Title race? We were never out of it were we?

So we're travelling to visiting les spuds tonight then, at least it's not a long journey, just got to get from the good part of North London to the sh*t part. This is it then, regardless of the result this is where we see whether or not the team want it. Manure didn't pick up the win yesterday, it's a North London derby and questions have been asked about your mentality. If you ever wanted to prove you could perform on the big stage, tonight is bloody well the night. Cesc Fabregas has been speaking as well, saying that the club is at a 'crossroads' and must decide whether to become a bit more ambitious in the transfer market and be champions or become also-rans.

The boss has been urging the side to kick on and prove they have what it takes this evening, you'd think this isn't necessary ahead of a match of this importance, but never mind that, let's focus on the match. In the build up, the boss spoke about the difference STD and Monkey-man have made to Spuds. Let's move on to the good team though, with Song and Sagna both fit to start against the anti-Arsenal Tottensh*t. We should pretty much have a full team then with only Fabianski and Vermaelen still not involved so will probably line up with something like:

------------------Szczesny------------------

--Sagna---Djourou--Koscielny---Clichy--

-------------Song------Wilshere------------

--Walcott-------Fabregas---------Nasri---

---------------------RVP--------------------

As always an Arshavin could creep into the line-up, Nasri played the full 90 minutes on Sunday while Tottertott rested last weekend, but that's a decent shout for the line-up I reckon.

One other thing, speculation about a centre-back in the summer seems to have unsettled Kyle Bartley, make your own mind up about this one but personally I'd rather keep him than buy someone else. As always, videos galore so here's the boss pre-match. Enjoy and let's hope for three points tonight. :)

No rest for the wicked...

Never mind Liddlepuddle, we're facing the Spuds tomorrow. Let's hope Bacary Sagna is able to return after resting this weekend, as Emmanuel Eboue is a bit of a liability at the back as usual. With Carl Jenkinson set to sign in the summer, is this the end of the road for Eboue's Arsenal career? Talkshitesport have been talking as well; with Perry Groves saying we should sell Cesc Fabregas if the right offer comes in. I think the problem is that the right offer isn't coming in, rather than us not accepting it. The club have been linked with Frieburg forward Papiss Demba Cisse, but speculation is that the club will need to part with £13million to sign him. A striker coming in? You'd have to think that this heralds either a return to the 4-4-2 or an exit this summer for one of our current strikers.

I've also heard (from admittedly an unreliable source) that the club have offered PSG £13million for Mamadou Sakho, but the Mirror reckon he's content to stay in France for the next few seasons. The Mirror also have a piece on Jack Wilshere, wanting not only to play for the U-21s this summer, but in the Olympics next summer as well as the European Championships. I understand that he's young and wants to play as much football as possible, but isn't that stretching it a bit?

Wojciech Szczesny has been talking about how he hopes to cement his position as the No.1 at the club so that the boss doesn't need to buy a keeper in the summer. With Fabianski and Szczesny both kicking on this season, I don't see why a keeper would be brought in during the summer, with Mannone more than adequate as a No.3. Theo Walcott has also been talking about how he has kicked on this season, he's been both scoring and assisting more and it's been good seeing him do so well.

Finally, a piece in LadyArse about Benik Afobe's loan spell written by a Huddersfield fan and a match report as Arsenal cruised into the semi-finals of the Dallas Cup with a 6-0 victory over Panamian Chorillo FC.

A few videos for you then pre-match interviews ahead of tomorrow from Theo Walcott and Robin Van Persie. A Theo Walcott compilation as well, plus Carlos Vela vs Chelsea and Henri Lansbury vs Nottingham Forest. Enjoy.

Be sure to comment or contact me (details near the bottom) if you have something to say. Have a nice Tuesday and lets hope the barcodes win today. ;)

At least we're still unbeaten right?

It's never dull as a gooner is it. I mean seriously. I was thinking same old story, then we won it in the 98th minute so I was thinking same old story (just a different story). Then we all know what happened next and same old story again. It's funny really, would the result have been that different had it been 0-0? The reaction? Who knows. There's no time to dwell on what might have been now or what could still be. With United playing tomorrow and a match against the Spudlets on Wednesday who knows what could happen. Regardless of what we can win or what we can't lets just win our matches anyway.

