Yes, it's hardly something to get overly excited about (although I love this kind of enthusiasm). But good times call for celebration, even through just five games of the season, as Arsenal sits on top, one point ahead of Chelsea and Liverpool. The biggest point of triumph is the elimination of the dropped points at Fulham.

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Another weekend saw another good result. Hard to find a lot of things to complain about after taking down Blackburn, thanks to Theo, Adebayor, and RvP - among others. Nice to see Walcott remain fairly grounded after his hat trick against Croatia. His mazy run set up van Persie's goal, while Adebayor netted a treble.

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PSIS v Persipura 1-0 (Fery Ariawan) 4,876
PSM V Persija 2-1 (Claudio Pronetto, Julio Lopez; Greg Nwokolo) 15,000
Arema v Persiba 2-0 (Mbamba, Traore) 45,000

A late winner from Lopez sent Persija crashing to their first defeat of the season in Makassar while PSIS sprung a suprise by beating Persipura in their first game under new coach Jacksen Tiago. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United'tan sürpriz biçimde Silvestre'yi defansına konduran Arsenal bir başka defans oyuncusunu gönderdi. Traore 1 yıl boyunca Portsmouth kadrosunda yer alacak. Arsenal'deki Fransız görüntüsünün her yeri sarması ile beraber, giden de gelen de Fransız oluyor haliyle. Click to continue reading...

Oh Arsene, you sly old dog. You cunning old fox. You wily old goat. You crafty old mink. You artful dodger. You devious old armadillo.

Here we sit bemoaning the arrival of Silvestre, praying that you're not going to do something like use him in central defence and convert Kolo to defensive midfielder, and you let us stew for a couple of days.

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It is 'rumoured' from a friend who knows a friend who is in the know!!! Nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more that Shaun Wright-Phillips is on his way from Chelsea to Portsmouth on loan for the season. How can this be you might ask? Click to continue reading...

As we revealed to you just a couple of hours ago, Portsmouth have signed Armand Traore on a season-long loan deal. Pompey boss Harry Redknapp Joining Arsenal from AS Monaco,Traore has been used mainly as a reserve, although he has been a regular fixture in Wenger's young Carling Cup team. His first team debut came against West [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal left back Armand Traore is closing in on a season-long loan move to Harry Redknapp's side, Portsmouth. The fleet-footed 18-year-old found himself out wide left in Arsenal's reserves last season and slowly but surely became more comfortable and happy in the more attacking role. With Mikael Silvestre's move from Manchester United to Arsenal, it has freed [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal have secured the signature of Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre for a fee rumoured to be in the region of £750,000. The 31-year-old has played over 249 games for the Premier League champions and has surprising swapped Manchester for north London. Silvestre was reportedly undergoing a medical at bitter neighbours Man City last night when his [. Click to continue reading...

I've been having some trouble sleeping the last few nights. I lie there almost wide awake then drift off into that sleep that doesn't seem like sleep at all.

I have these strange and weird dreams that make no kind of sense to me at all. Vivid motion picture dreams but at the same time I'm convinced that I'm not asleep.

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  Arsenal lined up in the following:                 Almunia Sagna    G.Hoyte  J.Hoyte  Clichy Wilshere   Ramsey Denilson  Traore           Bendtner    Vela   Arsenal started off quickly and in the first few mins Traore whipped a cross in from the left the ball fell out to young prodigy Jack Wilshere he hit a shot from the edge of the area to give Arsenal the lead. Click to continue reading...

With Gilberto on his way out the door, the welcoming distraction of the annual Barnet friendly is this weekend. Wenger has named his squad which includes the likes of Vela and Ramsey. Full list for those uninterested in following the link:

Manuel Almunia (GK)
Nacer Barazite
Nicklas Bendtner
Gael Clichy
Denilson
James Dunne
Rui Fonte
Gavin Hoyte
Justin Hoyte
Henri Lansbury
Vito Mannone (GK)
Havard Nordtveit
Abu Ogogo
Aaron Ramsey
Mark Randall
Paul Rodgers
Bacary Sagna
Jay Simpson
Rene Steer
Wojciech Szczesny(GK)
Armand Traore
Carlos Vela
Theo Walcott
Jack Wilshere

Some familiar names, some ones that I've never heard of.

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Carlos Bocanegra has found a new home.  The 29-year-old defender has completed a move from Fulham to Ligue 1 club Rennes on a free transfer.  The contract will keep him at the club for three years. The out-of-favor former captain did not fit into Roy Hodgson's future plans and was allowed to leave Fulham after his [. Click to continue reading...

Reports are saying ITV Co-Commentator David Pleat, during the Portugal vs. Czech Republic game, repeatedly referred to the Czech team as either "Czechoslovakia" or the "Republic of Czechoslovakia". Neither of these countries exist. The latter has never existed. Its a completely invented land.

