Rambo heads to the jungle....well...forest..

As has been widely reported Aaron "Rambo" Ramsey has joined Notts Forest until the 3rd January. This is a great move for Aaron as he will play, there will be the minimum requirement of cotton wool and then due to necessity he will get thrown in and he will get game time.

I know certain quarters are worried about the physical nature of the league, but don't forget its a league where Rambo cut his teeth and he will know all about it. Lets not discount the fact that he got his leg broken in a Premier league game which is supposedly a better quality league, so injuries happen everywhere.

JET has apparently not gone out on loan at all, I'm wondering if the naff form of Bendtner since his return is making Wenger consider giving him a more prominent role. If it was me I'd keep him...the fixtures over Christmas we will need all the fit and ready personnel we have and if you asked me to pick between Bendtner and JET I would pick Bendtner, but he needs to take a look at himself and realise he needs to perform before spouting off to the media.

Other loaned out players include Lansbury who has joined beleaguered Norwich City on emergency loan until January also. He's another player that I've watched come through the ranks and I like him a lot. I hope he uses his time to prove once again that he is Premiership Quality and if he can't get games at Arsenal I'd like to see him somewhere else.

Thats all for now folks - take care in the Snow!

WG

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How much do we really want the Carling Cup

I know we've been starved for silverware for years. I know that to create a "winning mentality" you need to win. I'm not daft.

Arsene Wenger is able to temper our expectations by selling us the future. A big part of this is showcasing the next big thing coming through the Arsenal ranks in the Carling Cup. Last year and the year previous we've seen such talents as Merida, Wilshire, Ramsey, Gibbs, Traore, Jay Emmanuel Thomas, Jay Simpson, Nacer Barazite, Mark Randall and Henri Lansbury to name but a few.

Allowing the youth to cut their teeth in the Carling Cup is a treble-pebble bonus for Arsene. It rests his top first-teamers and it gives much needed experience to players on the fringe of the first team and match fitness to those in the match-day benchwarmers club.

We've celebrated in the successes of our youth in this competition. We've revelled in their results against premier league opposition. We loved it. "Our kids are better than your first team" is a great chant.

So are we really that desperate to win the Carling Cup that we forget the youth this year? My opinion: Arsene Wenger will sacrifice the Carling Cup to try and succeed elsewhere. Of course he'll try to win the Carling Cup but he'll do it with youth and back it up with first teamers resting on the bench. If it doesn't happen then his targets will naturally revert to what he really wants, the Champions League and the Premier League.

Arsene Wenger isn't daft, he knows a Carling Cup win doesn't mean anything in the grand scheme. His targets are above and I'm with him. I'd rather us have a real shot at the Prem than get half our first teamers injured in a nothing game in the Carling Cup.

WG

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