Last night Robin Van Pesie posted this photo on his Twitter saying “Dinner with great company! #Sushi”

So who are the two gents in the photo with Robin…The guy on the left is agent Kees Vos, but who is the guy in the middle?

Well last night on twitter our friends at goonersworld noticed that the man in the middle is possibley a Man City delegate who was at the game last Sunday. Photo below Another possibly photo of the man in the middle?

So… Is this the same geezer?…If so Why is our captain having dinner with a Man City delegate? Did Robin post this photo and think that no-one would recognise him. Or is this not the same guy?

Mmmmmmmm…. Looks like the same bloke to me.

QPR 2-1 Arsenal

QPR collected a valuable victory in their battle against the drop and ended in-form Arsenal’s winning run (get the latest odds on Arsenal’s title chances next season from FREEbets.org.uk).

An off day for the gunners or was this the return of the Arsenal that we have seen for half the season before this little winning run?

Personally I feel Arsene some tactical mistakes yet again in playing Ramsey wide left from the start. WHY!!!… When you have the likes of Oxlade-Chamberlain and Gervinho fit and on the bench? it brings back memories of when Arsene played Bendtner, Baptista and Diaby on the wings.

Today our passing game was all over the place. Song, Ramsey, Rosicky gave the ball away countless times and Van Persie had no support or service.

Defensivly we looked back to the Arsenal of odd. Zamora had his usal good game and was bulling the CBs.

NOW its going to be a fight for 3rd and 4th place, with touch games vs City and Chelsea to come we cant drop points vs teams like this at this stage of the season.

Arsenal Ratings
Szczesny 6.0 ( Nothing he could do with both goals. Was let down around him by poor defensive cover )
Sagna 6.0 ( Didnt have the best of games and gave us nothing going forward )
Vermaelen 4.0 ( At fault for BOTH goals and lost his cool a few times. His worst game in an Arsenal shirt )
Koscielny 5.0 ( Bullied by Zamora again. Poor show )
Gibbs 5.5 ( Didnt cover himself in glory for the 2nd goal )
Rosicky 5.5 ( Got his new contact and now back to his old poor self )
Arteta 6.0 ( Looked tired and was playing to deep )
Walcott 7.5 ( Scored our goal and looked our most dangerous player )
Ramsey 4.5 ( Was asked to play on the left wing? Dont ask me why? Didnt stick to the left and was all over the place )
Song 5.0 ( Lost count how many times he gave the ball away )
Van Persie 6.0 ( No support at all, 3 games without a goal now )

Subs
(Gervinho – 69′ ) Came on and did… Nothing
(Oxlade-Chamberlain – 81′ ) Came on to late, but looked the part for 10mins.. Why has he lost his starting place?
(Chamakh – 81′ ) £60k a week??

Living the dream.

After his “tweet” during the CL game last night (above) is Jack Wilshere a patriot or an idiot?

Personally I dont understand why any Arsenal fan or player would want to see Chelsea win the champions league?

Or is Jack right.. Should we be supporting English clubs in the CL now we are out?

Whats your feeling? Please comment below..

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Is it really season ticket renewal time already?

This morning Arsenal newsnow was a wash of news linking us to Eden Hazard because Arsene has come out and said a few words about the player.

“I like Eden Hazard a lot, and for many reasons,” Wenger told La Derniere Heure.

“His creative ability, his talent for unbalancing opponents, his vision of the game, and his consummate skill in making the final pass all make him an in-demand player.

“Hazard has what it takes to play for a top-level club, and Arsenal are a top-level club.”

What Arsene didnt say was ” Arsenal are a top level club, But Arsenal dont pay top level money”

My advice gooners is dont buy it because we wont…

And its not like Arsene has’nt done this before… Remember  this

More lies and spin and no doubt some gooners tonight will be dreaming of Hazard signing for £25m this summer.. Sorry lads its going to be Kalou on a free.

And thats all im gonna say about this…

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Before I say anything I would like to say that Im old enough to remember the days under Terry Neil and remember the good and the bad times. I’m grateful to Arsene for everything he has done, the football and memories of the “past” will stay with me forever. He should of been remembered as one of the greatest!

There comes a time when you just have to say “enough is enough and we need fresh ideas” and my friends that time is NOW!.. We cant keep hoping that Arsene will lead us back to the glory days when its clear as mud that with every game that passes Arsene greatness is slowly turning into madness.

