HNIC:

Ok to end all this arguement. . . . . .
Thanks, Mr Emmanuel Sheyi Adebayor for the 3 and a 1/2 season of your football career that you gave us at Arsenal.
Thanks Especially for that goal you scored against the OBERTANS at Old Toilet in the 06/07 season and
the numerous goals you scored against the Spuds
How about the goal of the season in the 07/08 season against the southern scums?
The commentator shouted'ADDDEEEBBBAYOOOUR'. . .  briliant!!!
Thanks for the Makossa dances also. . . (my small cousin does that after he scores a goal)
Lastly, thanks also for the one on one  misses also, for many of us, when we see u all alone with the Goalie, we close our eyes and when we open it, it's a goalkick. LMYO, bloody true!!!
Once, at the Reebok, u dribbled Jaaskelainen and with the goal gaping, u hit the post!!!! I peeed on my pants wen he didnt score that!!
Anyways, your heart was no longer with us, u flirted with Barca and Milan, but ended up with Man citeh
I have said this earlier.
When Citeh plays the Obertans,Turnbulls and the Spuds, I will be right behind you to score against them,
but of course, you will fire blanks whenever you meet the Arsenal.
One good advice for Sheyi though,
Get a good PR person to take you through handling interviews with the Press and general speech making
lastly, Shut UP about anything relating to the Arsenal and concentrate on your Citeh career

Ibime:

Lets be frank: Barring injuries, Arsenal have every chance of winning the leage.

Reasons:

(1.) The new 4-5-1 formation stops teams from countering against Arsenal as easily as in seasons past.

(2.) I notice Alex Song drops deep when the opposition have a goal kick and competes (and wins) for headers with the opposition striker, giving Gallas and Vermaelen a chance to sweep up any knockdown. This is a massive change from last season where Toure and Gallas were competing (and losing) for headers.

(3.) Arsenal finally have a house nigga organiser in the defence.

(4.) Chelsea will drop points adjusting to Carlo Ancelotti's new formation

(5.) Liverpool will be hampered by the loss of Alonso.

(6.) Ronaldo was the greatest obliterator of smaller teams in the Prem. No longer will Man Utd be 2 or 3 goals up at half-time and strolling through the match. They will have to grind out results like everyone else, and their expansive game will pay less dividends this season cos their attacking threat is somewhat diminished. Their expansive game allows teams to play, hence they will not close out games as they should.

.) Ronaldo was the greatest obliterator of smaller teams in the Prem. No longer will Man Utd be 2 or 3 goals up at half-time and strolling through the match. They will have to grind out results like everyone else, and their expansive game will pay less dividends this season cos their attacking threat is somewhat diminished. Their expansive game allows teams to play, hence they will not close out games as they

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I shall start this morning’s blog on a rather serious note…NOT! But then, for some reason I wonder why Denilson has never played for the senior national team of Brazil after playing and captaining Brazil at every level since he was a member of the under-15 squad. Could it because he is not as defensive minded as Gilberto Silva and Felipe Melo or not as creative as Ronaldinho or Kaka?

Or is it because he plays for a team that has gone four years without a major trophy. All he has to his name is one call up in 2006 with him ending up as an unused sub. In my opinion should Arsenal have a title winning season with Denilson in the midfield, I’m pretty sure Dunga might decide to give him another shot. Wait! That presupposes the fact that there might be no new signing in the midfield and Denilson whose stats last season were pretty impressive will play a major role in the season. Time will tell eh?

Elsewhere, Emmanuel Adebayor has taken a jibe at the Arsenal fans who single handedly drove him out of the club. He told the Man City website;

“The most important thing is that we won the game, but I’m very happy. The fans showed that they love me – the noise they made was unbelievable. It was very different from Arsenal. I want to give back to them what they give to me. It’s not difficult to give 100 per cent for fans like that, and I look forward to keeping this going.”

Shut up Ade! Start talking about Beyonce and AC Milan and see if they’ll love you like they do now. Citeh fans forget his last two transfers have been less than pleasant. Maybe he has turned a new leaf? We’ll see  20 games down the line!

Pep Guardiola has finally admitted that it would be impossible to lure Cesc Fabregas to the Nou Camp this season. Duh! He says;

“Cesc will not come. I believe it will not be possible this season. He is an important player for Arsenal and they have already sold Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor”
Ok…see you next summer then eh?

Jay Emmanuel-Thomas seems set for a loan move to Blackpool this season. After his exploits as Captain of the double winning youth squad last season, I’m pretty sure he needs to go on loan to game some invaluable experience playing at a higher level. We’ll look to the Arsenal.com for official confirmation when it does go through if not I’m sure he’d get a good run in the Carling cup and feature prominently for the reserves.