Where the hell do you start with that? The boss said we had problems creating chances and I think it's fair to say I agree with that. The atmosphere certainly didn't help, I've been lucky enough to visit the Emirates on a matchday and the atmosphere can be piss-poor most of the time. I've stood up to sing and people have looked at me thinking I was some kind of crazy foreign tourist who's having a fit or something. There's a difference between being a supporter and being a nob-head. Unfortunately, it is the latter which seems to make up the general population of the Emirates. Too often in recent times have we seen the crowd get on the teams back rather than get behind them and be the fabled '12th man'. I know that when you're a new fan you have the child-like expectation that the team 'should win', but there's a difference between acting like a spoilt child and acting like a nob who only goes to the big matches. They might not want to see us play Huddersfield, but I bloody well did.

Anyways, enough Gooner-bashing. As always, the highlights are here on Arsenalist (@arsenalist) and I suppose it's time to see who was hot and who was not. Szczesny wasn't really kept that busy, a few catches from set-pieces and a save or two. He looked decent although he wasn't really tested until the end of the match. Dived the right way for the penalty and I was for some reason quietly confident he would keep it out but credit to Dirk Kuyt, it was sweetly-struck and the 'keeper had no chance. Still good to have him back.

Gael Clichy played. I remember him passing to Samir Nasri a few times and clearing a ball in our area. That's it. That is actually it. Now I think about it, I'm wondering where he was on quite a few Liverpool attacks. That's not an indictment necessarily, but 47% of their attacks came down our left. Not a great night for Gael then. Koscielny and Djourou were decent, coped alright with Carroll and Suarez who luckily didn't get that much service. There seemed to be a lack of communication though, they often both went for the same ball and sometimes lost their markers at set-pieces. Let's hope that was just a side-effect of Djourou's rustiness as they prepare to face Monkey-man and the Beanstalk on Wednesday. As for Eboue; classic Eboue really. Got forward well, clumsy defending. Lucas was always looking for it and almost stopped to impede Eboue and make the contact, but the Ivorian should have stayed on his feet as Ray Wilkins would have gladly told him.

The midfield then, Abou Diaby was better than usual. He may be one-pace, but it was a nice pace today, he was driving and looking to get things moving in a box-to-boxy kind of role. A bit lax defensively though. Could stayed with Suarez a few times. Jack Wilshere has played 40+ games this season and it's starting to show as he looked jaded and not really Wilshere-ish. That doesn't mean that he wasn't giving his all, just that his all wasn't quite as much as it usually is. Fabregas was very much the same, not sure what it was, but he was one of a few players who had a quiet day at the office. Made his little runs and passes, some came off, most didn't. Some say he just doesn't care about the Arsenal; who was it who drove on and won the penalty late on then? Wilshere came off for Bendtner who was shifted out wide. As always with Bendtner, when he was brought on things happened, waste of talent out wide though. We put 44 crosses into the box, an RVP and a Nicky B have more chance of meeting one of them than an RVP on his own. Alex Song also came on in place of Abou Diaby after around 80 minutes. Surprising one. I would have preferred Chamakh to come on as we were chasing a win, or even a Ramsey-esque player who can move through the gears, drive on, pass, shoot and is a better attacker in general. No offence to Song who certainly tried to add going forward, but a holding-midfielder isn't what we needed.

Theo Walcott was way too fast for Fabio Aurelio who did his hamstring after 20 minutes of chasing. Won quite a few corners, got a swerving shot in. Lively at the start, less so as the game went on. Another Theo Walcott wouldn't go amiss, we need more pace. (Ryo Miyaichi?) Samir Nasri was much the same as Fabregas, quiet game same, few passes and maybe a shot or two. Nice flick to set RVP through. That's about it. Andrei Arshavin came on for Theo, made a bit of a difference, a bit of running that was welcome. He's certainly changed as a player this season. Tried to make a difference. RVP had a goal ruled out after he was marginally offside, a few good deliveries from set pieces, a few that weren't so good. Another one who didn't have a brilliant day at the office.

I've already linked to the bosses reaction, but if reading isn't your thing then feel free to have a look at his post-match interview, his post-match press-conference and also Johan Djourou post-match.


