Arsenal have no fear in Champions League

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said he was proud of the way his young team played with “no fear” in the 5-2 Champions League win over Fenerbahce.

Arsenal’s side had an average age of 22 in Istanbul and recorded their biggest away win in Europe in five years.

“We had a young team and I’m proud we came in and tried to dictate the game in a heated atmosphere,” said Wenger.

Wenger also reserved praise for the “very promising” Aaron Ramsey, 17, who scored the Gunners’ final goal.

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Wenger calls for more support from fans

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has told the club’s supporters they have failed to show his side sufficient support.

Trailing at half-time to Everton on Saturday, Arsenal were booed off at the break at the Emirates Stadium before they eventually won the game 3-1.

“I don’t feel that from the media or the supporters this team gets the support that it deserves,” Wenger told the club’s annual general meeting.

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Arsene Wenger was delighted that Arsenal put the disappointment of defeat by Hull behind them as they beat Porto 4-0 in the Champions League.

The Gunners boss said: “It is the response I wanted. Maybe it was our most complete performance this season.” Read the full BBC news story here; Arsenal response pleases Wenger

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I wrote this the other week and it looks like it’s been stuck in the Draft folders file, anyway out of date but here’s the post!

Philippe Senderos is undergoing a medical today ready to complete his year long loan deal seeing him join AC Milan. The deal is set to be agreed and signed today.

Wenger says that Senderos is not going to get the games he needs with us this season; “He does not get the games here, and so now he can play somewhere and remain in a top-level club,” said Wenger.

Now that we’ve got Silvestre from united you can see why Senderos has decided this will be a good move, Wenger said; “We have Djourou, we have Kolo, we have Senderos, we have Song, Gallas and Silvestre now who can play centre-back so we have a congestion there.”

“We want him to play without losing him it has not been decided yet whether the transfer will be permanent.”

Personally I think that Senderos isn’t up to scratch when it comes to top, top flight Champions league and Premier League games, he just looks too nervous to me and it’s, unfortunately reflected in the quality of his football during these crucial games.

Arsenal Director Danny Fizsman said that Arsene Wenger could spend £30 million on a player if he chose to do so…

Fizsman said; “If he (Wenger) said ‘I want this guy and he’s £30m, can I buy him?’, the answer is yes. Absolutely yes,”

So I here you all cry; why didn’t Wenger immediately start strenghtening the sqaud as soon as Gilberto, Hleb and Flamini left in the summer transfer window?!

Well, personally and as an Arsenal fan, of course! I think Wenger has and is doing the right thing for Arsenal Football Club. Wenger has told the Independent; “When we decided to build the stadium I wanted to anticipate the possibility of financial restrictions, so I concentrated on youth.”

“I also felt the best way to create an identity with the way we play football, to get players integrated into our culture, with our beliefs, our values, was to get them as young as possible and to develop them together.

“I felt it would be an interesting experiment to see players grow together with these qualities, and with a love for the club.”

So the cynic in my says, is this all a cover up by Arsenal Directors and WEnger has really been told there is no money to spend?? Let me know what you think…I think Wenger is right and certainly not having to cope with the ego of a player costing £30 million isn’t something he’ll miss I’m sure!

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Philippe Senderos is undergoing a medical today ready to complete his year long loan deal seeing him join AC Milan. The deal is set to be agreed and signed today.

Wenger says that Senderos is not going to get the games he needs with us this season; “He does not get the games here, and so now he can play somewhere and remain in a top-level club,” said Wenger.

Now that we’ve got Silvestre from united you can see why Senderos has decided this will be a good move, Wenger said; “We have Djourou, we have Kolo, we have Senderos, we have Song, Gallas and Silvestre now who can play centre-back so we have a congestion there.”

“We want him to play without losing him it has not been decided yet whether the transfer will be permanent.”

Personally I think that Senderos isn’t up to scratch when it comes to top, top flight Champions league and Premier League games, he just looks too nervous to me and it’s, unfortunately reflected in the quality of his football during these crucial games.

Arsene Wenger says that all Arsenal fans should lay off Adebayor after some fans booed him at the pre-season Emriates cup games.

Wenger said: “We have to get behind him and support him. He is a tremendous force and is of tremendous importance for the team - you want your own fans to be behind him.”

“What happened in the transfer period did not always reflect his deep desire and there was manipulation from agents on both sides, but overall I am positive he will recover.”

This follows the news that Emmanuel Adebayor has now signed a new £80,000 a week, long term contract with Arsenal. The deal should keep him at Arsenal until 2012, but with players these days who knows exactly!?

I think this is great news for us even though Adebayor has been, or seemed to be, a bit under hand in his dealings with other clubs during the summer transfer window.

Then again perhaps you shouldn’t believe everything you read in the press and on football web sites!

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Lawro’s Verdict for Arsenal this season!

I’ve just taken this from here; http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7540723.stm

 Nickname: The Gunners
Ground: Emirates Stadium
Capacity: 60,000
Position last season: Third
Manager: Arsene Wenger (September 1996)

DO YOU AGREE WITH LAWRO?

Lawro’s verdict: The Gunners look a little short of quality to me and I think they might slip from third to fourth this season.

There have been a couple of high profile departures from the club in Alexander Hleb and Mathieu Flamini. New signing Samir Nasri looks like a scaled down version of Hleb and I’m a bit worried about Emmanuel Adebayor, who I think did want to leave over the summer.

We don’t know for sure when Eduardo will be back and although I like the look of youngster Jack Wilshire I think this year might be a little too early for him. It must be a big season for Theo Walcott.

KEY MAN: Cesc Fabregas. A fabulous player who must score plenty of goals from midfield.

Well now - DO I AGREE WITH LAWRO?! Not really to be honest! Just becuase we’ve not spent millions this summer on overrated, overpaid players who are NEVER worth the money clubs have to fork out, doesn’t mean we have no strength in depth.

Just look at all the fuss when Henry left us for Barcelona! OK Henry was/is a great player, one of the greatest if not THE greatest player for Arsenal, but we still did OK without him didn’t we?

If we’d had luck on our side like the lucky, lucky Liverpool in the Champions League I’m convinced we’d have got to the final. Liverpool bascially rolled over and died at Stamford Bridge, what a waste!!!

And come to think of it if United hadn’t relied entirely on the goal scoring of one man, whose name I refuse to write on this web site, then their season would have been a very different one…

Just wait until Eduardo comes back, and until then we’ll have to put up with Adebayor, Theo Walcott, oh and that new Welsh lad, oh well!!…we’ll see.

You might need to turn the volume up a bit when you watch this, the sound quality isn’t the best!

Watch Arsene Wenger talk in a press conference about Adebayor staying with us for next season and interestingly see how he defends Adebayor and stands up for him. Wenger also comments on how he sees other foreign clubs affecting things for Premier League clubs…

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