CHAMAKH !!! I LUV U MAN !!

maurene chamakh has reaaly got mind wobblin talent...i want to see him aal season long with out any injury ! trust u kid !

Walcott sidelined for ‘four to six weeks’ So damn irritating ! :(

Theo Walcott is likely to be out for “four to six weeks”, according to Arsène Wenger.


Speaking to TV Online on Thursday, the Arsenal manager confirmed the extent of the ankle injury picked up by the 21-year-old playing for England on Tuesday night. 


It was announced earlier this week that Wenger will be without Robin van Persie for a similar length of time but, on the upside, Samir Nasri has recovered quicker than expected after knee surgery and could even be involved this weekend against Bolton. He’ll definitely be back for SC Braga on Wednesday.


In addition, Johan Djourou and Denilson are available after injury while Sebastien Squillaci could be involved for the first time after his move from Sevilla. All three came through a Reserve team run-out in midweek.


Wenger watched that 4-3 win over Blackburn’s second-string at Barnet on Tuesday night. However that same evening, Walcott was injured in the build-up to England’s first goal in Switzerland.


“The tackle looked quite bad,” said the Arsenal manager. “When you see how it turned his ankle I thought it would be three or four days or it would be four to six weeks. Unfortunately it will be four to six weeks. We had some good news about the scan because at some stage we were scared it could be worse. But overall it is a question of patience and rehabilitation.”


The same is true for Van Persie, who suffered his ankle injury at Blackburn a fortnight ago.


“That is bad news,” said Wenger. “At the start we were optimistic. Maybe a bit too much, thinking it would be one or two weeks. But the damage was bigger than expected and he will be four to six weeks.”


However the bad news ends there, with more positive suggestions about Nasri.


“He could even be involved against Bolton,” said Wenger. “He has had a very good preparation and joins in [training] tomorrow. If needed I will integrate him in the squad for Bolton but for sure he will be back for our first Champions League game against Braga.”


The manager added that Squillaci, Djourou and Denilson are “all physically available to play and to start. It is just a question of selection”.


Meanwhile Aaron Ramsey is on course for his November return. “Aaron is running,” said Wenger. “He is in the normal process but he is a little bit more long-term.”


Meanwhile Nicklas Bendtner (groin) is still “three to four weeks away”.

Marouane Chamakh - Welcome to Arsenal

Yeah bhoy ! this kid is really a talent n i m sure he's goin to rock d league ! Sumtimes i'm confused if he is purely an idiot or really brave to simply pop his head between goalkeepers clutches and defenders boots to try and head d ball ! n luckily he does it in style :P

All GOOD !

It was great to be back…
Watching proper competitive football at the Emirates for the first time in 19 long weeks since Arsenal beat Wolves 1-0 back in early April thanks to Nicklas Bendtner’s late, late header. Sure, I’d seen Man City and Fulham and Celtic in the meantime but frankly they really may as well not have existed. You need to be fearing dropping points and it was great to wake up yesterday with that concern hanging over me.

It has seen all the drama and the making of LEGENDS  !

Pre-game…
We got the return of the North Bank, Clock End and west and east stands. It’s a welcome move – though getting the “we’re the North Bank” and “we’re the Clock End” songs going in a stadium where the two are significantly further away from each other than they previously were may not be easy.

This Arsenal side…
Going forward this Arsenal side had a very good balance of creativity (Rosicky, Arshavin), pace (Theo) and height (Chamakh). We always look at our most balanced when all those three attributes are present and it was when either pace or height were lacking last season that we sometimes looked one dimensional.

The good thing about Chamakh…
Is that unlike one or two recent Arsenal strikers, he has clearly never been under the illusion that he is technically the world’s most gifted player. The upshot is that he has no qualms lowering himself to such meanial tasks as say, closing the ball down and running the line. He did that well. Yes, he missed a couple of chances, but he was in the right places. And he nodded one in at the end, despite the oil slick on his head.

The amazing this about Blackpool was…
Their complete lack of physicality. While we should be celebrating a team not trying to kick Arsenal off the pitch, two fouls from the visitors in 90 minutes does speak of a job not properly done frankly. By contrast, we committed a far more healthy nine. And it wasn’t just their approach to us: there were times too where they would stop expecting a foul to be given their way when really there was little hope of that happening.

