Cesc Fabregas was at his string pulling, tempo dictating, orchestra waving best. His range of passing was superb and caused Bolton all sorts of problems. His slotted through passes to Arshavin were weighted to perfection, on another day Cesc could have doubled his assist count for the day
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
Judging by the current players missing, it looks as if Wenger has only one choice to make in his starting line up. He could go for the direct running and pace of Emmanuel Eboue, which would be the closest option to Theo Walcott or he could go with the in form Tomas Rosicky on the right of the attack. I believe that the fact that we are at home and that Rosicky's form is very good will see our super Czech get the managers vote
It doesn't take long to get infected by the Spurs delusional virus. Once you breathe the same air as Harry Redknapp, Ledley King and company then there is no getting away from it. Rafael Van der Vaart is the latest to show publicly that he has caught the infection
Cast your mind back to the invincibles, a team packed with quality, guile and steel. A team that went the entire league season without losing a single game. Well we wouldn't actually have an invincible side to speak of if that squad had anywhere near our injury record to contend with
Since the Brazilian came to Arsenal on trial, he has had nothing but hype from fans, bloggers and even the coaching staff from what I have read. It is not hard to understand why he has had so much attention. He is a crowd pleaser, a dribbler. One of those players who make you get up from your seat.
He is after all a Manchester City player, what on earth is he supposed to say? No, Arsenal are much bigger and better. That would be a wonderful message to send to his supporters. Even if he does believe that, does anyone really care? I couldn't actually care much less what Emmanuel Adebayor has to say about Arsenal. When he was at Arsenal I enjoyed his highs and was disappointed with his lows
Theo now has the record for the longest consecutive winning run in an England shirt. Capello really did cock up didn't he? All he had to do was play Theo in every game of the world cup
Thomas Vermaelen has played down his goal scoring abilities and has prioritised clean sheets, which is the correct order, I agree but there is nothing wrong with a goal or two. Thomas will always be a threat from set pieces
I think at the very least, you should be able to pronounce a players name correctly. It doesn't take very long to go on Arsenal TV online and listen to how the player says his own name. Wenger has said these players names many times in press conferences