So far so good « Untold Arsenal: Arsenal News. Supporting the Lord Wenger; coach of the decade

By Walter Broeckx         

As there is not really anything happening at Arsenal I will give a short impression of the past days in regards of some  Arsenal players.

Half way through the international break and so far so good for Arsenal.

The only scare we had so far was the moment when Bendtner hurt his ankle in training for Denmark. Now I don’t know where it happened or who is responsible in Denmark for where the national team practices but if you looked at the state of the pitch is was no surprise that someone got injured.

At first people were telling that the season of Bendtner was over. But yesterday evening Bendtner just started for Denmark as if nothing had happened. So the early claims were wrong. Totally wrong. And I think people ought to be a bit more careful when they claim season ending injuries.

On the other hand with the injury record Arsenal usually have it would have been normal if we had lost him for the rest of the season.  But he played yesterday against Norway so we can presume he is all right.  But then again wasn’t it the Danish people who played Bendtner during the world cup even when he was not completely fit? But let us hope they will not repeat the same trick again.

A bit closer to home for many of you was the game between Wales and England. Let me start with Ramsey. He himself said he didn’t have a great game.  I kind agree with him.  But I do think this is partially  down to Aaron still being on the road to full recovery from his terrible injury last year.  And on the other hand I must say that the quality of some of the Welsh players was er…..rather poor.  I think apart from Bellamy and Ramsey the rest was just a bit of kick and rush and even the rushing wasn’t that good. Never mention the kicking.

So I think Ramsey was acting like a preacher in the dessert a bit.  Forcing him to try to do things on his own a bit too much and then losing the ball as no one was standing free. But it was good to see him play for 90 minutes and it will help him on the road to becoming better in the next weeks. And maybe having Wilshere next to him in the same team could help him out a bit too.

And now I mentioned his name I just want to say that I really enjoyed Jack playing yesterday. I’m not English (or Welsh) so my only hope was that both would come out fit after the game but I very much liked the way he played. His running at defenders was great, he hardly lost the ball, his tackling was strong as usual, his vision was great. For a 19 year old this was for me a brilliant display. Because let us not forget at his age most players can only dream of playing for their national team. But he played there as if he has been around some 10 years at that level.

I’ve said it before and I will say it again: this boy will  be running football in England in the next decade not only for Arsenal but also for the English team.  What a delight to see such a player on the football pitch. 

On another note I heard a bit of a commotion about Jack having spat at a taxi driver who was a Tottenham fan?  Okay if Jack would be my son I would say to him: Jack, don’t do this again (please). But as an Arsenal fan this is great news. This means that Jack is feeling Arsenal through and through. He is not only a Gunner but also a Gooner. Dare I say it? Oh yes, why not, it seems that Jack has Arsenal DNA.

Moving to the next games is a bit strange because for many teams there are now friendly games planned and this looks a bit strange for me.  That teams play qualifying games now, well it is planned that way in the calendar but friendly games? Now?? Just give the players a break will you.

So we move on in the next day’s knowing that no players have been injured. And I saw a great picture on Cesc his twitter the other day. Of Cesc and 3 other great guys. Theo, Song and Diaby. The 4 of them making themselves ready to train for Arsenal. 

How nice it would be if they all stay fit and can start again or be on the bench ready to come on in the next game next Saturday.  And so we are only one week away from the rest of the season.  And that is something to look forward to.

Come on you Gunners, just do your best that is all we can ask.