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What’s so bad about Arsenal? by RC

Many Arsenal ‘fans’ have come out in force against Wenger, the board and our squad this week following shock defeats to Norwich and Shalke 04. I understand frustration due to a loss but to question a team that many of you were so confident about just a few weeks ago seems ridiculous to me.

Let’s look at some of our players:

Defenders: Mertasacker, Vermaelan, Koscielny, Jenkinson, Gibbs, and Sagna.

Midfielders: Arteta, Cazorla, Rosisky, Arshavin, Wilshere and Diaby.

Attackers: Giroud, Podolski, Walcott, Gervinho and Chamberlain. .......Read the full article here

Due to Man City’s excellent home record including two wins out of two this season, it is no surprise that Arsenal are outsiders to win this Sunday’s match at the Etihad, but there are some pointers that would suggest that the Gunners have a good chance of ending that record.

First of all, Roberto Mancini’s side may be a little despondent after their dramatic loss on Tuesday, although Wenger is expecting different tactics from City this weekend. He said: “I was surprised by what happened because I heard they were 2-1 up and suddenly they lost 3-2,” he told Arsenal Player. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal are preparing to face the newly-promoted Southampton this weekend, and despite the South Coast club still being without a point, they have given a scare to both Man United and Man City having scored twice against each of the Top Two last season with Van Persie only rescuing Man United in the dying minutes last time out.

Although Southampton are one of the favourites to go down, there seems to be a new-found belief amongst promoted teams that they can compete in the higher league by playing attacking adventurous football, and because of that Wenger is not expecting an easy game against the Saints if they carry on their positive play. .......Read the full article here

Oliver Giroud talks about the pressure by AH

Summer signing Oliver Giroud has told Arsenal.com that he doesn’t mind the pressure being put on his shoulders at Arsenal. The Frenchman has been given the task to replace former captain robin Van Persie, who departed for Manchester United earlier this month. Giroud admit he has been given a tough task to replace Van Persie, but insists that pressure will not affect him.

“I think you need a little pressure, there can be good pressure and there can be inhibitive, bad pressure that prevents you from expressing yourself on the field. I am ambitious but everywhere I go I need a little adjustment time before I am completely integrated. That is what’s happening right now at Arsenal. I’m discovering a great atmosphere and a great club so I’m very happy.” .......Read the full article here

Mirallas to Arsenal? by KJ

Today has been full of dreadful Arsenal transfer news. Apparently Van Persie is on his way to Manchester Utd. Song is close to a move to Barcelona. The Sahin deal has been hijacked by Liverpool. It’s frankly unbelievable considering how positive we all were only on Sunday. Now, we could have the spine of our team ripped out of us by Saturday.

However, I thought I might do an article that’s slightly more positive as I’m sure the majority of the articles you’ll read today will be surrounding the issues above. .......Read the full article here

Transfer Delays and Greed – By JG

Maybe Arsenal fans want or don’t care if they have to suffer another “Nasri” situation again; because some really don’t seem to mind very much whether the player who is brought in has integrity, respect and admires the tradition and style of Arsenal FC. I’m not sure about you guys, but I would rather have players who can bleed red AND white, who really Love the club and want to be a longstanding member; Not a player who has plans to go elsewhere, who believe that Arsenal is just a temporary club, and that they think they deserve to be paid unreasonable amounts of money; all in all…a greedy and selfish person in nature. .......Read the full article here

After the last match of the season against WBA, won by Arsenal with a 3-2 scoreline, manager Arsene Wenger spoke about the situation with RVP’s expiring contract.

Van Persie has snubbed all contract negotiations until the season finished, so now it’s time for him to face reality and make a choice. Following the game, Wenger thought that Champions League qualification could only help the talks: “It is easier to attract players and to keep them.” he said. .......Read the full article here

Wenger’s Prayers For Muamba Paid Off by AM

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits that he was shocked after hearing what happened to his former student Fabrice Muamba.

According to the Frenchman, Fabrice is the kind of guy you are bound to love and despite the midfielder left the Gunners quite a long time ago, he’s still a regular visitor on the Emirates Stadium where he goes to talk to some of his friends and to Wenger on a regular basis.

“This is, of course, a massive shock to us all and we just hope that Fabrice will pull through safely. .......Read the full article here

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger knows that his team are under fire from all and sundry after being knocked out of the FA Cup and (virtually) the Champions League, but he thinks the players “haven’t done too badly” and he must keep faith with them as they now have to carry on the fight to finish fourth in the Premiership.

Wenger said: “When you are in our situation at the moment, it is important you show faith in your players and stick with them,” he said.

“We live in a world where everybody is positive when it goes well, but life is not only ups, it is ups and downs. Successful lives are about how people respond when you are down. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal have definitely missed Kieran Gibbs. He isn’t Arsenal’s best Left-Back, personally I believe Santos is, but what a refreshing idea to actually have a LB in the LB position! However there are still some problems with the guy that needs to be sorted out…

Gibbs has a lot of potential. Wenger wouldn’t have him in the team if he didn’t. However, all these injuries have stunted his development at least a year. He is a young player and can catch that up but you do wonder if he is injury prone. I haven’t see him play a string of matches in an Arsenal shirt and I anxiously await the day he does. It’s not all doom and gloom, we all thought that Van Persie was injury prone too but this past season and a half, he has continuously played and he has proved beyond doubt that he is one of the best players in the world! For all injured players, there’s hope now….. .......Read the full article here

Speaking in his pre-match pre-match press conference, the Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has provided a very positive injury update on Jack Wilshere.

“He (Wilshere) had a very important scan on Thursday and that was very very good, exceptionally good. The news we have for Jack is very positive,” he said.

However, the Frenchman was quick to dismiss any talk of an early return. When asked whether Jack would be featuring any time soon, he replied:

“No. We respect the delays, you know. You can count Jack for maybe mid February”. .......Read the full article here

The Dutch striker Robin Van Persie scored the final goal that ended Blackpools hopes of a comeback against the Gunners today, and afterwards he was quite bullish about the teams chances of winning the Premiership title.

Van Persie, like Nicklas Bendtner earlier today, believes that the team has the quality to win the last seven games of the season to give them every chance of winning the Premiership title.

He said: “We needed this, we needed to get a win so we are pleased.

“We worked hard and deserved it. I believe we have it in us to win all our remaining games. There are seven games to play and it us up to us. .......Read the full article here