Arsenal's Response

I found this fantastic video for the new season.
Thanks to Gunnerblog since I found his video on his blog.
People in Asia can see it here or gunnerblog

Arsenal 09/10 - "The Response" from Andrew Chan on Vimeo.

Prediction/Team News/Preview - Arsenal v Portsmouth

Premier league is back and we are already a game behind. Like Wenger said "we don't want to play catch up with anyone". I really feel that Arsenal should score early because we all know that Paul hart has Already parked his bus in front of Arsenal goal so more time we take to break portsmouth defence more likely it is for our player to get frustrated and make mistake by over committing themself,

Now for some team news, Wenger finally said it, that Vela is carrying an ankle injury and it will take some time to recover.

Eduardo is fit to face Portsmouth on Saturday, having recovered from a groin problem which ruled him out of the Champions League qualifier against Celtic. Well I believe that Eduardo will start this match and let's hope he don't get injured again till the end of the season.

Theo Walcott (back), however, has once again been ruled out. Arsene is right to criticise England U21 coach and Capello for including Walcott in the U21 championship. He warned them about the consequences.

Lukasz Fabianski (knee),Tomas Rosicky (hamstring),Samir Nasri (broken leg) and Johan Djourou (knee) all continue their rehabilitation. Wish them all a speedy recovery.

Portsmouth travel without midfielder Papa Bouba Diop, who faces a possible three to six weeks on the sidelines with a hamstring injury.

The Senegal international is set to undergo a scan to confirm the extent of the problem, but he will definitely sit out the clash at the Emirates Stadium.

Manager Paul Hart remains without Herman Hreidarsson and Steve Finnan, who are also suffering with hamstring problems and are at least two weeks away from returning.

Arsenal Team news:

Almunia, Sagna, Vermaelen, Gallas, Clichy, Song, Fabregas, Denilson, Arshavin, Bendtner, van Persie, Mannone, Eduardo, Eboue, Ramsey, Wilshere, Gibbs, Silvestre.

The formation should be somewhat like this

Almunia

Sagne Gallas Vermarlen Clichy/Gibbs

Song

Denilson Ramsey/Fab

Bendtner Arshavin

Eduardo/Van Persie

Prediction : 3 - 0 (Arsenal) Arshavin to score his first goal today

Let me know what formation you think Wenger will play

Calling All Gooners.......Arsenal

Celtic game reminded me of old Highbury days whenever the opposition player's use to walk on the turf of the Highbury statdium, you could see the fear in their eyes, for first few minutes the way they play you can sense the tension, the pressure gripping their mind such was the atmosphere at the Highbury such was the noise at the Highbury. Good old days ain't it?

But since we moved to the Emirates stadium, that passion, that energy seems to have reduced, I agree that our team has been on the downfall since we built our new stadium, but are we forgetting that we are still the same old Arsenal fan, no matter on what stadium are we playing on Emirates or Highbury, the atmosphere made by the Arsenal fan should be same. Such was the noise at parkhead it made an average team like Celtic play well, it helped them raise their level of performance, if we create such atmosphere inside the Emirates week in week out, imagine what it can do to a talented Arsenal team.

Lot have been said about booing our own player inside our own stadium by our very own fan, so I think its time we show that the we can create a better atmosphere than any other team in the premier league, not even in premier league in the entire globe.

For the first game of the premier league, Home team will be supplying you all the red and white scarf as mention on Arsenal(dot)com. So I would request all the Arsenal fan to show their true colours and bring back the old Arsenal day and send a message to all the club around that when they come to Emirates 'winning will not be an option for them' .

Let's intimidate them till the time their legs and mind freeze.

Quick mention of our travelling gooners, they are always fantastic on the road, expecting the same support from all the Arsenal fans at the Emirates.

Arsenal v Portsmouth Preview and Team news tomorrow.

Comments and suggestions are most welcomed

Let me know what you think.

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Why Arsenal?

I am taking Liverpool name just as a an example to prove my point here that how media is always behind Arsenal ass. I dont know what is the problem that they have with Arsenal.

For e.g.

Rafa bought Aquilani to replace Alonso, well talking about Aquilani, Injuries are part of his CV, people he made 102 apperance for Roma in 5 season, the best being his first season where he made 38 appearance only and the last season he made 20 appearance for Roma in all competition, if a player get injured so often in such a s***** league imagine what will happen when he plays in the most physical football league in the world, but no one talks about it.

