Players rushing injuries?, Gilbert career at Arsenal over?

First things first, apparently there have been some stories floating around about Rosicky's health, some reports go as far as to say Thomas is in hospital in London. But, his agent has rubbished these so called reports, saying;

What appeared in the press about Tomas being hospitalised in London is complete nonsense.

Well that told them! It just goes to show, never believe everything in the press. But as you know as well, don't believe agents either. In fact, don't believe anything unless it appears on Arsenal.com!

It seems he is progressing well, his agent saying that the reason behind his latest setback was his rush to get back playing again;

"Everything is going according to the plan. Tomas' first comeback was rash, now we are treating the situation more carefully.

This coincides with comments from Robin Van Persie today, it seems to be a common problem with our players, or maybe the staff;

"After my previous injury, I made the mistake at Arsenal of kicking the ball with all my force in my first training session,"

You would have thought that he might have been a little bit careful? a little bit? Or there would have been someone to tell him, or bloody well make him take it easy!? This is not the first time something like this has happened and i am pretty sure it wont be the last, anyway, it needs sorting.

He will be back for the Everton game though;

"But I do feel very good. I trained hard the last couple of days and all the tests were positive.

Going on to say;

"I just want to be fit and play as many games as I can. The entire pre-season went well at Arsenal and in the league too.

"Picking up a hamstring injury can happen to any player at the moment."

He is a luxury player, i think he thinks he is undroppable, i do feel he needs a bench spell to

A) Save his legs and minimise injury risk

B) To raise his game.

He is a fantastic player but i feel he could be better at times.

Now all you loyal Goon's the price of the Carling Cup game with Wigan is as low as a tenner a ticket. I was really looking forward to going til' i saw the date, Tuesday 11th November. My birthday! But, sadly i have an exam the morning after, maybe not the best idea.

Bollocks!

Now Kerrea Gilbert. I remember the first time i saw this right back and i liked him. He was young and had very good potential but when he had a few loan spells that broke down because of arguments questions were raised over his temperament and attitude. Sadly it appears his latest flip might just put the end to his Arsenal career. He was arrested on the 24th September and will also be charged with being drunk and disorderly in January of this year. It is the latest in a bad few months and years for young footballers, and in my opinion its because they have too much money. Michael Chopra has just came back after gambling problems, Jermain Pennant has spent time inside, as has Joey Barton. To much money to young.

I also have a few kind words for Alisher Usmanov:

Fuck off you lumpy fuckbag.

Back soon Arsers.

A little bit of team news

There is not a great deal to talk about today. There is however some good news for Eduardo, who is expected back before Tomas Rosicky, Wenger has given us the latest;

"Eduardo is doing very well but is not close to play, Eduardo will be OK before Christmas, of course"

Its fantastic news, when he steps out onto the turf of the Emirates he will get such a good reception, he has handled the challenge that injured him with great grace and humility. He was probably wanting to tear Taylor's eyes out but acted with decorum and class. I for one will be on my feet when he makes his comeback, be it in front of my TV, radio, computer whatever. I will applaud the great man.

The latest on Rosicky was a lot less encouraging, sadly.

but Rosicky is a little bit behind him. [Eduardo]

"I monitor Rosicky's progress very closely but at the moment it is very difficult to put a date on his comeback. We are not pessimistic about the future of his career but we still need more patience. If he comes back before Christmas we have done very well but I think we can achieve that, that in December he can play again."

Well if Rosicky is due(ish) back in December maybe there is a possibility that Dudu will be back next month or there abouts?

Man that sounds good!

Sideshow Song is also expected to be back for the away trip to Sunderland at the weekend. We will need him.

Wenger has also issued some classic comments after Sol Campbell's abuse from the Yids the other night; the discusting sods racially and homosexually abused him.

AW said;

"Sometimes stupidity is contagious as well and sometimes in the crowd there is a competition to see who can be more stupid. That is why you should not let these people be together."

Very true, nobody should have to put up with that abuse. Ever.

I hope they catch the cuntsters.

Til tomorrow peepz.

Hull preview, Denilson and Wenger on leaving

Arsene wenger has said that he will decide his managerial future in 2011. It will be then when he will have served 15 years as Arsenal manager and even he concedes he didn't expect to last this long;

"To be honest I would have laughed if someone had said I'd be here for 12 years.

“I was lucky in my career. I stayed for seven years in Monaco which is a good record in France, so in 19 years I had two clubs. Just to be a manager for 19 years needs luck.

He has made this club what it is, without him we would be a mediocre mid-table team and with a name like 'Arsene' you can tell he was born to manage this club. The guy is one of my heroes and i will be eternally grateful of what he has done for this club.

He said yesterday that he has not thought about his contract and is just focusing on the job in hand;

“I've not thought about my contract,” he said. “I will give myself to the end of my contract in 2011 and then have a serious check-point. You don't want as well to go on too long.

“I don't want to walk away at the moment, but in two or three years things can change in any job.

