http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/default.aspxArsenal4Life.com - The Arsenal website for Arsenal fans by Arsenal fans. Blog, Forum, Photos, Tables, Transfer rumours, News & more. Come on you gunners! Get stuck in!en-USCommunityServer 2.1 (Build: 60809.935)http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2009/01/03/Players-transfered-out_2C00_-but-where_2700_s-the-players-in_3F00_.aspxSat, 03 Jan 2009 22:29:00 GMT088ecd73-6622-4083-9184-ba51151e123e:3992MXS1<div><img height="416" src="http://markgorman.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/arshavin-b.jpg" width="614" /></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>So? Who&#39;ll it be Arshavin, Arteta, Gareth Barry, Yaya Toure, David Villa?</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Er, David Villa? The same one valued at something stupid like 30+ million?</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>I don&#39;t think so. Arsene has already been clear that contrary to what the board says, he doesn&#39;t have the money and will instead carry on developing young talent rather than pay huge transfer fees for big-name signings. &quot;What we need to focus on is continually developing and not live in dreamland where we are linked with players of &pound;30 million to &pound;40m because that is not realistic,&quot; Wenger said. &quot;We have gone for a policy that is to develop our young players ... and not listen to everybody (in the media) who comes out every day with a new name, It is not necessarily linked that you spend 30 million (pounds) and get a massive player.&quot;</div><div><br /> </div><div>But missing is that the likes of Flamini, Gilberto, Hleb, Bentley, Lassana Diarra and Thierry Henry have left for quite large sums of money, but where are the replacements? Simply put, they haven&#39;t been any. Not of anywhere near the same value (or immediate quality). This summer signings have been typical for what we have come to expect from Arsene like Amaury Bischoff and Francis Coquelin, and don&#39;t get me wrong I have faith. &#39;Arsene knows&#39; and I don&#39;t doubt that these players can blossom into great players (or at least ones that we can sell to make a healthy profit on). The sole exception is Samir Nasri, but we knew his transfer was on the cards a month before it was finalised. My fear is that we have seen the back of too many experienced players and we&#39;ll have to suffer an absence of silverware to compensate for financial security until the youth mature.</div><div><br /> </div><div>Can you wait patiently until then or will the fans voice demanding ready-made stars be heard (or should it)? 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700th game in charge of Arsenal, and during his 12 years with us has had repeated speculation linking him with another club. Just how many times will he have to reiterate his desire to stay with the best? &quot;I believe I have shown my commitment to this Club,&quot; Wenger explained. &quot;I accepted when we built the new stadium to stay to commit my long-term future to the Club under restrictions.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&quot;I don&rsquo;t think anyone can doubt my commitment here,&quot; he said.&nbsp;</div><div>&quot;You can question my decisions and I accept that, but not my commitment.</div><div><br /></div><div>&quot;No [no one has spoken to my representatives], because I represent myself,&quot; he concluded.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also, our first major piece of business in the transfer window (and maybe the most important) has been securing Jack Wilshere to a reported eight-year deal. The young gun could only recently commit to the club, as he turned 17 on New Year&#39;s day... but 8 years, what a deal!</div><div><br /></div><div>And finally Happy New Year all you gunners! 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GMT088ecd73-6622-4083-9184-ba51151e123e:3972Munjeet0<div><a href="http://arsenal4life.com/photos/sample/picture3975.aspx" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://arsenal4life.com/photos/sample/images/3975/original.aspx" /></a></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Tony Adams returns to Arsenal for the first time as Portsmouth manager in desperate need of a positive result.&nbsp;Former Gunners captain Adams has endured a mixed start to his reign as Pompey boss since replacing Harry Redknapp at Fratton Park. The FA Cup holders are now just three points outside the relegation zone after three successive defeats and a trip to Emirates Stadium is hardly an ideal final game of 2008. Our title hopes took another knock with a 2-2 draw at Aston Villa on Boxing Day and Arsene Wenger will be looking for a positive end to the year. To be fair I don&#39;t know how we ended the first half without conceding, but after getting a two goal advantage its gutting again to let it go...</div><div><br /></div><div>At least we can welcome back Adebayor after he sat out the stalemate at Villa due to suspension after his red card against Liverpool last week. However, we now have even more injury concerns, with Alex Song likely to miss out after coming off against Villa with a thigh injury. Djourou was injured in the warm-up at Villa, so Kolo Toure could stay at centre-half, although Gael Clichy is likely to be fit to start after a late substitute&#39;s appearance against Pompey. Nicklas Bendtner was on the bench at Villa after passing a fitness test, but Cesc Fabregas, Eduardo, Theo Walcott and Tomas Rosicky are still out.</div><!-- share block start --><div class = "shareblock"><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/27/Tony-Adams-returns-after-our-Villa-let-down.aspx&amp;;subject=Tony+Adams+returns+after+our+Villa+let+down" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/27/Tony-Adams-returns-after-our-Villa-let-down.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/envelope.slant.12.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/27/Tony-Adams-returns-after-our-Villa-let-down.aspx&amp;;subject=Tony+Adams+returns+after+our+Villa+let+down" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/27/Tony-Adams-returns-after-our-Villa-let-down.aspx">Email</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/27/Tony-Adams-returns-after-our-Villa-let-down.aspx&amp;title=Tony+Adams+returns+after+our+Villa+let+down" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/27/Tony-Adams-returns-after-our-Villa-let-down.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/reddit.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/27/Tony-Adams-returns-after-our-Villa-let-down.aspx&amp;title=Tony+Adams+returns+after+our+Villa+let+down" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/27/Tony-Adams-returns-after-our-Villa-let-down.aspx">reddit</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/27/Tony-Adams-returns-after-our-Villa-let-down.aspx&amp;;title=Tony+Adams+returns+after+our+Villa+let+down" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/27/Tony-Adams-returns-after-our-Villa-let-down.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/del.icio.us.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/27/Tony-Adams-returns-after-our-Villa-let-down.aspx&amp;;title=Tony+Adams+returns+after+our+Villa+let+down" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/27/Tony-Adams-returns-after-our-Villa-let-down.aspx">Del.icio.us</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/27/Tony-Adams-returns-after-our-Villa-let-down.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/27/Tony-Adams-returns-after-our-Villa-let-down.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/16x16-digg-thumb.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/27/Tony-Adams-returns-after-our-Villa-let-down.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/27/Tony-Adams-returns-after-our-Villa-let-down.aspx">Digg</a></span></div><!