Now, Manures lost to Burnley, backpages where filled with this upset but according to most of the Man U a** licking pundits,they believe that its just a minor blip in the title race for ManU and if you listen to Burnley manager he believe's that ManU are still going to win the title,(How?). No one is talking about SAF failure to replace Ronaldo and Tevez. Last season as well when Ronaldo was injured for the begining of the season ManU struggled. Something similar is happening this season but no one write about this.

I remember something similar happened with Arsenal last season when we lost to Fulham 1-0 in the second game of the season but something very opposite was been written by these papers about Arsenal. So one thing I want to know why they are after Arsenal, is it that we have less english player or is it our manger don't spend big or may be we are not a club in heavy dept compared to ManU, Liverpool and Chelsea or could it be because we will surpass ManU, Liverpool and Chelses once the dept on our stadium is cleared as the Richest club in the world generating its own revenue(I am not counting city). What is it that Arsenal is the club most targeted by all critics ?

One last thing, only Chelsea Bench is stronger than Arsenal's and still Arsenal is the is most likely side to drop out of the top four this season.

I would love to hear from you gooner, comments are most welcomed.

Wenger will sign atleast 2 Players.

We are almost into the champions league group stages and I believe all Arsenal have to do is score the first goal in the second leg at the Emirates Stadium, that one goal will kill Celtic spirit and I can't see them even trying to score and I think Arsenal can score few goals in that particular fixture.

Celtic aside we have our opening premier league home game against Portsmouth, well the less I talk about the outcome of the fixture its better we all know what will happen.My point is now how Wenger will rotate the players since we have Celtic home and then Man U away they both are massive games, so looking forward to see Wilshere and Gibbs to play the game this Saturday.

Now people say Wenger is Stubborn he won't spend money in the transfer to strengthen his team, but I say he will now, Once the team is completed the task of beating Celtic at Emirates he will buy probably a Centre back and a Striker, but if wenger is really happy he might even buy a DM a back up for song but I can assure you all that we will see atleast 2 new players.

We all know champions league football get us around 40-45 million, isn't 40 million that we got through Ade and Kolo transfer, this prove's that he was prepared financially if Arsenal fail to qualify for the champions league, as now we are almost through to the Champions league group stages we will see couple of new faces in the Arsenal dressing room.

One more thing about our new recruit Verminator(i like the name), its good to see that all our defender have been praising him and even Almunia is happy with him, like how he keeps his cool and balances the defence so its good that he is having a positive effect on the team-mates.

Arsenal Players Pledge

I found this nice video of Arsenal Players pledging for the new season. I don't know how many of you have seen this video but i found it interestin especially when Arshavin says 5 goal in 1 match.I hope they fulfill thier pledge

Cesc MOTM - CELTIC 0 ARSENAL 2 - Player Rating

Many will say that it was a lucky win, but I say it was a well deserved win. Because we were the better team throughout the 90 min and even Tony Mowbray accepted it.

First goal by gallas you can say was lucky but what i liked about that goal was Gallas run when he started the run he was on an OFFSIDE position, when RVP11 passed the ball to Cesc he came back in, the way he loose his marker was also very good and he also have every right to claim the goal because I assume the Celtic keeper had covered Cesc shot and one more thing I liked is that Cesc has once again started to take a pot from the distance which usually he avoids so its a positive thing. Talking about the second goal fantastic work by Diaby to dribble past couple of players and feeding the overlapping Clichy and the hard low cross from him found the legs of Celtic skipper Caldwell and into the back of the net, even if Caldwell had left the ball Bendtner was lurking behind him and he would have finished it any how. so great result just have to keep a clean sheet once again when Celtic visit the Emirates.

PLAYERS RATING

1. Almunia : Didn't have much to do only one shot on goal from Celtic. He was very well protected by our back four 7

10. Gallas : Brilliant performance once again, got a goal as well , though he was trying to avoid contact with the ball and the highlight of the match was when he intersected the cross from Fortune which was destined to find Celtic player on the other side and boy he looks happy now after the departure of Kolo and he is smiling these days. 7.5

5. Vermaelen : I really don't want to hype his performance but in these last two games he has been fantastic, a no non-sense defender most Arsenal fans been asking for, the way he jumps to win header, considering he is only 6 ft is brilliant, his tackling is fantastic and positional sense is good and the highlight of this match was his brilliant run to deny Scott Brown to take a shot on goal which was destined to be hit at the back of the net. 8

22. Clichy : Another solid game for him was troubled by Celtic pacy winger but he managed him very well was involved in the second goal, Overall pretty decent performance but still have not reached the heights of 07-08 season. 7

