Hail season as Arsenal confirm new signing
Spirits are high at the Arsenal Football Club following three consecutive 3-0 victories in the Premiership and it is showing in the comments coming from the members of the squad. After some outstanding individual performances from Mathieu Flamini and Emmanuel Adebayor in the last couple of matches things have gone a little mental with Arsenal teammates hailing each other left, right and centre. Seriously, somebody is going to get hurt.
The love-in kicked off with Cesc Fabregas hailing Adebayor:
“You can not fault him in any way. He works, he defends, he chases the centre-backs, he goes behind, he can play to feet, he has a good first touch and a good technique. He has improved amazingly and for us I don’t think we could live without Adebayor right now.”
Then the little Spaniard continued things by hailing Flamini:
“I’m a big fan of his. He’s hyperactive, on and off the pitch. I don’t know how he does it but he has so much power. With his encouragement we play better. He has so much passion for the game. He enjoys it and he hates losing.”
Flamini then returned the favour by hailing his on and off-field relationship with Fabregas:
“We are very close on and off the pitch. We chill with each other off the pitch. That is important. But when we have to speak on the pitch we are doing it and finding a solution.”
It just makes you go all warm and fuzzy inside, doesn’t it? If you take a more serious approach though (which I unfortunately usually do), you’ll notice just how true each of these statements are. The improvement that Adebayor and Flamini has made this season has been sensational and the fact that they are now two of the most important players for Arsenal is almost unbelievable. It’s great to hear Fabregas showing his recognition for what they are achieving after he received so many nice compliments when things were going well for him a little earlier on in the season.
Flamini’s comments about how important ‘chilling with’ Fabregas off the pitch is also spot on. One thing I really love about this current squad is the camaraderie that is shown and the obvious friendships that have formed throughout the team. It’s been said many times that the first-choice midfield quartet of Flamini and Fabregas as well as Alexander Hleb and Tomas Rosicky are all really close off the field and I think it definitely shows when they play football. If you know and trust a guy away from football you know that he’s going to give you 100% on the pitch and that’s exactly what is happening with these guys. Long may it continue and with the admission from Flamini himself that a new deal is just around the corner that may not be too much to ask.
Diaby and Freeman sign, Dzeko doesn’t
In other news Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Abou Diaby has signed a new deal tieing him to the club until 2012 (weren’t flying cars supposed to be have invented by then?). Personally I think it’s great news. Diaby has copped a little bit of stick at times this season for some indifferent performances on the left side of the midfield but I think most supporters do realise that his best position is in the middle of the park and with that in mind, he’s doing quite well. If he stays with club until the end of his contract there’s little doubt that he will get good opportunities to play in his preferred spot so it will be up to him how he takes them.
I’ve always been excited about Diaby as a player and I have to say I’m quite relieved that Lassana Diarra’s exit has not affected his focus with Arsenal. For those who don’t know, Diaby and Diarra are quite close friends and there was a school of thought that if one of them left the other would too. Thankfully Diaby seems to have a far superior brain ticking under his bald head and that has helped him make a decision that will only benefit his future. He’s still young and has plenty of time to become the next Patrick Vieira.
There’s just a little bit more transfer news to finish off with today. Firstly, Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Arsenal have signed 15-year-old striker Luke Freeman from Gillingham in a deal worth to be around £200,000. It’s more evidence of Arsene Wenger putting effort into developing some local players as he moves another step away from being incorrectly labelled as the destroyer of British football. It will be interesting to see how young Freeman’s story pans out. I’ll certainly be keeping an eye or two on him.
Finally, Wolfsburg’s 21-year-old Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko has revealed that Arsenal has been tracking his progress but also admitted that he has no intention of leaving the Bundesliga. Personally I don’t really believe him but there you go. Even if I did, we have four great strikers - and you can add Theo Walcott in with them as well - still (hopefully) with their best years ahead of them and I don’t see any reason to bring in another. It would probably mean that Nicklas Bendtner would leave and I certainly wouldn’t want that even if Adebayor might. Just joking.
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I can’t wait for the slump coming forsure when Ronaldo stops scoring. It could be anytime from now. Yes he is the top scorer.If someone says he is going tt score in every match he must be from Mount madness.
Believe me all scorers great or otherwise will soon have a blip.Once the defenders cotton on to him he will be less effective. Remember Gattuso.
Taht name stinks to saf.
I LOVE ASERNAL FC, I LOVE FABRIGAS,I LOVE ADEBAYOR MY BROTHER,I LOVE FLAMINI, I LOVE EVERY GUNNERS RLAYER .OH I LOVE MY PROF WENGER.WINNING ALL THE WAY MY FC.
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SF i still wanna know how much th gunners players make per week.. hebu u dig up some accounts if u can. CHEERS!
Its clear this season gonna end in tears for one team. As someone said above, Arsenal have “managed to get on with it” without their best striker Van Persie but can Manure do the same? Every time Rooney is’nt in the team they lose and Ronaldo is due a dip in form- Then what?