-- share block end --><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3972" width="1" height="1">Kolo ToureGael ClichyNicklas BendtnerEmmanuel AdebayorTony Adamshttp://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/22/Adebayor-accuses-Arbeloa-of-play_2D00_acting.aspxMon, 22 Dec 2008 20:50:00 GMT088ecd73-6622-4083-9184-ba51151e123e:3967Munjeet0<div>Emmanuel Adebayor has accused Liverpool defender Alvaro Arbeloa of play-acting in order to get him sent off in Sunday&#39;s 1-1 draw.&nbsp;Adebayor was shown a second yellow card in the 62nd minute for a clumsy challenge but the Togo international believes the decision was harsh on him. &quot;I cannot say he [Arbeloa] cheated, but what he did was not fair play at all,&quot; said the 24-year-old. &quot;The defender threw himself on the floor as if I put a knife in him.&quot; Arsene Wenger believes the sending off cost his side victory and was furious with referee Howard Webb&#39;s decision. &quot;I am convinced we would have won with 11 players,&quot; said the Arsenal manager. &quot;We took control with 10 men, but imagine what it would have been like with 11?&quot;</div><div><br /></div><div>Robin van Persie had given the home side the lead with a brilliant finish after some excellent control, before Robbie Keane levelled the match with an equally good finish just before half-time. Liverpool were on top after the interval, although chances were at a premium even before Adebayor went in high on Alvaro Arbeloa, prompting Webb to issue the striker his second yellow card. &quot;It was very soft,&quot; said Wenger of the second booking. &quot;If we get red cards like that from opponents away from home then I&#39;m very happy. &quot;It was not a red card, it was not a second yellow card. I don&#39;t know what it was for and I&#39;m sure he (the referee) doesn&#39;t know. &quot;It&#39;s frustrating because we had a nervy first half as we were under pressure to win this game and I knew we would finish very strongly. &quot;We played high up in the second half and we could not take advantage of the fact we were slowly taking control of the game because we were down to 10 men.&quot;</div><div><br /></div><div>Adebayor agreed with his manager&#39;s sentiments and believes Webb made a mistake. &quot;I don&#39;t think I deserved a yellow card and just want the referee to go back and watch it on TV again,&quot; he said. &quot;I just wanted to protect the ball. A striker like me, Robbie Keane, (Nicolas) Anelka or (Didier) Drogba always have to protect the ball and that&#39;s what happened. &quot;At the end of the end of the day he has made a mistake and he has to recognise that what he has done is a little mistake.&quot;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Also, Cesc Fabregas admits he is worried about the knee injury which forced him to come off at half-time in the 1-1 draw. Just before the interval, Fabregas came off worst in a challenge with fellow countryman Xabi Alonso. He looked in pain on his way off the field and he did not emerge again for the second period.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, Fabregas admits he is worried about the problem with his right knee. The Spaniard has only just returned to full fitness after an issue with the same knee, and there are now fears he could be set for an extended spell on the sidelines. &quot;I have negative thoughts about the injury, But we will wait for the medical tests on Monday.&quot;</div><div><br /></div><div>Arsenal&#39;s medical staff will assess Fabregas before confirming any injury, although initial Spanish reports claim there is a real fear of ligament damage. However, Arsene Wenger remained confident the injury would not be too serious. &quot;It&#39;s a medial knee ligament injury,&quot; he said. &quot;I don&#39;t know how long he will be out. It is difficult to assess; it could be one week or three weeks.&quot;&nbsp;</div><!-- share block start --><div class = "shareblock"><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/22/Adebayor-accuses-Arbeloa-of-play_2D00_acting.aspx&amp;;subject=Adebayor+accuses+Arbeloa+of+play-acting" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/22/Adebayor-accuses-Arbeloa-of-play_2D00_acting.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/envelope.slant.12.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/22/Adebayor-accuses-Arbeloa-of-play_2D00_acting.aspx&amp;;subject=Adebayor+accuses+Arbeloa+of+play-acting" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/22/Adebayor-accuses-Arbeloa-of-play_2D00_acting.aspx">Email</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/22/Adebayor-accuses-Arbeloa-of-play_2D00_acting.aspx&amp;title=Adebayor+accuses+Arbeloa+of+play-acting" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/22/Adebayor-accuses-Arbeloa-of-play_2D00_acting.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/reddit.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/22/Adebayor-accuses-Arbeloa-of-play_2D00_acting.aspx&amp;title=Adebayor+accuses+Arbeloa+of+play-acting" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/22/Adebayor-accuses-Arbeloa-of-play_2D00_acting.aspx">reddit</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/22/Adebayor-accuses-Arbeloa-of-play_2D00_acting.aspx&amp;;title=Adebayor+accuses+Arbeloa+of+play-acting" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/22/Adebayor-accuses-Arbeloa-of-play_2D00_acting.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/del.icio.us.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/22/Adebayor-accuses-Arbeloa-of-play_2D00_acting.aspx&amp;;title=Adebayor+accuses+Arbeloa+of+play-acting" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/22/Adebayor-accuses-Arbeloa-of-play_2D00_acting.aspx">Del.icio.us</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/22/Adebayor-accuses-Arbeloa-of-play_2D00_acting.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/22/Adebayor-accuses-Arbeloa-of-play_2D00_acting.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/16x16-digg-thumb.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/22/Adebayor-accuses-Arbeloa-of-play_2D00_acting.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/22/Adebayor-accuses-Arbeloa-of-play_2D00_acting.aspx">Digg</a></span></div><!-- share block end --><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3967" width="1" height="1">Arsene WengerCesc FabregasEmmanuel AdebayorRobin Van Persiehttp://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/16/Eduardo-returns.aspxWed, 17 Dec 2008 02:16:00 GMT088ecd73-6622-4083-9184-ba51151e123e:3958Munjeet0Eduardo returned to competitive action in a reserve game against Portsmouth on Tuesday.<br /><br />The Croatian, played the first half against Portsmouth reserves at Barnet&#39;s Underhill ground. &quot;I am feeling very happy to have started my first game in 10 months,&quot; he said afterwards. &quot;I hope I can do more and that next time will be better. I just felt something in my hamstring but in two weeks I will be all right.&quot;<br /><br />Eduardo played 45 minutes of the reserves match which was won 2-0.<br /><br />Eduardo showed glimpses of his quality as he completed the first half and was only a post&rsquo;s width away from marking his return with a goal.<br /><br />In the end, it was Mark Randall who scored first against Portsmouth when he coolly slotted home 10 minutes from time and Kieran Gibbs wrapped up the victory in stoppage time with his first Reserve team strike of the campaign.<br /><br />Arsenal boss Wenger said last week: &quot;He is joining in full training matches but needs games now.&quot; <br /><!-- share block start --><div class = "shareblock"><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/16/Eduardo-returns.aspx&amp;;subject=Eduardo+returns" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/16/Eduardo-returns.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/envelope.slant.12.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/16/Eduardo-returns.aspx&amp;;subject=Eduardo+returns" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/16/Eduardo-returns.aspx">Email</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/16/Eduardo-returns.aspx&amp;title=Eduardo+returns" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/16/Eduardo-returns.