Manchester City (H)

I hope your all enjoying your Easter weekend so far. It would make the weekend perfect if a certain team lost tomorrow and we end City's title chance on Sunday. Both games are hard to predict, Sunderland are one of those problem teams and people who assume Tottenham are going to turn up and win might be in for a shock. Similarly for people who think City are going to turn up and win. I don't think it will be that simple.

The game on Sunday is the most important one of the season so far, we've worked hard to pull ourselves out of the shit we were in at the beginning of the season to get to where we are. Letting it go now would be both frustrating and quite frankly gutting. We wobbled against QPR but we need to forget it and get ourselves up for the game. In recent weeks city have also wobbled a bit too which personally I think boils down to them not having the bottle to see the season out.

The good thing is that due to recent results they've put the pressure on themselves, every game for them now is a must win which means they they'll have to come and attack us which will leave them open on the counter. When we played them earlier in the season they parked the bus and to be honest were lucky to get all 3 points. That won't be the case this time and as Sunderland showed at the weekend when they have to go forward they can be punished. On top of that Mancini came out and said if they don't win the title is over, in my opinion that poor managing but whatever. A draw does neither team any good really but if you offered me one now I'd probably take it.

We have no new injury worries ahead of the game but this time I think we'll play Gervinho instead of Ramsey on the left and I think we need too, he's more dynamic going forward. However I think he might have a job against Richards power which means Oxlade might get the nod ahead of him. The rest of the team I think will be the same, with Rosicky slotting in behind RVP. The defence will have their work cut out for them and we really can't afford any slip ups this weekend.

In terms of City, there was news earlier this week that Aguero might be out due to a "stupid injury" but he's fit so will no doubt lead their line along with the headcase Balotelli. No matter what you think of Mario hes a dangerous player and when he's in the right place he's as good as any in front of goal. There will be yet another warm welcome for Samir Na$ri who I'm still yet to be convinced fits into their team. Yaya Toure and De Jong will provide the power in the midfield. I can't help but feel that Song will be a key player for us, he will have his hands full with the likes of Balotelli when defending, but will have to compete with power of De Jong and Toure when he pushes forward.

Theres no doubt our best chances will come on the break but for that to be a successful plan we need to make sure we don't concede early. It will be a tight game and with the title and 3rd place riding on it, it will be a game that both teams need to win, hopefully the red half will come out on top. Whatever the result have a happy Easter! COYG!

Prediction: Arsenal 1-1 Manchester City 

Manchester City (H)

Evening all, what an odd weekend its been in the world of football. Many people including myself are still getting over the shock of the sad loss of Gary Speed. When I heard it on the radio in the car it was one of those moments where you stop and think "I can't believe I've just heard that". It was a day as many people said when the football becomes irrelevant and I have to say full marks to those players brave enough to play after hearing the news 15 minutes before the team talk.

The sheer number of tributes that have been paid are a testament to what a true gent he really was. Everyone talks about what a lovely man he was and he was a real good guy on the football scene. He was also one of those players that everyone liked, he simply had no enemies. The reasons to why it happened can wait, naturally my thoughts are with the wife and two children he leaves behind, I hope they get the privacy and respect they need at this hard time.

The show must go on though and we look ahead to tomorrow nights Carling Cup clash with Man City at home. Now the team that we'll play is a real difficult one to pick, if we'd have drawn Crystal Palace then I think that we'd be talking about this in a whole different light. No disrespect to Palace but simply because its Man City, putting all of our hopes on our young lads is a bit harsh on them so Arsene has spoken about bulking up the side with a few regulars so to speak. But who they'll be remains a mystery. Apparently Walcott, RVP and Ramsey are on 'alert'. To be honest I'll be surprised if RVP starts, yes we're playing city, yes its a big game but I think its too risky. 

Picking their side is equally as difficult, I've lost track of who is and isn't a regular, I couldn't really care either. What we do know is that any team they put out will make it a challenge. Samir Na$ri returns to the Emirates to what I'm sure will be a less than warm welcome back. Whatever happens I'm sure it will be full of drama and have all that big match atmosphere.

