Ramsey was taking huge strides last season and was visibly growing week by week, it will undoubtedly take Ramsey a little while before he is back to his best physically, mentally and sharpness err ally. When he does get to that level then it will be interesting to see which positions Ramsey and Wilshere end up on the pecking order ladder
With three leg breaks already having happened thus far, three that are not actually Arsenal players, you would have thought that some action would have taken place. As the media clearly control plenty of what the Football Association do, I will hope that more outside influences such as the action taken by the Dutch coach can force the FA to do their jobs correctly
I still think we should get in Mr brute from non league football, sign him on a pay as you play basis and stick him on the bench. When players like Mr Robinson decide to make their 'I'm not one of those players' challenges then Mr Brute's tactical instructions from Pat Rice will be to go and say a friendly hello to good old Robbo. Take the punishment and come back in three games time. Thinking about it, we may need to buy three of them so that they can rotate
I just had a horrible vision of John Terry elbowing him in his ribs when jumping for a cross. I cannot stand that man with a passion. A Chelsea mate of mine doesn't even like him one bit and that just says all you need to know about his character.
I hope Chamakh pulls him all over the place on Sunday afternoon, gets away from Terry after a through pass from Cesc and makes the despicable piece of work pull him down in the box
I am hoping that he can put in a good performance and ease some of the huge pressure building up from the summer. This was always going to happen, as soon as a new goalkeeper did not find his way into the club we were always going to find ourselves in this position
I was reading an interesting discussion on another blog about what actually constitutes success, there was most certainly a split camp. I think we have been successful minus trophies considering all the obstacles and disadvantages we have had to face
Cesc of the Fabregas may also not be out for as long as first expected, he may be kept wrapped up in cotton wool for the clash against bottom team beating Chelsea. Ideally we need our captain fit for such an important game, he is the difference between turning a draw into a victory or a defeat into a draw
I am still very much frustrated this afternoon. This is supposed to be just a game, so surely this feeling of frustration isn't supposed to last this long. Well that is the nature of football isn't it?
To be honest, I am not as frustrated about the game as I was at the full time whistle...I still find it quite astonishing that the Bolton challenges over the weekend were utterly swept under the carpet from the MOTD crew. Not a thuggish highlight in sight. I refuse to believe that it is just coincidence. If Arsenal players were behaving in the same vein you can be sure that it would have been Saturday night's hot topic
Fast forward to 2010 and several of those kids are now establishing themselves as first team players. Our long term thinking has allowed for our very own internal transfer market, and that should continue for the foreseeable future. Wilshere and Gibbs are already established. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas cannot be very far away then we have the likes of Chucks Aneke and Benik Afobe waiting to be moved up out of reserve team level