Mad Jens rumour accelerates and Rambo gets his kit on

As mentioned last week Mad Jens is indeed in London and after my exclusive punt of a guess about it the rumours are accelerating towards him being a shoo-in for the job.

I'd like to see him back to be honest. I think his experience and presence would be a great benefit. He's been there and done it and we'll need his experience.

It was great to see Rambo back on the pitch on saturday. He got a good twenty mins and looked pretty sharp. His passing vision hasn't dulled and he looks ready for the battle.

Personally, I think he's a nice lad and its crap seeing bad things happen to good people.

WG.

Sack Wenger? Have you been eating rotten fruit?

Good lord, where do all these doom-mongering, spoilt fans come from?

We do not have a god given right to win every game. We have to compete, which we do. We are second in the league with a game in hand in front of Chelski and Man Citeh with all their millions.

Its not enough to spend money, you have to have a team.

If we win the league all of these 'fans' will be crowing to their mates about how Wenger is a genius winning the league on a shoestring.

Sacking Wenger won't achieve anything except strip our team of all the players who are here because of him and his methods I.e. Walcott, Nasri, Fabregas. They won't want to play for a clogger manager.

We all want instant success, but like instant coffee, its not as good as the real thing.

WG

Am I relieved or disappointed?

I said yesterday that I wasn't bothered about the FA cup. I know its a trophy but if its that or the league its a no brainer.

It was a game we needed to win in terms of confidence and proving our credentials for the title.

But it is fixtures that if we didn't have to play them would provide our players with extra recovery time and that is indispensible in the run-in.

Frankly, I'm pleased we're out. I wanted to beat the scummy Manc's but for now I'll take solace in the fact that they will have to play more games than us!

My phone sang with texts from Manc's crowing at the 2:0 victory. Chants of 'No trophy, no league' echoed off my phone.

My defence, 'text me again in may when we're taking the league trophy for a trip round North London'.

Yesterday proved for me that Diaby cannot play central midfield for us and how much we really miss Song. We need cover for him so badly its crazy. Denilson did ok, but overall I'm disappointed with the lack of quality chances created against a poor Man Utd side.

Roll on tomorrow when I can start thinking about the next game.

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WG

Mad Jens to make a return?

Firstly this isn't based on any truth. Arsene has said he already has a goalkeeper in mind to fill the emergency stand-in role. Jens is available as he is currently retired and has been coaching for us recently.

His mentality and desire to win would be crucial to have around the dressing room and training ground and I wouldn't mind betting Arsene is wondering whether he can call him in?

Fingers crossed! I think he'd be a great addition to have back for the rest of the season. He might be a bit mad, but he's not a dancer.

WG.

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Will Rambo get a shot?

With the well-publicised re-occurance of Cesc's hammy injury an opportunity presents itself within the Arsenal midifeld. Rambo has said in the media that he is rearing to get back into the first team.

Saturday is an ideal opportunity in the absense of Cesc for him to get back. Prior to his injury he was deputising for Cesc and doing a fantastic job. His penetrative runs and movement is only one weapon in his armoury, his distribution another.

I really rate him, I think he's got great awareness and is a good competitor with a desire to match Jacks. We need him. I think we need him tomorrow. ManYoo's midfield will be combative and his skills are in demand. Lets not upset him by not giving him a start. He's a player we need to keep happy.

WG.

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Fuelling the fires of desire

No, not a cheesily written short story from Mills and Boon and that ilk, its sounding like the boys are up for it!

Defeats like Barcelona can go two ways; you can be up, more determined than ever and use that disappointment to fight harder than ever before. Or, you can shrink like a violet and let it suffocate you.

In the past, our young team certainly suffered from the latter, but from the noises we've been hearing its now the former that is indicative of the mood at London Colney today.

Johan Djourou has spoken of the shame of being Swiss following the performance of the Swiss referee and of his desire to get back to winning ways this weekend. Similar comments from Jack and Cesc seem to indicate an upbeat, determined squad.

We will face a determined ManYoo this weekend with lots to prove after their recent indifferent form and they will not want to lose to us.

Selfishly, I'd rather lose and let the boys concentrate fully on the league and leave the distraction of the FA Cup til next year.

However, since the opportunity presents itself we should take this olive branch for what it is. A chance to put down the marker against ManYoo and say 'we're better than you, we know it and we're gonna prove it'.

Ultimately, I think we have enough in the tank to do this. We'll just have to see what personnel Arsene picks.

WG

No shame, but a whole lot of injustice

The day feels colder today than it did yesterday. I was bouncing yesterday, I could feel a good result coming though I kept my optimism largely to myself..I resisted a predo.

I couldn't predict that ridiculous decision to send of RvP. Noone could. I did fear for him after his needless yellow card earlier in the game, but I didn't think he'd get sent off for that. In my mind I could see him clattering the keeper or something but never for time wasting.

Replays since have proven that the opposition defender also didn't hear the whistle and contiued to try and close the angle on RvP.

That decision aside, I was a bit frustrated with some of our own rushed posession which far too swiftly returned the ball to Barca and put the pressure back on us. Its fair to say however, my optimism was still reasonably resolute and when the equaliser went in off a penetrative corner aimed at the head of Diaby which he incidentally mistimed but Busquets headed it perfectly - Good lad he is.

At 1-1 it was looking like it could go either way until that daft decision.

For now though. In the interests of sanity I think its best to move on. Barca were the better team, but perhaps there could have been an Inter Milan-esque shock in it had it stayed 11v11 but it didn't, so there wasn't. 'Nuff said.

Onwards warriors, lets use this injustice to fuel our desire for success on the home front.

WG

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