Talking of atmosphere, the Emirates is often criticised for lacking it, but on Saturday evening it was anything but. Even after we went behind, the fans really got behind the team and after we equalised I really thought we were gonna nick it. But it simply didn't happen. That sad, if I get stuck behind the grown man who decided to stand on his fucking seat for the last 10 minutes tomorrow night, I'm kicking off.

So tomorrow will be a test regardless of who plays but I just have a feeling that we might do city over tomorrow. However I'm more often wrong than right. COYG!

Prediction: Arsenal 2-1 Manchester City

Manchester United (A)

Well we pulled it off against Udinese, after a few shakey moments in the first half. In fact to be totally honest we were shit in the first half and I was preparing to be watching us play on Channel 5. Then in the second half we played really really well, after a typical Arsenal goal from RVP, Szczesny pulled off probably the best penalty save I've ever seen and proceeded to get mobbed by our squad. A well worked second from Walcott and Udinese were beat. 

However today we go to a place where no team won last season. Manchester United v Arsenal not long ago was a hotly contested game with either side having equal chance of coming out on top. Nowadays however it's almost certain that at Old Trafford we'll lose and to be honest looking at the squad we're likely to field today I'm not at all surprised. More on that in a minute. Arsenal fans everywhere are sick and tired of being taken to pieces by United and everyone would like to us giving them a good run, or at least scoring a 93rd minute winner after Vermaelen has broken Rooney in two when clearing a corner.

So to the teams likey to play today. We lost Nasri to City during the week to nobodies surprise, but it was a complete piss take when he says that we have no passion since moving to the Emirates when he never fucking played at Highbury. He's right in my opinion but he can't make that call. Anyway along with Nasri fucking off and just flicking it in to Dzeko, 2-0 city against spurs, we also face the loss of Song due to his ban. Vermaelen and Kosciely are both touch and go. I would expect to see Sanga and Jenkinson on the wings, I do feel for the young lad whose really been thrown in at the deep end. I also wouldn't be surprised to see Rosicky start after playing really well when he came on against Udinese. RVP will be upfront on his own as usual and Gervinho is also serving his ban. So who to watch for, that Shrek-faced piece of shit obviously as well as Danny Welbeck who has been lethal so far. Young and Nani on the wings are always dangerous and of course its a given that if Park plays he'll score, the little prick.

I really do worry about us being embarassed today. I think they'll just take us apart, and we could face a drumming, that said I'm not right about much these days, lets all pray I'm wrong. Even with the likes of Welbeck and Cleverly on the pitch they are still an incredibly good team. To show the confidence that some people have in us one of that larger betting companies is refunding all losing bets if we win. Yet on the other hand the Telegraph seems to think we're gonna draw 2-2 (I'd take that right now). But somehow I can't see it.

A win today would be tremendous but I just can't see it, a loss means we'd be 8 points behind United after just 3 games. Good luck lads.

Prediction: Manchester United 2-0 Arsenal

Poor start and utter frustration

Apologies for the lack of posting recently its been a rather hectic week. As an Arsenal fan its also been a frustrating week. So 3 games into the season and none of our performances have been remotely convincing. So lets start with Newcastle, after the whole fracas with Barton and Gervinho we end up with 10 men due to that thuggish prick. How he got away with nothing is still beyond me but we've lost Gervinho for the trip to Old Trafford and also the home game against Swansea which is most definitely not helpful. With Van Persie being the only striker that I have faith in, the loss of Gervinho was not helpful and on top of that we've lost Song for a "stamp" on Barton. I don't blame I'd find it hard to resist stamping on him.