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/reddit.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/16/Eduardo-returns.aspx&amp;title=Eduardo+returns" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/16/Eduardo-returns.aspx">reddit</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/16/Eduardo-returns.aspx&amp;;title=Eduardo+returns" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/16/Eduardo-returns.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/del.icio.us.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/16/Eduardo-returns.aspx&amp;;title=Eduardo+returns" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/16/Eduardo-returns.aspx">Del.icio.us</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/16/Eduardo-returns.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/16/Eduardo-returns.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/16x16-digg-thumb.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/16/Eduardo-returns.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/16/Eduardo-returns.aspx">Digg</a></span></div><!-- share block end --><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3958" width="1" height="1">Mark RandallKieran GibbsEduardohttp://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/08/Just-where-Arsene-keep-finding-all-these-young-players_3F00_.aspxMon, 08 Dec 2008 17:56:00 GMT088ecd73-6622-4083-9184-ba51151e123e:3919Munjeet0<div>Arsenal&rsquo;s ability to unearth gems from around the world is now legendary but still little is known about the people who actually find all these amazing talents. After the disapointment of a&nbsp;relatively&nbsp;early exit from the Carling Cup (especially given the quality of the current youth crop), lets take a look at Arsenal&rsquo;s scouting network.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Manager - Arsene Wenger</strong></div><div>We have to start at the top, and manager Arsene really is the brains behind the whole operation. From his first day in charge he set about bringing a global vision to the club. Only after studying an extensive dossier and video footage of a player will Wenger even consider making a move for him. He is always the ultimate judge when it is decided whether a player is good enough for Arsenal.</div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Chief scout - Steve Rowley</strong></div><div>The leader of a scouting operation that includes seven English scouts and 16 more abroad, Rowley will always travel to watch a player before he is recommended to Wenger. Rowley has been at Arsenal for 30 years and discovered the likes of Tony Adams and Ray Parlour, but before Wenger arrived he had never been on a working assignment outside of Britain. Since then he has travelled all over the planet and is held in such high esteem that clubs have constantly tried to poach him. He recently turned down a big money move to Zenit St Petersburg.</div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Spanish scout - Francis Cagigao</strong></div><div>Cagigao is a former youth player at Arsenal and Barcelona but while he never quite made it as a first-teamer he has become a valuable asset as a scout. Cagigao is the man who identified Cesc Fabregas as a player worth chasing and he recommended Lionel Messi to Arsenal with work permit issues preventing a move for the Argentine at the time. Recently he discovered Fran Merida - tipped as the &lsquo;new Fabregas&rsquo; - who starred against Wigan in the Carling Cup.</div><div><br /></div><div><strong>South American scout - Sandro Orlandelli</strong></div><div>Based in Brazil, Orlandelli immediately called Rowley when he saw Carlos Vela playing at the World Youth Championships in Peru. Orlandelli also became friends with Vela&rsquo;s father, which helped seal the deal. Denilson was another Orlandelli discovery, while he also first spotted young left-sided player Pedro Botelho who is currently on loan at Salamanca in Spain. He scouted Sao Paulo striker Diogo, for whom Arsenal have had two recent bids rejected.</div><div><br /></div><div><strong>The close friend - Jean-Marc Guillou</strong></div><div>Not directly on the Arsenal payroll - Guillou has still been a key player in the Arsenal success story. His football schools in Africa helped unearth Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Eboue, and his close relationship with Wenger made sure that the Arsenal boss found out first. Guillou was also manager of Belgian club Beveren during the co-operation agreement between the clubs which ran from 2001 until 2006.</div><div><br /></div><div><strong>French scout - Gilles Grimandi</strong></div><div>Wenger has an in-depth knowledge of the French game, but when he hears about a top prospect in his homeland he instructs former player Grimandi to keep a keen eye on the player. Positive reports from Grimandi on the likes of Abou Diaby, Bacary Sagna, Alex Song, and Mathieu Flamini persuaded Wenger to sign the players.</div><div><br /></div><div><strong>The international partnerships performance supervisor - Steve Morrow</strong></div><div>Most famous for scoring the winning goal in the 1993 League Cup final before breaking his arm in the post-match celebrations - Morrow recently started managing Arsenal&rsquo;s international partnerships, which currently includes the Colorado Rapids of the MLS, BEC Tero of Thailand and Hoang Anh Gia Lai of Vietnam. Morrow also assists Arsenal&rsquo;s academies in countries such as Egypt and Ghana.</div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Scandinavian scout - Bobby Bennett</strong></div><div>Bennett has been working for Arsenal in Scandinavia for seven years and helped to persuade Nicklas Bendtner to join the club by presenting him with a signed shirt from his favourite player - Robert Pires. Bennett also scouted Havard Nordtveit, a 17-year-old Norwegian centre-half who is considered one of Arsenal&rsquo;s top prospects and who is currently on loan with Botelho at Salamanca.</div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Germany scout - Thomas Kost</strong></div><div>It didn&rsquo;t &lsquo;Kost&rsquo; much for Arsenal to get either Philippe Senderos or Lukasz Fabianski because both were spotted by Kost early in their careers.</div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Italian scout - Tony Banfield</strong></div><div>Banfield is the son of reserve team coach Neil. His big recent discovery was Johan Djourou who came up on his radar after he overheard two agents talking about the Swiss centre-half at a youth tournament in Croatia.</div><div><br /></div><div><strong>The ex-Players - Peter Clarke and Danny Karbassiyoon</strong></div><div>Two more former Arsenal youth players are part of the Arsenal scouting network, with Clarke based in Holland and Karbassiyoon covering North America and Mexico.</div><div><br /></div><div><strong>The head of youth development - Liam Brady</strong></div><div>The Arsenal legend oversees the development of the young players once they arrive at Arsenal, ensuring they can play Wenger&rsquo;s unique brand of football He has been at the club since just before Wenger arrived in 1996. Former Arsenal great Steve Bould is also involved with the youngsters as head coach of the Under-18 Academy side.</div><!-- share block start --><div class = "shareblock"><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/08/Just-where-Arsene-keep-finding-all-these-young-players_3F00_.aspx&amp;;subject=Where+does+Arsene+keep+finding+all+these+young+players%3f" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/08/Just-where-Arsene-keep-finding-all-these-young-players_3F00_.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/envelope.slant.12.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/08/Just-where-Arsene-keep-finding-all-these-young-players_3F00_.aspx&amp;;subject=Where+does+Arsene+keep+finding+all+these+young+players%3f" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/08/Just-where-Arsene-keep-finding-all-these-young-players_3F00_.aspx">Email</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/08/Just-where-Arsene-keep-finding-all-these-young-players_3F00_.aspx&amp;title=Where+does+Arsene+keep+finding+all+these+young+players%3f" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/08/Just-where-Arsene-keep-finding-all-these-young-players_3F00_.