Killing time in the interlull
Hello. I know why you’re here. You’re here because you don’t care that Steven Gerrard might play in the middle, or that David Beckham could make a come-back from his come-back. You don’t care that Scotland have allowed over-40s to appear for their national team, or that Giovanni Trapttoni’s dicky tummy is all better. In short, you’re here because the Interlull iContinue Reading
Arshavin – I’ve changed, I’ve lost my sparkle….
The little Russian midfielder Andrei Arshavin has jusy won the “Best Russian Player” award for August, but doesn’t feel he deserves it, in fact he doesn’t think he has played to his full ability since he arrived in England. “I am very much surprised,” he said. “If I became No 1 last month that means there [...]...Continue Reading
How can a Nigerian Gooner help his team from afar?
The international break is always very boring for REAL football fans, so I may as well tell you about another question I have received from Joshua in Nigeria. You may remember that he was the Gooner that asked “How do you define a real Arsenal fan?” which generated a hatful of interesting responses. Well Joshua happily [...]...Continue Reading
The Interlull is upon is + Arsecast 166
Good morning and a very happy Friday to you. After all the drama of the last few days, what with not signing a keeper and being accepting/outraged/super-mega-hella-outraged and so on, we haven't noticed the stealthy, lurking menace of the Interlull. And now it is upon us. Like some kind of mist in a Stephen King story we're trapped inside the supermarket and outside the evil awaits. StickContinue Reading
Stone Cold Friday: Are Arsenal Changing Football Mindsets?
It’s Friday, so it’s time for another coup. Here’s Darius… International breaks are a permanent fixture in the footballing calendar. For Arsenal players such breaks are Russian roulette, a dangerous game which may see their season wrecked through injuries suffered on foreign fields. As sure as taxation and death, we might as well get used to such breaks so I thought I’d tContinue Reading
Bendtner ready to start ball training
There have been numerous conflicting reports lately about Nicklas Bendtner’s groin injury, but now the great man himself has spoken up and said that his recovery is still on track, and there has been no “sudden setback” as reported in the last couple of days. The Arsenal striker was originally injured after his car crash last [...]...Continue Reading
Jack Wilshere to save Arsenal a shedload next season.
Jack Wilshere has been practising his photography this weekend at a London nightclub, he apparently he is getting so good now that next season he is going to take the team picture. So now the press are having a go at our Jack for shoving his mobile up a birds frock, well correct me if I’m wrong but he is 18 and from what I know about photography you’d only get a picture if the person&#Continue Reading
Samir Nasri could be back for Bolton, confusion over Nicklas Bendtner’s return date
According to the Mirror, Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri is ahead of time in his recovery process from knee surgery and is expected to feature next week against Bolton. The Frenchman underwent minor surgery on his knee ... ...Continue Reading
Andoni Zubizarreta: €40m were not enough to sign Cesc Fabregas
Barcelona technical director Andoni Zubizarreta has revealed the fee the Spanish giants were ready to pay to secure the services of Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas. According to the ex-goalkeeper, both the club and the player wanted ... ...Continue Reading
An International on a Friday? Walcott vs Bulgaria…
England vs Bulgaria Yes, the player famously dropped by Fabio Capello… Theo Walcott… is now the main man tonight – the man who all eyes will be on… It’s a rapid turn around for Theo – who really was at an all time low when he wasn’t included in the World Cup squad – things have certainly turned around for him, and tonight he will be the first name onContinue Reading
Has Wenger let the fans down this summer?
We have another Guest Post today from the ever-contentious Adam Kemp. He believes that Wenger has not kept his promises to invest in the team where it is needed, and has therefore thrown away any chance of Arsenal actually winning a trophy already. It will be interesting to see how many of you agree with [...]...Continue Reading
Erik Ian Larsen: Why Arsene Wenger’s Carling Cup Approach Is Correct
I’m an ideas man. I came up with the plug-in air freshener when I was 11 years old, only to be thwarted by Glade a few years later scorn and vengeance . I wondered why engineers ... ...Continue Reading
Szczesny to go out on loan again
There could be some good news for Brentford fans very soon, as it seems that the young Arsenal keeper Wojceich Szczesny will be farmed out on loan again this season. But perhaps it is more likely that Arsene Wenger will be looking for a Championship team this time around to further the experience of the Pole, [...]...Continue Reading
Better news for Nasri and Bendtner
It was reported last night that the Danish FA have made a statement saying that their Player-of-the-Year Nicklas Bendtner would not be playing again until next year at the earliest, but that has now been denied by his father, who says that he should be back in around a month and there has been no [...]...Continue Reading
Homegrown Gibberish Whilst Arsenal Strive For Consistency
An outbreak of sanity for the next few months, transfer targets remain more fanciful than they were in the summer as football turns its attention to the proper stuff. You know, the game itself. Amid tepid disinterest, the Premier League clubs announced their squads yesterday. Well, thanks for that I couldn’t work out the information from the clubs websites, conveniently structured into ̵Continue Reading
WARNING!! OMG! URGENT!!