In other news, Arsenal Ladies beat Chelsea Ladies 1-0 in the first ever WSL match, but went out of the Champions League after losing their semi-final against Lyon 5-2 on aggregate. We do have some good news though, Jack Wilshere won the PFA Young Player of the Year award.Jack also featured alongside Samir Nasri and Bacary Sagna in the PFA team of the Year as did Hale End product Cashley Cole. Two updates from YoungGuns as well, a loanees watch with Ryo Miyaichi  grabbing two goals and two assists for Feyenoord and Francis Coquelin scoring his first professional goal for Lorient proving to be the highlights. Arsenal also kicked off their Dallas Cup campaign with a 5-1 victory after going behind following a shaky start.

Well, it's been a while...

So I miss a few days off sick and all of a sudden we're back in the title race and have been taken over. First things first then, Stan Kroenke has taken us over. You can read all about 'the offer' here. I won't pretend that I know more about this kind of stuff than most other people and while all the right noises and gestures are coming out of the Kroenke camp, it remains to be seen what will happen in the long-term. One thing I am pleased about is the AST deciding not to sell it's shares to Kroenke. A club like ours has always been tied closely with its fans and hopefully will be in the future. We can save all that for the summer though, for now we have a title to win.

So just in case anyone forgot, we beat Blackpool last weekend. As always, you can catch the highlights here on Arsenalist. We rode our luck at times but apparently that's what champions do, or what United do anyway. Despite joining the starting line-up ten minutes before the match, Jens Lehmann did well. Admittedly he could have given away a penalty and looked a bit rusty, but he made a few decent saves and was talking from the first minute to the last. I won't do a full match report purely because there are already about a million around. Although, I do have a few post-match interviews, with Arsene Wenger, Jens Lehmann and a duo of Jens and RVP. What a legend Jens is. Also, the bosses post-match presser is around here somewhere if you haven't already seen it, or here's the transcript if you have an aversion to watching it.

Jack Wilshere was having a bit of a chat after the match as well, crushing speculation linking him to City (like that was going to happen). He reckons the title race is still on, but would have ended if we hadn't won against Blackpool and that the fixture schedule may hinder United and will help us. In other news Arsenal U-18s scored two goals late on to come back and win against Cardiff City. Emmanuel Frimpong has also been talking about the development of Jack Wilshere and how he hopes to mirror his progress into the first-team. Let's hope that he stays fit next season and can fight with Coquelin for the role of under-study to Alex Song.

A bit of news from YoungGuns as well, a loanees round up with Ryo Miyaichi getting an assist; confirmation of the squad to play in the Dallas Cup and an article on 'What next for Arsenal's loanees?'. All well worth a read.

I've managed to keep it fairly short, quite surprising but hey-ho. Don't forget if you want to get in touch my contact details are near the bottom of the page. Enjoy your Wednesday.

Anyone up for a donkey ride?

We're the famous Arsenal and we're going to... Blackpool. The chances of a post tomorrow are quite small so I thought we may as well get the preview over and done with today. Obviously we've got a bit game tomorrow and every game between now and the end of the season is a big game as some players fight for a successful season and others fight for a future at the club. The Mail has more on that line, with rumours that Clichy, Arshavin and Bendtner amongst are all set for the chop. You can have a look at the article, but it's standard tabloid fare really, a wish list of leavers and signings. I would be sad to see the three I mentioned leave. It looks like there is a real possibility of Gael Clichy leaving, a shame as he's been around for a while. As he showed at West Brom, Andrei Arshavin is one of the few players who can turn a game by creating something out of nothing, not to mention the way he tracked back and slid into a tackle to win back possession vs. Blackburn. Effort. As for Nicky B, I know he never seems to live upto his potential (or his hype), but there's no doubt that he offers something different, a real prescence and goals unlike those offered by Chamakh and even sometimes Van Persie.

That paragraph was a bit of a trek. This one should be shorter though. The Metro reckon (because AW said it) that if Jack Wilshere is used this summer by England-U21s then he won't take place in pre-season, much like Cesc Fabregas and Robin Van Persie after the world cup. The earliest I've been told he would come back is for the Emirates Cup. Anyways, the boss has been saying things again, making up for the last week then. He's stood by his team, hitting out at 'superficial judgement' when we get criticised and Spuds get praised even though we're doing so much better than they are. He's also been defending the way the club go about doing things.

So as I said, I'll do a quick preview for tomorrow. As I said yesterday, we'll definitely have Manuel Almunia in goal while Bacary Sagna is set for a late fitness test after a knock on the knee. Those can be troublesome so I don't think he'll be risked. Which would give us a back four of Clichy-Squillaci-Koscielny-Eboue.