This is the man who took us from 49 games unbeaten and the best team I have seen, but over the last 7 years he has slowly ripped the team apart and sold great players off and replaced them with cheap kids or rejects. Arsene has shown no ambition in the transfer market and refused time and time again to sign the players we needed. Players like Scott Parker who many of the Arsenal backroom staff wanted and was a snip at £5m. Wenger turned his nose up. Again with Samba and Cahill, Wenger was told by many around him that they were the players we needed. Again Wenger didnt want to pay the asking price. Juan Mata,Smalling and a host others, Wenger faffed around trying to get them on the cheap and missed out. But instead Wenger put his faith in players like Chamakh, squillaci, Almunia, Denilsom etc etc etc. Players who were clearly not good enough for Wigan but somehow made it at Arsenal.
In the transfer market we are a JOKE!… Sell high and buy low.. £17m in profit only this summer. Wenger looks at the transfer market with disgust, and when other managers look to bring players in to improve, our manager sits back and smiles at the bank balance.

Tactically Wenger is getting it wrong also. From subs that have Van Persie and the fans shouting out “NOOOO” and “you dont know what your doing” to the failing system that was designed only for Cesc.

Whats so wrong with playing 4/4/2? Whats so wrong with playing 2 forwards down the middle? And not asking a 6ft 3 striker in Bendtner to play on the wing? And even when Arsene makes subs the system or style of play doesn’t change. its like for like and we still remain so very predictable.

ITs time for a new face, new ideas, new tactics..

But every time I say this i get verbally attacked with “F@ck off and die your not a real gooner, your a spurs fan”.. Well let me tell you something. if you are a 15 year old and only know life under Wenger you would feel that the club would end the day Wenger walked. No doubt you feel the club was founded in the 90s by a Frenchmen called Arsene and the club was even named after him. Well sorry to break the news to you but Arsenal was already a massive club before Arsene and we won titles, doubles, Fa cups, league cups and also cups in Europe. This is Arsenal FC and not Arsene FC.

I know Arsene is not totally on his own to blame. But he picks the team. the tactics, has full control to who comes in and out the club so he needs to take most of the blame. But also the backroom staff and people at the top need to go. I’m taking about Hill-Wood and Gazidis. The people who look at this club as if its a loyal farm. our players are cattle, we sign them young with the dream of selling them on at a later age for a huge profit. That has now become the Arsenal way and that is why we are now 7th in the league 12points behind the spurs and that is why we have not won anything in 7 years.

Things need to change and now. that is why 1000s of Arsenal fans will attend the game 2morrow with black bin bags and protest. Since this was leaked on twitter and was published in the press its been 50/50 to which gooner you are. Some support and some agree with more verbal abuse towards the fans who want to see change.

You cant blame the fans for protesting, How much more of this do we have to put up with? If only we stayed at Highbury and didnt sell our souls to the devil in the hunt for greed would we have had the need to sell our best players to our rivals and sign players on the cheap?

Fans like me have had enough, and if you want to go ahead and call me plastic or a spurs fan you crack on. All i know is this, I love Arsenal and i have done since my father took me over highbury in the 80s. But I cant take no more of the lies and bullshit. I cant just sit back and watch my beloved team turn into a club that has to sell its best players and is happy with finishing 4th. Things need to change at Arsenal and by protesting it might not do much but at the very lest we are showing the board and manager that we are worried and want things to improve. And if you cant see that this is a good thing then you are almost as confused and lost as the current manager.

Bring your black bin bags and show the club that things need to change.

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Well this is certainly a debate that always opens up a huge can of worms every time, and divides fans opinions, normally to abuse, to criticism and always always being reminded of the past glory that Arsene Wenger brought to the club in his first nine years since joining in 1996 after the departures of George Graham – for me he will always be more preferred manager of choice to Arsene Wenger for his ruthlessness, his ability to mould probably the best defence the Premier League and European football ever saw, creating an England number one goalkeeper for many consistent years and six trophies, consisting of a domestic cup double in the Fa Cup and League Cup in the same season, two 1st Division titles and the European Cup Winners Cup, (major domestic trophies – not including Community Shield/Charity Shield which is certainly not a major domestic honour), in nine years as opposed to seven trophies consisting of three Premier League titles and four FA Cups – including into that two lost European finals in the Uefa Cup against Galatasaray and also the Champions League final against Barcelona.

But I truly believe that the of Arsene Wenger is shortly coming to an end, for many reasons really, but the main reason being with a number of fans alike in recent years, the fact that Arsenal for the past seven years have been in decline, largely due to the manager I would say, he has allowed our biggest players to leave the club whilst at the same time filling the boards pockets with the profits from these sales, he is far too arrogant and stubborn – always quick to blame everyone right down to the blade of grass that blew the wrong way for defeats, when it is plainly obvious that he lost his way now, this season and last season are prime examples of this, and every season since 2005, we are always contenders into the final third of a season when for some reason the club slips until we just manage to fulfil the clubs criteria of maintaining a top four finish to bring the Champions League bonus financial reward to the clubs pocket whilst at the same failing to reinvest heavily in players, the start of this season everyone and his dog knew that Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas were going to leave the club and did nothing to fill the voids left by arguably our best two creative players, he also allowed first choice left back Gael Clichy leave the club without fully covering that position.