Theo…
Was undoubtedly given the time and space that he thrives in. But equally Theo has often been given that time and space and delivered a lot less than yesterday. All three of his finishes were excellent and by and large his crossing was much improved too. The great thing about having Chamakh in the team is that there can be no excuse for poor crossing and Theo, Sagna and even Clichy all upped their game in that regard.

One defensive wall of ours…
Featured Theo, Wilshere and Arshavin. Which is all very well when Samir Nasri is taking the free-kick in training but perhaps a little short otherwise.

Talking of Wilshere…
It struck me that in getting played in central midfield by both Bolton last season and us now, he is perhaps getting the bit of a footballing education that Joe Cole missed out on at West Ham. By that I mean by being played so deep he is learning a lot about when you release the ball, when you hold it, when you do something flash and when you don’t. I really hope he keeps his place in the side and with no slight intended at Denilson, it would be a great shame if the Brazilian slotted in straight ahead of Wilshere once fit.

Look at the boots on the sending off incident…
and you will see it was definitely Chamakh who got the touch on the ball. I also think that the part of the foul that took Chamakh down was probably just inside the box. So a penalty was the right call and obviously a red had to follow under the rules. My feelings on this are quite clear: if the ref thinks a defender has in any way deliberately tried to foul the attacker then send him off by all means, but in incidences such as these (where I think the challenge was genuine), surely a penalty suffices?

And why not, if the ref judges an incident to be a clear goalscoring chance, let him give a penalty irrespective of whether the incident was in the box? Then the cards can properly be used to judge intent. The retort is always: “you will get different refs making very different calls on whether a foul outside the box should be a penalty and so it wouldn’t work”. But the point is that they already make such a call when determining whether the same incidents warrant a red card or not.

Arsenal clock at North stand at Highbury

On which note…
Without the red card I think it would have ended up around 5-1 rather than 6-0.

The emphatic nature of this victory…
Must not cloud the fact that we still need more players at the back and a new goalkeeper. I’m not saying for a second that if we get them we will be shoe-ins for the title, but the point is I just can’t see us doing it without them. More defenders simply because you need four proper central defenders at least and a new keeper because over 38 games I think Almunia and Fabianski will lose us points we can’t afford to lose.

On which note…
The Gallas transfer is only annoying because we seem so adept at losing defenders and so inept at signing them. That a guy we signed from Chelsea has gone to Spurs matters little to me. I realised over the summer that despite being one of his bigger defenders during his spell at the Emirates, he really meant very little to me emotionally.

Player ratings…
Almunia (6.5) had very little to do, Sagna (7.5) attacked well and was full of running, Clichy (7) equally so, Vermaelen (7) very comfortable and Song (6.5) fine but obviously less at home at the back and occasionally positionally suspect.

Diaby (7) got one or two groans mainly because this being Arsenal someone has to. But overall he was fine and took his goal well, Wilshere (7) was very efficient on the ball and saved the fancy stuff for the right parts of the pitch. Rosicky (7.5) was very bright before the break and will be pleased to get 90 minutes, Andrei (7) set-up the first, scored the second and generally had the look of a brow beaten minimum wage worker.

Theo (9) fails to get top marks only because of the level of opposition, while Chamakh (7) looks an ideal fit for what we need. A year ago I thought his arrival unnecessary. In hindsight I was wrong: with Bendtner and RVP missing for key games, his presence would have avoided the sorry sight of Eduardo or Arshavin toiling away on their own up front and may just have got us a few vital points.

RVP (6) and Cesc (6.5) were feeling their way back into action and Carlos Vela (6.5) came on for a kick about and was destined to score a fantastic goal until he had to use his right foot.

The Famous ARSENAL clock is back @ EMIRATES and so is the good times !

Final thought…
Blackburn away next week is our first real test: losing at Liverpool would have been no disaster, winning yesterday was obligitary and expected. But Ewood Park is the first of what I’d term our “swing” fixtures.

