The Official Arsenal - 12 x FA Cup Winners - Thread [Vol 3]
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TheFiver via Guardian said:
Jack Wilshere has noticed something missing from the changing rooms at London Colney since returning for pre-season training, but due to a combination of singing rude songs about Tottenham and fantasising over 20 ciggies he was struggling to figure out what. Until last week that is, when a trip to Wembley appeared on the horizon and something pinged in his head: who will fill the Abou Diaby void and become Arsenal’s perpetually injured figure of fun?
Wilshere, kind soul that he is, has volunteered by sustaining a serious dose of leg knack that will see him miss the Greatest League in the World’s big kick-off and assume the mantle vacated by Diaby, who can now be found hobbling around Marseille’s funkily-roofed Vélodrome, bellowing: ‘Je suis en bonne santé! Je suis en bonee santé!’ and generally fooling nobody apart from himself.
The biggest surprise, though, is that Arsène Wenger was genuinely surprised Wilshere has been injured. “I had a bad surprise because it is a hairline crack in his fibula that makes him a few weeks out,” a bemused Wenger said, taking a break from watching Ian Wright’s two goals in the 1990 FA Cup final for the second time in a week. Maybe Wenger has forgotten that last season Wilshere (or maybe Diaby 2.0 – now with added nicotine?) missed 26 games due to an ankle injury. The campaign before he missed 22. In 2011-12 he only missed the entire season due to three different injuries. Injury prone, is the phrase most would use, but Wenger prefers “surprise”.
Still, he has at least made more of an impact than his predecessor by virtue of occasionally turning up to play. “I regret I wasn’t able to express all of my qualities and all my potential,” Diaby said after signing for Marcelo Bielsa’s Ligue 1 team, though let’s remember he was the longest-serving member of Wenger’s squad before departing, making 125 appearances in nine years but managing only 16 minutes in his final two seasons. As for the reason behind Diaby signing for Marseille? “What motivated my choice was knowing which club would help me best medically. That was really my priority.”
Wilshere, kind soul that he is, has volunteered by sustaining a serious dose of leg knack that will see him miss the Greatest League in the World’s big kick-off and assume the mantle vacated by Diaby, who can now be found hobbling around Marseille’s funkily-roofed Vélodrome, bellowing: ‘Je suis en bonne santé! Je suis en bonee santé!’ and generally fooling nobody apart from himself.
The biggest surprise, though, is that Arsène Wenger was genuinely surprised Wilshere has been injured. “I had a bad surprise because it is a hairline crack in his fibula that makes him a few weeks out,” a bemused Wenger said, taking a break from watching Ian Wright’s two goals in the 1990 FA Cup final for the second time in a week. Maybe Wenger has forgotten that last season Wilshere (or maybe Diaby 2.0 – now with added nicotine?) missed 26 games due to an ankle injury. The campaign before he missed 22. In 2011-12 he only missed the entire season due to three different injuries. Injury prone, is the phrase most would use, but Wenger prefers “surprise”.
Still, he has at least made more of an impact than his predecessor by virtue of occasionally turning up to play. “I regret I wasn’t able to express all of my qualities and all my potential,” Diaby said after signing for Marcelo Bielsa’s Ligue 1 team, though let’s remember he was the longest-serving member of Wenger’s squad before departing, making 125 appearances in nine years but managing only 16 minutes in his final two seasons. As for the reason behind Diaby signing for Marseille? “What motivated my choice was knowing which club would help me best medically. That was really my priority.”
Mattygooner said:
Jake Humphrey has tweeted something interesting, apparently close to a signing that will make us title contenders.
A central defender? A striker? Mr Miagi so he cam do that hand clap heal when half our team are inevitably injured.
Has to be a striker if you go with "make us title contenders"....don't see Benzema leaving unless someone is going in....there's no chat about RM signing someone apart from De Gea. Would be fA central defender? A striker? Mr Miagi so he cam do that hand clap heal when half our team are inevitably injured.
king poetry if RM were selling Benzema to pay for De Gea 
Please let that be true. 
We are driving up from Beer in east Devon. I've sorted parking through http://www.parkonmydrive.com/index.php got a 15 minute walk, but should do the job.
Seriously can't wait. The last game I saw at the Emirates was a dire 0-0 against Sunderland, which was Arshavin's debut!
Seriously can't wait. The last game I saw at the Emirates was a dire 0-0 against Sunderland, which was Arshavin's debut!
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