The takeover news has been dominating the Arsenal news over the last few days and I must say I am a little bored of it already which is a really ignorant thing to say especially considering the importance of it all, but to be honest off pitch shenanigans do not get my juices flowing. I just cannot imagine myself

Good afternoon Gooners,

Apologies for the lack of blog yesterday, I started writing some form of blog and then bam! My keyboard decided to stop working. I am really taking this very personally. I have broken around 4 laptops in the last year and some of those haven’t been mine. I am now getting to the point where I am expecting laptops to break. So if there is no blog today then it is because I have broken the computer that I am using, although if that happens then you will not actually be reading this.

The takeover stuff has been dominating the Arsenal news over the last few days and I must say I am a little bored of it already which is a really ignorant thing to say especially considering the importance of it all, but to be honest off pitch shenanigans do not get my juices flowing. I just cannot imagine myself back in school days scribbling down the formations of the board members at the back of the geography class.

Before I move onto football matters I read that Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith declined a bigger offer from Usmanov before she agreed to offload her shares to Stan Kroneke. Apparently she wanted the club to keep its tradition and values. If this is the case then I raise my virtual drink to Lady NBS. Once Arsenal always Arsenal it seems, even given the fact that she fell out with the board she still wanted what she thought was right for the club and not just thinking of the cash.

For those who like the idea of Usmanov controlling the club, you have to ask the question why wouldn’t NBS cash in when Usmanov turned up.

Anyway, I will leave this stuff to people who know more. Here is an interesting piece from Arsenal News

Back on the green grass it appears that we have Johan Djourou and Wojciech Szczesny back in training and ready to take part in the game on the weekend. That is beyond good news, it is just a shame that it couldn’t have been a few weeks earlier. The West Brom game springs to mind.

After watching Andy Carroll take apart Manchester City on Monday night I was thinking that we would have a difficult time against him in the air without Johan in the side. Anyway I shall look forward to listening to Wenger’s pre match interview to find out what state our squad will be in.

With little to speak about the default conversation seems to be transfers. I wonder if this is different in other countries? Anyway it is transfer time. Apparently.

Jack Wilshere ‘slams’ or ‘snubs’ Manchester City depending on which filth you read.

Jack Wilshere tweeted on Twitter: “People asking if im going city? I dont kiss the Arsenal badge then leave <3 this club in my heart!”

Lovely to read for Arsenal supporters, Arsenal DNA clearly running through his veins but it could be dangerous territory when you have to respond back to mindless speculation. Will he be required to swat away every rumour that comes around? Because if that is the case then when the football stops and the hacks have nothing to write about then Jack may lose some sleep by staying up all night retweeting messages that he is not Real Madrid, Barca, Man Utd, Inter Milan bound.

According to the Telegraph Arsenal and Manchester United are rolling around the floor scrapping for 20 year old Atletico Madrid goalkeeper David de Gea. Yeah, we need a 20 year old keeper from elsewhere. I cannot think of another 20 year old keeper who could come into the Arsenal side and produce outstanding performances. *Sigh*

I would be utterly astonished if we bought a keeper. Well a number one keeper anyway. Our two Poles in goal have been fantastic this season and they are nowhere near their best so it would make little sense to buy a first choice keeper. We already have two. It may not have been the case during last summer but a year has changed a lot.

Denilson believes that Shaktar Donetsk wide man Willian should forget the advances of Chelsea and join the best team in the world instead. That to me is pretty obvious. Ask me if I want a dry piece of bread or a hot tasty slap up meal and the answer is pretty straight forward. The trouble is if the slap up meal is actually being offered or not.

I have great knowledge of Willian so I am the person to talk to you about him. Before writing this I watched a three minute YouTube clip of him so I now know if he is the right man for the club or not. The rest of the details are totally irrelevant.

Jokes aside (even bad ones) I would like a player of that mould being brought into the club in the summer if someone like Ryo Miyachi was not yet ready for the first team step up, assuming he could get a work permit of course.

When we do not have the direct running or pace of Theo Walcott in the side, we look much less penetrative and less dangerous. Take out Nani and Valencia from the Mancs and they are far less of a threat unless they play a team full of defenders and catch you on the break. *Grrr*

While I am in Football Manager mode, I would like to see another striker tossed into the mix over the summer. A player with the opposite mentality of Chamakh. A quick striker who can play the central striker role as well as wide who wants to turn and shoot first and laying the ball off second. Perhaps someone good enough to play when needed but is happy to bide his time on the bench.

Who? I hear you ask. Well give me a bloody chance to browse around YouTube please. Goodness.

I may well be in the minority these days but I am very happy to hear Gael Clichy’s comments about wanting to remain at Arsenal. I love the little fella and I think recent criticism of him is extremely harsh. Since December he has regained his form of old and has been pretty much faultless in all his games. Yes he almost gave us all heart attacks when losing the ball in a really stupid area against Blackpool but those errors have been few and far between of late. That mistake has been remembered yet I have not heard one person talk about the tackle he made when he was the last man, stood up and nicked the ball off the man at the last moment. His energy and intercepting skills are unrivaled in this team.

As soon as Nasri has been placed ahead of him his performances have largely been fantastic. While his crossing is woeful, the rest of his game is wonderful. *Braces myself for the waves of disagreement*

Ok, that is that for now. I need to find a dry piece of bread for lunch.

Check back later this evening for a view from the opposition featuring a Liverpool fan.

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