Cant wait any longer !

Tomorrow is the next match of the premier league. This time its against Blackpool. Its a small team which is highly underestimated. They have got talent, they have got everything to set Arsenal to lose. Lets see how the brads do ! oooooh to be a gooner !!!

Who's gonna be the No.1 ?

With Sir Wenger havin no FAITH in Almunia, Mark Schwarzer beggin FULHAM to let him go.......Things are shattered, quite messy actually. Lets see everything falls on right place before season gets in full swing ! Last year Almunia can be held for the loss of control in the race to the TITLE...

The only INSPIRATION !

I tried almost everything. But nothing seems to be more WORTHY ! I tried love, I tried will, I tried faith, i tried detachment, I tried promises. Really, nothing is what I found to be of real inspiration except THIS >>>>

                                                                                                                                                                                              

Liverpool v Arsenal

Barclays Premier League, Anfield

Sunday, August 15, 2010, 16:00

 To keep me off SMOKING CIGARETTES  ! I pledge I wont smoke until ARSENAL fetch sum silverware this seasons. ARSENAL is only thing I HOPE, COUNT, BELIEVE, TRUST and FEEL. so I hafto respect my words for ARSENAL's sake ! Can't wait to get started....

English Premier League grants Rs.4.3 cr for Indian slum kids

The English Premier League will invest Rs.4.3 crore in the next three years for the overall development of 80,000 slum children in India, said British Sports Minister Jeremy Hunt Wednesday.

The money will be spent through children charity Magic Bus, which uses the medium of sports to reach out to thousands of underprivileged children in society.

The organisation, in the next three years, will expand its services in Delhi and Andhra Pradesh.

Magic Bus trains local youths as mentors to run 'Sport for Development' sessions, which bring personal and social development amongst children and society.

'Sport is a fantastic way to reach out to young people, inspiring them to learn new skills and giving them the belief and chance to escape lives of hardship and poverty. However, this can only be achieved if the tools are there on the ground to support them and give them the means to achieve their ambitions,' said Hunt.

Magic Bus has been operating in Mumbai for the last 11 years and its Delhi operations were launched last November.

Premier League Chief Executive Richard Scudamore said: 'Magic Bus is a fantastic organization that the Premier League has been proud to support in the past three years. It is heartening to know that our funding has helped train 350 Magic Bus mentors who have used football to improve lives of more than 3,500 children in Mumbai.'

Eduardo gone and so is the Uncle SOL !

The centre back, whose contract with Arsenal ran out at the end of June, moved to St James' Park today on a one-year contract.

It brings to a close Campbell's second spell under Arsène Wenger. His first tenure began in 2001 when he made the short journey across North London from Tottenham. He went on to be the defensive rock in the 2002 Double side and the Invincibles team that won the title without losing a game two years later.

He left in 2006 but returned in January this year, playing 14 games in the latter half of the campaign.
In total, Campbell made 211 appearances for the Club, scoring a dozen goals. His most famous strike came in the 2006 Champions League Final when he headed home Thierry Henry's free-kick for 10-man Arsenal to take the lead.

SC Neusiedl 1919 0-4 Arsenal

Marouane Chamakh opened his Arsenal account as Arsène Wenger's side completed their Austrian training camp with a straightforward 4-0 victory at SC Neusiedi on Tuesday night.

Theo Walcott and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas gave the visitors a 2-0 cushion in the first period. The Moroccan's moment came five minutes after he had come on as a half-time substitute. He burst through only to be pushed over by Markus Dombi. Chamakh picked himself up to slot home adroitly from the spot.

Shortly afterwards, another substitute, Carlos Vela, produced the coolest of chips to make it 4-0.

Neusiedl may play in the third tier of Austrian football but they had their moments. None greater than the one presented to them seconds later Harvard Nordtveit was adjudged to have handled.

However Juray Skripec could not beat Vito Mannone from 12 yards.

To be frank this was never a contest once Arsenal shook off some early lethargy. That two-goal first-half burst allowed them to move from second gear straight into cruise control.

But with Milan, Celtic and Legia Warsaw on the horizon, the tests will get tougher from now on.