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By Tony Attwood Theo is injured, Gervinho is injured, Koscielny is injured, plus all the others you know about, like Sébastien Squillaci, Jack Wilshere, Abou Diaby, Yossi Benayoun, Thomas Vermaelen, and Johan Djourou. So who have we got left? Goal – no problems Central defence: Alex Song plus Per Mertesacker with Ignasi Miquel in reserve….

This is just about the biggest story there is at the moment – and of course no newspaper is touching it.   In simple terms it is this… The big clubs (not Arsenal) are trying to tap up kiddies from all over the world to do a patch and mend job on their teams, as their…

It has been a while coming, but now Mr Usmanov is making his move.  And the moral question is, is it possible to be against Mr Usmanov the shareholder, but in favour of the arrival of Arshavin? Russian clubs are owned by big companies for the most part.  Zenit Leningrad (now known by the politically…

Henri Lansbury – what a player in the making.  If for no reason other than to see the midfielder play for Watford you tuned into Sky last night you would have seen him score a terrific goal.  A pass, the perfect positioning for a return,  heads for goal, a player on either side of him…

By Billy the Dog McGraw.  Our man in the Depths of Despair Way way back in the dim and distant past – well in 19969 to be exact – Swindon Town beat Arsenal in the league cup final on a ploughed field.  The Arsenal team contained famous names like Wilson, Storey, McLintock, Radford, Graham, Gould…

The secret diary of “Sir” Alex Burgundy, manager supreme of Manchester Cowboys, the Yankee owned “soccer” outfit from the wild north-west frontier. Monday:   I’m sure Arsenal get an unfair advantage because of those foreigners they sign, and I demand the FA restrict the number of foreigners allowed.   Meanwhile we have to compete so ask Groggsy (who…