Now to Tuesday night. Our first win of the season. We managed to overcome Udinese thanks to a well worked Walcott goal. Although we didn't seem to have much confidence in ourselves and Di Natale who is a top striker was unlucky not to find the net with a number of opportunities. Full marks to Wojeich though for a good performance. I must say I don't think we are going to find Wednesday's trip to Udine easy, by any means. They are dangerous and will go all out to get the result they need. The match previews will resume starting with that one on Tuesday.

Our performance against Liverpool wasn't a disaster. Until we lost Frimpong. Now I've had reservations about Frimpong, in fact I thought he was shit. But yesterday he was tremendous on his PL debut. His long range effort deserved to find the corner. He got a totally unjustified first yellow but the second there could be no complaints about, he went over the ball and he had to go, the fans applause as he left, showed that he did impress. it was also funny seeing Lucas land on his head after doing a flip. Nasri played which shocked a lot of fans but I'll give him his due he gave it his all and played well, the whispers that his move is off are now circulating. The reports in many papers that he stated it would be a bitter departure came from a fake facebook account, so although he may have fucked us around it goes to show that the media never helps. It was nice to hear his chant in the tune of give it up. Vermaelen was very vocal at the back which is good, he certainly shows what we missed last season. Szczesny was again brilliant and was at no fault for the two goals we conceded. The first was tremendously unlucky from our part with Miquel clearing into the face of Ramsey and looping over although the creation should have been flagged for offside. The second we were simply undone with a well worked move.

So it hasn't been the greatest start to the season. One thing that all 3 games have shown is that we have no depth in the squad. Yes we have injuries and suspensions etc. but we don't have the experience or the power on the bench to compete with other teams. Players are needed and we can only hope that Wenger spends, the so called defensive signings that Ivan Gazidis said we were working on just haven't materialised and until they do our defence will always be questioned.


Well enjoy the rest of your week and hopefully we can pull it out of the bag on Wednesday. Match Preview will be up Tuesday, until then.

Pre-season round up

I apologise that I haven't posted in a while, I'm currently still in the US although I return home soon. Since I last posted a lot and not a lot has happened. We managed to draw with both Boca Juniors and New York Red Bulls to lose the Emirates cup although it was a nice thing to see Thierry raise the cup. After a young lad put the ball through our own net minutes from the end there were thunderous boos from our own fans. Really? At a pre-season friendly? I dread to think what the reaction will be when we lose at home during the league. I think booing the team in a pre-season game is excessive and also bad for moral, you must remember that these games are simply warm up exercises to bring fitness levels up so losing them isn't the end of the world.

I understand the fans frustration at what seems to be a poor summer of few signings and few improvements. I understand that because I am a fan, but surely booing the team off the pitch after a pre-season tournament isn't the way to go about supporting our boys. Following the Emirates cup we suffered our first defeat of the pre-season , going down 2-1 away to Benfica. Now this may not appear good, but we bossed the first half with a team that I imagine will resemble the starting line up (minus Cesc, Samir and Jack) with the Dutchman RVP scoring. There were 6 changes at the half and a much younger untested squad took the field and this showed a problem for us, which is that the squad is lacking depth. Looking at United, Chelsea and City they all have players on the bench who can fill in when needed and do the job well. We, on the other hand offer little in the shape of stand ins. I'd like to say that we will strengthen by dipping into the transfer market but looking at developments today I highly doubt that, more on that in a bit.

 
So the saga of Cesc continues and it has reached a point now where all parties involved at our end seem totally fed up of it. The board have stated they want to sort this sooner rather than later, but with Barcelona continually pissing around its still going on. I really hope the pathetic way that Barcelona have treated us this summer comes back to haunt them. But the fault doesn't only lie with them it lies with us, I read that Hulk as he is known has a 100M Euro buy out clause in his contract. 100m! Now why didn't who drafted Cesc's contract agree a £40m buy out, that's what we want and that ensures that we get it. Anyone who knows the ins and outs of football contracts and clauses, answers on a postcard please. Cesc was left out of the squad for both the Emirates and Eusebio Cups, due to a "Thigh Problem", whether this is true or not who knows but we seem no closer to a conclusion than we have all summer. 