In midfield I reckon we'll see Diaby come in for Song (although it could easily be Denilson) while Wilshere and Fabregas will probably take up their usual roles. Out wide we'll see Nasri and either Arshavin or Walcott, depending on the results of Walcott's late fitness test while I see no reason for Robin Van Persie not to start up front.

So I've found a few videos for you as well, because I'm so generous. I've got pre-match interviews from Nicklas Bendtner and the boss, but I don't remember which is which so I don't know which link is which. Oh well, here's link number one and here's link number two. As promised yesterday, I even have the bosses pre-match press conference. A lot has been said about his comments, I won't dwell on them as I'm pretty sure you're all old enough to formulate your own opinions. Enjoy.

It's been just like a mini-interlull

Having used up it's supply of soft-news in the interlull, Arsenal have been under some kind of media-lock down; with pretty much nothing coming out except a bit of chat from Emmanuel Frimpong. Anyways, Arsene Wenger had his pre-match press conference today, but I'm afraid I don't have a video for you as of yet. I do have the news though, Manuel Almunia is set to continue in goal, Nasri deserves being nominated for PFA player of the Year and that the team 'want to show they're up for it'. Heard it all before springs to mind, seen it all before doesn't, but with reports of a few chats behind the scenes, let's hope some of the players are a bit more motivated than they have been in recent months weeks. Obviously a lot of Arsenal fans have been disappointed with recent results, but I think it's only fair to wait until the end of the season before judging, a la Arsenal Supporter's Trust.

The boss reckons that it's vital to trust the players now, having put in so much energy to bring them this far. I agree with him in general, and I don't think any of us disagree with bringing up young players, youth certainly isn't an impediment to success; but it's hard to trust a player who doesn't show any desire to win. At the end of the day, all we ask of players, at least all I would ever ask is that they give their all. Some of them haven't in the past, so why should I trust them to in the future? Sometimes you have to prove yourself. Anyway, as I said hopefully they've had a banana shoved up their back-sides and are ready to turn over anyone we face in the next eight games.

A bit of an early Blackpool preview then, as already mentioned Manuel Almunia will carry on in goal. Cesc Fabregas is fit to start against Blackpool but Alex Song is set to miss out, he will probably be joined on the sidelines by Bacary Sagna who won't be risked after a knock on his knee. Theo Walcott faces a late fitness test while Aaron Ramsey looks likely to feature in the squad after overcoming a groin problem.

In nice news, Arsenal Ladies travel to Lyon for the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Saturday evening. Let's hope they do better than the men have this season.

Now although I don't have Wenger's pre-match press conference for you (yet), I do have some other videos; a compilation of potential Arsenal full-back Carl Jenkinson playing for Charlton vs. Notts County. Take a look at Eboue's replacement?

We've also got an interview with Jeremie Aliadiere talking about random stuff, I think his Arsenal career is mentioned. He hasn't looked too bad for the reserves barring a bit of rustiness, is a contract really that unlikely? Who knows.

Anyways, that's it for now. I might update later if I get the pre-match press conference soon, it not then I'll probably have it by tomorrow. Have a good Friday night. :)

P.S. Vote in the poll!!! Right hand side of the page: 'Can Arsenal win the League?'

I swear this week has gone on forever...

Of course watching the Spuds get munched was entertaining, and hopefully an open game when Chelsea  travel to Old Trafford to tire everyone out. Anways, news is slowly dripping out regarding something happening in the boardroom. Nobody's really sure yet, but if anything is announced on the club's official website we can obviously expect it to come out sometime around April 13579. If anything interesting happens, I'll be sure to write up an article on Gunnersphere (@Gunnersphere on twitter) to cover it in more detail. I won't waste a blog post with it because I know it's not everyone's cup of tea.

Anyways, other news coming out as well. The stage is all but set for Carl Jenkinson to move to Arsenal this summer, as revealed by YoungGuns. Does this leave the door open for a Eboue to leave in the summer with Jenkinson, who can play across the back four, filling in as a young right back? I suppose the plan for next season will only become clear in pre-season.

