Right its a month until the car boot sale of football starts and I have dedicated myself to some of the insane transfer rumours that we are subjected to in order to get hits or sell bad papers!

Sunday, always a good day for rubbish given that the papers obviously feel that Saturday is a good day for totally making things up.

Podolski to Arsenal (£12m) - I rate him and think he would be a great piece of business if....

Bendtner to Spartak Moskow (£5m) - I think Bendts is worth more than that given his potential

Gallas to Anywhere (£ever falling (by new year I could probably afford him)) - Apparently the board want him out with PSG and AC being the top calls at the moment. Oh and the spuds want him in some sort of Sol Campbell revenge, thing is Sol was an Arsenal legend but Gallas is pretty unpopular. I know Totts what you should do is sign Fab then we will be angry, good luck.

Cesc to Barca - Apparently Arsenal are worried about him signing a contract (his one that expires in 2014 is not good enough)

Fairly dull pickings but If you hear any leave them here and this will develop into the Heat Magazine for Men!

I give Bendtner a real slating then he scores the winner with what can only be described as a couple of good touches then....a good finish! On his current form who could have guessed that he was capable of that! To be fair that was about his only useful contribution after you consider all the blind alley runs and the bad passes.

1-0 was a good result in what would appear to have been a pretty dull match. so I don't want to dwell on it, It is all about the game on Sunday.

There will be a post regarding the new CEO, I have just seen the interview and am yet to really form a view on him but it looks like he might actually be a Gooner...new David Dein?

I have just seen that Arsenal have not managed to fill their away ticket allocation for the match against Chavski. I struggle to beleive that considering the noise our away fans make. I would kill to go to a games against the top four, It just seems a shame. We really do need to fill every games especially in the new era for the squad.

I don't know why the tickets haven't sold but it puts a lot of pressure on the team knowing they are underperforming to the extent that people will not travel across London to see them. Please fans make some noise for the empty seats, cheer every tackle, ole every pass, boo A cole, ummm don't do that I'm sure hes a lovely bloke who cheats on his boyhood club and wife. I have 40,000 places to wait for my season ticket and am hoping that I will get it soon but not at the cost of being the only person in the stadium!

BUT WAIT....

It says that the tickets are sold out on the Arsenal website? obviously there is some lying somewhere?

Chavs can't be trusted!

I am firmly of the opionion that Nick Bendtner has been weak this season. You could go as far as saying that he has been really dredful. Someone recently made a comment saying I was too hard on him.

I have decided to justify this with a list of reasons.

-He has made 7 starts and 3 sub appearances (he has had more than just injury time) this season in the league and only scored 1 goal.

-He looks really uncomfortable on the ball and his passing has been poor at 64% completion rate this is the lowest in the squad (other than Almunia and his goal kicks (not saying they are bad but no one always wins the headers)).

- Despite his size, massive, he has not been good in the air. the number of opportunities he totally misses is too high for a giant.

- There have been too many total fluffs, it would be OK if he was just unlucky but it isn't as if he has rattled the post 25 times, more a case of oh he should have done better.

- He has attempted to make 2 tackles this season, fair enough he is an attacking player but RvP has made 700% more and he is very slight.



He has had 2 assists (not exactly setting the world alight but better than nothing), I always think assists for a lot of stikers come from a lack of confidence unless they are playing the second striker role (RvP, Dennis type of players)> Bendtner is obviously running on empty at the moment. He has been decent in the Carling Cup and I think that he will develop into a decent player but I think a spell against lesser opposition (the reserves) would be good for him to build up his morale.

Dropping the age card is no excuse for poor form, he has played for Denmark 22 times. Age is only a number he is a year younger than our captain!

Lose the pink boots though unless they are for chariety or a bet!
Just to clarify I like the bloke I think he has potential and I hope he does get good but at the moment I would rather have Simpson or Vela up front. I think Vela and Bendtner work well together but that won't happen in the league unless there is an injury to RvP and Ade at the same time.

If I am wrong comment!

