I wasn’t going to post anything until after the game against Blackpool on Saturday at The Emirates as I\u2019ve been trying to revive my blog from a virus damage but it seems I have lost most of my posts so I’m starting let\u2019s say from scratch.<\/p>\n
I just got back from a long break and haven’t really followed all the transfer gossip, however I still believe we are at least two players short. We all know where we need to strengthen so I’m not going to repeat myself as this has been the main subject of all Arsenal blogs for the past two months at least. With the transfer window soon closing we haven\u2019t got a lot of time to buy those additional players, yet I hope Arsene will pull them out from somewhere. I\u2019m not expecting miracles here but at least good enough backs up just in case as injuries are still very much popular amongst our players. I don\u2019t know what it is but I sense a injury curse hanging over our club.<\/p>\n
Sammy is out for a month after a minor surgery to his knee , Frimpong has damaged his cruciate knee ligaments in training and will be out for up to nine months (whole season I expect), I can still add Super Nick to the list as Denilson, Djourou, Song , Van Persie and Cesc should all be available as per Wenger\u2019s pre-match interview:<\/p>\n
\n“All are available – at different levels [of fitness],”<\/p>\n
“I need to make up my mind who I integrate in the squad. But there is no major problem for anybody really.<\/p>\n
“Denilson has not played since 14th April and not played one minute of a game [in pre-season]. He still needs to work. All the others are quite available, at least to be on the bench.<\/p>\n
“But at the same time we do not want to rush it. To have a good season you need a good preparation so we want to especially build up Cesc and Van Persie well.<\/p>\n
“They came back on 5th August and you need three to four weeks’ preparation if you want to do well in the Premier League.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
We are officially being linked with a Sevilla\u2019s S\u00e9bastien Squillaci<\/a>, watching today\u2019s pre-match interview Arsene was asked where are we with this transfer. He just said that nothing is 100% and it\u2019s way too early to confirm that he will join us. I\u2019m a little concerned here because we have just let Gallas and Sol Campbell go and suddenly we are bidding for a veteran with no Premier League experience. It may sound a little harsh, however this is a complete and utter nonsense, don\u2019t get me wrong I\u2019m not judging Squillaci here, I just think we should go for a player who has at least 5 years left in him and to me Michael Ciani<\/a> looks already like a better option, for now let\u2019s wait and see.<\/p>\n
The future still does look bright let\u2019s not forget this is not a sprint it\u2019s a marathon and whatever we do make sure we get behind our lads all the way, there is a job that needs to be done and shooting down Orange it will be come Saturday afternoon. Blackpool will definitely be up for it and will be on a high after spanking Wigan last weekend so 100% effort and commitment is required from us to show them we mean business. We don’t want any of that Hull City home game repeat do we now?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Till next time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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