His attentions will turn to the FA Cup action next
week as the Gunners are in action against Reading for a place in the final.
Both Olivier Giroud and Danny Welbeck have been talking up our chances
this week as the Gunners have a great chance of making it to the quarter - finals for the first time in five years.
The three were not fit enough to face Liverpool at the end of last
week as the Gunners kicked off their Premier League campaign with a disappointing 4 - 3 home defeat.
Not exact matches
A couple
weeks later, for Orthodox Christmas (which falls in early January), Austro - Hungarian
gunners returned the favor, shelling enemy positions «to disturb their Christmas
as they disturbed ours,»
as one unit diary of the Austro - Hungarian 3rd Army noted.
Arsene Wenger has responded to the brilliant performance and hat - trick of the Arsenal and England international speedster Theo Walcott against West Brom last
week by giving him a place in the starting line up
as the
Gunners prepae for a second FA cup final at Wembley in the space of a year.
Just a few days ago it was being reported that Arsenal were set to hold transfer talks next
week with the Inter Milan and Argentina striker Mauro Icardi,
as a possible alternative to his fellow countryman Gonzalo Higuain who seems to have been priced out of a move to the
Gunners with the ridiculously high valuation by his Serie A club Napoli.
the most damage is done to us funs we loved football the game the team all
gunners this days busy wining coming up with theories of what's wrong with the team... embarrassing is what u expect
as a
gunner this days... playing the same way
week in
week out r the opposition dumb!!
So, when he comes back in 2
weeks time
as per said, he should add another dimension to leading the
Gunners line with his high intensity attack down the line or the flanks.
So far, or since we beat them with ease at the Emirates stadium in September, almost everything seems to be going right for Chelsea and we need that to change at least a bit if we are to stand any chance, but there are reasons for the Arsenal faithful to believe
as this
week throws up a great chance for the
Gunners to close the gap.
According to Spanish outlet Radio Marca, the defender signed the extension this
week but the
Gunners have yet to officially announce the deal,
as reported by the Metro.
As a result, if he is ruled out next
week, it will be a major blow for the
Gunners.
The
Gunners travel to Paris to take on the French champions this
week as they look to kick off their Champions League campaign with a win.
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Arsenal are reportedly considering a late move to sign Chelsea attacker Florent Malouda
as Arsene Wenger considers ways to add strength in depth to his
Gunners squad before the transfer window closes next
week.
It appears
as though the
Gunners and Arsene Wenger are ready to make a statement of intent this summer having already broken their club transfer record to sign Alexandre Lacazette last
week.
Jack has always admitted that he just wants to play for the
Gunners, but he has also stated many times that he wants to be playing every
week as well.
It looks like he will be on the bench for the second
week running
as the
Gunners host Burnley, with Wenger believing the pacy forward needs more time before being thrown back in.
Though the injury list is growing longer by the
week, the
Gunners depth may get at least a small replenishment
as Theo Walcott and Laurent Koscielny are expected to return from their respective injuries.
In fact it could actually help Wenger and the
Gunners, because I would expect their manager Guus Hiddink will want their best player of last season back in the side
as long
as he passes some fitness tests this
week.
That looked about
as likely
as Arsene Wenger signing Lionel Messi just a few short
weeks ago but while the
Gunners have rallied a bit, the spuds have lost the momentum that saw them catch and overtake us in our struggles.
Losses to Watford and Chelsea last
week have piled the pressure on the
Gunners,
as they now face an all - too familiar fight to finish in the top four in the Premier League.
Cech may be happy that he will now be in the same team
as his mate Thomas Rosicky, but our Little Mozart would be much happier if he too could be guaranteed a starting spot for the
Gunners or the freedom to move to a club that will play him every
week, so that he too can be guaranteed a place in France next summer.
According to Goal.com, who carry quotes from the
Gunners boss, the England international has opened contract negotiations with the club, despite publicly stating that nothing has yet been done —
as was reported by the Daily Mail earlier this
week.
The last time Ramsey's hamstring went he missed three
weeks but the time before that he was out for twice
as long, so how will this injury blow affect the
Gunners and our chances in the EPL title race and Champions League?
Both Xhaka and Cazorla were unable to partake against Middlesbrough and so without these two key players in the centre of Arsenal's structure, the
Gunners were unable to show the same consistency
as seen in previous
weeks.
Even a month ago the
Gunners may have been in big trouble, but
as the manager has been saying recently, the summer signing Granit Xhaka has really come on with his defensive work of late and that means that we should have no problem getting through the next few
weeks until the return of Coquelin.
As soon as he is back and fit, though, the Frenchman will be an automatic starter for us and that will give the Gunners a very solid base on which to build a title challenge, according to his team mate Per Mertesacker who has been talking about his partner in glowing terms in an Arsenal.com report this wee
As soon
as he is back and fit, though, the Frenchman will be an automatic starter for us and that will give the Gunners a very solid base on which to build a title challenge, according to his team mate Per Mertesacker who has been talking about his partner in glowing terms in an Arsenal.com report this wee
as he is back and fit, though, the Frenchman will be an automatic starter for us and that will give the
Gunners a very solid base on which to build a title challenge, according to his team mate Per Mertesacker who has been talking about his partner in glowing terms in an Arsenal.com report this
week.