As for Samir Nasri, well fuck only knows whats happening about his future. He was also left out of the squad with a muscular problem but Wenger seems confident he will be an Arsenal Player this season. However the window is open till August 31st so who knows what could happen between now and then.

Now to the transfers I touched on earlier and we have made another one! Don't get too excited this one has been in the pipe line all summer and its that of 17 year old Alex Oxlade-Chamerlain. Another winger, just what we need right now. Another for the future but hardly one that at the moment, with all respect, gets the blood rushing, I really don't understand the signings of winger after winger unless we're planning to play 1-1-8 next season but hey, I'm not ruling it out. Also during last week we had another bid rejected for Jagielka but as I said, I think that deal is miles away from completion so we shall see what happens this week. Arsene said we were looking to sign "super quality", if a 17 year old Southampton winger is his idea of super quality then god help us all.

Anyway the season is almost upon us and men (and women) everywhere are starting to get excited about that first game of a brand new season. The dullness of a football-less summer is nearly over and the harsh reality of the Premier League starts for us with a tricky trip to Newcastle, followed by our Champions League qualifier with Udinese, who also may be a challenge. But at least we avoided the trip to Russia the following week. 

Next post will be Thursday, until then enjoy your week.

Pre-season continues as Arsenal leave Asia

So the week draws to a close as does our pre-season tour of Asia. It ended yesterday with a 1-1 draw with Hangzhou Greentown, yeah bothered. To be frank it doesn't matter what pre-season results are its just a way of improve fitness and trying to build a fan base. Vela scored with his second of the pre-season campaign so to speak. I must say top marks to the fans that turned out to greet the team and watch them play from what I saw and heard it was tremendous which has shown that the Arsenal brand is certainly popular. 

Anyway onto transfer talk and well, there hasn't been a lot so to speak apart from Mancini and Wenger having a bitch at each other. With respect to Wenger to I see what he says, Mancini saying he's hoping to have Nasri by the end of the week is pretty disrespectful but at the end of the day Wenger can do as he pleases with Nasri. If he really wants to keep him then he can and from what he was saying the during the week he fully intends too. I'm still torn at the moment as to what I think we should do. Theres no doubt he's good but if he doesn't want to sign a new contract then is it worth keeping him for this season when he'll leave next summer on a free? I'm not so sure it is, but I'm not a Premier League manager.

Not a lot coming out of Spain this week except one piece found by the arseblogger where Johan Cruyff has come out and said:

Arsene Wenger looks after their interests and it is Arsenal who control the situation. Cesc signed for many years and now he has to play for them. If Barcelona want him, they have to pay for him.
When you sign for a club, you are bound to it. It is logical to want Cesc but he is under contract to another club.

Which is exactly what everyone is thinking. Whether or not Barcelona will do this is a totally different question. After chatting with a few friends the other day they weren't entirely sure whether Barca will make another bid and I'm inclined to agree. Although their team mates find it funny to wind Arsenal fans up (Xavi, you two bob piece of shit), I don't think Cesc is at the top of their Christmas list at this current moment and since we've asked for more than what they offered they seem to have other plans.
 

The usual stuff from The Mail about how Juan Mata is ours and the deal has been done and so on. As much as I'd like to believe that I doubt it. Apparently we've also signed "Costa Rican kid", Joel Campbell (yes that really is his name) can't say much on this one cause I don't know much about him, I saw that he was a striker and lost interest. No further news on Samba, Cahill, there is a long way to go but I can't help but feel that if anything was going to move on this front then it would have done but only time will tell.

Finally some good news on players going out. It has been mentioned (ESPN) that Denilson may be on his way to Sao Paulo, admittedly a loan move but fuck it at least he wont be shitting up our squad. Whispers on the grapevine are that a deal between "a German club" and Bendtner will begin this week now this is by no means a solid source so take that one with a pinch of salt.

