Arsenal’s Hype Meter in trouble + THERE’S REAL FOOTBALL TOMORROW!!!!
on Nov 20, 2009 in Arsenal Aston Villa English Premier League Alex Song Armand Traore Arsene Wenger Denilson Eduardo da Silva Mikael Silvestre Sunderland Thierry Henry Third Gen God! That took forever. Two weeks, since our last game at Wolves? More like two whole years! Seriously, the only way international football is made interesting is when there’s a great big furore to get in a huff about. Take this video, for exam...

Thierry needs someone to back his corner. Here I am, forever.
on Nov 19, 2009 in Arsenal Blogging Eduardo da Silva Thierry Henry Let’s get it out there. Henry cheated. No-one’s arguing against that. Not even Henry himself. A blatant handball/double-tap to keep the ball in play and spoon it (quite brilliantly) to William Gallas, who, take nothing away from him at le...

Silvestre will get the nod over Traore for the left back spot
on Nov 18, 2009 in Arsenal Armand Traore Arsene Wenger Bacary Sagna Emmanuel Eboue Gael Clichy Kieran Gibbs Mikael Silvestre Premier League Robin van Persie Third Gen Thomas Vermaelen News has filtered in that Kieran Gibbs, the guy who’s covering the other left back out crocked, is now out crocked. YoungGuns was one of the first to break the news that Gibbs had been injured just 21 minutes into an England U-21 match against...

RVP’s chocolate milkshake + Cesc is leaving, haven’t you heard?
on Nov 17, 2009 in Arsenal Andrey Arshavin Arsene Wenger Cesc Fabregas Premier League Robin van Persie Third Gen Again, we start with news on Robin van Persie’s injury and rumours are doing the rounds that, with permission from the club’s physiotherapists, the Dutch striker will be flying to Serbia for some ‘alternative treatment’ for hi...

Pavlyuchenko makes more sense than Chamakh + official RVP prognosis
on Nov 16, 2009 in Arsenal Blogging Tottenham Arsene Wenger Eduardo da Silva Premier League Robin van Persie Third Gen Transfer Rumours UEFA Champions League So now Arsenal FC’s medical team have come out with their own prognosis on Robin van Persie’s situation, and it seems it might be closer to six weeks out for the Dutch centre forward. I suppose it is good news, though in my mind I’m...

RVP’s injury poses truly complicated questions + the man who will replace him
on Nov 15, 2009 in Arsenal Blogging Abou Diaby Andrey Arshavin Carlos Vela Eduardo da Silva Robin van Persie Third Gen Oh Lord on High, Mary Mercy and all things holy, NO! Robin van Persie is out. In a meaningless friendly against some Italian hacks (Georgio Chiellini, you’re a marked man now!), RVP found himself in the box after breaking past the defenders, on...

Wenger right as always: Platini on the warpath to ruin players’ lives
on Nov 13, 2009 in Arsenal Blogging Arsene Wenger Cesc Fabregas Kolo Toure The barren wasteland of Arsenal news prompts me to write this little feature, which is just as important an issue in the world of football. While European football remains the home of more skillful, intelligent and stable football, I’d like to...

I can’t even bring myself to make up an ‘Arsenal to buy Messi’ story
on Nov 12, 2009 in Arsenal Blogging Arsene Wenger Barcelona Nicklas Bendtner It’s one of those days, ladies and gentlemen. One of those days when the tumbleweeds drift across the screen, nothing drops through on NewsNow, and rumours about Xavi perving over Cesc both bore and infuriate. We could talk about how plain odd...

Ch-ch-ch-Changes! Third-Gen has an Arsenalisation of its own
on Nov 11, 2009 in Arsenal Blogging Third Gen …and we have liftoff! Introducing the new spiffy look for Third-Gen. Ivan Gazidis can go on and on about Arsenalisation and think he’s just the bee’s knees about it, but I say no! You’re not the only one who can do a job. So h...

The meaninglessness of Yaya Toure, defensive frailties + potential facelift!
on Nov 11, 2009 in Arsenal Blogging Alex Song Chelsea Craig Eastmond Francis Coquelin Jay Emmanuel-Thomas Manchester United Thomas Vermaelen William Gallas So we’re linked to Yaya Toure once more after the player said he wouldn’t join brother Kolo at Moneybags FC. His agent has said he’s only willing to join a team that plays in the Champions League already, and Arsenal have cropped up...