Arsenal VS QPR

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 On Sunday 26 February 2012 Arsenal went into their North London Derby aginst Tottenham Hotspurs as the clear underdogs. The club was low on morale and the critics were having a field day ahead of this encounter. All the talk was about how the balance of power had shifted from Arsenal to their rivals and how Arsenal were surely going to loose this game in dramatic fashion to the in form Tottenham. Arsenal remained relatively silent on the matter during the build up to the game. However as Arsenal fans would love to remember and as Tottenham fans would love to forget Arsenal had beaten them 5-2 by the end of the day.

  Arsene is currently all smiles

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Now the club could afford to talk and communicate its ambitions and so it did, Arsene Wenger spoke about the clubs ambitions to finish in 3rd place above Tottenham. "It is still possible, so why not?" he told reporters. "It's all down to consistency and we have been very consistent in the Premier League over the last few months." Reuters 

Since then the club has gone through a mini renaissance and is currently on a seven match winning streak, the critics cant believe it. The very same club they were writing off as a shadow of its former self a few weeks ago is now winning game after game. They are also currently in third place a spot the critics (in all of their awe inspiring wisdom) said the club would not reach.

                                                                                        Ferdinand is ready to upset Arsenal

Ferdinand ready for Arsenal (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)

However all of that aside Arsenal plays QPR tomorrow and have a chance of taking their winning streak to 8 games. It will not be an easy game though as QPR is facing relegation and relegation threatened teams tend to be dangerous when you least expect them to be. QPR player Anton Ferdinand said: "I have never walked onto a pitch thinking we are going to lose in my entire career and it won't start now." Football411.com 

Well things are relatively quiet at the moment but im sure that we will hear more from Arsenal just before and after the game tomorrow. So all we can do now is wait in anticipation for the flurry of pre and post match communication that tomorrow will bring

Gunners pulling out the big Guns!



The BIG GUNS come out!

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As usual the English Premier League is providing us with fantastic football that is accompanied by the usual dose of suspence and intrigue. The recent form of Arsenal football club has certainly gotten a lot of people talking, it all started with the 2-1 win over Newcastle I watched on SuperSport. That win generated a lot of talk about how Arsenal could clinch third place if they went on to beat Everton and sure enough on the 21st of march I witnessed Arsenal win 1-0 over Everton. This victory moved them to third place on the English Premiership log and sure enough a communication melee ensued!



Vermaelen says Arsenal can finish 3rd

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Arsenal's centre back Thomas Vermaelen for example said:  "We're always confident, especially if we keep winning games as we are. We've had some good results against some difficult teams.

"Look at the win at Everton. They have beaten teams like Manchester City and Spurs, so everyone knows it's not an easy place to come and get a result. But we showed good mentality again, winning a lot of duels at the back and that's why we got the three points."

                     Thoms Gunning for Third

Messages like this from people associated with Arsenal have been met with Arsenal have been met with mixed responses. Some people are daring to dream, believing that this is indeed possible as the form Arsenal has shown recently is a far cry away from the form of the beggining of the season. However Arsenals mananger Arsene Wenger has come out with a message of a different tone to Vermaelens "we're good for third place" one. Arsene said: "The hardest part is yet to come, so we must keep our humility..."

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I for one am not particularly happy with these somewhat mixed messages, although Arsene has a point on the humility part its high time Arsenal started acting and communicating like the champions they once were.

The Invincibles

Never to be Forgotten

The Invincibles (captainkirk.wordpress.com)

 Played 49, Won 36, Drawn 13, Lost None. The Arsenal squad which set a new unbeaten league record between May 2003 and October 2004 will live long in the memory and forever in the history books.
The Invincibles


Fast forward nearly a decade and Arsenal have not only been unable to repeat this really amazing feat but they have also not won the league again or any other silverware. So here is my "million dollar question", why have Arsenal failed to do anything substancial since those glorious times? Yes we can say that after The Invincibles the Arsenal squad went through a transition, old legendary players leaving and new young players emerging. However if one takes a look at Arsenal as a club (nevermind the players for now) one thing is clear. Arsenal has a distinct philosophy that permeates through the entire club, a unique way of doing things that few others can replicate. This means that any player who comes into the club is moulded into an Arsenal player, they should be able to do what any Arsenal players in the past did.

Can Robyn lead the modern day Arsenal team to Invincibility like Henry did all those years ago?

Two Super Stikers(telegraph.co.uk)

At the moment Arsenal is not chasing any history making feats but are after a top four finish. It is sad that a team capable of so much is chasing so little (considering what they are capable of). I think that the only way for this great club to end the animosity fans and other stakeholders have is to openly communicate with them. Why are we not as potent as before? Where is our flair, our mojo, our Invincibility? These are my recomendations.

• Arsenal should tell us more about why we are allergic to sighning when it is how football works
• Arsenal should sighn quality defenders and strikers
• Arsenal should once again have high expectations of themsels like they had during the 03-04 season

These are all issues that have to be discussed in order for this great club, these Invincibles to rise once more.

A Tribute to The Invincibles

Will Van Persie Stay at Arsenal?

Considering the huge business that football is today, the messages that the football clubs and managers communicate are vital. Many People (supporters, sponsors etc) look to these messages to have an idea of where the club is headed in the future. For example last season I tuned into SuperSport to watch Wenger discuss the future of Cesc Fabrigas and Samir Nasri. It was vital at that time that these key players remained at the club and so naturaly all who are interested in Arsenal watched with baited breath. 

The message Arsenal and Arsene Wenger communicated



                                                                               

The duo The Club told us was not likey to leave



Happier days- Fabrigas and Nasri celebrate in Arsenal Kit.(arseneknowsbest.wordpress.com)

The club (through the mananger) communicated the reassuring message that these key players were likely to remain at the club. As a result the morale of all the stakeholders and supporters was kept intact as we all looked to the future with optimism. Imagine the dissapointment then when these two key players left the club despite of what the club had communicated to everyone. Yes it was an issue indeed as messages started flying in from all directions, fans demanding new QUALITY signings, the club talking about it's financial policy. This situation was one that would seemingly not end with anyone happy, particularly Arsenal fans as the club was adamant it would not spend money buying expensive superstar type players.

Enter Robyn Van Persie! Not a new signing but a player the club has always been able to rely on, and rely on him we have. From Arsenals 5-2 demolition of Tottenham, our theatrical 2-1 win over liverpool and our near fantasy achieving 3-0 at The Emirates over AC Milan. Eventualy though we had to be brought back to reality courtesy of an ever growing mountain of transfer rumours, and just as we did last time we are looking to Arsenal and Arsene Wenger.

How long will Arsenals Relyant Robyn be celebrating scoring goals as a gunners player? (royalicious.skyrock.com)

The club now needs to communicate to us all the future of Robyn Van Persie, but this time the clubs message may be riddiculed by others. They will undoubtedly highlight the fact that not too long ago we were told that Fabrigas and Nasri were likely to stay but they both left. So why cant the same be said of Robyn Van Persie? This has put the credibility of what Arsenal and Wenger say in somewhat of a compromising possition. However I think that we should remember that football is unpredictable both as a game and as a business, so no one will be right all the time. We will just have to weigh up the messages that Arsenal and it's manager communicate with other messages from other credible sources including Robyn Van Persie himself. Then we can wait untill the time comes for him to renew his contract and see if he does so or not, for now though all we have are the rumours, the speculation and what Arsenal and Wenger communicate to us.



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