
While scouring through the Coquelin videos, it struck me just how good that lad is at winning the ball back. We all know this already of course but when you watch his highlight reel, it's just amazing. The speed of which he gets across the pitch and the timing of his challenges is really second to none. Rosicky is just such a classy player but at 35 and coming off a long term injury, I don't see him starting many games unfortunately, perhaps a few cup games perhaps but what a player to bring off the bench when you want to grab some control of the game. Watching Ramsey earlier in the season, I thought to myself that a fit and younger Rosicky would suit that role so well.
Lukas Podolski may well be a little limited in his play but he is a hard worker. He currently reminds me of Freddie Ljungberg in his latter Arsenal career. A worker out wide that didn't really give the team very much apart from endeavour. Now the Freddie at his prime was still pretty limited and hard working but, a huge round juicy but he gave his team mates runs into the box, he was at the far post when Henry missed the ball in the middle, he was on hand to poke a ball in during a penalty box scramble. He did all this as well as his great

Given that we have lost Arshavin and we were a little exposed at full back, we may be looking in those 2 positions in the summer. Vertonghen has been strongly linked, along with an attacking midfielder/winger type - like Junior Hollett. Obviously, every man and his dog has been linked to us, but my feeling is that if we do get Podolski, we will only need a couple more to really challenge next season
Arsenal players go down holding body parts after 'tackles' I a not talking Eboue type of going down, I am talking about warriors like Bacary Sagna and Thomas Vermaelen who do not go down unless they are properly hurt. It is no surprise when you think about the manager they have in charge. A dinosaur who still plays 1980s football. One big man up front, two wingers. Get stuck in, get in their faces and hurt those fancy Dan Arsenal boys, they don't like it. Our players really need to sort that
How does a team that forked out roughly £70m last January on top of what they already had find themselves in fifth in the table? With the worlds sought after up and coming manager behind them, they started the season as favourites in many a pundits eye. It is quite incredible really. The obvious comparisons are that both teams are in transition. A different type of
For example, in a game like West Brom at home why not replace Alex Song for Francis Coquelin and keep the rest of the first team together and then for the next game bring back Song and replace Ramsey for Rosicky etc. When it comes to the big games like Chelsea away then select the best players you have in every position. This would keep the team very strong whilst giving players the required rest over the course of the season so when it comes to the home straight, players are not burnt out and we can power our way past Manchester City. Yes you read that correctly. I always expect

I think we all saw the difference in technique during the recent under 21s tournament where Stuart Pearce's team failed miserably. It is little wonder that the country is still short in the technique department when people like Tony Pulis and his ilk are being lauded for their direct style of football
I reckon Rambo has plenty of midfield goals in him once he takes off. He takes free kicks for his country and packs a good punch behind his strikes, that is certainly a current advantage he has over Wilshere so far but Wilshere currently had a knack of getting more involved in the game, both defensively and