Maybe Emanuel Adebayor will start winning the hearts of Gooners again. Against Ajax in the Amerstam Cup, the lanky Togolese started the late 2nd half comeback from a 2-0 deficit, with a header to start the scoring and an insurance goal near the end of time. With the Almonst Great Dane, Nicklas Bendtner, scoring in between, Arsenal emerged 3-2 winners.
Good stuff, but we've got to fix the leaky defense before Wednesday's CL qualifier.
Ahead of the upcoming season, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger insists that the team is focused and prepared to win at least two trophies.
Wenger has maintained he is out to win both the title and the Champions League this season.Having reached the last eight of the European Cup, the Gunners eventually finished only four points behind Premier League champions Manchester United and two from Chelsea, which was certainly a step in the right direction.
However, the last trophy won under Wenger was the FA Cup back in 2005 - and the French coach has made it perfectly clear where priorities lie this time around.
"But it is clear there are two trophies we are focused on - the Premier League and the Champions League.
"After that, the FA Cup, but we will never go seriously for the Carling Cup, again this year we will have the same philosophy on the Carling Cup.
"The Premier League and Champions League are the trophies we will fight for."
Meanwhile, Theo Walcott, supports the boss' notion of silverware for the season.
"If we all believe in ourselves, all believe in our team, I am sure
we can do anything," he told Sky Sports News. "All you have to do is
put your mind to it."Considering we haven't got a big squad, I
think it is quite good in a way that everyone can gel together, we know
how we play and it is easier when only a couple of players come in,
they can just settle in."
Wenger has retained defender WIlliam Gallass as captain for the upcoming season. I thought Gallass did a good job as captain in the first half of the season, but after the Birmingham debacle, he seemed to fall apart...much like the team. Give him another season to prove himself and if he fails, off goes the armband.
"You know I learnt a lot (last season)," Gallas told Arsenal TV. "You
want to be the best captain and give good advice to your players, but
sometimes you can make mistakes as well.
"This season I know what I'm going to do and I know I am ready to change my way of speaking to the players."
Emanuel Adebayor and Gunners' boss Arsene Wenger say speculation about the lanky, Togolese striker leaving were just hot air. Ade says he is and will remain a Gunner.
This is great news, providing certainty up front. Ade has just been getting better and I think 2008-2009 will be another top season for him. Now, if we can just get a stud central defender...though I think that is not on the Professor's list.
The Professor has signed a midfielder, but not the big name we're expecting; a kid I've never heard of before.
Arsenal have signed Portugal Under-21 midfielder Amaury Bischoff from Werder Bremen for an undisclosed fee. The 21-year-old made just one appearance for the Budesliga side Bremen
last season and he can play in the centre or right of midfield.Ok. I agree we need someone to plug Flamini's role (I'm not sold that Diaby is the answer, yet), but the biggest wish on my list is a big, strong central defender. Toure and Gallas are great defenders, but they're not the answer in the middle. Take one of them and pair with a dominant, physical player. Our biggest weakness last year was the center of the defense and Arsene hasn't done anything to address that.
Crazy-legs is on his way out the door. This has been coming for awhile, but I'm beginning to grow nervous about the midfield. Two of the starters are gone, with Flamini already shifting out. The center has softened with his departure. And Hleb often played a roving, linking role with Adebayor (who, also, may be gone in the NDF). Arsene, what are your plans, sir?
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