If he loves the club...Piers Moron should just cut all his ties to the club. To be honest I think he is more of a Chelski fan with his lack of morals. Having read a couple of his articals (and accepted that they are dump) I have come to the conclusion that he is looking to be Arsenal's next manager. He said that we have had a season of "awful performances" (obviously didn't see the Bolton, United and Porto games), I can accept that we have been embarrassing in a number of games and I have also been critical of Wenger this season but I have been objective and logical with my critisism unlike this ummm, there isn't even a word for him!

"Its Wengers fault for letting Gilberto, Hleb and Flamini go in the summer" Piers, they didn't want to stay, oh and Hleb and Gilberto were poor last season, Flamini was just stupid! He has also claimed that Cashely is a "real man", I think this is proof that Morgan really is the scum (someone who illegally speaks to a rival club, runs away purely for money and cheats on his wife is the life Moron wants!). If he was still at the Mirror (or what ever crap red top he was at(the more I know about him the more I hate)) I am convinced he would have sold out his love of the club to make up romours about Gallas and the in-fighting.

I think its time Arsenal and Piers parted company (Wenger can stay though!). I have heard the stories about Bin Laden being a fan but I think Moron is even more hated than him. If you have any self respect go and support Spurs.

You RAT.

Right we are playing the Ukrainians again and hoping for more than a draw. This is a game that is must win for so many reasons! Most importantly I want us to win the group so I can go on a European jolly for the first leg, the second leg just isn't as much fun!

It is the return of Gallas. This will be interesting to see how the fans respond to him. I think Arsene is going to be right in the end and it might just help him focus. If he does play badly he might get a hard time from both sets of fans against Chavski.

We really need a win for confidence leading to the game against the second scummiest team in London.

I think the lineup will be

Almunia
Hotye
Silvestre
Gallas
Clichy
Diaby (wasted on the right wing)
Denilson
Cesc "SKIPPER and NEW MR ARSENAL" Fabregas
Vela?
RvP
Bendtner (wasted on the pitch)

I am making a plea to get Nick to take his pink boots off, they are obviously dazzling him when he looks down at the ball, that's the best excuse I can come up with for him being filled with woe at the moment!

RED ARMY to win 3-1 but I would equally enjoy a defensive 1-0 masterclass.

I am not sure about the selection of our Spanish wonderkid as captain. On the one hand he loves the club even though a moronic tabaloid will every so often chuck out a story when Ronaldo stories are short. I think that Cesc will lead the club well but I also think that there are problems with this call. The role of captain is normally given to a senior player and I think it could have a bit of an effect on morale for players like Toure and maybe Almunia.

As Arsene said "there will be leaders all over the pitch". This is simalar to the Clive Woodward approach, where he selected about 4 leaders in the team. It could well be a good idea to adopt an almost military hierachy to give a number of players responsibility for their section of the team. For example having say a defence captain (Kolo) who is in charge of organising the defence as an expert and the defenders come to him with problems. This will take some of the burden of being a captain and help Cesc focus on his game.

Arsenal have a number of legends already from the 00's - Adams and Bergkamp are obviously the real club heroes with a slightly lower rank with players like Henry (he will never be as loved as Bergkamp). I think this is the opportunity for Cesc to prove that although he isn't exactly a North London boy he can still be one of the fans all time favourites.

A new start is going to be greatly appreciated. It is going to be interesting to hear the fans reaction to Gallas tomorrow night. Just remember he is volotile (chavski own-goal threat)! I don't know if Gooners will forgive him?

Good Luck Cesc!

I am not sure about the selection of our Spanish wonderkid as captain. On the one hand he loves the club even though a moronic tabaloid will every so often chuck out a story when Ronaldo stories are short. I think that Cesc will lead the club well but I also think that there are problems with this call. The role of captain is normally given to a senior player and I think it could have a bit of an effect on morale for players like Toure and maybe Almunia.

As Arsene said "there will be leaders all over the pitch". This is simalar to the Clive Woodward approach, where he selected about 4 leaders in the team. It could well be a good idea to adopt an almost military hierachy to give a number of players responsibility for their section of the team. For example having say a defence captain (Kolo) who is in charge of organising the defence as an expert and the defenders come to him with problems. This will take some of the burden of being a captain and help Cesc focus on his game.