Dear Friends URGENT!!! PLEASE CIRCULATE to your friends, family and contacts. In the coming days, DO NOT open any message with an attachment called: Arsenal sign Schwarzer, regardless of who sent it to you. It is a virus that opens an Olympics torch which destroy many sectors of your hard drive. Send this message to all of your contacts.... It is better to receive this e-mail 25 times than to recContinue Reading
Nasri’s back for the Bolton game, good news at last! Squads are announced too.
Well it’s nice to start the day with some good news for once, Nasri is back in training, good, he can take Cesc’s place, just kidding, but he was playing well until his injury, in fact he was the player we all saw on youtube clip at Marseille . There were many sites berating Wenger yesterday for his inability to sign a keeper, but I hear from one of our regulars, it was in fact the negContinue Reading
Armand Traore’s first comments as a Juventus player
Having failed to secure a regular place with Arsenal, defender Armand Traore opted to join Italian side Juventus on a season-loan deal, hoping to gain the required experience to make it into Arsene Wenger’s first ... ...Continue Reading
Tomas Rosicky, “Everyone wants to play, and I’m no different”
Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky is hoping to be involved more in Arsene Wenger’s squad this season as he set scoring more goals as an objective. Speaking to iDnes.cz, the Czech International explained how just like any ... ...Continue Reading
Premier League Squad Reaction
One day after the transfer window closed, the next day of football hype was yesterday’s Premier League 5pm deadline and each team had to submit a 25-man squad, including a maximum of 17 foreign players over 21 and a maximum of 8 home grown players over 21. It had all the suspense of a transfer window – well, actually quite a lot less than the day before – and it was very clear whContinue Reading
The last Almunia article – Let’s just support the team!
Okay everyone has made their feelings well known over the last few days, but we now have to face the fact that Almunia is going to be the first-choice keeper at Arsenal this season. I have just received this article from one of our original Guest Posters, and he is sick and tired of all [...]...Continue Reading
Bendtner out until next year, but Arsenal have bought a Japanese striker!
The dreaded Arsenal curse has struck Nicklas Bendtner, and the latest news from Denmark says that he will be out until next year at the earliest. The reported problem is a groin strain, but it is strange that the original injury arrived just after he started living with his sexy and extremely rich girlfriend Baroness [...]...Continue Reading
One can be disappointed but still full of support, you know
As maybe some of you know, the summer transfer window ended yesterday and contrary to what many were hoping for, we didn’t sign a goalkeeper. Let’s start by analysing how our readers reacted to all this. ... ...Continue Reading
Goalkeepers are no longer the problem, it’s strikers.
So the transfer window deadline came and went yesterday and we never brought anyone in. It means Manuel Almunia keeps his place with Fabianski and one of Mannone and Szczesny as back up with one of those two likely to go out on loan. Much like Manuel’s future, I was up in the air yesterday on a flight back from Los Angeles. I have to say I rather enjoyed being on a plane in an internet freeContinue Reading
Almunia’s Dignity Deserves Our Support
As the deadline approached, there we were, chomping at the proverbial bit, frantically following up even the most ludicrous of twitter-originated rumours, clinging to the desperate hope that our bid for Mark Schwarzer might resurrect itself and stumble, zombie-like, over the line. In actual fact, Fulham have since revealed, we didn’t even make a bid on deadline day. Arsene had twice made aContinue Reading
Reason for New Logo â
Hi everyone, due to the immense success of the “Predict the Score” competition in July, I have decided to continue with one on every League match of the season. As you all can see I have created a new Logo for Just Arsenal.com above. The reason for this is that I have been told that I [...]...Continue Reading
Find a keeper, lose him weep ... er ...
It's easy to know where the focus of this morning's blog is going to be. The lack of a new goalkeeper at the club. Firstly, let me state for the record, I am disappointed. I thought it was vital that we bring in a new keeper this summer and I can't quite understand why we didn't. I don't think we'll ever know because Arsene is not going to tell us. He's going to talk abContinue Reading
Flabbergasted, but not in the least surprised, at least his bonus is safe.
Even David Dickinson was shocked at the frugal one... Before all the believers come on and start to bitch, read this, if after you have, you still think I’m being unfair, don’t bother to comment, read a blog that thinks what he’s done makes sense, you’ll be happier there, if of course you find one. How can anybody be happy with our two keepers, even Wenger isn’t and hContinue Reading
Can Arsenal Win The Title Without A New Goalkeeper?
Arsene Wenger had two tasks this summer if he was to build a title-winning team: strengthen the defence and sign a new goalkeeper. Oh, and keep Cesc Fabregas, which makes it three. The transfer window closed yesterday with two new centre backs, Fabregas staying and a new striker. Two outta three ain’t bad, as Meat Loaf crooned. It left Arsenal ‘as you were’ in May. Almunia is theContinue Reading
No Schwarzer – But Arsenal can still win the League!
Over the last few days, just about every post on every Arsenal blog has been about either Mark Schwarzer or Manuel Almunia, and most of them have been pretty negative. Well todays Guest Post is from another new guest who goes by the name of Sagar Vase, and he is in the opinion that, despite [...]...Continue Reading