3. Sagna : Good game from Sagna as usual need to work on his crossing though he and Nikki B were working good. 7

15. Denilson : Another good performance from the Brazilian, once again he showed why Wenger shows so much faith in him, at the begining he was a bit shaky the reason could be the brilliant park head atmoshphere but as the game went on he was solid in possesion and tackling, he seems to have worked in gym a lot, he has become strong physically, anothere good performance from him this new formation is really helping his game. 7

17. Song : Well what can I say about him, never in my wildest dream i thought Song can be this brillaint, his tackling, positioning, strength I hope Cameroon do not qualify for the ACN. So that Song don't have to leave in January for a month or so. He was excellent from the word go. 8

4 . Cesc : I think Wenger was playing with Celtic coach when he said Fab is 50-50 for the game,

because wenger knew that Celtic will be trying to shut Fabregas at every opportunity and thats exactly what they did but Captain Fab still ran the show just like Xavi for Barcelona he was everywhere and this new formation has given him the freedom to dictate the play, another brillaint performance from the captain and my man of the match for the day. 8.5(star man)

52. Bendtner : Not as good as the previous game but was good helping Sagna a lot in tracking back and winning and intersecting play I really think that he and RVP should change positions 6.5

23. Arshavin : Well our little Russian is taking time to adapt to this new system I suppose. Was not his usual self but worked his sock off for the team and got his foot in whenever required. 6

11. Van Persie : He was also not very effective throughout course of 90 min. He was trying too much to dribble past player and win free kick but it almost backfired in the first half as the celtic could have taken the lead, only for Vermaelen to deny Celtic the goal 6

Celtic 0 - Arsenal 2(Arsenal Learning To Get Results)

Arsenal were Lucky to score 2 goals but no one can deny that Arsenal were strong defensively.
To be fare Vermaelen, Song, Gallas,heroes of the day. I assume he is the no non-sense defender we been looking. With this result we are alomst assured qualification to the champions league group stages.
Match report and rating to follow.

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Jens To Hang His Gloves

One of the member of the Arsenal "Invincibles" Jens Lehmann has announced his retirement at the end of this current season, thus bringing an end to the 21 year footballing career. Jens earned a legendary status at Arsenal after replacing legendary goalkeeper David Seamen. Jens is known for his on-field antics and his bad temperament. Jens was involved in too many controversies on field, fined couple of times by the football association for mis-conduct.

Like throwing the ball at Kevin Philip and he was also involved in that famous Van Nistelrooy incident after his penalty miss and many more but the one that stand out for me was the incident involving Jens and Drogba. Where he proved Drogba that he is not the only one who knows acting in premier league.

Anyways all this incidents aside, I would like to thanks Jens for his service to the Arsenal FC on behalf my friends and all the gooners out there.

European Nights Are Back.

Good morning to all the gooners.

Can't wait for the tonight match against Celtic, the reason why I am looking forward to this match is pretty obvious, one don't have to stress how important it is for Arsenal to qualify for the group stages.

European nights are back!

Same old newspaper coloums where player come out and speak about how they are going to prepare to face their opposition and they are not scared, tactics blah! blah! blah!.

But in case of Celtic everyone from manager to players and even the ground staff(hyperbole) have been speaking about Arsenal. OK you are not scared of Arsenal then why do u keep talking about Arsenal everyday?.

Now I forget to mention former Celtic players as well, for e.g. Alan Thompson, according to him our players are going to face a "culture shock". I don't know what does he mean by that ?

My meassage to all the Celtic players and Fans. Beware the "Men are coming to town".

Team news to follow (I hope Cesc is fit to play)

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Why Arsenal Will Beat Celtic At Parkhead?

Because Arsenal are better than Celtic thats why.

And if I remember Tony Mowbray also beleives in Arsene beautiful football philosophy and thats is the reason why West Brom were relegated from the premier league last season, now I am not saying that Arsene is wrong but One need to have player's of such quality and eyes to spot talent and nurture them and Offcourse 'Arsene Wenger' and there is only one Arsene and fortunately we have him.

Celtic fans are positive since they have never been beaten at home by an English side in champions league.

Wow! thats actually awesome(considering the quality of SPL) but one more thing, they never faced Arsenal at the back of such a brilliant away win that too at goodison park and Everton is a better team on paper and on field than Celtic.

I am surely not expecting an easy game but if our lads can play even 75 % of the way they played against the Toffees then I cannot even imagine Celtic can get a draw against us.