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/reddit.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/08/Just-where-Arsene-keep-finding-all-these-young-players_3F00_.aspx&amp;title=Where+does+Arsene+keep+finding+all+these+young+players%3f" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/08/Just-where-Arsene-keep-finding-all-these-young-players_3F00_.aspx">reddit</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/08/Just-where-Arsene-keep-finding-all-these-young-players_3F00_.aspx&amp;;title=Where+does+Arsene+keep+finding+all+these+young+players%3f" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/08/Just-where-Arsene-keep-finding-all-these-young-players_3F00_.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/del.icio.us.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/08/Just-where-Arsene-keep-finding-all-these-young-players_3F00_.aspx&amp;;title=Where+does+Arsene+keep+finding+all+these+young+players%3f" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/08/Just-where-Arsene-keep-finding-all-these-young-players_3F00_.aspx">Del.icio.us</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/08/Just-where-Arsene-keep-finding-all-these-young-players_3F00_.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/08/Just-where-Arsene-keep-finding-all-these-young-players_3F00_.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/16x16-digg-thumb.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/08/Just-where-Arsene-keep-finding-all-these-young-players_3F00_.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/08/Just-where-Arsene-keep-finding-all-these-young-players_3F00_.aspx">Digg</a></span></div><!-- share block end --><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3919" width="1" height="1">Arsene WengerLiam BradySteve RowleyDanny KarbassiyoonBobby BennettJean-Marc GuillouTony BanfieldSteve MorrowThomas KostPeter ClarkeSandro OrlandelliGilles GrimandiFrancis Cagigaohttp://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/07/Adebayor-gets-us-the-win-against-Wigan_2C00_-just_2E00_.aspxSun, 07 Dec 2008 11:11:00 GMT088ecd73-6622-4083-9184-ba51151e123e:3906Munjeet0<div>The only goal came on 16 minutes, scored by Emmanuel Adebayor. When Cesc Fabregas looped the ball into the box Alex Song and Titus Bramble tussled but it found its way through to Adebayor who shot past Chris Kirkland.</div><div><br /></div><div>It&#39;s difficult to forget how Wigan came here and lost humiliatingly 3-0 to our Arsenal reserve team, and on par with this performance its far from satisfying, but the main objective was achieved, especially as the others all got their 3 points too. Gutted to see Samir Nasri injured on 33 minutes following a foul by Wilson Palacios, who was only yellow-carded for the offense. It looks like an ankle injury so lets hope he&#39;s not out for too long.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also, disappointing to see Eboue a victim of the booing, he was out of position and maybe Jack Wilshere would have been a better choice.</div><!-- share block start --><div class = "shareblock"><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/07/Adebayor-gets-us-the-win-against-Wigan_2C00_-just_2E00_.aspx&amp;;subject=Adebayor+gets+us+the+win+against+Wigan%2c+just." target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/12/07/Adebayor-gets-us-the-win-against-Wigan_2C00_-just_2E00_.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/envelope.slant.12.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: 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spilled the ball into McDonald&#39;s path who put Burnley ahead. <br /><br />This was though, to be fair, very much against the turn of play and even though we went into half time one nil down, it could well have been 4, or 5-1 to us were it not for a few good saves from Burnley keeper Brian Jensen, and Nicklas Bendtner wasteing several bread-and-butter chances.<br /><br />Looking to the positives, Paul Rodgers, 19, was on a debut for us and again to be fair there were several positive performances from some of our young guns who played with composure and elegance playing some brilliant build up play and creating one-on-ones with their keeper on a number of occasions.<br /><br />But again, as is becoming painfully often the case, wastefulness in front of goal costs us again. Bendtner missed time and time again, mostly firing straight at the body of Jensen.<br /><br />Mark Randall too has a nightmare, missing a chance with just the keeper to beat and being far to easily out-muscled allowing Burley to get their second. I suppose we have to take away the positives, and to be fair I&#39;m sure most of the players will have gained valuable experience points. 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I really do believe that our confidence would have taken such a hit, it would have had a knock on effect for Tuesday at Burnley (even though a fair few of the players will differ) and possibly even further than that.<br /><br />Then, with Chelsea dominanting the match, Van Persie delivered two crucial goals to earn us a fantastic win.<br /><br />He drilled home the equaliser after 59 minutes (offside - away from home <img src="http://arsenal4life.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile" /> ), then again Van Persie scored, this time on the turn to complete a remarkable turnaround and give us a much needed lift. And before any Chelsea fan complains about the ref, lets talk about John Terry&#39;s two footed lunge at Sagna - shocking, how he gets away with it time and time again. Playing for England certainly has it&#39;s advantages.<br /><br />Only 7 points behind the leaders now - it is possible, difficult, but very much possible.<br /></p><!-- share block start --><div class = "shareblock"><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/30/Van-Persie-scores-twice-to-beat-Chelsea.aspx&amp;;subject=Van+Persie+scores+twice+as+we+beat+Chelsea" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/30/Van-Persie-scores-twice-to-beat-Chelsea.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/envelope.slant.12.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/30/Van-Persie-scores-twice-to-beat-Chelsea.aspx&amp;;subject=Van+Persie+scores+twice+as+we+beat+Chelsea" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/30/Van-Persie-scores-twice-to-beat-Chelsea.aspx">Email</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/30/Van-Persie-scores-twice-to-beat-Chelsea.aspx&amp;title=Van+Persie+scores+twice+as+we+beat+Chelsea" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/30/Van-Persie-scores-twice-to-beat-Chelsea.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/reddit.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/30/Van-Persie-scores-twice-to-beat-Chelsea.aspx&amp;title=Van+Persie+scores+twice+as+we+beat+Chelsea" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/30/Van-Persie-scores-twice-to-beat-Chelsea.aspx">reddit</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/30/Van-Persie-scores-twice-to-beat-Chelsea.aspx&amp;;title=Van+Persie+scores+twice+as+we+beat+Chelsea" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/30/Van-Persie-scores-twice-to-beat-Chelsea.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/del.icio.us.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/30/Van-Persie-scores-twice-to-beat-Chelsea.aspx&amp;;title=Van+Persie+scores+twice+as+we+beat+Chelsea" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/30/Van-Persie-scores-twice-to-beat-Chelsea.aspx">Del.icio.us</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/30/Van-Persie-scores-twice-to-beat-Chelsea.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/30/Van-Persie-scores-twice-to-beat-Chelsea.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/16x16-digg-thumb.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/30/Van-Persie-scores-twice-to-beat-Chelsea.