In other news, Arsenal reserves beat Sunderland reserves 4-2, with Jeremie Aliadiere scoring and linking up well. Jens Lehmann made a lot of noise at the back, but being honest he doesn't look the most agile he's ever been. Let's just hope he doesn't have to come off the bench. Emmanuel Frimpong also made a long awaited come-back, following ligament damage. He's been speaking to the official site about how he's been waiting nine months to get back on the pitch, so it's no surprise that he was delighted to be back on the pitch. He's also been speaking about injuries and hopes he can get the rub of the green while he tries to break into the first-team. Neil Banfield spoke after the match on being pegged back twice, the quality we had and of course the return of Emmanuel Frimpong. You can find the highlights of the match here.

One other video as well, a close-up interview with you ball-playing midfielder Conr Henderson. Not the most exciting but if you want to find out more about the young Irishman, don't look any further than right here.

One last thing, be sure to vote in the poll on the right hand side of this page and say whether you think Arsenal still have a shot at winning the league. That's all for now folks, more on Blackpool next time.

Show some f***ing passion!!!

I was reminiscing the other day with @AMMueller on twitter, after the disappointment of the Blackburn match we got to talking about the good old days where we won stuff and looked good. I watched a few videos afterwards and bloody hell we looked good. I mean really, we looked good; Henry, Bergkamp, Pires, Ljunberg, they could do anything they set their minds to. The amount of times they would clear a corner or win the ball in midfield and seconds later scored with a wonderful finsh through the keeper's legs or having chipped him from thirty yards out. It occured to me that this team isn't missing the latter, we know that we have the ability to score, pass, do whatever the hell we want. It's the pressing and winning the ball and actually giving a dogs bollock about the team and the club and the shirt that's the problem. Sometimes we show up and do it as well, like against Barcelona and Chelsea, but why don't we do it more often? Whereas that team would win 6-0 or 7-1, this one struggles to get three points. That's because that team had winners, players who would go out and put in a shift no matter who the opponents were. I wish this one did...

Anyways, news-round time and as expected, the official site has kept pretty schtum, not really saying much at all. A bit of post-match chat from the boss about why this match hurt so much and showing we're good enough. I gave it a quick glance but anything more would bring back the memories... James Shea has been speaking about his appearance on the bench at Old Trafford as well. Soft news? I thought the interlull was over...

Apparently the boss locked the players in the dressing room after the Blackurn match and there was a bit of finger-pointing in the dressing room a la Tony Adams to Dennis Bergkamp hopefully. The boss has been speaking about finding out just where everything went wrong. Also the delightful news that Samir Nasri might not move to Italy. What a useless fact. Might as well say I'm not sitting on top of Mount Kenya as I type this.

Transfer tittle-tattle time then and there's a lot to get through. It looks like Gael Clichy really could be leaving this summer with Taye Taiwo and Leighton Baines touted as possible replacements after the Frenchman's contract negotiations have apparently stopped. I would love to have Baines in the squad if Clichy left. I'm told that Arsenal have been speaking to both the agent and also the father of Juan Manuel Mata for a possible move in the summer. Per Mertesacker will not be renewing his contract and will probably leave this summer according to a source high up in his current side, Werder Bremen. There's also news that Emmanuel Eboue could cross the North London divide. Meh. He hasn't played much but we don't have a young right back so his future at the club could depend on what happens in the summer.

In other news, the Daily Mail reckon Johan Djourou could return for the Liverpool match, you can check on this week's ladies update here, courtesy of LadyArse and this week's loanees update is here for viewing as well, courtesy of Young Guns Blog.

Finally, Arsenal reserves entertain Sunderland reserves tonight in their last home match of the season. With the possibility of starts for Jeremie Aliadiere and Jens Lehmann and also a return for Emmanuel Frimpong, check out Young Guns' preview.

That's all folks, enjoy your Tuesday evening. :)

Why?!?!

Arsenal's like a fine woman really. She'll tease you and tease you and just when you think you're getting somewhere she'll kick you in the bollocks. You're back at square one with sore testicles and wondering what you have to do to have a good night without being assaulted. Unfortunately, yesterday was one of those days.

