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05/05/2008 by Tony Attwood.

When has a player left Arsenal and done better for himself?

We can think of Liam Brady and maybe Stapleton, but otherwise?

In effect players who leave never ever make it so good again – quite simply because Arsenal have always worked on getting the best out of players.

Wenger was the operator of the magic wand this time, turning a player who couldn’t even make the bench a year ago into a sensation. And now he wanders off into the darkness of a team that is far less likely to win anything than Arsenal next year.

The good news – and it really is good news – is that Fabregas has matured and matured again so that we now know exactly what sort of player we have got. Denilson has come on well too – very well given the paucity of this opportunity. So we can see exactly what we need in the middle with Fabregas.

Because of world-wide scouting (after which I really ought to put a trade mark sign since I invented the phrase but others now use it freely) we will be able to bring in the right player. But it is a shame, because Flamini was just the sort of person you would like.

He is a dolt, an idiot, a turnip, a twirp, but he will soon find out. After three months drift he’ll the first thing he will do is change his agent.

05/05/2008 by Tony Attwood.

The number of shots on target tells it all as Arsenal Ladies once again had a stroll in the sunshine and won the FA Cup.

That makes three FA Cup and League doubles in a row. In any other sort of competition the organisers would give the trophies to the club for eternal display marking their sensational achievement. But it is the Arsenal Ladies we are talking about so they won’t do that.

In fact more journalism was given over to the fact that the Ladies actually drew one game in the league this year, rather than winning every match – as happened last year.

So there we are – a 4-1 victory, the third double in a row, and all following the all-time record crowd for a ladies match in the UK, when 5,000 turned up to watch us thump Chelsea.

What we need next season is more games at the Emirates, with a bigger allocation of seats – say 10,000 rather than the 5,000 limit this time. And (given that they won’t let the ladies play at the Emirates all the time) a better ground to play some of the other matches at.

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