re: Arsenal's "Things Are Gonna Change, I Can Feel It! (lol, nope)" Summer Thread

he's truly a sonuvabitch. too bad he's only been capped once for the ENT. Better none so that the USMNT could scoop him up to play alongside JJ.

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@DanCompton The boy is our second top scorer on 6 goals and he's been out for 2 months #TheoYouBeauty

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also, west ham and stoke headed toward extra time. luckily for us the extra play will gas them and we'll have another comfortable victory against 'ham this saturday

Wilshere signs a new long-term contract with Arsenal!

Szcezny however may well leave us in a free transfer this summer if we do not give him more first team opportunities. That would suck. Hopefully AW can talk some sense into him.

Ramsey may start back training this week, but won't get a run out for at least a month after he begins training. My bet is that we see him in January, barring any setbacks.

Shakhtar this week. The return of Young Jack to the XI. Hopefully Cesc will get a breather. Also I'd imagine Bendtner and Walcott will feature.

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that makes it an easy choice for the jersey I want to buy

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I thought the exact same thing when I saw the news.

Fab left out of Ukraine trip. Probably for the best. Song, Denilson and Arshavin unlikely. Guess that means Eastmond is probably getting a start tomorrow. My guess for the XI:

Szczesny
Sagna-Djourou-Kos-Clichy
Rosicky-Eastmond-Wilshere
Walcott-Bendtner-Vela

That video blog was awesome. ZonalMarking ought to work on something like that.

I had actually considered putting Eboue in at LB to give Clichy a breather (that's where he played when Gibbs went down), but I agree there's a strong chance he plays somewhere.

We're on the same page with Fabianski/Szczesny...I think Wenger starts playing him more to get him to re-sign.

I think that solidifies the midfield three I listed. Surely Wenger won't go pure youth with Lansbury instead of Rosicky. I'd love to see JET get some PT. Kid seems like he could be a player.

Just when I start to feel bad about ripping on Clichy earlier in the year, he pulls something like he did today.

Oh well. Results like this reinforce the idea that we need to buy a CB and maybe a DM in January so I don't mind it too much. Take care of business at Braga and we'll be fine.

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Results like this reinforce the idea that we need to buy a CB and maybe a DM in January

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What is Vermaelen's timetable? If he's going to be back in the spring then I see that as unnecessary. Also, we have Song, Diaby, Eboue, and Denilson who can all play DM. Why would we need another?

Song is our only true quality DM and he's playing box to box. Diaby and Eboue certainly aren't DMs and Denilson isn't a DM. One injury puts us in a bad position there.

As for CB, who knows when Vermaelen will be back. He's solid but Squillaci is a weakness. He's a decent back up but shouldn't be starting. Kos could be good but he's still raw. Djourou might be a lost cause. Fact is we need another good CB. We won't win any trophy, except maybe the Carling Cup, with the guys we have there now.

Clichy is great at bombarding forward and he's certainly our most in-shape player, but he struggles defensively and having AA playing in front of you most of the time doesn't help.