The same applies to Chelski. We on the other hand we have had it all: Ups and Lows. So now we are getting the second wind as they say in Boxing. I can see Manure’s season unravelling when the Ron’s form dips as they always do at this time of the year.
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I cnt w8 for Ronaldos dip inform, he is the man that has kept Manu joint top wiv us as soon as she stops scoring and dips in form, we will take the lead and carry on winning. Long live AFC.
Adebayor and Flamini are definitely having an excellent season. I don’t think many people would have thought that Adebayor would have been the top scoring striker in the Premeirship at this stage.
Flamini defines consistency. He works incredibly hard and starts attacks from nothing. There has been some talk of him being as good as Vieira and Gattuso as well as some other players, but I think his technical side will always stop him from being as good as those players. However, his incredible work rate makes up for it. We love you Flamini!
I don’t know anything about Luke Freeman other then what I have read about him. I suppose I will have to go with Arsene Wenger and say that he is an interesting prospect. Interesting to see that he made an appearance in the FA Cup at just 15 years of age.
Randall skipped off to Burnley on loan. He’ll be back at the end of the season I believe. I don’t think it’s too much of a big deal - I would have been surprised to see him get much game time now that we’re out of the Carling Cup.
I caught his performance in one of the more recent carling cup matches, and thought he showed some great potential.
Darragh - Yeah there’s potential for sure. But if he stayed with the club this season he will have got no game time. There’s not even a place for him on the bench at the moment. Carling Cup was his only chance and that’s gone now.
MexicanGunner - Hahah, good to hear.
FLATTUSO is simply @ His best this season and I pray he stays injury free.. Adebayooooooooor.
Man U will definitely have their own blip of injuries like arsenal and chelsea are having now. If the Nations Cup in africa ends without Man U in clear lead then they are in for it.
Go GUNNAARS!
if we are still level on points, or aboove Manu on points when the Africa Cup Of Nations ends, then Manu will be in trouble, we hav our rock back in Kolo Toure, the surprisingly missed Emmanuel Eboue and New African Kid Alexandre Song. I am sooooooo thankful Mali beat Togo in the qualifiers so Togo failed to qualify. Up next for united - Injuries!! C’mon U GUNNERS.
I was disappointed to see Lassana Diarra taking the easy way out. I guess he was not up for the fight.
It’s good to see Wenger signing English players now, i’m anxious to see how Freeman progresses.
Walcott has the potential to become a great player. Some are saying that he is not progressing fast enough but for a 18 year old, he has to be good if got signed by Wenger. Just give him time and he will produce the goods.
am also now clicking what wenger is turning to to sign english lads hope will work. wenger is aiming at turning any lad a great like he did to henry now is taken by great club in world foot ball,pliz arsenal fun stand firm any thing can happen with allah any thing can exist.
Great blog, really informative piece on Gillingham and the Freeman transfer, if your watching a game why not stay in one of the many Gillingham hotels.
I LUV ARSENAL,WHAT OUR MANAGER SHOULT ADOPT NOW IS MATURITY BY PURCHASING AT LEAST 5 STRONG PLAYERS WHO WILL TEACH THE LADS HOW TO MANAGE VICTORIES.AM FRM KAMPALA UGANDA
Ronaldo 7_
United have the best depth in players in the league…????
I think you can’t say that. In defense if you lose one of the Rio or Vidic then there will be a big hole in your defense. In attack if one of Ronaldo or Rooney get injured then Manu will get toothless.
As for Arsenal, We are missing our most influential strikeforce in RVP, still we are joint top with you. We are missing Toure in defense but we are still good defensively. I think Manu don’t have lots of sicknotes in the team apart from Rooney sometimes. Scholes long term injury was strange for me. Giggs and Ronaldo are such a vulnerable players but never get injured. So manu has been lucky in terms of injury. As for Saha I don’t rate him.
We lost Fabregas when he was in blistering form. Same case for Hleb, Rosiscky and RVP. I am so sad to say that we have such a good bunch of players but some of them are big sicknotes esp RVP and Rosiscky. I don’t think manu will be able to cope if they lose some of the important players.
Ronaldo, If you think you have depth in your squad, so do I. It’s not hard to buid a team with enough depth if you can spend money carelessly. Look at Madrid squad..Yes they have depth cause they have money. It’s almost the same case with Manu. Arsenal squad cost less than the cost of Rooney plus Ferdinand. Still we have managed to stay joint top in the league with you. If top players can stay injuryfree and RVP make a good return, this season is our’s. Ronaldo’s slump in form means Manu losing points.
Spanish fry, have you noticed how many winners we discovered this season. In the begining of the season it was Hleb and Fabregas and then RVP, then Gallas and now Ade and Flamini. Who say we don’t have match winners ? We have many players who can win games for us but they are not doing in a consistent basis. When one falls then another rises, that’s the true spirit.
As for Pique, oshea, brown and simpson, I can’t see anyone of them who can take place in CB position at Manu. That’s the same thing with us. Toure and Gallas are unreplaceable.
But big Swiss lad is being really good for few games.
God bless Arsenal.