It seems that the young right back will be free and fit to continue with the
Gunners as soon
as he gets back to London, rather than be ruled out for a number of
weeks as feared.
Like many of our so - called «English Core» Alex arrived with great promise from Southampton at a massive cost for a 17 year - old of # 12million, with extra add - ons
as well, and after five years at the
Gunners he is now on a wage of # 52,000 a
week and would be expected to double that this summer if he was now a regular in the first team.
In fact there are at least three key men at the current league leaders Chelsea who still appear to be pretty wary of the
Gunners, which is probably increased this
week as Arsene Wenger prepares to take the team to Stamford Bridge looking for a repeat of the match against them at home, which saw Arsenal inflict their heaviest defeat of the season.
The rest of the Arsenal team is
as we would have expected and hopefully the rest that they all got over the weekend will give the
Gunners an adge but they will still need to be at their very best to get a good result and keep this two legged affair alive for whaen we go to Spain in three
weeks.
The
Gunners were dealt a major blow to their Champions League hopes this
week as they lost 3 - 1 at home to AS Monaco, giving themselves a mountain to climb for the second leg away from hom
as they lost 3 - 1 at home to
AS Monaco, giving themselves a mountain to climb for the second leg away from hom
AS Monaco, giving themselves a mountain to climb for the second leg away from home.
That same sort of idea about the way Arsenal play was evident from the Germany international keeper Manuel Neuer this
week,
as the Daily Mail reported his pre-match comments ahead of the
Gunners trip to face Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League knockout tie.
A few in the football media were reporting last
week that Arsene Wenger and the transfer team were keeping a close eye on the Napoli and Algeria international star Faouzi Ghoulam and The Mirror went
as far
as suggesting that the
Gunners had already made an offer of around # 10 million for the 24 - year old.
It was no surprise to hear Arsene Wenger talking this
week about the pressure of being at the top of the Premier League,
as his Arsenal side have suffered with it plenty of times, including over the last few
weeks when the
Gunners hit a slump after finding ourselves two points clear and in pole position to win the Premier League.
There will be a million Arsenal fans shouting «I told you so» this
week,
as the double injury blow to Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain has left the
Gunners in a precarious position for their next few games.
As Arsenal fans we believe we should receive more and understandably expect more since the amount of money we pay into the club every
week or so to watch the
Gunners for 90 minutes at the Emirates.
What Arsenal really want from this game is a draw but failing that I would prefer Man City to win and stop the momentum of the spuds, especially
as the
Gunners are due to travel to White Hart Lane in a few
weeks.
So if Szczesny is
as successful
as he was last year at the Italian giants, then it would appear that the Pole has played his last game for the
Gunners, but going by his comments last
week he will always remain an Arsenal fan.
But it is now looking like a forlorn hope,
as Santi has just revealed that he has now had yet another operation this
week after his hopeful prediction that he would be rejoining the
Gunners first team in January, so perhaps it's time for him to accept his retirement gracefully?
There was not much for Arsenal fans to cheer about last night,
as the German champions Bayern Munich more than made up for losing to the
Gunners in London two
weeks ago.
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As reported by the Metro last
week, the
Gunners had a third and improved # 45m bid turned down for the 21 - year - old, but Arsene Wenger seems adamant about signing the Frenchman ahead of the new campaign.
The news will come
as a bitter blow for the
Gunners as they have been tipped to sign Schneiderlin for the best part of a year, and were thought to be favourites to land the midfielder this summer after his comments last
week.
The 29 - year - old was officially confirmed
as a
Gunners player earlier this
week, moving to north London in the swap deal that saw Alexis Sanchez join Manchester United.
The Arsenal and Colombian international keeper David Ospina has not exactly had his greatest of seasons so far, but Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal fans are now left hoping that the second choice
Gunners stopper can step up and save our season from going right down the pan after the news that we are going to be without Petr Cech for next four
weeks or so,
as reported by the Evening Standard.
Not only is this a real boost for the
Gunners in a difficult
week, with a home tie in the Champions League against Galatasaray followed by a crucial Premier League away day at Chelsea, but it could be seen
as the end of Wilshere's terrible run of bad luck with injuries.
With the much - awaited FA Cup final less than a
week away, there has been a lot of debate amongst the Arsenal fans
as to who should start for the
Gunners when they take to the field at Wembley.
I assume the answer to that is a firm no, so you may well be
as baffled and bemused
as I was to hear the boss talking about the title in an Arsenal.com report, while our German centre back Shkodran Mustafi also spoke to Sky Sports this
week about his belief that the
Gunners could still challenge.
Various reports have emerged this
week that the
Gunners could lose both attackers to Premier League rivals
as they head towards the end of their contracts at the Emirates Stadium.