Arsenal have a number of legends already from the 00's - Adams and Bergkamp are obviously the real club heroes with a slightly lower rank with players like Henry (he will never be as loved as Bergkamp). I think this is the opportunity for Cesc to prove that although he isn't exactly a North London boy he can still be one of the fans all time favourites.

A new start is going to be greatly appreciated. It is going to be interesting to hear the fans reaction to Gallas tomorrow night. Just remember he is volotile (chavski own-goal threat)! I don't know if Gooners will forgive him?

Good Luck Cesc!

Arsene agrees with the 37% percent of readers who voted for Cesc as leader - more proof that he reads the blog??

I am delighted for him and it will be interesting to see if he can turn his current form round and lead by example! Arsenals second youngest captain and lets just hope he can be just like the first...TONY ADAMS.

The question is was Cesp picked to keep him at the club?

If you told Manu at the beginning of last season by now he would have played almost every game and captained the team for a couple of the games, he would probably slapped you with his massive goal keeping hands. In this time of finger pointing and moaning it is important to take a step back and look at the things that are going right.



Almunia has been on of the top 5 goalkeepers in the last 2 seasons with only one real dodgy period (the spurs game) other than that he has been rock solid. Not only that he also seems to be a nice guy, Theo thinks he is wicked and I think he has taken the father figure role at the club. You know the one Gallas should have done!

Given the situation with him shining the pine for a couple of seasons, I also think he is a good role model to a number of players in the squad showing that there are chances to break into the first team and to be patient and force yourself into the team.

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I have been very hard on Denilson recently. I want this to be known that this is through no dislike of the wee Brazilian. Last season I had high hopes for him especially after watching him score a wondergoal against the Geordies in the Carling Cup. In an attempt to improve quality I am considering my abuse in what could be a total U-turn!

The foundation for my abuse was his horific performance against Fulham when he and Eboue played in the centre of the park both looking totally lost against a weak opposition. I also think that his relationship with Fabregas is not good enough due to the lack of size between the 2 of them and this means that neither of them can play their natural game.


Wenger discribed Denilson as a mix between Rosicky and Gilberto, personally I cannot see what elements of Gilberto's game he has. Although Flamini was not a giant he was a scrapper and Denilson just looks too small and not strong enough. He is undoubtedly a great young player, this is obvious when you look at his Brazilian international CV.


I think Denilson is a direct substitute for Fabregas. Having recently looked at the Actim player ratings he comes 6th overall, this was a massive surprise to me. I don't understand why I am watching every game I can and missing all of his good things?


In a genuine plea to help me understand why he is good can people leave comments explaining why he is good?

It has got to the stage where I am beginning to regret abusing Spurs fans (obviously just for their bottom of the league game). Call it what you will, a slump in form, a team who hate each other, a horrific spell for the Gunners. Who really cares what it is called they are just words. I'm afraid there are going to be more words.

GallasGate is obviously a massive excuse for what can only be described as a horrific loss to an under-par (never really understood that because under par is a good thing in golf!) City team. I listened to the game on ATVO so didn't have a chance to see the full 90 mins which I consider to be a good thing. I have just watched the online highlights and have come to the conclusion that there were none. It could have just been the final whistle.

I have been trying to look at things in a positive light and we may have had 9 players out for yesterdays game but 2 of those players we havent had all year, Eboue is rubbish and Toure has been on zero form, you can't use a suspension as an excuse either so that rules Cesc out, so effectively we were missing Ade and Theo from the line-up.

Ade has just been a big greedy goal hanger this season with his work ethic having gone out of the window and RvP's following but on how DREADFUL Bendtner has been this season I would have picked Luke Freeman, Eduardo 2 weeks after the legbreak crutches and cast, Jay Simpson, Carlos Vela, Wilshere out of position and maybe even Fabianski ahead of the dopey Dane. I could give a list like that one regarding players I would pick ahead of Denilson but I just don't have the energy. Even if we did so do Chavski and they aren't losing against poor teams, they might have a Russian billionaire but his chance to expand the team was there and he didn’t take it. There are so many areas that are bare-bones, if Clichy gets injured what happens? in an Arsene magic moment will he decide that Diaby can play at leftback as well? We have no obvious cover for Walcott and look naked without his pace and width that he offers.

