Robin van Persie in line for shock Tottenham return

The headline is a bit in-artful.  No, he's not rejoining Spurs.  But he could be playing against them next week According to the Mail Online.Robin van Persie could be in line for a sensational return against Tottenham next week after Arsenal's chief physio Colin Lewin revealed the striker will begin full training 'imminently'.The Dutchman looked set to be ruled out for the remainder of the

Arsenalona to Africa via Argentina

Messi's master-class in last night's demolition of (an admittedly under-strength) Arsenal side, and their semi-final match-up with Inter, had me thinking about the fast-approaching World Cup. Well, I'm thinking about the World Cup a lot for other reasons, but more on that soon.

Certainly Maradona's focus - or what of it he has remaining - should be tuned in to that match as five, possibly

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2º LEG QUARTER FINAL 2009 2010: FC BARCELONA 4 ARSENAL 1 (WATCH MESSI VIDEO GOALS)

Source: Spanish Football Sports Blog /FC BARCELONA has wrapped up the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Quarter Final tie with a 2º leg 4-1 victory (6- 3 agg) over ARSENAL thar saw an inspirational LIONEL MESSI rip apart the English team practically by himself with 4 goals.(photo: Bendtner_apphoto_AOchoa)Arsenal began well the first 20 minutes with a well positioned set up that made the home teams ball playing

The Week Ahead/Injuries & Suspensions Combined Entry

 The blog is coming to you live from London today.  That's right, the heart of it all.  The birthplace of footie, the cradle of the Prem and all that.  I'm hoping that by tipping my toes in (metaphorical) holy waters, I'll be reborn (again, metaphorically) and this communing with all things footie-related will only take my powers of fantasy soccer prognostication to a new level.  Wishful thinking

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER FINAL 1º LEG 2009 2010: ARSENAL 2 FC BARCELONA 2 (VIDEO GOALS)

Source: Spanish Football Sports Blog /ARSENAL FC came back to draw 2-2 with FC BARCELONA in tonights 1º leg CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Quarter Final game with 20 last minutes of outstanding Football - Soccer. Earlier FC Barcelona had managed to dominate & control the match going up 0-2 by the 65th min when Arsenal Coach Wenger made the "magic" substitution putting on young Arsenal forward WALCOTT.The first

ARSENAL & AC MILAN GO AFTER ANDER HERRERA & PEDRO LEON RESPECTIVELY

Source: Spanish Football Sports Blog /Two Spanish Football players are attracting attention outside of Spain & have received offers to continue with their profession at Arsenal & Milan respectively according to Spanish daily “AS”.The first is 20 year old Spanish International ANDER HERRERA of REAL ZARAGOZA whom Arsenal has offered 10M€ which the Spanish Club has refused. Negotiations are still

Match Day Open Thread

Sorry about the lack of a Live Chat today but I missed out on the fact that there was no early match today.  We're in Tampa with my wife's sister and brother-in-law and it is a perfect beach day (sunny and 80 degrees F without a cloud in the sky) so the Live Chat for the afternoon matches isn't going to happen.

My line-up is Gomes, Verm, Bale, Hutton, BFDB, Modric, Arteta, AJ, FloMal, Drogs, and

Bendtner Doubt for Birmingham

Other absentees against Birmingham will be Thomas Vermaelen through suspension, and possibly Nicklas Bendtner, who went off injured against West Ham.Wenger admits that the Dane is not yet back in training, but hopes to have him back in time for the weekend.He said: "He should be OK. He is not back in training yet because he has an ankle problem, but he will have a late test tomorrow morning and

The Week Ahead - March Madness Edition

It used to be that the Men's NCAA College Basketball Tournament here in the US was my favorite sporting event of the year.  And for so many reasons...imagine all the drama of the FA Cup packed into 3 consecutive weekends in March.  Throw in the fact that the weather here on the East Coast of the US is generally getting nice just about now and you have a great excuse to take some time off of work