I had almost forgotten that William Gallas was captain until he opened his mouth to inform everyone that the reason he’s frowning in the dressing room isn’t because he hates everybody but because he’s frustrated with his injury. Hmmm, who cares? When the team is doing so well and there’s not a negative to be found in sight Gallas has to blurt out something that is completely unwarranted and completely out of the context of the team. His “miserable attitude” is the last thing that should be coming from a captain – injured or not. Does he think Toure will steal his job? If he does, he’s mistaken because Wenger’s not the type to switch captains mid-season. But do consider this, Arsenal are doing very well under Toure and say tomorrow Gallas comes back and we happen to lose a couple games, even the most casual observer might point to Gallas as perhaps being the reason. I think Gallas is just really afraid that his return might jinx the team’s success and he’ll end up taking some blame.

A story from a yesterday where Man Utd Bati boys Carlos Tevez and Patrice Evra think they have what it takes to thwart Arsenal. They’re saying they’ll beat us even though they admit we’re a better team than last year. Somebody remind these pricks who did the double over them last year. Looking forward to November 3rd more than ever. Man Utd have six 1-0 wins where they’ve been completely outplayed for a considerable portion of the game only to have been bailed out by an unlikely goal, the crossbar or some really bad refereeing. Wankers.

Old Boy Thierry Henry’s saying we’ve got a chance to do the double through the Prem and Champions League. Nice of him to say that but you know he just formed that opinion recently, otherwise why on earth would he leave the club? I’m telling you, deep down he’s regretting the decision, he’s been playing on the left wing in Barcelona (Monaco anyone?) and is finding the game quite different. While we’re on the subject of foreign players, how about the story of Kaka wanting to play in the Premiership at some point, is there a player that would look better in an Arsenal shirt than him? But Wenger’s eyes aren’t on Kaka, they’re on Robert Green.

Captain Toure has labeled Flamini as the Gattuso of Arsenal. Even though I think Gattuso is a diver and a drama queen, the comparison is justified because Flamini has been playing like a rabid pitbull this season.

Euro 2008 qualifiers means there’s no match this weekend. International football is so boring. Eduardo’s fit to play for Croatia and Cesc wants to win. Just to keep things fresh, here’s what Emirates Stadium looks like from Google Maps, they still haven’t updated the imagery from two years ago.

That’s all folks, grab the feed.

It looks like we’re pretty close to getting Bakari Sagna from Auxerre, the Frenchman’s pretty keen on wearing the Arsenal red and really really really wants to play in England. According to Auxerre, it’s entirely up to Arsenal now and a reasonable bid will get the job done. This probably won’t happen until Arsene Wenger comes back from vacation. A right back isn’t the most immediate of our needs, Eboue and Hoyte have done a commendable job and aren’t glaring weaknesses so the signing isn’t anything to pump your fist about but at least we’re in the market.

Didier Drogba has some reservations about returning to Chelsea and an Arsenal link is a distant dream but if there’s one man that can probably replace Henry without anybody noticing a difference, it’s him. Italy and AC Milan is where the competition for his services will come from. Milan have kept an open door for Shevchenko but it looks like the two sides aren’t going to agree on fees, just to continue that train of thought, how do you think Shevchenko would fit at Arsenal? There’s also this article which pointed out that Samuel Eto’o might join Arsenal for £20 million, don’t get your hopes up, its NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. And besides, he already has Henry there so he’s probably giggling and prancing around like a little school girl.

There’s renewed interest from Real Madrid about keeping Jose Antonio Reyes stay put, one thing we know is that Arsenal don’t want him and he doesn’t want Arsenal. A permanent transfer is in the Gunners’ best interest and hopefully this is resolved by the end of the week and Reyes can continue enjoying those awesome Spanish beaches. According to the ArseBlogger, we’re about £7 million apart in assessing the value of Reyes.

Here’s the unbelievable quote of the day, it comes from £16 million scum signing Darren ‘just got’ Bent:

“Everyone wants to play at the top level and Tottenham have showed in the last couple of years that they are one of the best teams in Europe, so it’s the perfect place for me to continue my development”

One of the best teams in Europe? Since when can you call yourself that and not even qualify for the Champions League? Scum will stay scum. £27 million is what Liverpool will pay for Fernando Torres, this will obviously get every Gooner thinking about the chump change of £16 million that we got for Henry. The only logical explanation that I can think of in the disparity of fees is that Torres is 23 years old, thats it. There’s no guarantees on how good or great he might be in England, I think the price tag is way too high and Benitez is a little too optimistic about the potential of the Spaniard. But looking at the bright side, if he is sold for that much money maybe Atletico Madrid can finally afford Reyes and make a decent offer ending that mess.

Finally this Tevez story which says that  “Gunners boss Arsene Wenger wants West Ham’s Argentinian star to replace Thierry Henry”.  This sounds like Carlos Tevez is AW’s first choice to replace Henry which means Wenger values Tevez more than Eto’o, Anelka, Babel or Pederson.  Believe that if you want.