Why Morgan Schneiderlin Should be Wenger’s Number One Target

Posted on 11 February, 2015 by Blog Admin

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Back in 2008 Arsène Wenger was once again scouring the French leagues for talent. Along with scout Gilles Grimandi, he had come across an 18-year-old who had caught his eye. A talented midfielder, with composure and skill on the ball, the Arsenal boss was contemplating making a move for his services.

The player in question was Morgan Schneiderlin.

In the end Wenger opted against making a move. The youngster was hungry to play football and as a result Wenger recommended him to Southampton. The Championship club heeded the Arsenal manager’s advice and swooped for Schneiderlin, beating their rivals Portsmouth to his signature. At £1.2m, the Saints had snagged a bargain.

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The Only Way is Up

Posted on 10 February, 2015 by Blog Admin

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By ‘ABW Guest Blogger’ Rory L. (@RoryLanganAFC)

Monday the 9th of February. A blue Monday if ever there was one. Back to work, school, reality and all with a terrible hangover from the weekend before – the hang over of the North London derby. An infuriatingly frustrating loss at the hands of that lad who is apparently ‘One of their own’. It’s never O.K. to lose to Spurs, but it is unacceptable to be well beaten by them. The barrage of abuse we have all faced from Spurs fans today had me thinking to myself, how could Arsenal let this happen?, but I quickly realised we will have the last laugh as always.

Sure, we lost the game we all want to win the most and they’ve mugged 4pts off of us this season, but our prospects for this season are looking good. We will finish above them in the league because, well, we just will, we are better than them. We are up against a beatable opponent in the last 16 of the Champions League, a match a spurs fan would sell their mother to be in, and on paper at least, one would be forgiven for thinking the FA cup is extremely retainable. Thinking on these terms, I’ve decided to write this blog to take a look at what’s left to play for this season and why we can leave this derby disaster in the rear view mirror.

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094 – Its #NLD Time #COYG (5th February 2015)

Posted on 5 February, 2015 by A Bergkamp Wonderland

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Gimli (@GoonerGimli) now only answers to the name Noah and if you need puppies, kittens or socks he is your man and he is joined by :

Tim Payton (@timpayton).

Kris (@AFCfreddie8).

Andrew (@PR_WhoRu).

Danny (@The_GFP).

This is the audio watsapp clip that some of you have been asking for Right Click Here then “Save link as” for .mp3 (or just click on it and it will open in a new window)

Click HERE to see the survey that Tim mentioned or follow Red Action on Twitter (@REDactionAFC).

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We are all worn out after 11 hours of podcasting last week so if you dont like it bite me.

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The Mesut of Arsenal

Posted on 5 February, 2015 by Blog Admin

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Just who is Mesut Özil at Arsenal football club? Our club’s record signing, and current iteration of the man we signed from Real Madrid, is a player whom so many expected to be the tonic to lift us in to the stratosphere of the footballing elite. And while things have yet to reach that height for him at Arsenal, there is every chance that the Mesut of Arsenal can realize that potential in the coming years.

The Mesut Özil who came to Arsenal – who hit the ground running, and at the time galvanised the team after a shock defeat to Aston Villa on the opening day of last season, isn’t exactly the same player he was at Real Madrid. It must have been hard to be sure what his new role was. Sure he could still perform the silky passes, and beat his man with minimal effort, but what was he to become for Arsenal football club.

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093 – 2015 Transfer Deadline Day Parts 1-5 (2nd February 2015)

Posted on 3 February, 2015 by A Bergkamp Wonderland

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On todays 5 TDD podcast you will hear :

Stevie @Stevie_Hurst
Gimli @GoonerGimli
Kris @AFCfreddie8
Geoff @GeoffArsenal
Tim @timjbharg
Gimli @GoonerGimli
Danny @The_GFP
Jake @JakeArsenal1
Dom @ozgooner49
Raj @rajpatel1809
John @jwelsh84
Dom @ozgooner49
Jason @JasonDavies71
Bex @bexington49
GC @SheWore

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We are all know official sick and tired of transfers (or the lack of them).