While Crewe won 8-1; Arsenal could only manage a 0-0 draw at home to Blackburn. I don't even know where to begin. I won't bother telling you what happened, visit Arsenalist for highlights. Almunia was Almunia, caught a few corners, flapped a shot and came out for a punt he didn't get to. I think he's just waiting for the summer to be honest, just like the rest of us then. Bacary Sagna was Bactastic. Same old reliable Bac, no real worries, not the greatest attacking threat. Slid into a 50-50 early on, neither player came off particularly well. Clichy was a bit better, got down the left well, combined well with Arshavin as per usual and got in some decent crosses. Am I the only one who thinks his crossing is a lot better on his weaker foot, we certainly score more from those, e.g. Song at home to West Ham. The Squillaci-Koscielny partnership didn't really have that much to do, kept Santa Cruz quiet and were mostly solid barring the occasional punt upfield from Robinson.

Song picked up a knock followed by a booking but played the whole ninety. He lost a bit of mobility with the knock and maybe should have come off for a striker as Arsenal chased the win and the defence weren't exactly under the kosh. Jack Wilshere, same as always, tried to drive forwards, seemed to lack a little bit of spark, like most of the team. Missed a sitter around half an hour in. Samir Nasri played in the advanced role. Nasri looked to try and break through the Blackburn defence early on before a clash of heads. He came back on, bandaged up with a bump that could easily be mistaken for a baseball. He was shifted wide with the introduction of Cesc Fabregas before making way for Nicklas Bendtner. Bendtner did what he always does, provided a presence and mixed things up; he put in a few good crosses and tried to make some chances. Questions remain about why he played wide right rather than centrally though.

Theo Walcott started brightly, tormenting the left-back, although he faded as the game went on and service fell away, he certainly looked sharp. He came off for Marouane Chamakh who added a presence in the area and looked to get on the end of crosses, unfortunately he didn't really do that much. Andrei Arshavin started on the left, he completed 90 minutes twice for Russia in the international break but he looked sharp, running with the ball, making chances and taking them he was a bright spark in a dull first half. He started the second half sluggishly, not to be expected given the amount of football he's played and was brought off for Cesc Fabregas with half an hour left. Questions remain about why he came off instead of Song who offered less in attack, was on a booking and looked to have picked up a knock. Fabregas came on but looked rusty and not really fit enough to be playing Premier League football, certainly not fit enough to prove the difference in this match. Let's hope he can improve his match fitness before we travel to Blackpool. Robin Van Persie played well, not his best game ever and he didn't add to his Blackburn tally but he popped up in a lot of places and did his whole Van Persie thing.

So yeah, not that great but it remains to be seen what this means for our season, more on that in the coming days. After the match the boss spoke to the press, you can take a look at the transcript here or just watch the video if you're too lazy to read it. His interview with the BBC can be seen here and the interesting bit that Skysports picked up on was a 'lack of energy', is that a motivational problem; a problem following the international break? Maybe because we had so many players who were returning from injury. There was certainly a noticeable lack of sparkiness as the match wore on.

That's the match news done then, and rumours abound this week regarding Gael Clichy, with Bayern Munich and Italy likely destinations apparently. We know he only has one year on his contract and that Arsene could be tempted to cash in, but these kind of deals are usually resovled in the summer so I wouldn't be that worried. I would be worried if he was sold and nobody brought in. While  Keiran Gibbs has the potential, he's not yet ready to be the first-choice left back and injuries seem to be a problem as well. One name that has been touted is Leighton Baines of Everton. Very much an attack-minded full back, he is second in the assist league since some time in 2009, with only Cesc Fabregas ahead of him. Not bad for a left-back, obviously the Premier League experience is a big plus as well. It has been reported that Everton have debts upto £45 million, although the summer will see how this one pans out.

Some other news then, Kyle Bartley is out for the rest of the season and is returning to Arsenal from Rangers where he impressed on loan; Arsenal have signed a young Swede and ex-Charlton boss Phil Parkinson is set to become Arsenal's scout in North East England due to his knowledge of the lower leagues. With the likes of Adam Johnson and Andy Carroll coming from the North East, it is hoped that Parkinson can catch a similar starlet.

A few videos the, Theo Walcott and Aaron Ramsey on Football Focus, an Aaron Ramsey interview with the official club site and also the highlights of Arsenal Reserves 2-1 loss to Wigan reserves. Be sure to check out Jens Lehmann in goal and Jeremie Aliadiere as number 10. Two good compilations as well, the progress of Oguzhan Ozyakup this season and Benik Afobe against Notts County.

Anyways, I know yesterday was depressing but remember, at least you're no Spud. Toodle-oo.