Another factor for Wenger’s time being over is that of the fact, that for seven years we have failed to win any silverware whatsoever despite at the start of every season we hear of the potential and promise of the squad, I mean how many times have we heard, ‘the team is maturing’, the team is learning’, Wenger harping on about our mentality the list could go on and on, but the cold hard fact is that every season the team fails and comes up way short of expectations and the team seems to be never ending learning, for years we have heard Wenger going on about youth and put all his empathiseeee on that, yet what has it actually produced, three regular first team players in over 10 years in former Ashley Cole, Kieran Gibbs and Jack Wilshere as regular first team players from grass roots, and before people mention Fabregas etc, he along with the multitude of foreign youth players never joined the club until they were 16 so did not develop from the grass roots structure that Wenger placed so much enthusiasm and potential on, in fact 98% of the potential youth players mainly British at that get loaned out never to return to wear the shirt again.

But for to long have we had to listen to years of excuses, it’s time this season for Wenger to put up or go, to bring the results of season after season of failed promises, even now it is a well needed fact we need fresh blood into the team, and yet with 12 days left to go in the transfer window not one signing has been made, with Wenger constantly saying he will not spend in this window even now Taiwo has singed for QPR, Cahill has signed for Chelsea and Hazzard looks to be on his way to Chelsea also and Remy looks set to join Spurs – infact every player we are linked with or on our radar never come, last season was a prime example in January as well, everyone from fans to pundits to critics made notions on how Wenger needed to invest – he didn’t and by mid February we had lost the Carling Cup final and our season went downhill, eventually being lucky that Spurs slipped up in their last games of the season in order for us to clinch fourth spot and bring that Champions League financial boost to the board once again.

Yes Wenger did great things for the club in years gone by, no-one not even myself can dispute that fact, but how long have we got to be reminded of Wenger achievements, yes he created the Invincibles seven years ago now, yes he developed players such as Viera, Petit, Henry, Fabregas and currently Van Persie again that fact cannot be disputed, but how long will Van Persie stay for, if we cannot win anything this season he will be off make no mistake on that, and with Wenger’s reliance and defence of a huge stockpile of fringe and deadwood players the future certainly doesn’t look bright at all for the club, and yes we can blame the board for it also but it falls squarely on the feet of a manager who really has no balls to square up to the board to confront on their philosophies and principals and wage structure etc.

When you look at the Nasri situation in particular, one cannot help but look across the road at Spurs – as much as I hate to believe me, and their stance on their most creative midfielder Luka Modric whom they said firmly and flatly was not for sale at any price and going nowhere and they stuck to that resolve Modric is still there whilst the board and Wenger allowed Nasri to dictate terms and leave to join City.

Yes the changes need to be made at board level but they start at the managers office, and if by May we have failed to even get into a top four placing after so many excuses season after season and failure then it is time for Wenger to au revoir and leave the club whilst he can still hold his head slightly up, if it carries on any longer, just like in 1994 when he took a Monaco team who had become Ligue One champions once, and Champions League semi finalists once as well as one time French League Cup winners in seven years he implemented his philosophies and youth project to the French club only for them in 1994 to become a mid table team in Ligue One finishing tenth in that season before he was sacked for the decline of the team and went over to the Japanese League where as they say the rest is history

Arsene Wenger may be a great economist and businessman in that aspect, as a manager and tactician he is not great, how many times during the match do we see him sat on the bench making no notion to push the team forward.

Seven trophies in 15 years in the same two trophies is not a great record for a top four European club in that time scale, especially when you look back and think for seven years it has been barren and it doesn’t look like any honours will be brought for some time ahead, I’ll leave it for your choice for me the answer is very simple, no honours for the seventh consecutive season, then a management change is needed to fix that (what other top four club would keep a manager on that has failed consistently in seven years almost to bring honour back to the club – none!) and bring the good times back to the club, I could go on and on really, but I’ll leave it on that point for you.

By Danny Griffiths
www.arsenal-news.com

It’s fair to say that Arsenal’s Premier League campaign has been a rollercoaster. There was the forgettable start to the season, in which they took only seven points from their first seven games. At that point, Betfair Premier League betting didn’t think too favorably of their chances to finish in the top four, but then the Gunners turned it around, and from mid-October to the end of 2011, their only defeat in a 12-match stretch was a narrow 1-0 defeat at league leaders Manchester City.

That run saw Arsenal enter the new year in the top four, but said new year has opened with back-to-back defeats to Fulham and Swansea City. As controversial as both of those away setbacks may be, the bare facts are that they’ve quickly knocked the Gunners out of the top four and added yet another must-win element to Sunday’s home showdown with Manchester United.

There isn’t a match against United that isn’t a must win, because no one ever likes to a lose to a fierce rival. But getting three points on Sunday is even more imperative for Arsenal, for multiple reasons.

