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. :)