I have been bitterly disappointed regarding Arsene Wenger's approach to this awful month. I would expect the Frenchman to respect Arsenal fans enough to keep them in the picture and not stick his head in the sand. I waited to hear his press conference only to hear him duck out of any questions and just the standard, "aaa we showed great spirit" that comes up every week, word in your ear Mr Wenger...we DIDN'T.

Although I think a slip in form is due for every team once in a while I wish it had been last season or next season, just not now! I think it will be good for the younger players in terms of building their experience, ONLY if it is handled well by the manager. There is a need to prove that there is enough competition for places, a complacent bad team would be a nightmare.

I am looking forward to Eduardo getting back. Judging by the picture of him used to advertise the personalised prints on the Arsenal website it looks like he has just smashed Paul Merson and David Platt in a pie eating contest!

Wenger has almost categorically said that he will not be bringing anyone in because of the economic situation. obviously I have interpreted this using my "Wenger Euphemism Degree" which I got from the lifetime school of Arsenal Supporting. It looks like a pretty frustrating season of nothingness. Will we turn into spurs?

I have been trying to keep up with this media frenzy and crisis we are under. However I don't have the ability to read every contradicting artical, there is just not enough time!

Apparently Gallas has been sacked from captain, apparently not who knows...Its a shame the game isn't on TV. I really want Arsene to put the Carling Cup side out against City just to prove to the squad that no one is safe and no one has the shirt guarenteed. I would pick Sagna in that team because he has been quietly going about his business and playing well.

I think the squad have lost their respect for Wenger and that is dangerous. No one thinks they will be dropped. There are going to be stories flying about about everything but the truth is nothing is going to happen. The transfer market will be stagnant and there could be some real bargains for man city picking off our good players!

Now as people have probably gathered I have very little time for Gallas, I think he is a bit of a corey. I think aspects of his leadership have been good like taking the under 18s to see 50 Cent (personally I would rather die but I'm not a brap footballer). I also thought he did well going around all the players the other day when there was an injury and I assume motivating them.

I am going to have to move to the negatives now. I shan't bore you with the standard crap about Bham and smoking cos its well, umm boring. I am going to focus on the greed and selfishness of the man. I have looked at the comments he made and I suspect it is purely based on his forthcoming "auto"biography written by someone like my mate Jamie's mum. I know how these books work, she told me. They are a load of rubbish. The way things go with sportsmen now I am surprised Gallas hasn't released 7 copies by now since he is in his 30s. I think it is disgraceful that he would rat out his team mates for a couple of copies. I also think its a joke because all the Arsenal fans just think he is a Chavski boy anyway since he goes out on the lash with them (see the smoking thing but beware its boring!).

I really miss the defensive glory days of Senderos and Toure. I don't know if we will ever see their glory like in the CL final reaching days. but I would pick Song and Djourourourou any day at the moment. They seem to actually want to protect us from conceding which is becoming increasingly important since our strikers refuse to score goals!

Things have been getting increasingly hard to swallow this season. I have decided to compile a list of what is upsetting me, just so you know I have started to use the blog to vent spleen.

1, Wengers "we have a big enough and strong enough squad" is WRONG! Not even close.

2, Our fans are fickle and just do the first thing the tabaloids tell them to do. It's madness people, these morons know how to sell papers and you are buying it. "Crisis at Arsenal"? ummm what about spurs being bottom of the league? That was a crisis!

3, Injuries keep occuring and it is deeply troubling me. We need more depth. Oh another thing...we are more suseptable to injuries if Wenger keeps moaning about people being too violent.