All Arsenal fan will be happy if we can get a 1-1 draw but I am not expecting anything less than a win with a clean sheet, I know this is difficult but why expect less when we have a sqaud to do it.

Can't wait for tuesday.

Celtic Beware ! (The Men Are Coming To The Town)

The boys have finally matured and now they are men. I am surprised by many pundits speaking about lack of experience in the team but I find it hard it hard to figure out how do you gain experience, according to anti-Arsenal pundits the squad is too young to compete at the top level.

This is confusing, now first they say that our lads don't have experience and then they say that they are young. I want to know does playing for long time give a player experience or playing at the top level right up their with the best.

So will they prefer a 27 year old who has been playing in some shitty league or a young 22 year old boy who is been playing with the best since he was 18 or 19 years old, competing at the top level. I would certainly pick the latter.

Anyways I loved it when this pundits were eating their own words after Arsenal destroyed Everton, since they all predicted a home win. I am trying very hard to not get carried away by this result but certainly I am very confident now about the Celtic game just like the team I am taking one game at a time.

Celtic fan were very happy when hoops won against Aberdeen 3 -1 and all the Celtic fans were happy that they will playing the same way against Arsenal. But as soon as they found out about Arsenal result I am wondering what will be going through their mind, also Tony Mowbray is trying hard to show that he is not bothered about Arsenal form. Well I cant blame him though.

Celtic pre-match preview and team news to follow.

and one more thing

ADE STFU

Everton v Arsenal - Match Report

Arsenal produced a stunning opening-day performance to underline boss Arsene Wenger's belief his young stars can win the title.

The Gunners exposed Everton's frailties in defence and the hosts' lack of depth.

The last time Everton lost 6-1 at home was back in 1958, and Arsenal did the damage that time as well.

Their passing, movement and finishing left Everton in shreds, and the north Londoners were three up at the break through Denilson, debut defender Thomas Vermaelen and his centre-back colleague William Gallas.

Everton boss David Moyes had suggested beforehand the Joleon Lescott saga had destabilised his team, but few would have predicted to this extent.

After the interval Cesc Fabregas struck with two fine goals, the result maybe suggesting Moyes should sell Lescott with Manchester City still interested, and spend the money on re-vamping his squad.

Everton included Lescott despite the ongoing saga of Manchester City's attempts to sign him, which prompted Moyes' angry outburst yesterday at the Eastlands club's tactics.

Brazilian striker Jo had recovered from an ankle problem, while Steven Pienaar was passed fit after knee trouble.

Arsenal gave their new Belgian defender Vermaelen his league debut, but were without Theo Walcott (back), Abou Diaby (groin), Tomas Rosicky (hamstring) and Johan Djourou (knee).

But their absences did not seem to matter as they systematically took Everton apart at the back.

Moyes got a heroes' reception from the Goodison Park faithful, and Lescott's name was greeted with far more cheers than jeers from a sell-out crowd.

But Moyes then had to sit and watch as his usually reliable rearguard, admittedly missing the excellent Phil Jagielka, fell apart before his eyes.

Arsenal were sharp from the start and their passing game was quickly on song. And when Phil Neville misplaced a ball in midfield, the Gunners flowed forward before Nicklas Bendtner drove a shot over the bar.

Then Bendtner headed down for Robin van Persie to see his shot on the turn deflected wide by Lescott.

Everton were having to work tremendously hard in midfield to contain the tempo of Arsenal's game and the Toffees barely created a chance in the opening half.

The goal Arsenal had been threatening arrived after 26 minutes. Bendtner surged in from the left before flicking a pass to Cesc Fabregas, who instantly turned the ball into Denilson's path.

The pace of the move left Everton floundering, and the fine strike from the Brazilian from just outside the area dipped and curled into the top corner.

Everton's response was predictably furious and they had Arsenal hemmed into their box for a spell.

Only a goal-line clearance from Denilson following Marouane Fellaini's header from a Leighton Baines corner stopped an equaliser.

Arsenal, though, were cutting through Everton with movement and accurate passing, and after 37 minutes they were two ahead.

Van Persie's free-kick from the right found Vermaelen beyond the far post, and the defender headed back into the bottom corner for a fine debut goal.

Everton's marking for that was dreadful, with Fellaini and Joseph Yobo seemingly at fault. But four minutes later when Gallas headed home another free-kick, this time from Fabregas, the defending was even worse.

The Frenchman had a free run into the six-yard box to guide his header home completely unmarked. Goalkeeper Tim Howard appealed for cover as colleagues stood motionless.