You just have to admire him, is there any other manager apart from Sir Alex and Arsene that stick to their word and their contracts? I dont like SA but i think he has done a brilliant job at Man Utd and as the two of them grow older i think they are starting to admire what both have done for the clubs, the league and the world of football. Wenger also admits that he is not setting an age to retire, even though he promised his wife!;

"But I said to my wife ‘at 55 I stop, I promise you’. And at 55 I said ‘60’.

“Now I just don't speak about it any more!"

You devil you Arsene!

He also admits that he has only built two Arsenal sides, athough most argue he has built four, i think the 98 double showed that he has the skill to get something out of a team without buying in players, it shows his personal skills along with his teambuilding skills;

“I feel I have completely created maybe two teams, The first one [in 1998] I did not create, I had an exceptional ‘old-guard’ at the back.

“I think I added something to this team and we were successful. But Adams, Bould, Keown, Winterburn, Seaman, Dixon - they were already here. I added the offensive force but Bergkamp was already here when I arrived as well.”

The legend also confirmed that he has had chances to leave Arsenal but never even considered it;

“I was offered the chance to leave but I never considered leaving,

"The longer I stay the more difficult it becomes to envisage leaving. But I know one thing - you have to prepare yourself.

"You have to work inside the Club like you will spend your whole life there. But as well you have to accept the idea it can stop from one minute to the next.

"But that is basically life as well - you expect to live for 100 years but you can die from one minute to the next."

To be honest i don't even want to imagine the man leaving, he is Arsenal and Arsenal will be a totally different club without him!

Now onto Rosicky, the boss has said that it may be two days or two months before he is back, and concedes he is speechless over the niggling injury;

"I believe that all the checks we made are reassuring, but it's difficult to say, It's an inflammation that's going on in his leg that has to settle, to calm down."

“We are a little bit speechless on that at the moment because we feel it is all going well. It is a problem of re-coordinating his muscle with the exercises he does.

"There's nothing really that harms his future, but, as well nobody can tell me on the 10th of December he will play.

“He can be on the 31st of December, he can be on the 10th of November, nobody knows with him. In the next two months he should be back but what date, nobody knows.”

He is a vital part of Arsenal and he improves an already brilliant team, hopefully he will be alright and be back soon!

Young midfielder Denilson has targeted the double this season, pretty ambitious but there is nothing wrong in that. I hope the lad keeps improving because he has the potential to be a hell of a footballer, and hopefully he can fulfill his potential with Arsenal as Arsene watches another of his gems grow into a diamond.

Now, onto the Hull game.

Sadly it kicks off at gone 5 so i wont be able to watch the game, or match of the day later as im out. Meaning i will have to rely on internet highlights!

Anyway i predict we will win 3 or 4 - 0, the strongest team will be out there and i reckon Van Persie and Ade will grab a couple of goals and i wouldn't rule one out for Theo as well. To be honest if we don't get 3 points from this game we shouldn't be in the title race this season. We should batter them.

I will try and put a few streams up for you lot, hope you enjoyed reading.

Back tomorrow evening.

O what lovely places we are visiting!

Bolton is one of the worlds most picturesque places. Not.

The squad have already seen the delights of Blackburn, Kiev and are now about to visit the beautiful Bolton. But before i preview the game I'm going to chat a bit about Alex Song, Theo and Denilson.

Alex Song has been earmarked by Wenger to fill in that problem central midfield position, and i think he can do that. He works hard for the team and yes, he does make a few mistakes but he is still very young and doesn't really have much experience so far. When he came off against Kiev we saw how much more vulnerable we were with massive gaps appearing and with Song on the pitch they were not appearing at all. He is powerful and a good runner with the ball, as demonstrated when he played against Blackburn in the Carling Cup last year, he rampaged forward on many occasions leading the commentators on 5Live to describe his runs as 'Beckenbauer like'. Song is also strong in the tackle and i think we will be very important for us this season, i think he will start against Bolton.

Wenger has pretty much said the same of Denilson too, i like Denilson, i think he could be a class player but i do doubt whether his involvement in the team stifles Cesc's influence, he is still very young and if we had more midfield cover i think he may well have gone out on loan in the summer.

Wenger is definitely trying to boost their confidence.

Gallas has also got Wenger's praise;

"He was a striker when he was young and you can see he has the nose to be where you have to be at the right moment. If it is a corner or a deflected goal, William Gallas is there. He has kept something of a striker in him and that comes out in these desperate situations.

"The biggest quality of a striker who scores goals is exceptional skill or through anticipation and understanding where the ball will be. William anticipates and attacks the space.

"His goals can make the difference. I am convinced that in a game like Kiev it was an important goal, because coming back from Kiev with a defeat or with a point, it is a completely different perspective for the Champions League and the game at Bolton."

I do think his goals are very important to us, every team needs a defender that can pop up with goals and without Gallas we don't really have that as Toure will only get one a season and two if he is really lucky. Saying that, without his goal we wouldn't have got the the champions League Final.