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/30/Van-Persie-scores-twice-to-beat-Chelsea.aspx">Digg</a></span></div><!-- share block end --><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3891" width="1" height="1">Robin Van PersieJohan DjorouJohn Terryhttp://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/26/-Gazidis-new-chief-exec-and-Bendtner-finally-finds-his-pink-boots_2E00_.aspxWed, 26 Nov 2008 13:11:00 GMT088ecd73-6622-4083-9184-ba51151e123e:3886Munjeet0<div>If it takes pink boots for Nicklas Bendtner (probably the only player less popular than William Gallas) to score then so be it. The late goal from his salmon boots as a second-half substitute sends us into the last 16 of the Champions League. The Ukrainians struck the post and were also denied by a superb save from Almunia &ndash; a moment that was definitely a turning point.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>With one goal his one goal after ages, Bendtner positively transformed the atmosphere inside the Emirates, lifting our fortunes and maybe giving himself a shot of belief. &quot;It&#39;s a first step for us because at the moment what the team needs is a bit of reassurance,&quot; said Arsene, who celebrated Arsenal&#39;s 150th goal in the Champions League.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>It was, also, a tentative step ahead of Sunday&#39;s Premier League game away to Chelsea &ndash; where we hope to have Emmanuel Adebayor, Bacary Sagna and Samir Nasri back... I think we&#39;ll need at least some of them.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Arsenal 1 Dinamo Kiev 0:</div><div><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9dHFE6WPxK4"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9dHFE6WPxK4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In other Arsenal news, we have announced the appointment of Major League Soccer deputy commissioner Ivan Gazidis as our new chief executive. The 44-year-old South Africa-born Oxford graduate will take up his post in January to end his 14-year association with the American league. Gazidis is expected to take over many of the duties previously handled by former vice-chairman David Dein, who left Arsenal last year, such as player contracts and negotiations.</div><div>Chairman Peter Hill-Wood said: &quot;Ivan&#39;s credentials are first class. It is evident that he has a wealth of business acumen together with a broad knowledge of football that will not only help to maintain Arsenal&#39;s pre-eminent standing but enhance our reputation within the football community and international commercial markets.&quot;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Gazidis, a qualified solicitor and keen amateur player, said: &quot;I have been privileged in my 14 years with MLS to have worked with and for some of the best sports executives and owners in the world, whose vision, commitment and expertise have taken the league from strength to strength and provided a solid platform for its future growth.&quot;</div><div><br /></div><!-- share block start --><div class = "shareblock"><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: 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Arsene announced his decision at his pre-match press conference ahead of the Group G match while adding that &ldquo;Gallas will play against Kyiv, But he will not captain.&rdquo; ending all the damaging speculation surrounding Gallas&#39;s future.</div><div><br /></div><div>Wenger has included the French defender in his squad for Tuesday after leaving him out for the trip to Manchester City at the weekend. He added that, to him, the subject is now closed. Arsene then went on to say &quot;This is a permanent thing. But I don&rsquo;t think I especially have to explain why. I have given you information but I do not have to explain to you why I make these decisions. This subject is now closed. You have to respect a little bit of the team&rsquo;s privacy.&rdquo;</div><div><br /></div><div>Gallas, if you can read this, let me repeat - You have to respect the team&rsquo;s privacy...</div><!-- share block start --><div class = "shareblock"><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/25/Captain-Fabregas.aspx&amp;;subject=Captain+Fabregas" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/25/Captain-Fabregas.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/envelope.slant.12.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/25/Captain-Fabregas.aspx&amp;;subject=Captain+Fabregas" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/25/Captain-Fabregas.aspx">Email</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/25/Captain-Fabregas.aspx&amp;title=Captain+Fabregas" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/25/Captain-Fabregas.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/reddit.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/25/Captain-Fabregas.aspx&amp;title=Captain+Fabregas" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/25/Captain-Fabregas.aspx">reddit</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/25/Captain-Fabregas.aspx&amp;;title=Captain+Fabregas" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/25/Captain-Fabregas.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/del.icio.us.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/25/Captain-Fabregas.aspx&amp;;title=Captain+Fabregas" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/25/Captain-Fabregas.aspx">Del.icio.us</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/25/Captain-Fabregas.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/25/Captain-Fabregas.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/16x16-digg-thumb.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/25/Captain-Fabregas.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/25/Captain-Fabregas.aspx">Digg</a></span></div><!-- share block end --><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3883" width="1" height="1">Arsene WengerCesc FabregasWilliam Gallashttp://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/21/Gallas-throws-his-toys-out-of-the-pram_2C00_-again.aspxFri, 21 Nov 2008 14:35:00 GMT088ecd73-6622-4083-9184-ba51151e123e:3875Munjeet0<div>Gallas doesn&#39;t hold back, does he? &quot;We are not brave enough in battle... We need to be soldiers. We have to be warriors.&quot;</div><div><br /></div><div>So Gallas has thrown his toys out of the pram, nothing new there then. Remember his tantrum at Birmingham after Arsenal conceded a late equaliser? That was back in February.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>What is unacceptable is that he is now letting out the talk of the dressing-room, which is something that all players and managers firmly trust will be kept in the dressing-room. Gallas breached that trust yesterday and all but fingered the culprits, saying that the main troublemaker was 25 years old which puts Robin van Persie, Bacary Sagna and Emmanuel Eboue squarely in the frame, with most people identifying Van Persie as the most likely subject of his ire.</div><div><br /></div><div>And how about his leadership qualities in life outside of football? Gallas was fined two weeks&#39; wages after he was spotted leaving a nightclub with a cigarette in his mouth. Personally, I couldn&#39;t give a monkeys about whether he smokes in public or not. Its what he does on the pitch that matters.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now there is much talk of Gallas loosing his captain armband but I don&#39;t think thats going to help, if anything it will make our side even more unstable at a make or break time in our season.</div><div><br /></div><div>What do you think? Leave your comments below, or discuss it in the forum.</div><!-- share block start --><div class = "shareblock"><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/21/Gallas-throws-his-toys-out-of-the-pram_2C00_-again.aspx&amp;;subject=Gallas+throws+his+toys+out+of+the+pram%2c+again" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/21/Gallas-throws-his-toys-out-of-the-pram_2C00_-again.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/envelope.slant.12.