My only concern would be the match fitness of the returning players. As good as a player is, usually they need to have a had a few games under their belts before we see the best and we do not have a few games to ease players back in. I am thinking more of Theo Walcott and Alex Song. While Cesc may need fine tuning, he still can see passes that other players do not and his ability to make the final
Jens Lehmann made his Arsenal comeback today for the Arsenal reserves against Wigan. We lost the game 2-1 and apparently Jens was not at his best and made a few errors which isn't at all surprising. He is 41 and hasn't played regular football for sometime now. He will need more time. I expect Manuel Almunia to continue in between the sticks and I am backing him to come through with a good display against Blackburn. Almunia has
Cesc, I love you dearly. You have been fantastic for Arsenal and I hope you see out your best years at Arsenal and wait for our very promising youngsters such as Wilshere and Ramsey to be experienced and developed enough to replace you but if you leave then such is life. We are the Arsenal, we will continue and open a new chapter. It is just not worth investing so much emotion in wondering if a player will stay at the club or
I am no tactical genius so the answer could be quite simple and could be slipping past me but from the evidence that I have seen over the last few seasons, when we fight to win the ball back and hem the opposition back then we are at our best and can beat anyone but when we switch that off
Individually each of those players are important but they are all equally as important to each other. Alex Song provides a stable platform for the likes of Cesc to play those all important killer passes. Cesc needs movement from his team mates to play those killer passes and the one player who moves
Stuart Pearce is having a blinking bubble bath if he is seriously considering picking Jack Wilshere for the U21 European Championships. Pearce has vowed to include the top players including Jack Wilshere and Andy Carroll. With the latter it is not so much an issue as injury has robbed him of playing time during this season. Jack Wilshere is a different case, not only has he played almost a full season so far, he is in his first full year as an
I have pretty much said all that needs to be said about it really. I hope he doesn't play too much but I hope he does get the chance to wave goodbye on the pitch. Preferably with a title winners medal around his neck come last home game of the season against Aston Villa. That would be
If we can somehow get to the Man U game with Theo Van Nasregas in attack then I personally think we will score enough against them to win. Our first choice frontline is the most varied and dangerous in the land when fit and on form but ‘fit’ and ‘on form’ are the key words in the sentence. With that in mind we will need some good performances between now and then and no small amount of luck to
Yesterday's early Swiss FA news and then Arsenal news later on during the day was a bit like being a kid and wanting the latest games console. Begging your parents for it for the last 6 months, which probably felt closer to 6 years at that age. Then your dad comes home with the console box after work and you jump around saying 'thank you, thank you!!' only to be told that it is just the packaging. The box actually contains a five pack of
Jack's mate Henri Lansbury was in the thick of the action last night as he came off the bench with 10 minutes to play and he scored a nice goal and was involved in the late third. With all due respect, judging by his tweets, he is a little bit of a cheese. But he certainly has character on the pitch and I love his commitment. He wants to win and looks as if he doesn't know how to do anything but give