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It will not surprise many Arsenal fans that Alex Ferguson complained that his Manchester United players did not get fair treatment from the referee at the Emirates yesterday. Fergie complained that Phil Dowd had treated the teams differently, especially when it came to giving yellow cards, but Arsene Wenger saw things differently.

The United manager is no stranger to suggesting that his team do not get fair treatment from Premier League referees, but most other people seem to think they get away with murder. Fergie wondered how the linesman missed Walcott being fractionally offside for his goal, but jumped down the reporters throat after he pointed out that van Persie was clearly offside when he equalised against West Ham recently. .......Read the full article here

Is Sagna’s time up at Arsenal? by AH

Arsenal right back Bacary Sagna has spent the majority of his career with the Gunners, after signing from Ligue 1 side Auxerre back in 2007. In those 6 years Sagna has managed to make 175 league appearances, scoring just 3 goals. In his first years he competed with Emmanuel Eboue to nail down the Right Back position, however it was quickly seen who the better player was and Sagna soon managed to make a stance and become Arsenal’s regular Right Back. Since then he has never really managed to lose his place, mainly due to the lack of competition, however with Jenkinson now seemingly hot on his tail, could this be the French international’s last season with Arsenal? .......Read the full article here

When Robin van Persie made his first return to Arsenal yesterday, it was always going to be a major talking point. The Dutch striker, his new manager at Manchester United and Arsene Wenger were all expecting a hostile reception from the home fans. It could have been a lot worse, I thought, but some were surprised at the booing.

It was certainly left in no doubt that the Gooners have not forgiven the former captain for forcing the move to out Premier League rivals. Many fans still blame Wenger for allowing the move, although I feel that the financial constraints he is forced to work under left him little option. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal went flying into a 1-0 lead after just 2 minutes of yesterday’s game against Man United but a moment of madness from Bacary Sagna gave Robin Van Persie the chance to peg us back and set up a nervous second half.

Arsene Wenger thinks that the penalty ruined the flow of Arsenal’s game. He said: “It was a quality game with a lot of intensity. I believe we were on top in the first half and it was disappointing to concede the equaliser the way we did. Why? Because it put us in a position in the second half where we had to completely open ourselves up and throw everything forward, and sometimes we did that more with energy than technique. .......Read the full article here

Match review and player ratings. Arsenal vs Man Utd by Neil S

Arsenal entered the game knowing that a win was massive. A draw would leave most Gooners unhappy and a loss may cause a riot.

Arsenal started the game brilliantly. Walcott shocked everyone by scoring a goal before anyone noticed the game hasd started! Looking like the best side on the planet for half an hour. I was stunned by how good we actually were.

However, Sagna lost the plot and gifted United a goal. Firstly, his terrible pass to Judas and to add to that his amateur challenge on Judas. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal knew the huge importance of this game against Manchester United and may have been aware that Chelsea were beating Swansea in the earlier kick off. The players had to suffer the indignity of having to clap the former captain and turncoat Robin van Persie and his team mates on to the pitch. Wenger will have told them to use that feeling to their advantage in the game, and it could not have started much better.

The Arsenal fans behaved well through the guard of honour, but were given something to cheer about after just two minutes. Lukas Podolski was given the job of replacing Giroud in the middle, but it was Theo Walcott who opened the scoring after van Persie had given the ball away. The Dutchman’s contribution made it extra sweet for the Gunners. .......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

As the end of the season approaches, there are more and more Arsenal transfer rumours appearing, especially in the weekend papers. I did an early roundup yesterday morning and here are a few more that we didn’t discuss yesterday.

First of all, newly promoted Cardiff City are said to be very keen to bring the Welsh international Aaron Ramsey back to the club, as they are setting about building a squad that is capable of surviving in the Premiership next season. Now a few months ago most Arsenal fans would have been begging the Championship winners to take Ramsey off our hands, but with his improved recent form there is a very strong case to give him a few more years to improve even further. Not only that, Wenger has just got Ramsey to sign a long-term contract extension so I doubt that we will see him departing this summer…… .......Read the full article here

After selling Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona in 2011 and Robin Van Purse-y to Manchester United last summer, it is now being reported that Arsenal are trying to sign Swansea’s Ashley Williams as a replacement for the out-going Thomas Vermaelen.

In recent weeks it has become apparent that Wenger now considers Vermaelen to be his third-choice centre-back after Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker, but surely Wenger is not considering giving up on the Belgium international? .......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

Arsenal’s budget, who we can get and who we should get, have your say. by Rory

There has been lots of talk about who we should buy ever since this release of the 70 million budget which we are supposedly being granted for the Summer, however a lot of us seem to have forgotten that Wenger stated that this will include wages, so I have tried to have a realistic view of the money we can, but also ambitious in the players that we can sign. .......Read the full article here

The famous Arsenal fan Carl Jenkinson has admitted that during his schoolboy days he studied some old Arsenal legends like Lee Dixon, who gave him something to aspire to as he woprked his way through the levels that ended up with him being a regulat Arsenal starter.

One of his favourite right-backs was the brilliant Lee Dixon who played for Arsenal for 14 years before retiring in 2002, making 458 appearances for the Gunners. Jenkinson said: “If I could have half the career Lee Dixon had, I’ll have done well,”

“That side was a special side and Lee Dixon is the sort of player who I look up to. .......Read the full article here