Theo Walcott also needs more protection from those ref cunts according to Arsene, i cant help but agree, Ronaldo gets that protection so why shouldnt Walcott? Kicking players isn't football, its violence. Wenger doesn't want special protection for him but wants him to stop being targeted, defenders go for him, not the ball.

Right now, Preview time.

Today we can open up a gap over Chelsea and Man United as they play each other and we just have to take advantage. Bolton is a tricky place for us, we lost there 3 years on the spin recently and last years game showed just how much character we had and this year its another test. They will kick, there is no doubt about that, luckily Diaby isn't playing but i feel we do need Eboue to keep a lid on things and we need our players to give it right back at the cunts and with Song and Eboue i feel we will. I'm not sure about Bendtner starting up front with Adebayor, Van Persie has had some torrid games against Bolton, i think we all remember this comical moment;



That was very funny indeed but he got a kind of revenge with the penalty last season.

Arsene Wenger wants fatigue to be forgotten about because we just have to win;

“It will not be an issue because we don't put that in our brain, You want just to keep the focus as we had it at Blackburn and Kiev then let's get the maximum out of the game.

“When you are a competitor you want competition so you cannot complain when you have that competition and you are tired. This is a fantastic opportunity because when you are a football player you want to play football matches.”

We also had a similar period like this last season and it probably cost us the title;

“Yes at that stage we played four away games on the trot, We lost in Sevilla but after that we won at Aston Villa.

“At Middlesbrough it's true we were a bit jaded physically. But I don't expect that [again]. We had a bad start up there and, of course, when you are a little bit jaded it is harder to get back into your game. So it's important we have a successful start to this game.”

We have Nasri, Sylvester (again, told you so) and Diaby missing along with of course Dudu and Rosicky.

The game is at 5 or something like that, hopefully we will be alright and not do what we did against Fulham. However i am not overly optimistic.

Prediction: Bolton 1 Arsenal 1

I think Elmander has a point to prove for Bolton and i feel we may be on the receiving end, I also fell Adebayor will get another goal.

The reason i will go for the draw is the we have a dodgy defence and Davies will exploit that and also we were not clinical enough against Blackburn (we did score 4 but had many more chances) and Kiev, that was costly.

Depending on time i may do a match analysis later i may not,

Leave me your predictions here, and keep your ideal Eduardo comeback scenario's coming in! look back to yesterdays blog for ideas.

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Up the arse Gunners.

Bad news about Rosicky

Thomas Rosicky has been out for a long long time now and reports earlier this summer have said that his operation was a success and he will be back before October, however, various stories similar to this are being run. And its not good news. The operation he has was on his hamstring, where it enters the knee area. I think it had become detached from other bits in the knee that it should have been, this type of injury also accounted for his brothers retirement from football. When he had that operation it was make or break really, he has suffered so many injuries like this throughout his Arsenal, and Dortmund career and i think that unless something changes soon he may well be forced to end his career early. These injuries wont just be physical blows for Thomas but they will affect him mentally as well, the excitement that he had about returning, all the gruelling rehabilitation, all to suffer another setback. I really really feel for him. He has been one of my favourite players for a long time, even before he came to the Gunners and i just hope I'm worrying too much and he will be back.

This is from an article written last year in which Rosicky's Czech Republic international team doctor talked about his injury problems;

Tomas has an imbalance of his muscle structure,"

"In my opinion, this plays a big role in his injuries. Some of his muscles work more and are more developed whereas others are not.

"The problem is in the coordination of muscles which Tomas uses. Muscles on the rear side of his thigh are enormously strained, it is a matter from his childhood."

That would make sense as all his injuries have been muscular, i do think there is something wrong in the medical room at Arsenal because the amount of injures we have is just abnormal for a top premier league club, we don't just have the odd year of injuries, we have them season after season after season, not just 1 or 2 injuries either, its the same old faces getting injured. It really doesn't help our charges for silverware. What do you think about Rosicky's injury woes? Have your say here.

Arsene Wenger has also spoken about the much publicised role of a Director of Football, a role that has caused upset at a few clubs recently, namely KK at the Barcodes.

Now, onto this weekends game, FINALLY!

Blackburn Vs Arsenal

With Vela and Nasri probably missing out we may well see Alex Song come into midfield and Denilson move out to the left, i expect Theo to start on the bench but there is a chance he could still start on the right if Nasri is out. We need to be at our very best i feel, Blackburn are not a bad side and they always make it difficult for us to win there. I think we will probably go to a 4-5-1 with Van Persie dropping into midfield when we are defending. Toure and Gallas will have to be on the top of their game against Santa Cruz if he is fit to play, another reason why Song might be in the side as he is a good player in the air. If we perform like we did against Newcastle i think we will win well, if we perform like we did after the last international break we will lose.

Prediction: Blackburn 1 (Roberts) Arsenal 2 (Fabregas, Adebayor)

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