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Bayern rumoured to want Koscielny by SS

New Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola has reportedly made a move for Arsenal centre back Laurent Koscielny. It is reported that the Germans have enquired into how much Arsenal want for the player. Guardiola has capped the transfer sum at £20 Million, which seems like a good offer from my personal point of view but manager Arsene Wenger has fended Bayern off and is refusing to negotiate, according to Goal.com.

Laurent Koscielny moved to Arsenal from French club Lorient in 2010 for nearly £10 Million, since his arrival he has had a mixed career in North London. He has made high profile mistakes and scored plenty of goals past his own Goalkeeper but he has also pulled off some amazing performances most notably against Barcelona in last season’s Champions League. .......Read the full article here

Why Arsenal should sign Micah Richards by LM

With the stories circulating about Bacary Sagna’s future, heightened by his poor performance in the draw against United at the weekend, Arsenal may be on the look out for a replacement right back this summer. If the rumours were to be true and we were on the market I do not believe there would be anyone more suitable than Micah Richards to be the man to fill the gap, especially as he is a Gooner himself.

Back in 2007, Richards was quoted to have said “I was a big Ian Wright fan when I was younger so I supported Arsenal. Wright and Patrick Vieira were my idols, so yeah, if the opportunity came to play for them one day I’d take it.”. .......Read the full article here

The Arsenal keeper Wojciech Szczesny can count himself lucky that he got his starting place back from Lukascz Fabianski. It was only the rib injury to his Polish international team mate that let Szczesny back in. He could have been in the same situation as the Gunners captain Thomas Vermaelen, who has played just once since the derby defeat by Tottenham and that was because Per Mertesacker was suspended.

The two players were dropped at the same time and Szczesny has been very impressed with the way Laurent Koscielny and Mertesacker have performed as a defensive pairing since then, conceding just three goals in eight games. The keeper has been much better since returning, although the centre backs in front of him have made his job a lot easier. .......Read the full article here

Since the huge disappointment of losing the north London derby, Arsenal have bounced back with a great run of games. One of the key factors in that has been the Gunners defensive displays, conceding just three goals in seven games. Arsene Wenger reacted to the Tottenham defeat by dropping the captain Thomas Vermaelen in favour of Laurent Koscielny, and the French centre back has grabbed his chance. Koscielny, however, is not taking the credit, instead hailing the influence of the midfielders who have been working hard to protect the back four. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal’s defence isn’t as bad as it’s made out to be and is not the reason we are struggling by KJ

The general consensus amongst most football fans is that Arsenal are a good attacking side that are average at best at defending. That would be correct considering how over the last 5 seasons, our goals conceded at the end of each season has steadily increased:

2008/2009: 38
2009/2010: 41
2010/2011: 43
2011/2012: 49
2012/2013: 35 (with 4 games to play) .......Read the full article here

Arsenal were far from impressive against Fulham on Saturday, but did at least hold on for a massive three points. With both our top four rivals picking up points in tough fixtures yesterday, the next Gunners game, against Manchester United at the Emirates on Saturday, has taken on extra importance. Add to that the return of the former captain and Dutch turncoat Robin van Persie and the need to win, or draw at the very least, is greater than ever. .......Read the full article here

In a massive game for Arsenal, Arsene Wenger started with Tomas Rosicky in the middle and Cazorla on the left, with Walcott on the right. Fabianski is still injured so Szczesny got another chance to prove his worth. The Gunners started with real intent and were looking extremely dangerous.

Fulham’s job got a whole lot harder when Steve Sidwell lunged in on Arteta with his studs up. Referee Marriner sent him off, but strangely that made Fulham look better while Arsenal seemed to take their foot off the gas. We were still enjoying plenty of possession, but could not make it count, whereas Fulham were looking dangerous on the break. Giroud did come close with a great shot but it clipped the post. .......Read the full article here

The Germany and Arsenal centre back Per Mertesacker has come in for some serious stick from the media and from Arsenal fans this season. It is fair to say, though, that the 29-year old has established himself as one of the first names on the Arsenal team sheet. After missing the match against Norwich following his red card against West Brom, Mertesacker immediately regained his place at the expense of his captain Thomas Vermaelen, proving that Arsene Wenger values him extremely highly. .......Read the full article here

The last time that Arsenal played Fulham, back in November at the Emirates, the Gunners threw away victory and were punished by their Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov, who scored twice and set up another. The defending by Arsenal that day was awful and we have improved greatly since then, but must be very careful not to give the former spud any chance to repeat his heroics at Craven Cottage today.

Berbatov is Fulham’s top scorer by a country mile. His 13 Premier League goals is more than the next three of Fulham’s top scorers put together, so you would think that all Arsenal need to do is to stop him, but that is easier said than done, as Laurent Koscielny is well aware. .......Read the full article here

The Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud has come in for a pile of criticism, despite scoring 16 goals already this season, and he is becoming better known for the goals he misses rather than the ones that end up in the back of the net!

He especially came in for a lot of stick after Tuesday’s 0-0 draw against Everton, when he had at least a couple of good chances to get us all three points, and many Arsenal fans have been calling for him to be dropped today in favour of Lukas Podolski. .......Read the full article here

Per Mertesacker thinks that the Arsenal players should be kicking themselves today. The German international feels that the Gunners should be celebrating an important victory over Everton, but instead can only rue that the opportunity to firmly grab pole position in the race for the Champions League slipped away.

The 28-year old central defender was understandably pleased about the way Arsenal stood up to the physical prowess of Everton, as he and Koscielny had Anichebe in their pocket throughout most of the game. Even our usual Achilles heel of set pieces were dealt with well, and Mertesacker feels that this solid platform should have been built on more, especially the chance to launch quick counter attacks. .......Read the full article here

How can we beat Everton by MS

The remaining matches of the season are all set to be nail biting stuff. We need to continue to win and Tottenham and Chelsea need to lose some. Next Tuesday is a very tough match with Everton, and here are my thoughts and I just wanted to see what people think.

Everton danger men : Fellaini Mirallas Pienar and Baines .......Read the full article here