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Wenger’s Got Himself a Brazilian

Posted on 30 January, 2015 by Blog Admin

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Danny (@The_GFP) has blogged for the first time ever and when he talks, we listen.  Give it a read and then go tell him you love him.  OG

I have read quite a few articles over the last week about Arsenal’s latest Brazilian signing Gabriel Armando de Abreu, hold on I hear you say, his name is “Gabriel Paulista.”  Well this is driving me nuts and it’s why I’ve decided to write my first ever blog.

Calling him “Paulista” is just wrong as Paulista is an area in São Paulo a state in Brazil where he comes from (like Islington is part of London).  By this logic, Tony Adams would have been called “Tony Islington” but just calling Tony Adams “Islington” would be wrong – yes I know I’m probably being pedantic but it’s what I do best.

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092 – GC & Jason : The Angry Boys (29th January 2015)

Posted on 29 January, 2015 by A Bergkamp Wonderland

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Gimli (@GoonerGimli) is knee deep in snow & puppies and his Ark is coming along nicely and he is joined by :

GC (@SheWore).

Kate (@GoonerGirlKate).

Jason (@jasondavies71).

Danny (@The_GFP).

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Let it snow, let is snow, let it snoooooooooooooow.

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İlkay Gündoğan: A Want, Not a Need

Posted on 29 January, 2015 by Blog Admin

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By ‘ABW Guest Blogger’ Rory L. (@RoryLanganAFC)

İlkay Gündoğan ticks all the boxes of a modern Arsenal player – young, skillfull, nice to watch – but he also represents two of the more negative traits of our current squad, he is physically weak and injury prone. We’re not a physical team, there is no doubting that, but in this window we need a strong leader, crisp in the tackle, fearless in the air and someone who is not afraid to get stuck in to a team and grab a game by the scruff of the neck.

Do we have a player like that in our current squad? I would argue no, we don’t. We lack leaders, organisers and players who can stop a team from ripping open our defence. It is, and has been for some time, obvious that this is the kind of player we need to spend our money on during the transfer window. We have more than enough Gündoğan-esque players for now.

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Arsenal: The Big Change?

Posted on 27 January, 2015 by Blog Admin

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Please welcome new columnist, Neil R. (@chimpthegooner), as he talks about his experiences as a fan in his debut blog for A Bergkamp Wonderland – OG

Football is one of my earliest memories. My life as a Gooner began from birth; I guess you could call me a third generation fan. My Dad is, and has always been, my biggest football influence. He started taking me to Highbury from the age of three, and I have been lucky enough to have held a season ticket ever since. My Dad has just about collected every home programme from 1960 onwards so this gives you some indication into the Gooner world I grew up in.

I’m now into my 30’s and I have experienced so many highs and of course some low moments whilst growing up in this environment – which is natural being a football fan of course (!) and even more so being an Arsenal fan. The lows never really go away and still hurt. Let’s take for example Paris when we lost the Champions League final, domestic cup finals against Liverpool and Birmingham, and all the games we should have won, which is typical Arsenal. I also have firm memories of the high moments – I’ve seen some great away days, the stand out games for me, being in the San Siro when we won 5-1 and in Prague to see Thierry break Ian Wright’s record.

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091 – Anders Limpar Specialaren (22nd January 2015)

Posted on 22 January, 2015 by A Bergkamp Wonderland

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Gimli (@GoonerGimli) has hard a hard week after he gave birth to 7 puppies and he is joined by :

Anders Limpar (@Anders_Limpar).

Geoff (@GeoffArsenal).

Raj (@RajPatel1809).

Matt (@Matt_Holmes1).

Danny (@The_GFP).

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We had a living Arsenal Legend on tonight and we were all very well behaved.

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