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/21/Gallas-throws-his-toys-out-of-the-pram_2C00_-again.aspx&amp;;subject=Gallas+throws+his+toys+out+of+the+pram%2c+again" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/21/Gallas-throws-his-toys-out-of-the-pram_2C00_-again.aspx">Email</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/21/Gallas-throws-his-toys-out-of-the-pram_2C00_-again.aspx&amp;title=Gallas+throws+his+toys+out+of+the+pram%2c+again" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/21/Gallas-throws-his-toys-out-of-the-pram_2C00_-again.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/reddit.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/21/Gallas-throws-his-toys-out-of-the-pram_2C00_-again.aspx&amp;title=Gallas+throws+his+toys+out+of+the+pram%2c+again" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/21/Gallas-throws-his-toys-out-of-the-pram_2C00_-again.aspx">reddit</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/21/Gallas-throws-his-toys-out-of-the-pram_2C00_-again.aspx&amp;;title=Gallas+throws+his+toys+out+of+the+pram%2c+again" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/21/Gallas-throws-his-toys-out-of-the-pram_2C00_-again.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/del.icio.us.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/21/Gallas-throws-his-toys-out-of-the-pram_2C00_-again.aspx&amp;;title=Gallas+throws+his+toys+out+of+the+pram%2c+again" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/21/Gallas-throws-his-toys-out-of-the-pram_2C00_-again.aspx">Del.icio.us</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/21/Gallas-throws-his-toys-out-of-the-pram_2C00_-again.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/21/Gallas-throws-his-toys-out-of-the-pram_2C00_-again.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/16x16-digg-thumb.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/21/Gallas-throws-his-toys-out-of-the-pram_2C00_-again.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/21/Gallas-throws-his-toys-out-of-the-pram_2C00_-again.aspx">Digg</a></span></div><!-- share block end --><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3875" width="1" height="1">Bacary SagnaRobin Van PersieWilliam GallasEmmanuel Ebouehttp://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/17/January-transfers_2C00_-44-days.aspxMon, 17 Nov 2008 17:36:00 GMT088ecd73-6622-4083-9184-ba51151e123e:3863Munjeet3<div>...and counting. The official word from Arsene is that he has been &quot;asked a lot about possible transfers in January but it is too early to answer that question. We are mid-November and we have to see where we are at the end of December&quot;.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>For me this does prove that transfers are on the boss&#39;s mind which is a relief, and while he added &quot;speculating about transfers won&#39;t help us&quot; it may well serve as a back up in case by the end of December our season has taken a major hit.</div><!-- share block start --><div class = "shareblock"><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/17/January-transfers_2C00_-44-days.aspx&amp;;subject=January+transfers%2c+44+days" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/17/January-transfers_2C00_-44-days.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/envelope.slant.12.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/17/January-transfers_2C00_-44-days.aspx&amp;;subject=January+transfers%2c+44+days" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/17/January-transfers_2C00_-44-days.aspx">Email</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/17/January-transfers_2C00_-44-days.aspx&amp;title=January+transfers%2c+44+days" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/17/January-transfers_2C00_-44-days.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/reddit.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/17/January-transfers_2C00_-44-days.aspx&amp;title=January+transfers%2c+44+days" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/17/January-transfers_2C00_-44-days.aspx">reddit</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/17/January-transfers_2C00_-44-days.aspx&amp;;title=January+transfers%2c+44+days" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/17/January-transfers_2C00_-44-days.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/del.icio.us.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/17/January-transfers_2C00_-44-days.aspx&amp;;title=January+transfers%2c+44+days" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/17/January-transfers_2C00_-44-days.aspx">Del.icio.us</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/17/January-transfers_2C00_-44-days.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/17/January-transfers_2C00_-44-days.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/16x16-digg-thumb.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/17/January-transfers_2C00_-44-days.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/17/January-transfers_2C00_-44-days.aspx">Digg</a></span></div><!-- share block end --><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3863" width="1" height="1">Arsene Wengerhttp://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/15/Arsenal-0_2D00_2-Aston-Villa.aspxSun, 16 Nov 2008 00:59:00 GMT088ecd73-6622-4083-9184-ba51151e123e:3862Munjeet0<div>Aston Villa score twice in the last 20 minutes to deal us a serious blow to our League title hopes.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Gael Clichy headed Ashley Young&#39;s cross into his own net after 70 minutes and Gabriel Agbonlahor raced clear to add a second 10 minutes later. Credit to Villa, they played a great match even gaining a penalty in the first five minutes, but Manuel Almunia produced penalty save against Young.</div><div><br /></div><div>Brad Friedel saved well from Cesc Fabregas in the first half and Emmanuel Adebayor hit a post late - but this was way too little way too late. After the lads responded so well to all the criticism by beating Manchester United last Saturday, this really is a sucker punch and punishing to our self-belief.</div><div><br /></div><div>I&#39;ve said it before, and I&#39;ll say it again, Arsenal rely heavily on self-belief and without it we cannot produce the performances needed... a real shame after such a positive win against Man United when our backs were against the wall.</div><div><br /></div><div>We almost broke the deadlock after 15 minutes when Friedel saved from Fabregas and Curtis Davies needed to make a desperate clearance as the ball ran loose. The game continued in an open fashion after the break, and Arsene introduced Adebayor in place of Abou Diaby.</div><div><br /></div><div>Overall, this is a frustrating loss. After working so hard to get back some momentum, it feels like somebody has slammed on the brakes. 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</div><div>Burnley v Arsenal</div><div>Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers</div><div>Watford v Tottenham Hotspur</div><div>Stoke City v Derby County</div><!-- share block start --><div class = "shareblock"><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/15/Burnley-next-in-Carling-Cup.aspx&amp;;subject=Burnley+next+in+Carling+Cup" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/15/Burnley-next-in-Carling-Cup.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/envelope.slant.12.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/15/Burnley-next-in-Carling-Cup.aspx&amp;;subject=Burnley+next+in+Carling+Cup" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/15/Burnley-next-in-Carling-Cup.aspx">Email</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/15/Burnley-next-in-Carling-Cup.aspx&amp;title=Burnley+next+in+Carling+Cup" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/15/Burnley-next-in-Carling-Cup.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/reddit.