Anyone thats about it for now, should anything happen then I will keep you posted. Next weeks regular post may be a bit late as I'm on hols for a few weeks and after having my seat kicked to shit on a plane for 9 hours doesn't put me in the mood to write a post so yeah. Time to watch the end of the golf. Well lets face it theres fuck all else on. 

A busy week ahead

Sorry I haven't posted recently its been a busy weekend for myself. The squad left for Malaysia on friday with Sami Nasri which means that he has time away from all of the British press so to say, they'll all be there but the chances of him picking up a copy of well pretty much anything once they hit China is slim at best. This gives him time to enjoy himself with teammates and give Wenger time to have talks with him without his shit-prick of an agent butting in. Cesc was left behind which has only fueled speculation about his future but he has a muscle problem. Of course the Catalan papers have put it nicely that he refused to go which clearly isn't the case. Along with him bizzarely Bendtner and Almunia have been left out which suggests that they won't be at the club next season.

Onto more transfer talk and now a player coming in. Now the Arsenal site hasn't broken this yet but Arsene has said in his press conference that we have signed Gervinho, which suggests that he has signed but they are ironing out one or two things. So I'm sure it will appear on the site later on. In the same conference he also said that Cesc and Nasri will be Arsenal players next season, read into that what you will.

As I'm sure many of you are aware, we have made our interest in Stuart Downing noted. Really? Downing? I can't understand this one and personally I think he's a pile of shit but this hasn't stopped Villa putting a £20m price tag on him. Lets hope that their vows to keep him will be kept or he can go to the scousers just as long as he doesn't come here. There has been no more news on Juan Mata and I see a move now being very unlikely but there is plenty of time left. Cahill and Samba talk has calmed as well.
  

Speculation of a Bendtner move is now growing with £9m being suggested from Sporting Lisbon and Dortmund. I'd be very happy to accept £9m from either club to be honest as I've grown weary of the worlds best player and the inevitable groans from the Emirates crowd when his name is read over the tannoy. Another thing about the tannoy while its come up I'm not a fan of the system they've implimented over previous seasons where we all shout the players last name. It started out as fun but in a game where I've lost all motivation to shout its really not what I want to be doing. 

Thats about it for today I'll keep you posted should anything important happen but I'm afraid I wont bother reporting on the game against the Malaysia XI on Wednesday. I'll leave that open for your interpretation. Have a good week.

Gael Clichy moves to Man City

Apologies for not breaking this last night, I was watching Derren Brown fuck with people's mind's in London, very good show if anyone is thinking about it. Anyway so it was finally confirmed last night after weeks of speculation that Gael Clichy has gone Man City for an undisclosed fee. Those of you have been following will remember that I already stated that I thought he had to go so I'm quite happy to see him go.

But the questions are now being asked as to whether we invest in a new left back or whether we let Gibbs fill in full time. Now I personally don't think, at the moment, Gibbs is ready to fill in full time but the main problem is he is one of the most injury prone players out there, so I think we need to buy a top drawer replacement. That is just my view there are many people that say he needs to be given games and so on. We'll have to see what Wenger does, if anything.

Nasri seems to be on his way, what way exactly is anybodies fucking guess. I can't see him staying now cause obviously if he wanted too he would have signed. But as I've said time and time again about him, if he wants to go because of money then he isn't the sort of player we want at the club. Reports suggest a deal could be done by the end of the week but I can see this being a drawn our, messy situation. The way Nasri has treated everyone at the club has been incredibly disrespectful and should by some chance he stay, I don't think anyone at The Emirates will be as fond of him as we all were.

The latest on Fabregas, well I say the latest on it but its been the same story for the whole of the summer, Barcelona line up bid, deal to be done by the end of the week. Until i see anything concrete I'm not believing anything. Interestingly Cesc was back for pre-season yesterday dispelling the idea that he was gonna boycott pre-season prep. I agree with the Arseblogger on this one, that just isn't the sort of player Cesc is, he does respect the club and deep down he loves Arsenal, as much as a move back to his home land is tempting.

