Saint Wenger hands it to Manuel

In what has to be a bit of a surprise, Saint Wenger has given Manuel Almunia the nod ahead of Jens 'nutter' Lehmann to keep the No:1 'keeper shirt in the next two games - which could define our season. The games as if you don't know are against the vikings of Rosenberg in the Champions League and Premiership rivals the lottery winning chavs from Chelski. Replacing Lehmann with Almunia shows a lot of confidence on the part of Saint Wenger for the Spanish 'keeper, let's just hope he's up for the task and doesn't make a big balls up like he has shown he is more than capable of - as seen against Manure in the Mickey Mouse Cup and against The Brum on Saturday.

The media are having a field day with this selection change and even ex-Highbury leg-end David 'Safe Hands' Seaman has added his considerable bulk behind the story by saying in his northern jolly fat man way that he thinks its wrong decision.. we'll see. The other changes are forced as Mathieu Flamini & Justin Hoyte replace the suspended 'Le Boss' Vieira and 'Ralph' Lauren, Dennis Bergkamp comes in for The Invisible Man the artist formerly known as José Antonio Reyes. The two games will see perhaps one of the youngest central midfield The Arsenal have put out, certainly in the Champions League - which sees Flamini, aged 20 paired with Cesc Fabregas who is of course only 17.

We get more bragging rights

Yes more north London bragging rights to The Arsenal as our reserves caned The Scum counterparts 2-1.  Our goals came from two of our Irish boys Anthony Stokes and Patrick Cregg, can't remember who scored for The Scum so he aint going to get a mention here.

Do do do do Sols a Gooner..... for life

Sol 'The Rock' Campbell has publicly said that he has agreed to sign his new deal and that only 'legal technicalities' are holding it up. It's not been confirmed whether the contract is for three or four years - however I'm sure every gooner is breathing a huge sigh of relief and smirking at the same time as a lot of the media thought The Rock would sign elsewhere simply for the money, like The Rock needs anymore money. You can read it all here.

60 second roundup

Arsenal have handed a trail to Tromso keeper Knut Borch, the Norwegian 24 year old will spend a week with the champions, this trailist could effectively mean the end of Stuart Taylor's Arsenal career... Ol' 80% Proof Nose has been very very quiet ahead of The Arsenal game against Chelski, don't be surprised he opens that big gob before the end of the week....

Rosenberg match - my verdict

A must win game which The Arsenal must battle without our midfield general Le Boss Vieira, simple as that. After the 3-0 victory against The Brum I think we'll have a home win - as long as the midfield duo of Flamini & Cesc is protected. Time for King Henry to show the media he can rise to the big game, although I think Freddie will steal the show as I'm sure he will want to get one over his Scandinavian cousins.

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