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Sunday, 27 September 09, 03:50 PM · Comments(6)
I'm sorry for the very late blog today but the 21st I was at last night was very good and when I arrived home we found the Gardai(Irish police) at the door telling our daughter to turn down the music at her birthday party. Everything was fine and we had brought a few friends with us to join in with the party. To be fair the Gardai were very nice about it and they were just as nice when they called back at 5.30 asking us to turn the music down again. We had no one to blame at that stage but ourselves even though I thought the music wasn't loud. All of this led to me having a lie in this morning and when I woke up I had to bring my son out to buy his new lap top that he had saved up for. That obviously took a few hours as we shopped around for the best deal and when we returned I had to set it up for him after which we had visitors for a couple of hours which leaves me only blogging late on a Sunday night.
Anyway enough of my hectic weekend and on to all things Arsenal. We played Fulham yesterday evening at Craven Cottage and we came away with a fortunate 1-0 victory thanks to a goal from RVP and a fantastic performance in goal from Mannone. These are the games we would have lost last season and a win whilst playing badly is a lot better in my book than a defeat when playing well which happened at Old Trafford and to a lesser degree against City. The performances will have to improve or will struggle to keep up with the pace in the league but we have the players who are capable of doing that. With Chelsea losing yesterday it puts us in the mix at the top of the table with a run of 6 games coming up that we can. It's vitally important that we don't lose any of those 6 league games and the boss may have to change things around a little to get the results we want as a few of the players who seem to be automatic choices at the moment aren't performing at the level we need. I'll go into that more later in the week as this has to be a short blog.
We drew Liverpool at home in the last 16 of the Carling Cup and the game will be played on October 27th. I'm sure that it will be a sell out and I wonder if the prices will be as low as they were against West Brom. Our next match is against Olympiakos at home on Tuesday night in the Champions league and a win is vital as it will leave us in control of the group. After that we play at home to Blackburn next Saturday and with their current manager we know what we will get from them. Anyone at the game can expect a sore neck from looking up at the Sky all afternoon. From there we move on to another international break for 2 weeks. It's unbelieveable how often these international breaks are coming around and the 2 week break is far too long in my opinion.
There are rumours of Spanish club Xerez making a bid for Carlos Vela in January ann I think we would be mad to sell him. We don't need the money and he has an awful lot to offer the team in my opinion. However the amount of time spends away with his country is a problem and the player might also be a little unhappy with his lack of game time since he came to us from his loan spell in Spain. I'll leave it there for today.
Here's the highlights from yesterday.
And to finish today's title track from Bob Marley. The boss has a lot of work to do to get the right players for our formation and to get things working properly on the pitch.
See You Tomorrow.
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Reply to ClownshoeVanClubfoot:
I pity your poor neighbours, lol.
To be honest the music wasn't that loud and we have had it a lot louder before and the Gardai were never called. 
Reply to ClownshoeVanClubfoot:
I think all Carling Cup prices will be the same, regardless.
Well I bloody hope so, unless we field a full strength squad, which I doubt... but in the Carling Cup I don't really mind. I think it's a good policy to give the young 'uns a run out. Invaluable experience against the scousers...
I'm sure the prices will stay the same. I wonder if we will see Nasri or Fabianski back by then. Nasri got injured in mid July and we were told it would be 6 weeks before he trained so he must be due back soon. 
Reply to JamrockRover:
Reply to ClownshoeVanClubfoot:I think all Carling Cup prices will be the same, regardless.
Well I bloody hope so, unless we field a full strength squad, which I doubt... but in the Carling Cup I don't really mind. I think it's a good policy to give the young 'uns a run out. Invaluable experience against the scousers...I'm sure the prices will stay the same. I wonder if we will see Nasri or Fabianski back by then. Nasri got injured in mid July and we were told it would be 6 weeks before he trained so he must be due back soon.
Oct 17th, according to PhysioRoom.com
The same date as Fabianski.
...3 weeks.
Reply to ClownshoeVanClubfoot:
Reply to JamrockRover:Reply to ClownshoeVanClubfoot:I think all Carling Cup prices will be the same, regardless.
Well I bloody hope so, unless we field a full strength squad, which I doubt... but in the Carling Cup I don't really mind. I think it's a good policy to give the young 'uns a run out. Invaluable experience against the scousers...I'm sure the prices will stay the same. I wonder if we will see Nasri or Fabianski back by then. Nasri got injured in mid July and we were told it would be 6 weeks before he trained so he must be due back soon.
Oct 17th, according to PhysioRoom.com
The same date as Fabianski.
...3 weeks.
Just in time for the Carling Cup game against Liverpool. 
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I pity your poor neighbours, lol.
I think all Carling Cup prices will be the same, regardless.
Well I bloody hope so, unless we field a full strength squad, which I doubt... but in the Carling Cup I don't really mind. I think it's a good policy to give the young 'uns a run out. Invaluable experience against the scousers too.