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Yes, Arsenal SHOULD Give Wigan a Guard of Honour by FD

So the newly crowned FA Cup winners arrive at the Emirates tomorrow in a last-ditch bid to maintain their Premiership status for another season. Nobody can doubt they deserved to win that match at Wembley against a disappointing Man City side. But expecting players who’ve just won a major trophy for the first time in their lives to raise their game for an even more important clash just a few days later, is underestimating the emotional impact, let alone the physical one, that famous victory would have had on the team. .......Read the full article here

Wigan won the FA Cup for the first time in their history yesterday (take that Ca$hri!) but their manager, Roberto Martinez, will not allow the players to celebrate just yet as they have another Cup Final coming up on Tuesday against Arsenal. Nothing less than three points will be enough to save the Latics from relegation, and Martinez is making sure his team stays focused by ordering to turn up for an iced bath tomorrow morning!

Martinez said: “From a physical point of view I don’t know how quickly we can recover from this. We are playing on Tuesday against Arsenal with a squad where we have six or seven players missing through injury. .......Read the full article here

Well what a crazy week for English football! It seems that all THREE of Arsenal’s top rivals for the League are changing their managers this summer. We all know about Ferguson, and today it is on Sky Sports that Man City are in talks with Manuel Pelligrini to take over at the Etihad next season.

Then of course we all know that Jose Mourinho is going to Chelsea – and so all three of them are going to be going through a period of upheaval as the new managers settle in. .......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 last time that Arsenal won a major trophy was the 2005 FA cup final. Patrick Vieira scored the winning penalty against Manchester United in the shoot out, but that was his last of nearly 400 competitive matches for the club. Some might say that Arsenal have never adequately replaced the dynamic Frenchman, but that may be about to change this summer.

According to the Sun, Arsenal face strong competition from Chelsea, Man City and Real Madrid for the player seen as the next Patrick Vieira. Geoffrey Kondogbia, who plays for Sevilla in the Spanish Primera Liga, has a very similar game to the former Gunner. He is the same age as Vieira was when he signed from Juventus, and is also an under-21 French international player. .......Read the full article here

It is widely reported that the Arsenal board are going to hand Arsene Wenger a significant amount of money to spend in the transfer market this summer. The amount usually suggested is around £70 million, but there has been talk that this amount will be reduced if the Gunners do not finish in the top four because of the loss of revenue from the Champions League.

Wenger said last week that he was concerned about the spending power of Chelsea, while a number of other clubs, such as Man City, Barcelona, PSG and Real Madrid are likely to be trying to land some big name players as well. There is real concern among Arsenal fans that we will struggle to attract players of the right calibre to push us forward and allow us to properly compete for the Premier League title and other honours. .......Read the full article here

It is all about finishing in the top four for Arsenal, and it is likely to be a nail biting few weeks. Both Tottenham and Chelsea have a game in hand on the Gunners, but they do have to play each other. Chelsea are one point behind us while Tottenham are two, so it really could not be tighter.

It is simple to say that Arsenal will qualify for the Champions League if we win our remaining four games, but that will not be easy. On paper our fixtures are not too bad, after Manchester United we have three teams currently in the bottom five. QPR are down, 10 points off safety with four games left means they could be relegated this weekend. .......Read the full article here

There are many rumours linking Arsenal with some of the best players in Europe, and although we all wish to believe that Arsene Wenger will only splash the cash on top, top, top players (as he always insists) we all know that there are certain reasons why they rarely pick Arsenal if they have choices.

The reasons for this have now been explained by the ex-Gunner Perry groves who spoke out yesterday: “Arsene Wenger will try to spend big, but the players he’s going to be in for, the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea will be in for as well. .......Read the full article here

Can Arsenal potentially get 2nd? by KJ

Our season fizzled out quite early with the League cup and FA cup exits against Bradford City and Blackburn Rovers respectively. However, a late surge by the Gunners in the business end of the season may get them 2nd place.

Manchester City are currently 2nd with 62 points whilst the Gunners are in 5th with 56 points. Manchester City do have a game in hand (which they play tonight against Manchester United at Old Trafford) and could potentially (and quite likely) be only 6 points above Arsenal from tomorrow with the same games played. Their only “difficult” games left are Tottenham away and Swansea away. So it seems that we’d need them to drop more points against the likes of Reading and West Ham which seems very unlikely. However, one thing many haven’t considered is that they are still in the FA cup and potentially have two more games to play than us. .......Read the full article here

Are Some Things Fixable- Would you Have Nasri Back? By DS

Manchester City’s surrender of their championship has been with so much of a whimper that there are rumours of a massive squad overall in the summer. With Roberto Mancini admitting he could ‘punch’ Samir Nasri at times this season it is safe to say the Frenchman could be one of those unsure about his long-term future. .......Read the full article here

The ex-Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri has thrown Arsenal fans into confusion as most of us believed that Arsene Wenger was totally in charge of transfer dealings at the club. The French international has revealed that Wenger didn’t expect him to leave after the captain Cesc Fabregas was returned to Barcelona, but Silent Stan forced the sale upon him.

“Cesc or me were supposed to leave.” Nasri said. “Arsene told me that if Cesc would leave, I would stay. But Kroenke wanted the money.

“Arsene Wenger is the greatest coach I have worked with. He made me the player I am. I’m very grateful. .......Read the full article here

The Spurs collapse has finally started by KJ

On Sunday we saw the inevitable. Tottenham lost against Liverpool and there were talks of it being just a blip. Then they went on to lose against Inter Milan 4 – 1 at the San Siro and there was more talk of it being just a blip. Now Tottenham have managed to lose against Fulham who haven’t won at White Hart Lane for a very long time. The Tottenham collapse has truly started.

I know an article has already been published on the Tottenham game, but this is a more in depth and realistic look at the rest of the season’s fixtures to weigh up our renewed chances of finishing in the top 4 for the 16th season in a row. .......Read the full article here