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Leyton Orient (a) Post Match Thoughts: Brave Orient give squad helping hand

Perhaps the young Catalan has been taking strides forward in front of Arsene Wenger during training sessions. He looks very assured on the ball and he gave the defence a nice balance due to his preference to use his left foot. It was very hard to gauge his defensive attributes as he just wasn't tested until the 88th minute but he looks very calm and is certainly an Arsenal defender in the making

Everton (a) – Ignore The Bigger Picture, Just Enjoy The 90 Minutes

Wenger bats Barca out of the room & Early Wolves talk

Arsene was rather dismissive of the Barcelona game in midweek, he didn't even contemplate talking about that game, he just picked up his bat and whacked it out of the press room. The focus is solely on the Wolves game and rightly so. I am kinda feeling that way myself to be honest although I have been frantically trying to gather up my Arsenal buddies and have an Arsenal lads Footy Feast of an evening but in terms of the football, the

Let’s do the Ramsey wide thing (again)

Your Vision – Thoughts on a surreal Saturday – Was that real?

Well after all, it is THE Barclays Premier League, “supposedly” THE best premier league in the world, attracting some, if not all of the world’s best players, some very good teams, boasting of a top 5 or 6 (very unlike a top two Messi-Ronaldo blessed La Liga) etc. Why the heck shouldn’t it be? Have I gone off on a tangent? Definitely yes, maybe no. What the heck, I just figured it. It is the massive disappointment, after the game

Your Vision – Transfer Frenzy

Newcastle (a) Thoughts & Predictions: Diaby & Wilshere to form an intriguing combination

Like I have already eluded to earlier, I expect Diaby to be a key figure in our performance. A player who can pull out an amazing piece of skill which will open up 10 yards of space and then misplace his next pass from five yards away. Usually the latter only happens when he is not quite up to speed and perhaps he isn't at his sharpest yet but mistakes should be limited as his role maybe a little simplified

West Brom (a) – Thoughts & Predicted Line Up: Rotation, Youthful Defenders & Away Form

Huddersfield Town (h) Thoughts & Predictions: Squad depth grows as four return

He may not be everyone's cup of tea but Abou Diaby still remains one of my favourite players. A player with fantastic ability and has the ability to completely dominate midfield battles. Patience may well be required as Diaby is often quite a slow starter after injury, his West Brom performance earlier in the

West Brom (a) – Thoughts & Predicted Line Up: Rotation, Youthful Defenders & Away Form

Transfer rumour pain, Wilshere & Chelsea thoughts

Newsnow has always been my trusty news source, you used to be able to find a good array of articles, stories or even some really good tactical ramblings. You would get the odd article that was begging for a click. 'Arsenal set to tie up record mega deal super smash' that would have the 12 year olds fighting over themselves to click through and pretend that it could actually be real. I've been there myself

Let’s do the Ramsey wide thing (again)

Final Manc thoughts, Returning spine will improve team & Diaby returns

It is no shame to lose 1-0 at Old Trafford. It doesn't make the defeat any less painful and I truly believed we would beat them but we have another chance to beat these teams at home. You never know, we may even have Cesc, Van Persie and Vermaelen purring smoothly by then. Those three players in shape and on form will be automatic starters in the big

 

Let’s do the Ramsey wide thing (again)

Competition for places is hotting up & Arsenal are the norm which is great

It is fantastic to hear that both Robin Van Persie and Aaron Ramsey are almost ready for first team consideration, although the latter will be brought in at a slower pace for obvious reasons. Having said that, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Van Persie pick up a niggle before Ramsey regardless of how serious Ramsey's injury was. We have missed a world class striker and potentially a world class midfielder from our squad, you could almost forget how big those two are for us and they will make a difference to our squad when they come back into the team

Let’s do the Ramsey wide thing (again)