With those consecutive league defeats, Arsenal are now fifth in the Premier League table, four points behind fourth-placed Chelsea and ten behind third-placed Tottenham. Losing more ground on those two would only serve to decrease the margin of error from here to the end of the season, but this weekend actually offers up the opportunity for the Gunners to gain some valuable ground on fourth and third with a win, as Chelsea face a tricky fixture at Norwich City on Saturday and Spurs visit Manchester City for Sunday’s early kickoff.

If there’s one thing that Arsenal have done with some consistency this season, it’s been to take care of business at the Emirates. They opened their home slate with a 2-0 defeat to Liverpool, but since then, they’ve gone 7-2-0 at home in the league. The two draws were against inferior opposition in Fulham and Wolves, but for what it’s worth, the only team in the top six who doesn’t have a surprising blemish at home is City, who have won all ten of their home matches thus far.

A big reason for Arsenal’s home success this season is defensive stinginess. Arsenal have allowed 31 goals in 21 matches this season, but only six of those goals have been let in at home. And that 2-0 defeat to Liverpool marks the only time thus far that Arsenal have allowed multiple goals in a home match in all competitions, with Sunday‘s match being the Gunners‘ 19th overall home tie this season.

Another quality defensive performance will be required on Sunday, as United are second in the Premier League in goals with 52. Wayne Rooney tops United’s goal charts with 13, and three of those 13 came the last time these two sides met.

That last meeting and the final scoreline are memorable for the wrong reasons for Arsenal, but the result at Old Trafford serves as another reason why Arsenal must win on Sunday afternoon.

It certainly can be done, as shown by last May’s 1-0 home win over United, but it will require perhaps the best performance of the season. United have been strong away from home for the most part this season, going 7-2-1, and they’ve allowed only six goals away from home so far, with half of those coming in a 3-0 defeat at Newcastle a little over two weeks ago. And it’ll be every bit as much of a must-win match for them, especially if City, who are three points ahead of United at the top of the table, defeat Spurs at home in Sunday’s early kickoff.

United will enter the match as slight favorites, but it will be far from an upset if Arsenal defend their home turf on Sunday. They were stepped up earlier this season when many had written them off, and they can certainly do the same on Sunday. And if they do, it could provide just the boost needed to land that top-four spot that few would have envisioned in October.

After another poor show by flop of the season Samir Nasri.. He was seen by a few Liverpool fans driving home who gave him a few words …

Warning – Abusive Language

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaNDKK_HGxY

You should have stayed at Arsenal Samir…

Fulham 2-1 Arsenal

Bobby Zamora scored in the final minute of injury time to help Fulham come from behind to beat 10-man Arsenal.

Arsenal dominated the first 45 minutes, but only had Laurent Koscielny’s header to show for it. But in the 2nd half it was all Fulham and the Gunners didnt even manager a single shot on target.

Its now clear that Wenger has to drop the deadwood.  Players like Almunia,Djourou, Squillaci, Rosicky, Arshavin, Chamakh need to be sold and replaced with fresh blood.

Lets hope that the penny has finally dropped and Wenger makes some signings this transfer window before we finish out of the top 5 and out of the Champions league place.

Hazard, Gotze, Podolski are the players we need.. But knowning Wenger he will go out and sign some 17 year olds or players like Silvestre!

£30m in the bank, Wenger has to now spend… its BUY BUY or BYE BYE Arsene

Arsenal Ratings
Szczesny 6.0 [very good game until he came and flapped for a cross and left his goal empty for Sidwell to score]
Mertesacker 6.5 [ Looked very good in the first half but a few mistakes in the 2nd half and crumbled]
Koscielny 7.5 [Scored our goal and at times looked fantastic]
Djourou 4.0 [ Was Senderos this bad?.. Sent off at 1-0 and then it all went wrong. Booked for a clumsy tackle and then it was only a matter of time before this clown was sent off]
Arteta 6.0 [ First half he played well but didnt get on the ball in the 2nd and the game passed him by]
Walcott 5.0 [His final ball is a joke. If he wants £85k a week he needs to show a hell of alot more then he currently is]
Ramsey 6.0 [Great pass for the goal and in the first half he played well. But not in the game at all in the 2nd and looked weak]
Song 6.5 [Gives away to many freekicks in dangerous area and gave the ball away to many times]
Coquelin 8.0 [ MOTM for me.. The kid played at Left back and didnt let us down]
Van Persie 6.0 [Not in the game at all, needs support]
Gervinho 4.5 [ Missed 2 early chances and his final ball was just as bad as Walcott. Really starting to worry me how many chances he misses.. Very poor tonight]

Subs
(Rosicky 65) 4.0 [Came on and gave the ball away]
(Squillaci 81) 4.0 [Came on and set up the winning goal]
(Benayoun 74) N/A