4, The selection policy is hopeless, it would seem that form is not something Arsene has heard about. If you have a reputation you are in and you ain't going nowhere! Bendtner has been the best case of this he has done nothing right in the last 3 games, his touch is dredful and he has no composure and it would appear that he isn't exactly popular in the squad, Vela on the other hand has been pretty special and will not play more than 30 mins in a real game.

5, Our youth team give more of a damn than our current team. Worrying signs.

6, RvP has just got a new massive contract for doing what exactly? I hardly think having to pay a lot over £50,000 a week to keep the physio chair warm is good money spent I shall do it for free!

I don't want Arsene to leave like a lot of the idiot but I do want him to buck up his ideas and strengthen the squad and actually help us acheive our potential. Oh and winning something would be nice too!

We have to avoid decent football for some micky mouse crap friendly that has about our only performing player injured for at least a month? it MENTAL...I HATE the England national team, the consistant losers are just ruining the game!

Oh and just quietly we are royally screwed. Arsene just play the kids they are the only ones who care

I remember the days of this dreaded formation last season. It made me think i wanted to stick things in my eyes as the only thing worse than a striker wasting chances is a striker wasting chances on his own. Admittedly we were only playing a 4-5 becase Bendtner didn't show up.

I don't think 4-5-1 is the best formation for us because a lot of our play relies on forward runs diverting defenders (Nasri's second goal). With only one upfront then it is going to be difficult to draw defenders out of the game unless midfielder make the runs. If we are to play the formation then I think it will work best with Eduardo playing as the striker because without a doubt he is the most clinical and it would appear that he reads the game well.

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I would just like to draw your attention to my last post where I said "2-1 Arsenal today...I promise". I would just like to say I wouldn't break that promise to you!

I was so nervous after we scored the first goal and the second goal didn't help (after the S**rs game we need a 3 goal cushion). I thought it was a great performance by 7 of our starting team. It is difficult to pick out players for praise but Nasri looked very good and more goals like that will have him being accused of being the new Pires. Clichy was getting into those good attacking areas something he has been somewhat reluctant to do the last couple of games. Fabregas looked sharp for about the first time in the season.

On a different note...I thought Denilson did very little and am begining to think he is a waste of a place in the team. I would rather have Ramsey because at least he is a fighter, I wasn't sure about him until the midweek match but now I say its nice, I like.

I thought Bendtner was hopeless, he did nothing. I have been trying to say that he could be a gem but it turns out what Ade said against Spurs was true! He wasted every chance he should have passed with half of them and I don't think I have seen a display as bad for Arsenal this season since Denilson against Fulham. We are dangerously short of strikers, I think we only have Ade, Bendt and Eduardo (RvP should be left mid).

I have to pick my mother up from the airport and will miss the Wigan match...got to love Sky + and cutting ones self off from all news throughout the evening. I forgot the death threats given to people who know the result!


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1Having had a look at Wikipedia the world source of everything. Its wicked for finding stuff out about players and stats! I have seen that Mr Flamini has blown it bigtime. I feel sorry for the lad. He was made by Wenger then ditched the team. I don't blame him thats football. It was obvious that he needed to be replaced and surely that must happen in Jan. From his point of view he has played a bit of a stinker because he has played 2 games and what he probably hasn't realised that his appearance fees for us would have probably meant that he was going to get paid more in London! Sorry Matt you blew it for everyone you could have been loved but now people just think your a sellout.

2-1 Arsenal today...I promise, sort of!


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I have always been a big fan of the BBC sport website even when they tried to fix it when it wasn't broken...bloody idiots. I have been reading their Arsenal articals and always thought that they were never very positive towards the Gooners. There has been a bomb dropped by the little man who wrote this pointless artical http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7715916.stm.

The line that upset me was "Arsenal used to play at Highbury and moved across north London to the Emirates Stadium". I like most Arsenal supporters have had to totally rethink my journey to see the Gooners since the days of Highbury (RIP). The 200 yards difference has meant choosing which tube stop to get off at has been a nightmare. Recently I have subscribed to Sky Sports and a temporary Setanta Internet subscription but my Internet is dire so I cancelled that and apart from the insufferable comments of Andy Gray (take a bow of my TV screen you moron) I am delighted to be rid of Alan Green and Mark Lawrenson. Although I think Alan Hansen is a good pundit he is definitely not on our side. The only Arsenal pundit is Lee Dixon who is REALLY REALLY BORING.

