Ryo Miyachi having another brilliant game for Feyenoord against Willem. Currently has 1 goal and 2 assists.

Oh I would also like to wish a happy 50th anniversary to Sp*rs. Now 50 years since you last won the league.

Always in our shadow.

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 17/4/2011 06:10:21 PM

At least we've won silverware in the last 5 years :)

[size=6]Henry Watch: Goal, assist for Henry in win[/size]

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has begun his second season with the New York Red Bulls of the MLS and USA.Arsenal.com will be tracking his progress throughout the season.

Major League Soccer is now in its 16th year, and the striker is hoping to lead the Red Bulls to their first first-ever MLS Cup.

Each week, we’ll provide a brief look at the Arsenal legend’s performances for the Red Bulls.

NEW YORK RED BULLS 3-0 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

It’s been a frustrating start to the 2011 MLS season for Thierry Henry. The Arsenal legend failed to find the back of the net in his first three games, and his New York Red Bulls have only managed to win one out of four, including last week’s 1-0 loss at Philadelphia.

Both the player and the team were looking to turn things around. And it didn’t take long to do so.

In the second minute, New York took the early lead off a corner by Rafa Marquez. The former Barcelona player’s kick sailed toward the far post, where Dane Richards managed to knock it back toward center – and teammate Luke Rodgers. The English forward headed it past San Jose keeper Jon Busch, and the Red Bulls were off to a flying start.

New York doubled their lead 13 minutes later after some tenacious defending by Henry. The Frenchman stole the ball from San Jose’s Ramiro Corrale deep in Earthquake territory and sent a quick pass to Rodgers who side-footed the ball home from close range.

The Red Bulls were dominating and Henry was beginning to look like his old self, but was still searching for that elusive first goal of the season. His first chance of the night came in the 25th minute, when his one-time shot from just inside the area was saved by Busch.

Never one to give up, he came back strong in the second half. Seven minutes after the restart, Henry broke away from the San Jose defense, beat Busch but could only manage to fire the ball into the side-netting. With 15 minutes left in the game, the striker tried again from long-distance, but a diving Busch got a hand on the shot to deflect it wide.

Henry’s frustrations reached a crescendo a few minutes later when he rushed to meet a long pass from Rodgers, beat the defender to the ball, but his powerful shot sailed over the crossbar.

But redemption would come.

With three minutes left in regulation, Rodgers floated a pass from the right corner of the area and Henry met the cross to head home his first league goal since September 2010.

The win lifts the Red Bulls into a tie for second place in the Eastern Conference, two points behind Philadelphia. The next match is Thursday at DC United.
http://www.arsenal.com/usa/news/news-archive/henry-watch-goal-assist-for-henry-in-win

Take it with a pinch of salt, we were linked with him just last week.

Take it with a pinch of salt, we were linked with him just last week.

Wenger's been scouting him for 5 years, and went for him hard 3 years ago, so any link with us you can take with more than a pinch of salt. Wenger will make a move for him this summer, with Squillaci increasingly looking like he's off back to France.

Cash + Squillaci for Sakho perhaps?

A possibility, although I think PSG would rather straight up cash for Sakho. Can't really blame them, I would to in their position.

Always a little scared when we buy a french defender

Fabregas hits out at Arsenal 'finishing school'
Cesc Fabregas has warned that Arsenal must decide whether they want to win trophies or run a finishing school.

The Gunners' captain admitted their young squad lack “winning and strong players” to look up to and claimed that is a key reason why they have gone six years without any silverware.

Fabregas’ outburst on the eve of the North London derby will also raise new ­question marks about his own future and whether he is losing patience - he says such a long barren spell would not be accepted in his native Spain.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has resisted making big-name and big-money buys in the transfer market, but now it would seem even his own players are questioning his management style.


Fabregas said: “If you went to Spain and said to Guardiola, Mourinho or [Valencia boss] Unai Emery that they would have three years without winning a trophy, it would be obvious they would not continue [at their clubs].

COME ON YOU SPURS :p

good game

The game slowed down a heap once Theo went off and Shava came on.

Cesc towards the end of the 2nd half was shooting a fair bit and went close a few times.

As for Lennon, we allowed him space to run because when he's on the left you know he has to cut back onto his right, so you can allow for that extra yard.

Cesc didn't seem to want to shoot inside the area though, thats what I was getting at.

I thought you'd want to keep Lennon on the left and stop him cutting in all together. Too often he was allowed to run.