Everton were shell-shocked, and it got worse three minutes after the interval.

Everton were caught by a pitch-length move from Arsenal that ended with Fabregas cruising into the box to send his shot past Howard.

Denilson had started the surge deep on the left and found Van Persie before a neat pass left the Arsenal skipper to do the rest.

Moyes then made a triple substitution. Saha replaced Leon Osman, Dan Gosling came on for Tony Hibbert while Jack Rodwell took over from Jo.

The reshuffle included Neville reverting to full-back from midfield, where he had struggled. Rodwell, Fellaini and Pienaar both had chances as Everton struggled to get some pride back.

Arsenal sent on Emmanuel Eboue for Bendtner after 63 minutes, the game long won.

But Fabregas was not finished. After 69 minutes he collected a throw from Manuel Almunia and ran from inside his own half without facing a tackle to drive home the fifth.

Their jobs done, Arsenal took off Fabregas and Van Persie, sending on Aaron Ramsey and Eduardo.

With the ground emptying fast, and the Gunners' fans in full song, Everton just wanted this embarrassment to end as quickly as possible.

But Eduardo still had time to score the sixth, netting from close in after Andrey Arshavin's shot had come back off a post with two minutes to go.

Everton finally got onto the score-sheet in injury time when Saha netted after Pienaar's shot had been blocked.

Teams:

Everton Howard, Hibbert (Gosling 58), Yobo, Lescott, Baines,Osman (Saha 58), Neville, Cahill, Pienaar, Fellaini,Jo (Rodwell 58).

Subs Not Used: Nash, Vaughan, Duffy, Baxter.

Goals: Saha 90.

Arsenal Almunia, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy,Fabregas (Ramsey 72), Song Billong, Denilson,Bendtner (Eboue 63), van Persie (Eduardo 72), Arshavin.

Subs Not Used: Mannone, Silvestre, Gibbs, Merida.

Goals: Denilson 26, Vermaelen 37, Gallas 41, Fabregas 48, 69,

Eduardo 88.

[VIDEO]Everton 1 - Arsenal 6 Highlights

Enjoy the highlights of the thumping opening day victory over everton
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Bang! Everton 1 - Arsenal 6

Everton 1 Arsenal 6, yes you heard it right 1-6 is the scoreline, now thats how you start your campaign with a bang tell everyone we are not paying to be in the champions league we are her eto win the league. I know its a long way to go but thats how we will be playing the entire season. Match report to follow.

Everton v Arsenal - Preview and Prediction

Finally the day has come when our team will play the premier league and probably win it against all odds and media criticism about lack of experience and depth. I won't talk about all this stuff because i beleive our team is stronger then manure and liverpool.

Arsenal have won more opening day ties than any other side in the league [11]. The Gunners have never conceded more than one goal in their opening matches in the past 16 years. So history suggest Arsenal usually starts well and this season will not be different.

We have few injuries so everyone says that Arsenal will not win this fixture but I say even everton have their injury Jo is not 100% neither is Fellaini. Later is a very important player for everton in the middle of the park and if he is not fully fit then it only helps Arsenal and as a striker they only have Saha. And their defence as well is lacking, I dont have to stress about what will be going in Lescott mind after he handed the transfer request.

Despite a reputation for struggling against physical sides on their travel, Arsenal boast an unbeaten record of 12 away league games so shoudn't be underestimated.

Neither team would want to lose thier first premeir league fixture draw seems on the card but I think Arsenal will just win it with an odd goal.

prediction 0-1 away win

Iniesta + Cash For Cesc!(how about that?)

hello everyone,

Not been posting for past couple of days, Life was little messed up but now its cool.

Barca directors need to shut up now, 100 times(correct me if I am wrong) Cesc came out and said he wont be leaving Arsenal atleast for this season, then why do they have to come and give this stupid interview. This time it Barca's sporting director he says "if the amount is too high we will not try ".

What does he mean by that?

Ok, if they are so desperate for cesc I think Iniesta plus cash should make the deal possible(I know this will never happen its just a thought so people dont take it seriously) anyways Arsene is giving the hint that we will be playing 4-3-3 formation just like Barca, Iniesta fits the bill very well and I personally think Iniesta is better than Fabregas.

Well people, if barca can pay 40million + Eto for Zlatan, who I think has only played for Lower League(Italian league is shit compared to EPL and La Liga) and he is shit in champions league football also his international statistic is shit 2 goals in 3 years and that to he scored it in Euro 2008 agianst Greece and Spain.

