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by VIC CRESCIT Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Somebody at the club must have repeatedly run over a black cat in a tank. Yet again the injury curse has struck. Robin van Persie will be out, as things stand at the moment, for at least six weeks. He did his right ankle ligaments landing badly after a tackle playing for the Netherlands in their goalless draw in a friendly against Italy in the Stadio Adriatico in Pescara on Saturday.This is so incredibly frus

 by AKSHAY Before the start of the season, Arsene Wenger had said in an interview that youngster Aaron Ramsey was very close to breaking through into the first team and that he had a set him a target of 15-20 games this season. Before the match against Wolves, barring his two starts in the league cup he had made only cameo appearances as a substitute in the league and Champions League, mostly replacing Fabragas and he had also scored his first Emirates and league go…

by JOSH My friend posed this question to me on Sunday morning after Cesc moved to the top of our goalscoring charts for this s eason.  Was this just another knee jerk reaction after a sumptuous run of form, or is Fabregas turning the corner from potentially world class, to one of the best midfielders in the world?  In my eyes it is too premature to acknowledge the Spaniard as the best, but he is not far from it.  I am going to look at the things that I believe shoul…

For some, this may be a controversial article but I felt the need to write it when I saw all the criticism Diaby received after the United game.  Let’s put things into perspective quickly; everyone bar United fans and Fergie knew that we deserved to win the game, with only a nightmare 5 minute spell costing us.  One of the main reasons for this was the way our midfield managed to move the ball, dominate possession and provide impetus going forward.