Finally today, I was watching an interview with Kenny Sansom, who I have met and spoke with before and he seems to be thinking if we lose these 3 players (one being Clichy!!) we're basically fucked beyond all belief. Now I do think this is going over the top, a squad is 25 people not 3, admittedly our squad of 25 involves the likes of Denilson but still. Wenger isn't an idiot he knows if they go we need to do business and from what I hear on the grapevine we are already involved in business. So much like last time we spoke I heard Kenny and found myself thinking "Really?"

That's it for now I'll keep you all posted. Enjoy the sun.

Sky Sources: Man City close to signing Nasri and Clichy

I was going to write today about an Arsenal source talking about us signing Cahill and I will touch on that in a bit. But I'm starting with the news that Man City are closing in on signing Samir Nasri and Gael clichy. This story has literally just been broadcast on SSN. The report suggests they are going to offer £20m and to be totally honest if its true we should take it. You must remember this is player who is on the last year of his contract and is stalling over a new deal due to money. If he is motivated by money then he is certainly going to the right place with Shake man-I'm-a-spoilt-rich-cunt-suer throwing money at things to please himself. But as many people have stated including myself, he had a good 6 month spell and we all got a bit caught up in Nasri fever, but really he hasn't shown that he is a tried and tested performer. To top that off we'll also make a cool profit on him.

When I look at Nasri now I see a player who has 1) let success get to his head and 2) has let his agent convince him he really is that good. The term money talks is a certainly true when it comes to Nasri who was stalling over an extra 20k a week, Man City are reportedly offering him an extra 90k a week taking his salary to an eye watering 180k. Now I don't think I'm alone here when I say that he is not worth that, so best of luck to city with that and once again not letting the squad gel and settle will be their downfall.

As for Clichy I couldn't give two shits where he goes. In earlier posts I said he was past it and I stand by that, he hasn't been at his best for seasons now. As much as it pains me to say it, when we let that money grabbing arsehole Ashley Cole go, we lost the best left back in the world. Clichy stepped in for a while but in recent seasons his touch has gone and I think its time we all went seperate ways. No fee has been mentioned for him but I would assume its between the 5-8m mark.

However there was talk of players moving the other way. Now who exactly would we want from their squad? well in a perfect world I'd like Yaya Toure but we all know that won't happen, no doubt we'll be offered some two bob defender or midfielder such as Kompany. So lets look at it this way is £25m about the right price for Nasri and Clichy? Well yes an no. Yes in the situation we are in where Nasri has a year left on his contract and isn't going to sign a new one and in Clichy's current form he isn't worth much. No in the sense that Nasri is certainly a talent and when Andy Carrol commands £35m then Nasri commands more than £25m on his own. But such is life and football.

Onto what I was actually going to post about. An "Arsenal" source yesterday said that we were going to move in on Gary Cahill, now many people have doubted whether Wenger will pay the £17m that they want including myself. But reports suggest that we will pay his get out clause and then offer them a player, namely bentfoot. Now this may sound stupid but it may have more support than you'd think. They have lost Elmander who has moved to Galatasaray and Bendtner could be his replacement so we shall see what develops.

That's it for now but be sure to check back and I'll keep you updated on the Nasri/Clichy saga and anything else that happens. Remember we follow a club not a player...

Nasri, Gervinho and others

The news seems to be that Samir is interested in United, OK we all knew that and reports today suggest that United are prepared to table a bid of around £10m. Now that to me seems like a complete piss take. When you consider that Henderson went to Liverpool for £20m and Jones to United for £12m. Nasri is easily better than both of these players so £10m is a low, low offer and people say "Yeah but they're young and English", that may well be the case but it doesn't neccessarily make them good, England haven't won a World Cup in decades (Now I've said this the U21's will probably win the Euros). But if this news is correct then its smart play from United's camp. A bastard for us, but smart from them. They know he's deliberating over what to do and this means that he won't be happy staying so £10m is low but as we're in the current situation we may end up considering it.

