played together. He also said that he didn't know what he would do yet
So called King Kenny needs to take some responsibility for his players irresponsible behaviour before a recent game by wearing these stupid t-shirts. Suarez was not accused of a late tackle, he was accused of racism and surely any personal backing could be done in the dressing room. Anyway, this is a subject probably best kept away from an Arsenal blog as luckily we do not have to deal with all this controversy. Thierry Henry is all over dot com and as you would expect he has said all the things that we fully expect of an Arsenal legend. He expects to have a bit part role
Arsene has said that Robin van Persie will be given a rest and obviously that is correct. But if that is ok for Robin then I think Mikel Arteta and at least one of Mertesacker or Koscielny need the same. With the likes of Bacary Sagna and Jack the boy Wilshere on the way to full recovery, I kind of would like to see them play alongside other first team players and not a treatment table rotation policy
Manchester United won the league last season due to their spirit and experience but Rooney and Nani apart, they lack real quality. Chelsea are currently going through a transition period and we know first hand how tough it is to get through to the other side and still remain strong
Arsene's was asked whether he was interested in bringing any new players during the window and his response was very interesting. He said that he had a full squad and wouldn't be adding to the squad unless players left. That statement is fine in itself as was explained in the blog yesterday, due to squad restrictions we can only do something if some are moved on but what caught my attention was the fact that he was speaking about players who have no real chance to play. That sounds as if he is admitting publicly that playing time will not
Now should the argument be about having Thierry Henry or player x then that is a different story altogether. Having Thierry Henry for two months and only Henry means that once the two months is over we could be back to having a striker who hasn't played a minute of Premier League football and a striker who has been out of form for a while now. Ideally we would have player x who can play wide and central, score goals, adapt from the off and who is young enough to improve without costing £50m. That along with Henry means that we
I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and if you do not celebrate Crimbo then just have a splendid day. I feel like a zombie today after a stupidly late night mixed in with kids who thought it was a good idea to try and wake up at 4am. If anyone found a Thierry Henry, van Persie new contract, Eden Hazard or Mario Gotze in their stockings then please let me know. Would love to break the story first. If not
However there is an argument for needing a longer term solution on top of the loan signing of Thierry Henry but I cannot help but think that a choice like that would be linked to the players we already have in our squad. It hasn't really been the Arsenal way to replace players before players in the same position have departed. Much of that could well be down to the new squad rules but equally it could
Continuing with the subject of change, the transfer window is not very far away and we already expect a temporary fix to the left back spot but according to RMC radio in France, Arsenal and Lyon have made contact about bringing Yoann Gourcuff to Arsenal. Arsene n the meantime we are short of left backs, Gibbs now has to have an operation and continues to be dominated by terrible luck while Santos is no closer to a return so Arsene has hinted that he may have to bring in someone on loan. The media's football knowledge isn't
This newly constructed Arsenal team need wide players with stamina and athleticism. Andrey Arshavin cannot run up and down the flank for 90 minutes every three days. Since he joined in 2008, he was able to get away with misplacing passes and shooting straight at the keeper instead of finding the corners because he was still nudging through diagonal slide rule passes to runners and setting up goals. To be honest, Andrey Arshavin