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/15/Burnley-next-in-Carling-Cup.aspx&amp;title=Burnley+next+in+Carling+Cup" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/15/Burnley-next-in-Carling-Cup.aspx">reddit</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/15/Burnley-next-in-Carling-Cup.aspx&amp;;title=Burnley+next+in+Carling+Cup" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/15/Burnley-next-in-Carling-Cup.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/del.icio.us.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/15/Burnley-next-in-Carling-Cup.aspx&amp;;title=Burnley+next+in+Carling+Cup" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/15/Burnley-next-in-Carling-Cup.aspx">Del.icio.us</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/15/Burnley-next-in-Carling-Cup.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/15/Burnley-next-in-Carling-Cup.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/16x16-digg-thumb.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/15/Burnley-next-in-Carling-Cup.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/15/Burnley-next-in-Carling-Cup.aspx">Digg</a></span></div><!-- share block end --><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3861" width="1" height="1">Jack WilshereJay Simpsonhttp://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/12/Wenger-proud-of-young_2D00_guns-after-3_2D00_0-Wigan-win.aspxWed, 12 Nov 2008 11:25:00 GMT088ecd73-6622-4083-9184-ba51151e123e:3858Munjeet0<div>Arsene Wenger lavished praise on our gifted youngsters after they turned on the style to beat Wigan 3-0 in the Carling Cup.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Jay Simpson scored twice and Carlos Vela added a third at the Emirates.</div><div>He said: &quot;We stood up to the test and got a remarkable combination of desire, energy and quality. &quot;From the first to the last minute we looked really up for it. We had a relentless go. In the end it was a fantastic win.&quot;&nbsp;</div><div>In the young-guns last match we thrashed Sheffield United 6-0 in the and Wenger insists he will stick to his policy of blooding emerging talent in the quarter-final. Wenger added: &quot;It was a big test for such a young team. I will keep them together to see how far they can go. First we had Sheffield United and then Wigan.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span></div><div>&quot;They were different challenges but now you know they can turn up and produce. It will be interesting to go into the quarter-final and to see who we get. &quot;These boys, they surprise everybody because there is a mixture of character, commitment and calm as well. &quot;Under pressure they remain extremely calm and play always very good football. What they do on the pitch is not a coincidence, it is quality. We are proud, not only because we have won, but because we have won in a convincing style with a lot of quality, energy and team spirit. With such a young team, it is fantastic to see.&quot;</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span></div><div>&quot;They love it. When you are 17 and 18 and playing in front of 60,000 people, are you inhibited or do you play better? They have chosen the second solution because they have character.&quot; Wigan boss Steve Bruce (who took a fair bit of stick from where I was sitting) was also humble in his praise of Arsenal&#39;s youngsters. He said: &quot;They were frightening on the night. The age of them. Arsene says it is the best crop of youngsters he&#39;s had and when you think of the young players they have had in the past, that is some compliment. They gave us a torrid evening. We&#39;ve gone out of the cup with a whimper really. They created more chances against us than any other team this season. We&#39;ve had our backsides kicked by a very good, young Arsenal team.&quot;</div><div><br /></div><div>Wenger also believes 16-year-old Jack Wilshere can form a formidable midfield partnership with Cesc Fabregas. He said: &quot;Cesc and Jack could play well together. They have the same good potential. They are both players of character and they are not frightened of going into the challenge. Jack takes the ball no matter where, it&#39;s all natural to him. He&#39;s a different type of player - more of a dribbler, whereas Cesc is more of a passer.&quot;</div><div><br /></div><div>Now thats IS a partnership ever Arsenal fan can&#39;t wait to see. Other highlights were Vela&#39;s superb goal and Fabianski pulling of two reaction saves that were nothing short of breathtaking.</div><!-- share block start --><div class = "shareblock"><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/12/Wenger-proud-of-young_2D00_guns-after-3_2D00_0-Wigan-win.aspx&amp;;subject=Wenger+proud+after+3-0+Wigan+win" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/12/Wenger-proud-of-young_2D00_guns-after-3_2D00_0-Wigan-win.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/envelope.slant.12.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/12/Wenger-proud-of-young_2D00_guns-after-3_2D00_0-Wigan-win.aspx&amp;;subject=Wenger+proud+after+3-0+Wigan+win" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/12/Wenger-proud-of-young_2D00_guns-after-3_2D00_0-Wigan-win.aspx">Email</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/12/Wenger-proud-of-young_2D00_guns-after-3_2D00_0-Wigan-win.aspx&amp;title=Wenger+proud+after+3-0+Wigan+win" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/12/Wenger-proud-of-young_2D00_guns-after-3_2D00_0-Wigan-win.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/reddit.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/12/Wenger-proud-of-young_2D00_guns-after-3_2D00_0-Wigan-win.aspx&amp;title=Wenger+proud+after+3-0+Wigan+win" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/12/Wenger-proud-of-young_2D00_guns-after-3_2D00_0-Wigan-win.aspx">reddit</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/12/Wenger-proud-of-young_2D00_guns-after-3_2D00_0-Wigan-win.aspx&amp;;title=Wenger+proud+after+3-0+Wigan+win" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/12/Wenger-proud-of-young_2D00_guns-after-3_2D00_0-Wigan-win.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/del.icio.us.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/12/Wenger-proud-of-young_2D00_guns-after-3_2D00_0-Wigan-win.aspx&amp;;title=Wenger+proud+after+3-0+Wigan+win" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/12/Wenger-proud-of-young_2D00_guns-after-3_2D00_0-Wigan-win.aspx">Del.icio.us</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/12/Wenger-proud-of-young_2D00_guns-after-3_2D00_0-Wigan-win.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/12/Wenger-proud-of-young_2D00_guns-after-3_2D00_0-Wigan-win.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/16x16-digg-thumb.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/12/Wenger-proud-of-young_2D00_guns-after-3_2D00_0-Wigan-win.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/12/Wenger-proud-of-young_2D00_guns-after-3_2D00_0-Wigan-win.aspx">Digg</a></span></div><!-- share block end --><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3858" width="1" height="1">Arsene WengerCarlos VelaJack WilshereJay SimpsonLukas Fabianskihttp://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/08/Arsenal-2_2D00_1-Man-Utd-.aspxSun, 09 Nov 2008 00:18:00 GMT088ecd73-6622-4083-9184-ba51151e123e:3853Munjeet0<p><img border="0" src="http://arsenal4life.com/photos/matchday/images/3854/500x375.aspx" />&nbsp;</p><p>Samir Nasri (what a first season) scored twice helping us to beat Manchester United and prove that we are still serious Premier League contenders.</p><p><br />Nasri&#39;s deflected shot opened the scoring in the 22nd minute and he doubled their advantage three minutes after the interval with a powerful finish from Fabregas&#39;s precise pass.</p><p><br />Although I must admit, I have never seen United creating and wasting so many chances, that takes nothing away from the self-belief we showed right through the match after a difficult week.