Ahead of tomorrow’s game at Parkhead, former Celtic winger Alan Thompson  seems to expect the Gunners to be in line for a culture shock in Glasgow. Speaking to the Telegraph, he said;

“Believe me, the Arsenal players will be in for a culture shock when they arrive in Glasgow because it will be nothing like the like the Emirates or any other Premiership atmosphere because it’s really spine-tingling stuff. When they are signing You’ll Never Walk Alone before the game, it is something that opposing teams are taken aback by. It makes the hair stand on back of your neck stand on end. Night matches at Celtic Park under the floodlights are extraordinary. Without a doubt it’s an enormous help to Celtic because the players have 60,000 fanatical supporters behind them because it gets your adrenaline going that little bit more and in big games like this that can count because the margins between success and failure and so slender. To understand how magnificent Parkhead is on a European night you just have to look at how good Celtic’s record has been there in the Champions League over the years."

I must admit that their record at home in the Champions League is pretty daunting but then, we’ve won away at the Bernabau, San Siro (twice), and Istanbul. Parkhead shouldn’t be any scarier in that regard. However, if it’s the singing that he thinks would get to us, he should forget it as I believe the boys will stand up and be counted. Besides, we blew away the Scottish Champions (who are supposed to be the better team) a fortnight ago!

I believe Celtic are going to try to play like Hull, Wigan and Stoke did in the earlier part of last season. Physical anti-football is what I call it, and quoting Aiden McGeady;

“Sides like Wigan and Hull gave them some problems last season, we should not give them too much respect. We have to get in their faces and play our own style of football. I think they can be got at.”

He forgets that these teams were trashed the next time we played them as we seemed to have come up with a way around this approach. Against Everton, the team showed a willingness to take teams on and to attack every ball. Song and Denilson proved that they could be tactically disciplined to match the opposition ball for ball and get into crucial blocks and clearances. 

I wonder how we will line up away from home in Europe this season? Will we stick to our newly adopted 4-3-3 or make a cautious shift to 4-5-1 or 4-4-1-1? Too much Fifa 2009 you say eh?

Till tomorrow…Victoria Concordia Crescit!

HNIC:

Ok to end all this arguement. . . . . .
Thanks, Mr Emmanuel Sheyi Adebayor for the 3 and a 1/2 season of your football career that you gave us at Arsenal.
Thanks Especially for that goal you scored against the OBERTANS at Old Toilet in the 06/07 season and
the numerous goals you scored against the Spuds
How about the goal of the season in the 07/08 season against the southern scums?
The commentator shouted'ADDDEEEBBBAYOOOUR'. . .  briliant!!!
Thanks for the Makossa dances also. . . (my small cousin does that after he scores a goal)
Lastly, thanks also for the one on one  misses also, for many of us, when we see u all alone with the Goalie, we close our eyes and when we open it, it's a goalkick.
Once, at the Reebok, u dribbled Jaaskelainen and with the goal gaping, u hit the post!!!!
Anyways, your heart was no longer with us, u flirted with Barca and Milan, but ended up with Man citeh
I have said this earlier.
When Citeh plays the Obertans,Turnbulls and the Spuds, I will be right behind you to score against them,
but of course, you will fire blanks whenever you meet the Arsenal.
One good advice for Sheyi though,
Get a good PR person to take you through handling interviews with the Press and general speech making
lastly, Shut UP about anything relating to the Arsenal and concentrate on your Citeh career

follypimpi:

I doubt if we need RDV in our team.

yousouph:

Its a known fact that Arsenal needs DM as a priority. VDV will be good option in the midfield but he may affect the grow of Wilshere in the team.

edoyad:

@ khanye,
the irony of the whole matter is that Wenger was the one who spotted Palacios and recommended him to Wigan cos Arsenal was more than endowed in that position at that time.
Now the looks like a player headed for highest level.

khanye:

You need someone like Wilson Palacios

tkb417:

yeah right. I need that Palacios guy in UTD
tht boi surely can play footie

khanye:

He's Complete DM!
I just hope Pep will bid for him in Jan.

chic2pimp:

why would pep bid for him when barca has the best in yaya toure. Wilson palacios has not got the ball skills of yaya toure.

khanye:

Yeah i know, but Yaya and keita will be leaving for ANC by Jan.
We would be left with only Sergi B.
Palacios will be a good cover up.

chic2pimp:

where would dat leave wilson palacios once they get back?. I'm pretty sure he would hate supersub/bench warmer role.

tkb417:

den don start again
with Ronaldo last season, most of our victories were 1-0 so?
cant remember how many games we played that we were up by 3 goals in the first half
it was a rarity

edoyad:

Cant wait to see the young Gunz at glasgow tomorrow, nothing i like more than em boys going over to 'fortresses' and bringing them down a la Bernabeau and San siro .

Any news on the Vandervaat development ?

khanye:

No, he would stilling be playing
we got almost 60matches to play this season
We need a big squad!

chic2pimp:

I bet dat was wot hleb thought last season. He is now bemoaning his moment of madness.

dayokanu:

You guys need cover in Defence and DM yet WenGAY wants to spend scarce resources on VdV when you already have Arshavin and Fabregas who play a similar role?

dayokanu:



When Song goes for Nations cup Denilson the midget would be left to compete for headers in midfield of is it Diaby the donkey. That would be the time to playAllardyces team who dwell on aerial battles Bolton and Blackburn