If they can do this deal then why not Iniesta + cash. I know this is not possible but I really think Barca need to shut up in Cesc matter for atleast one more season. We all know he will join Barca sometime but not know.

Finally the season is going to begin this saturday and as always I am very optimistic about this season and wish the team all the best for the new season and I hope hope hope we win some silverware.

So Celtic It is !

Arsenal have been drawn to face Celtic in an all-British tie later this month to reach the Champions League group stage.

Celtic, following their victory over Dinamo Moscow earlier this week, face the daunting task of Arsene Wenger's men.

The first leg will take place on August 18 or 19, days after both sides begin their league campaigns.

It is the first time the two clubs will meet in European competition and the prize will be a path to the lucrative stage of the competition.

The play-offs were divided into two groups, with Lyon's clash against Anderlecht among the "non-champions'' ties. Romanian side Timisoara face Stuttgart, Sporting Lisbon and Fiorentina will play each other, while Panathinaikos or Atletico Madrid will make up the other teams that go through.

From the "champions'' route, FC Sheriff play Olympiacos, Salzburg are up against Maccabi Haifa, FK Ventspils face FC Zurich, FC Copenhagen and APOEL of Nicosia face each other, with Levski Sofia and Debrecen the final two teams.

Now this tie can be tricky, luckily the first leg is at celtic park, if our boys can handle the crowd and score atleast a goal, then we can be confident of a great show from Arsenal at the Emirates. Hoping for a good first leg match and all the best lads

What do you guys think ? let me know

Get well soon Tomas and Nasri.

Who could Arsenal Play In CL Play-Off ?

I was too busy with my studies so I did not get time to post any blog. Since tomorrow morning we will find out which team we will be playing against in the play-off round to qualify for the champions league group stage.

The draw will consist of two parts as 20 teams compete for 10 places.

The 10 remaining clubs who did not win their domestic competition - such as Arsenal and Celtic - will compete for five places in the group stage. This is known as the 'non-champions path'.

In this 'path', Arsenal are one of five seeded teams - along with Lyon, Sporting Lisbon, Panathinaikos and Stuttgart - and they will be drawn against the non-seeded teams - Celtic, Ateltico Madrid, Anderlecht, Fiorentina and Timisoara.

The 10 other clubs who did finish champions are allocated to the 'champions path' and follow the same format.

The five winners from each section join the 22 automatic entrants in the group stage.

The play-offs will be played over two legs on Aug 18/19 and 25/26

Uefa Champions League play-offs Non-champions path
Seeded	Unseeded
Arsenal	Fiorentina
Lyon	Atletico Madrid
Sporting Lisbon	Celtic
Panathinaikos	Anderlecht
Stuttgart	FC Timisoara

As you can see Arsenal can face any of the five unseeded team, If we can avoid Fiorentina and Athletico Madrid, then I we should not have much problemo qualifying for the group stage but even if we draw against these two teams it will surely be difficult but I am sure we will make it.

And you don't have to guess that these teams will also want to avoid Arsenal.

more news on Tomas Rosicky Injury soon.....

till then bye.

Chamakh Jets Into London ?(Like Arshavin)

It is believed that Maraoune Chamakh is in London after refusing to play for Bordeaux as reported on thelondonpaper.com. Chamakh is not happy that his club has rejected 5 million bid by Arsenal and he has threatened to leave the club on a free transfer next season if the club do not accept Arsenal bid

Chamakh was quoted as saying: "I am angry, I am disgusted and I do not understand why they have done that [rejected Arsenal’s bid]”.

"One thing is certain, I will not be signing a new contract - if they will not let me go now, I will leave for free.

"If a solution cannot be found quickly, everyone will lose. Frankly, I really do not want to start the season with Bordeaux."

The French club also rejected an offer from Sunderland, with Blanc claiming it would be a step down for Chamakh to move to the Black Cats.

"Already I am told that Sunderland is not the club for me," the striker continued.

"But since when does a club choose the future of a player? Then my bosses tell me they will let me go to one of the 'Big Four' like Arsenal.

"And then when an offer comes in, it is refused because they want a bigger fee as I have one-year left on my contract."

Ain't this bloke doing the same thing what Arshavin did in January 2009, taking the matter in his own hands and threatning to leave the club if they dont accept Arsenal bid,

I don't know how good is this guy as striker and I don't believe in few you tube video . It is believed that Wenger has been watching this guy for sometime so I hope he is good.

Lets wait and see if joins us.