</p><p><br />Clichy again played an absolute blinder, controlling Ronaldo right from the kick-off &ndash; in fact the whole team played well with the single exception of Bentner. He was terrible and I cannot wait &#39;til he packs his bags... January would not be too soon in my eyes. Even Adebayor would have put one of those Bentner header chances away- and thats saying something. <br /></p><p>Having said that without injured Adebayor or suspended Robin van Persie I had serious concerns over this match which makes it even more satisfying to get the win &ndash; and be able to hold on to it for the majority of the match.<br /><br /><br /></p><!-- share block start --><div class = "shareblock"><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/08/Arsenal-2_2D00_1-Man-Utd-.aspx&amp;;subject=Arsenal+2-1+Man+Utd+" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/08/Arsenal-2_2D00_1-Man-Utd-.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/envelope.slant.12.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/08/Arsenal-2_2D00_1-Man-Utd-.aspx&amp;;subject=Arsenal+2-1+Man+Utd+" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/08/Arsenal-2_2D00_1-Man-Utd-.aspx">Email</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/08/Arsenal-2_2D00_1-Man-Utd-.aspx&amp;title=Arsenal+2-1+Man+Utd+" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/08/Arsenal-2_2D00_1-Man-Utd-.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/reddit.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/08/Arsenal-2_2D00_1-Man-Utd-.aspx&amp;title=Arsenal+2-1+Man+Utd+" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/08/Arsenal-2_2D00_1-Man-Utd-.aspx">reddit</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/08/Arsenal-2_2D00_1-Man-Utd-.aspx&amp;;title=Arsenal+2-1+Man+Utd+" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/08/Arsenal-2_2D00_1-Man-Utd-.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/del.icio.us.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/08/Arsenal-2_2D00_1-Man-Utd-.aspx&amp;;title=Arsenal+2-1+Man+Utd+" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/08/Arsenal-2_2D00_1-Man-Utd-.aspx">Del.icio.us</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/08/Arsenal-2_2D00_1-Man-Utd-.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/08/Arsenal-2_2D00_1-Man-Utd-.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/16x16-digg-thumb.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/08/Arsenal-2_2D00_1-Man-Utd-.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/08/Arsenal-2_2D00_1-Man-Utd-.aspx">Digg</a></span></div><!-- share block end --><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3853" width="1" height="1">Gael ClichySamir NasriNicklas BendtnerEmmanuel AdebayorRobin Van PersieCristiano Ronaldohttp://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/08/Is-Arsene-Wenger-thinking-about-leaving_3F00_.aspxFri, 07 Nov 2008 23:50:00 GMT088ecd73-6622-4083-9184-ba51151e123e:3850Munjeet0<p><img border="0" src="http://arsenal4life.com/photos/matchday/images/10/500x336.aspx" />&nbsp;</p><p>No, Arsene Wenger has rejected talk he could walk away from Arsenal. A relief to every Gooner no doubt.<br /><br />Former Gunners keeper Bob Wilson had suggested recent criticism levelled at the Frenchman could lead to him leaving after 12 years in charge.<br /><br />&quot;No, I love it here,&quot; said Wenger, ahead of Arsenal&#39;s home game against defending champions Manchester United.<br /><br />&quot;In my decisions always what&#39;s first is the interest of the club, not what the media will think. I am proud of the decisions that I have made.&quot;<br /><br />Increasingly Wenger has come under fire in the media for a perceived preference for youth over experience, and a desire to win stylishly.<br /><br />The criticism has intensified as Arsenal have suffered three defeats in the early stages of the Premier League season - the latest a 2-1 loss at newly promoted Stoke - and have also failed to win their last three league and European games.<br /><br />The Gunners let a two-goal lead slip at home to local rivals Tottenham to draw 4-4, while the defeat at Stoke was followed by a goalless draw in the Champions League at home to Fenerbahce.<br /><br />&quot;I personally believe in my team, I&#39;m very proud of what they do,&quot; added Wenger, who has a contract until 2011, but last won a trophy in 2005.<br /><br />&quot;Our results are not as good as we want them to be.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Every single team has more experience than we have. I don&#39;t believe strength is linked with experience. It is linked with desire, with talent, with intelligence. You can be intelligent at 18 or 20 and be stupid at 30.<br /><br />&quot;Every club and every player gives us a different problem and we have to be strong enough to find a solution.&quot;<br /><br />Meanwhile striker Nicklas Bendtner is confident Arsenal can beat United on Saturday and get their Premier League challenge back on track.<br /><br />&quot;We still believe we can win the title and it will be like that until the season finishes,&quot; said the 20-year-old.<br /><br />&quot;We owe that to ourselves. We are young but we can still prove people wrong.&quot;<br /><br />Arsenal are fourth, a point behind United and six behind leaders Chelsea, but Bendtner believes the challenge of facing the Premier League holders will bring out the best in the team.<br /><br />&quot;We&#39;re very strong and we have played well against big teams this season. It will be no different on Saturday,&quot; he said.<br /><br />&quot;After what happened against Tottenham and Stoke, people can get the impression that things are not going right but we don&#39;t feel that way ourselves.<br /></p><p>&quot;We are strong and believe we have another chance tomorrow to show that we are united and can get back to winning ways.&quot;<br /><br />With Emmanuel Adebayor injured, Robin van Persie suspended and Theo Walcott only rated as 50-50, Wenger will look to Bendtner to lead Arsenal&#39;s attack against United.<br /><br />He is likely to be partnered by Mexican Carlos Vela, who scored a hat-trick against Sheffield United in the Carling Cup earlier this season.<br /><br />&quot;It would be fantastic to score against Manchester United,&quot; said Bendtner. &quot;If I can score and help us win the game then I&#39;ll be very happy.<br /><br />&quot;If you play well, you keep your place so you have to keep working hard.<br /><br />&quot;It&#39;s the same for every striker, there&#39;s no free pass in every top club. 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Particularly when compared with how we took apart Fenerbahce to claim a thumping 5-2 win in Turkey a fortnight ago.<br /></p><!-- share block start --><div class = "shareblock"><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/05/Arsenal-0_2D00_0-Fenerbahce.aspx&amp;;subject=Arsenal+0-0+Fenerbahce" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/05/Arsenal-0_2D00_0-Fenerbahce.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/envelope.slant.12.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/05/Arsenal-0_2D00_0-Fenerbahce.aspx&amp;;subject=Arsenal+0-0+Fenerbahce" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/05/Arsenal-0_2D00_0-Fenerbahce.aspx">Email</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/05/Arsenal-0_2D00_0-Fenerbahce.aspx&amp;title=Arsenal+0-0+Fenerbahce" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/05/Arsenal-0_2D00_0-Fenerbahce.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/reddit.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/05/Arsenal-0_2D00_0-Fenerbahce.aspx&amp;title=Arsenal+0-0+Fenerbahce" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/05/Arsenal-0_2D00_0-Fenerbahce.aspx">reddit</a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/05/Arsenal-0_2D00_0-Fenerbahce.aspx&amp;;title=Arsenal+0-0+Fenerbahce" target="_blank" title = "Post http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/05/Arsenal-0_2D00_0-Fenerbahce.aspx"><img src="http://arsenal4life.com/images/badges/del.icio.us.16.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span><span class="shareSpan"><a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arsenal4life.com/blogs/season08-09/archive/2008/11/05/Arsenal-0_2D00_0-Fenerbahce.aspx&amp;;title=Arsenal+0-0+Fenerbahce" targ