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Looks like West Brom manager Tony Mowbray has got a keen eye on taking some loans from us. Now if he wanted to loan Lansbury, Nordtveit or any of our really young top propsects then by all means, the more the merrier can take those guys on loan becuase i would love to see them get some first team football. Click to continue reading...

Looks like West Brom manager Tony Mowbray has got a keen eye on taking some loans from us. Now if he wanted to loan Lansbury, Nordtveit or any of our really young top propsects then by all means, the more the merrier can take those guys on loan becuase i would love to see them get some first team football. Click to continue reading...

By Aries It is reported in the Midlands press that newly promoted West Bromwich Albion are looking to Arsenal in the hope of signing French youngster Armand Traore on loan. They join a long list of clubs who have been knocking on Arsene Wenger's door asking to take up the youngster for the coming season. Click to continue reading...

The Sun reports that after United's 4-0 win over Arsenal at the weekend the Lord of The Ferg was in full "Red Faced Outrage" mode claiming that ref Alan Wiley was a disgrace, Traore was a disgrace, Hoyte was a disgrace, and William Gallas was a double disgrace with bells on. Fergie-Ferg [...] Click to continue reading...

Kevin Keegan's Newcastle United will travel to the Emirates this Saturday to face Arsenal in the fourth round of the FA Cup. The 12th placed Magpies will be hopeful of pulling off an unlikely victory after Arsenal crashed out of the Carling Cup in a 6-2 aggregate loss to Tottenham Hotspur.

Keegan would like to get his second managerial spell at Newcastle off to a winning start, but he faces tough opposition in the Gunners who will see the returns from injury of Gael Clichy and Philippe Senderos. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal travel to White Heart Lane this Wednesday to face Tottenham in the return leg of the Carling Cup semifinals. The Gunners have faced their London rivals three times this season, resulting in two wins in the Premier League and a 1-1 draw in the first leg of this fixture.

The Gunners will be high on confidence after emphatically defeating Fulham 3-0 on the weekend. Click to continue reading...

Both final spots in this year's Carling Cup are still up for grabs, as neither Arsenal nor Tottenham grabbed a decisive victory at the Emirates today. Chelsea are up 2-1 against Everton in the other semifinal, but will still face a tough away game at Goodison park before advancing to the finals.

Tottenham looked set to win today's entertaining encounter against their greatest rivals for the first time in eight years, after going up 1-0 in the first half thanks to Jermaine Jenas. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal's arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur travel to the Emirates for the first leg of the Carling Cup semifinals on Wednesday to face the mighty Gunners for the third time this season.

Arsene Wenger has already defeated two of Juande Ramos' sides this season, including Sevilla in the Champions League before the Spaniard made the switch to North London. Click to continue reading...

A young Arsenal side reached the fourth round of the FA Cup after defeating a resilient Burnley 2-0 at the Turf Moor in front of a crowd of 16,000.

Eduardo continued his great run of form by scoring the Gunners' first after 9 minutes and supplying the pass for Nicklas Bendtner's first and Arsenal's second in the 75th. Click to continue reading...

Only two days after defeating Chelsea in the Premier League Arsenal travel to Ewood Park to face Blackburn in the Carling Cup quarterfinals.

The team is likely to be hugely different from the near-full-strength squad that beat the blues to keep Arsenal on top of the Premier League, as Arsene Wenger always tries to field his kids during cup ties. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal defeated Steaua Bucharest 2-1 at the Emirates, returning to their winning ways before a tough fixture against Chelsea on Sunday.

The victory, which saw the return from injury of Robin van Persie, was not enough to put the Gunners at the top of their group, meaning that they will have to face Barcelona, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Inter Milan, or Porto in the knockout stages. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal travel to Villa Park this Saturday to face Martin O'Neill's on-form Aston Villa.

The Gunners will be looking to get back on track after losing to Sevilla on Tuesday, their first loss in any competition since April. Still, Arsene Wenger's squad will be confident, as the loss came on foreign soil with a depleted squad. Click to continue reading...

Premier League leaders Arsenal take on the Championships nineteenth placed team, Sheffield United, this Wednesday in the fourth round of the Carling Cup. The Premiership giants were lucky to avoid drawing against the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea, but the Blades will not be nearly so happy to have to face Arsenal.

Arsenal played twice against United during the Blades brief one season stint in the Premiership, and while Arsenal demolished United 3-0 at the Emirates, the Blades will take some solace in the fact that they were able to defeat Arsenal 1-0 at Bramall Lane - the locale of Wednesday's fixture. Click to continue reading...

Match Preview Arsenal dominated today's games for long spells, despite only managing to put the game away 2-0 in the final 10 minutes. An 83rd minute header from Nicklas Bendtner broke the deadlock, and Neves Denilson put the game beyond doubt with a superbly taken strike from 20 yards out. Arsene Wenger's younger players have once again proved their worth and will go into the fourth round full Click to continue reading...