However as I said in my last blog, if he doesn't want to stay for the sake of an extra 20k a week then he can fuck off. We don't want players who are motivated by money, we want players who want to win and have the capability to help us. It also appears that Clichy may well be off to Liverpool for around £5m, taking all into account not a bad price and its been on the cards for a while now. Although I've been blowing Gibbs' trumpet all season I'm hoping Wenger will dig into the money pot and buy a solid left back as I do think we need one.

Now the story was broken yesterday by Arseblog that we have engaged in talks with Lille over both Eden Hazard (what a name) and Gervinho. Now of course these aren't defenders but Lille did win both Ligue 1 and the French Cup (I know right!) so they would both be welcome players. But they are two of Lille's instrumental players so whether they'll be willing to let them go for the price we offer is a totally different question.

Reports today also suggest we are interested in the young lad Oxlade-Chamberlain. Now don't get me wrong the 17 year old is a good player and certainly has a bright future but is he really what we need at this precise moment. Not really however this being said he does sound like a typical Arsenal signing, young and with plenty of potential. Should we sign him then I would imagine Wenger will keep him locked away giving him plenty of reserve team play time or even loan him out which I suppose would be a good thing. All game time is good game time and all that.

I'll finish today with an interview I saw on Sky Sports News with Djorou. Now as regular readers know I've been his biggest critic this season by a long way but he said that we need to strengthen the defence and that he is prepared to fight for his place. Now he may have caused us some problems and cost us some goals but its nice to see someone who actually has a desire to better himself as a footballer and not a desire to piss of for an extra £20k a week. No prizes for guessing who that was directed at. If anything big happens I'll be sure to post but until next time, enjoy this fine weather!

Transfer Talk

Sorry this post is late, I've had a busy weekend. So this morning it appears Nasri hasn't committed himself to Arsenal. Well its not really that surprising and after reading into it and thinking I began to see where a few people were coming from. Basically Nasri has us on the ropes, he knows that we could be in trouble could a few other big players go and as he had a good season he can put the pressure on us with the threat of his departure. According to others his agent is a wanker who looks only for the money so he may be under his instruction to say what he said but he has a brain between his ears and it may have hurt a few Arsenal fans. At the end of the day if he is motivated by money then we don't want that sort of player so if he wants to leave so be it. Yes he's had a good season but not had good SEASON'S. We aren't looking at a player who consistently plays world class football and has done for 6 or 7 seasons.

In other news we've been linked with 2 strikers: Benzema and Gervinho. Both are good, obviously Benzema is the better if the two but I see 3 issues with these players. Firstly they are strikers, we need to sure up the defence, if Wenger can't get this through his head then he really has lost it. Secondly with our current set up how exactly would they slot in, unless we lose a current midfielder which in all honesty wouldn't surprise me. But finally can we really see Wenger buying either of these, really?

On another note we've added to the 2 Barcelona 16 year old's that we've signed with one of the biggest names of the season, Kristoffer Olsson. That's right the 15 year old Swede. And people say Wenger has changed his ways. But as always with Arsenal, speculation is rife as to who Wenger really has his eyes on. Until we are linked with an achievable target who is a solid defender it will be hard for the die hard Arsenal fans to get properly excited.

I also so in the papers that Gallas in his normal big headed way has come out and said that Wenger was wrong to get rid of him. Sorry William just what the fuck have you actually done this season?? Hmmm? Thought so. To be perfectly honest I never did like his attitude, always thought he was better than he was (Bendtner syndrome) and always thought he commanded more power at the club than he did. He also stated that its too easy for us all to blame him for our problems. I don't know anyone who blamed him for our problems cause he made no impact. So the usual shit spewing from his mouth about us.

So that's pretty much it for today, I'll try to keep everyone posted should anything interesting happen in terms of news or transfers but we're in the lull between seasons end and the main dealing during the height of the summer.