It is time for the BBC to make up their mind and explain to everyone why they support Man U even though their manager won't speak to you. Oh and why you dislike a club as fine as ours? I pay for your rubbish. Justify it. Oh and take some responsibility for your editing. Why should Ross, Brand and Clarkson take the heat for your lack of censorship.

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Playing an attacking team will be a good test for the defence I just want a good team performance and not some awful hybrid team something good please Arsene. The fans are doubting him which is quick and foolish! he holds the answers he just wants to save them!

4-2 to the Gooners Bendtner and can't predict the others don't know who will play!!



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Last week was a real stinker and we all hope we can get a positive result against the stain on Manchester. This Champs league match is pretty much a free game in order to try and restore some confidence and some defensive normality. I think it is pivotal to the Arsenal team that two partnerships are forged rapidly. The first is that of Song and Djourou at centre back and equally important the partnership of Vela and Bendtner.

I think the RvP and Adebayor partnership is pretty hopeless. The key problem is why RvP is always pushed out onto the right which isn't great since he is one of the most one footed players in the world! I am convinced his best position for Arsenal would be on the left side of midfield - playing a Bobby Pires roll. More importantly I think Vela and Bendtner have real chemistry and work off each other very well and it would be great to see them against some decent opposition.

I think that if we are to make inroads Wenger needs to play players on form not reputation like he does so vermently

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I think the team for today is going to be quite young, I can see starts for Vela, Ramsey and in an ideal world Wilshere! I think a European start for these young players would be good for growth and also rest some of the key underperformers. I would like to see Song and Djourourourourou get a start at CB against an attacking team to see if they can cope. It could be looked at as a game to secure qualification and then Carling Cup it I don't know though, selection has been erratic!

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Just for the record I would not wish an injury on any Arsenal play but I am trying to make the best of a horrific week. Adebayor has been pretty average this season. He has scored a couple of goals but other than that he has been lazy and wasteful, a bargain at what i predict has cost us this season £800,000 already this season.

It would appear that Wenger has some sort of mental block about dropping any of his key players (Eboue, Gallas, Denilson and Ade) who have been SHOCKING as of late. Bendtner has not really had much of a chance yet and I predict that he will have to score 80 goals to keep his place before Ade stroles back into the side.

Nikki B please prove your worth to us this week and put some positive pressure on Arsene!

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Fair enough Stoke were pretty physical but what do you expect? newly promoted sides usually are. It has happened so many times before and will happen a number of time in future probably a lot this season. Physical strength is an Arsenal weakness its obvious but as soon as Wenger starts whinging about it in press conferences and interviews does he really think that will solve the problem? I think it might just build it up a bit more and teams will go in hard when they play us. I also think the injuries to Theo and Ade did not affect the result. Neither were making much of an impact. Arsene is coming under fire from some pretty fickle fans and I do support him but football is all about evolution and the Arsenal team needs to evolve rapidly or we are screwed.

The problem is that at the moment our Carling Cup side is probably better than our senior team. With defensive woes and midfield mediocrity a number of these players need a rocketing. If we don't defend properly against Man U we are going to be ruined.

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When the team isn't firing and things are looking bleak (well inconsistent) and there is a lot of anger being thrown around it is easy to take for granted the amount of effort Arsenal FC do to keep the fans involved. Sadly one thing that has frustrated me was the long wait to hear about the fitness of Adebayor and more importantly Theo. apparently Walcott should be back for man u, Ade will be longer. It was really quite stressful not knowing about injuries and its something I feel that Arsenal could improve on.

On the positive side...I am really enjoying the live reserve games on Arsenal TV, I have the online package and it is a good service (even with my dodgey internet cutting out every 5 mins). I feel that the games are getting more publicity and it would be interesting to know how many people watch, The highlight of last nights game (other than Bischoffs belter) was the lone fan screaming chants for the whole game...good work!


