The axe finally fell over the neck of Andre Villas-Boas, a young manager who got many tongues wagging due to his impressive record at Porto. Many were wishing that he would replace Arsene Wenger as the manager but it just goes to show that rebuilding a team and get instant results is not as simple as some like to make out, even when you have huge funds available to spend let alone if you have to
Samir Nasri has always been technically brilliant but he was a blunt 21 year old. He could turn his man inside and out and then play a square pass to a team mate. He used to trick his way past the right back cut back inside and lay it back to Clichy. We are now watching the direct 23 year old version. That was his tenth of the season, already better than his Arsenal best so far and that is with missing a
