Source? 1st January seems like an odd date. That's not any watershed as far as the season is concerned. And he was 21 before the start of the current season. Otherwise that's just bending the rule for a whole 8 months.

For the 2011/12 campaign Under 21 players will have been born on or after 1st January 1990.

I can confirm I will be out for around 2-3 months! I am working hard in the gym to stay fit and I am gutted but I will be back stronger!

Just fucking depressing. Luckily we have some kind of depth in midfield now, but still need so so badly. Best thing for him now is to take as long as he needs to get fully fit and not rush back and make it worse.

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 4/9/2011 11:19:34 PM

I understand. Spurs fans are a bit slow...

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11678_7145495,00.html

It would be hard to welcome fabregas while reminding barca how much we hate them haha!
Can be done though, really fucking hate barca.

You know what. I would be willing to sacrifice rhe Champions League for another chance at Barca, provided we qualify. I actually hope we're drawn with them. It would be the most fucking bittersweet victory ever.

It would likely be the most fucking comprehensive arse-kicking you've ever had.

Except you had Fabregas and Nasri then. Who, not coincidentally, instrumental in your second.

AND you got beasted on the return leg.

Fabregas was certainly instrumental in the second game, fantastic back heel to Iniesta to then put through Messi for their first.

Would love Arteta to score against barca

Edited by Hinderz: 5/9/2011 07:12:13 PM

And yet for as much as we were apparently beasted we were only a bad Bendtner touch and a brilliant Mascherano tackle away from going through.

Not to mention that Barca only went into the lead after RvP was ridiculously sent off.

I didn't know scousers watched European games these days...

[size=6]Ebecilio maps out his path to the first team[/size]


By Chris Harris

Kyle Ebecilio wants to be the next Dutchman to break into Arsène Wenger's first team.

Holland has been well represented at Arsenal in recent times with Dennis Bergkamp, Marc Overmars and new captain Robin van Persie all gracing Highbury, Emirates Stadium or even both.

Now there's some new Dutch talent bubbling under in the guise of midfield duo Ebecilio and Oguzhan Ozyakup. The latter is 17 months older and was on the bench at Old Trafford last month, and Ebecilio wants to earn his chance sooner rather than later.

"My first aim is to start every game in the Reserves and score five goals by Christmas," he told Arsenal.com. "Then I would like to join the first team and make my debut in the Carling Cup.

"I signed my first [professional] contract in February and that was very important for me. The manager has said I have to keep working hard and that is what I will do."

Ebecilio turned to his young compatriot when he first arrived in England last summer and now he is learning from one of the main men in Arsenal's midfield.

"I used to live about five miles away from Ozzy [Ozyakup] and he used to help me in training," said Ebecilio. "I couldn't speak English for the first two months so he helped me with what the coaches were saying

"Now I am modelling my game on Alex Song's. I like the way Song plays, he has power and strength. He is a strong midfield player, very smart and technically very good. I look up to him.

"Sometimes I ask him about football, but also about settling in because he was young when he came here."
http://www.arsenal.com/news/reserves-news/ebecilio-maps-out-path-to-the-first-team

Now there's some new Dutch talent bubbling under in the guise of midfield duo Ebecilio and Oguzhan Ozyakup. The latter is 17 months older and was on the bench at Old Trafford last month, and Ebecilio wants to earn his chance sooner rather than later.