KEEP THE HISTORY GOING!
A petition to change the names of the Emirates stands to something meaningful and representative of our rich history. If you haven't already, have a click on http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/22991.html it takes under a minute to sign and you won't get pestered with emails or abused by spam, you don't even have to register! Cheers!

I think the biggest problem with the Stoke match was that the team were trying to be something that they are not. I was surprised by the formation and not surprised it didn't work. I think the squad is so attack minded that playing a defensive team is just going to cause problems for the players. I am also surprised that the players who were "rotated" were the ones who were good against Spurs. This was lunacy. If we need such a dodgey rotation policy then surely the squad needs strengthening. I am a massive believer in the Arsene Wenger school of thought but it has got to the stage where he has made a rod for his own back with selection and transfers. I also think Denilson has to do something this week he hasn't been of late and it is deeply upsetting me when Diaby/Ramsey/Bischoff/Wilshere/Song could be playing his role significantly better, Denilson is not a defensive midfielder!


KEEP THE HISTORY GOING!
A petition to change the names of the Emirates stands to something meaningful and representative of our rich history. If you haven't already, have a click on http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/22991.html it takes under a minute to sign and you won't get pestered with emails or abused by spam, you don't even have to register! Cheers!

Right another go at plugging this. From the names I have so far we have people signing up from all over the world (Australia, Kenya) but some even as far as SCOTLAND! If this is the first time you are reading about this we are trying to get every self respecting Gooner to get the names of the stands changed to something more historic than a generic color, there isn't even a red quadrant! signing up takes about a minute and leave a comment if you want about stand names! We need to keep Gooner history or we will become as cultural as the Chavski!

Cheers

there is the link...

http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/22991.html

Hello fine blog readers.

I'm pushing the petition for the naming of the stands again. It has been a disappointing start for what I consider to be a very valid cause. Unless your flatmate is downloading copious amounts of pornography (or videos of Dennis Bergkamp both have the same pleasing effect) it takes under a minute. The plan is to get the petition to the club by Christmas because it will be a long drawn out affair getting it all sorted out so the sooner the ball gets rolling the better. I hope people agree.

Cheers

there is the link!

http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/22991.html

Lineup

Manuel Almunia
Bacary Sagna
Kolo Toure
Mikael Silvestre
Gael Clichy
Alexandre Song
Denilson
Cesc Fabregas
Abou Diaby
Emmanuel Adebayor
Nicklas Bendtner

Bench

Lukasz Fabianski
Carlos Vela
Aaron Ramsey
Johan Djourou
Theo Walcott
Robin Van Persie
Samir Nasri

Now I am pretty surpised by the lineup, it would appear that all of the players who had stinkers have managed to keep their places. The players who played well have been benched. On current form the sharpest midfielder is Diaby who has played about 90 mins in the last 4 months. I'm afraid Gooners we are not going to be scoring 20 goals. I really hoped Vela and Bendtner would start that is going to be exciting very soon.

Remember people sign the petition http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/22991.html you don't have to register or anything its easy it will take 1 minute absolute tops!

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We Need Your Help!

The Emirates Stadium is a spectacular football ground. It is what Arsenal FC deserves for a superb group of supporters and successful team. The trouble with a new stadium especially when moving from a ground such as Highbury is the loss of some of the history. Many Arsenal fans dislike the coloured quadrant system.

There have been questions asked about the atmosphere at the new ground and it could be linked with it not feeling like home yet. It is proposed that the stands/quadrants are named in order to celebrate the clubs glorious history. Where would you rather have your season ticket the Orange Quadrant or the Chapman End? This petition also asks that the fans (who make this great club what it is) have some sort of say in the naming of the stands. This could be done through a members vote from the clubs shortlist.

The fans need to speak up on this one. We can make a difference to the stadium and not be in the Violet Quadrant. It is really impersonal...you never know there might well be a new North Bank! I am going to plug this like mad and probably annoy people but as long as you all vote then it will all be good. Obviously its more for the real game going fans!

http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/22991.html