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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger responded to speculation that he had made Jack Wilshere unavailable for internatinoal duty unnecessarily.

The press had been suggesting that Wenger had ruled the player out for selfish reasons, but the Frenchman denies such claims.

“England can see him – we have nothing to hide,” said Wenger. “He will not be available for Munich, for Swansea and not for England. I noticed in the last two games he had to dig deep because he played 28 games. For us, it is a big blow, but maybe for him it is not too bad that he has a little breather on the injury itself. It is more about prevention.” .......Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger has spoken out ahead of tonight’s crunch Champions League tie against Bayern Munich, knowing the team need to score at least 3 goals to stand a chance of qualifying for the next round.

Bayern defender Daniel van Buyten claimed his side were extremely confident of eliminating Arsenal this week, leading the Arsenal manager to respond by saying: “If I was in your position, I would doubt we can do it as well.

“Bayern has made a big impression in the first game – an impression of authority and security. We have to create the doubt in their mind and that will only come if we believe. .......Read the full article here

Calling all TRUE Gooners

Quite a bit of time has passed since the last article I wrote, and I apologize to those who didn’t mind reading them. To be honest, I stopped posting because it was getting nauseating reading the ever increasing influx of mutinous, sabotaging articles and comments. JustArsenal has become more like JustSlattingArsenal instead of JustSupportingArsenal; and this isn’t a reflection on admin (because he promotes freedom of speech for all points of view), but shows how the anti-intellectual / misinformed movement within the Arsenal Fan base has infectiously grown. .......Read the full article here

Appreciation For Tomas Rosicky: A True Gunner

Time for a break from the mind deteriorating tabloids and rumours drumming into the brain. Enough of the hype, the absolute nonsense, and the heated discussions over “what needs to happen…blah blah blah listen to me me me” It’s time to sit back and enjoy a post where we can all come together in agreement.

If there were ever a Perfect example of a through and through True Gunner, the whole package i.e. philosophy, ethics and attitude – it would be Tomas Rosicky. .......Read the full article here

The Fallacy About Arsenal Reserve/Youth Players

This will be a brief post, but I’m curious to know why some fans are so determined to present their own premonitions as certainties, in regards to when reserve/youth players are ready to be promoted to the first team. It’s an important question that I’m interested in discussing with fellow gooners.

We have all been privileged to watch some seriously talented players come up through the reserves and youth divisions of Arsenal, breaking into the first-team in recent years i.e. Song, Wilshere, Szczesny just to name a few. .......Read the full article here

Operation “Clean House” Proving Difficult

We all knew this was coming. The difficulty offloading the players that do not want to play for Arsenal is even more complicated when trying to get “top dollar” for them (when they aren’t worth nearly the asking price).

Wenger was interviewed today talking about how he would like to bring in 2 new players but can’t because of the obstacles that are called Bendtner, Chamakh, Squillachi (and maybe others we don’t know about) Wenger wasn’t specific when saying which players are arranging departures. Here is what he had to say: .......Read the full article here

It seems that some very upset Arsenal fans have complained to the TV Watchdog Ofcom about a Gary Lineker impression of Arsene Wenger at the end of one of his editions of Match Of The Day, accusing him of racism.

God knows why this upset some touchy people, but Ofcom were honour-bound to investigate and after a whole ten minutes deep discussion decided that it wasn’t racially offensive. An Ofcom spokesman had this to say about the complaints: A spokesman said: “This related to an incident in which Mr Lineker flailed his arms around and, in a mock French accent, said: “If you don’t like it Mr. Wenger – Au revoir!” .......Read the full article here

Criticizing Arsenal’s Fiscal Conservatism Is For Laymen – By: JG

A new report has come out regarding the debt crisis for almost all football clubs in Europe; but especially for clubs in the Spanish league. The Spanish Government has apparently been trying to rescue some of the drowning teams over there but their efforts have been in vain; because the teams who have been receiving the “bailouts” have been spending it unwisely and irresponsibly.

“90 per cent of all bankrupt teams in Europe are in Spain…’We’re paying Spain hundreds of million dollars to help them recover from this situation, and clubs are trying to avoid paying their debts. It can’t go on like this.’ The proposal has since been dropped, but the problem persists with Spanish clubs owing more than €750 million in unpaid taxes.” (RT.com Sports Report, April 9th 2012) .......Read the full article here

Emmanuel Petit has fond memories of his time at Arsenal, but the former Frenchman is worried about the future and he has been speaking to the French newspaper L’Equipe about the current situation at his former club.

He started off by saying, “The defeat in the final of the League Cup has been devastating.” Tell us something we don’t know Emmanuel, but just to refresh your memories it is now just four wins in 18 Premier League games since that fateful day in February. .......Read the full article here

Samir Nasri scored the French equaliser on Tuesday night against Bosnia-Herzegovina, a goal that sent France straight through to next years European Championships in Poland and Ukraine, and Nasri then thanked Arsene Wenger.

Nasri actually said, “I thought of Arsene Wenger’s words when I picked up the ball. He told me last season, ‘You can take revenge in person if someone fouls you’. Some people say you should not take a penalty if you are the player who has been brought down. But he said that’s bulls**t. And it worked perfectly for me.”

Stefan Jovetic almost signed for Arsenal in the summer, but he remained in Italy with Fiorentina after the Italian club refused Arsenal’s bid on deadline day. All the talk in Italy now is about how Chelsea will sign him once the transfer window reopens, but the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sport are not so sure claiming that Arsene Wenger is still keen.

Jovetic, 21, has been attracting interest from many different clubs and there are rumours and reports surfacing each week about where he will end up in January. There has been talk in Italy of him signing for Chelsea, and then last week one saying Fiorentina are going to offer him a new four year deal worth around £2miilion in bonuses. Well now the latest is that Arsenal and Arsene Wenger are going to renew their interest in January. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger is facing a two-game ban for breaching UEFA’s rules during a previous ban. Wenger will have to sit out the first two Champions League games of the group stage because of this.

Wenger was banned from the dugout for the August 16 clash against Udinese but was found to be communicating with the coaching staff during the game. UEFA investigate the matter and although Arsenal lodged an appeal UEFA have banned the coach again.

TalkSport Radio reports that UEFA released a statement that said: “The UEFA Appeals Body has rejected the appeal lodged by Arsenal FC and Arsene Wenger against the two-match suspension handed to the manager in the wake of the English club’s UEFA Champions League play-off first leg against Udinese Calcio on 16 August.” .......Read the full article here