Transfer Day: Keane Back to Spurs, Arshavin to Gunners

Transfer deadline day much like trade deadline days for sports in the US, is an exciting day for fans as they see deals go through that will undoubtedly affect the title races in their respective leagues.

In the EPL it's no different as a flurry of activity happened today, the biggest of which involved Robbie Keane and Andrei Arshavin.

In a move that surprised no one, Robbie Keane made his way back to White Heart Lane today. I think everybody knew this was coming after he was left out of the squad for this past weekends game against Chelsea. Another move that everybody expected to go through was the transfer of Andrei Arshavin to Arsenal.

Personally I love this move by Arsenal because his style of play perfectly fits in with Wenger's philosophy and with Fabregras and Rosicky still sidelined, he brings much needed help and creativity to the center of the pitch.

What do you think was the biggest move made today?

Madrid After Wenger and Fabregas?

New Real Madrid el presidente, Florentino Perez has supposedly promised to deliver Arsene Wenger as the team's manager/GM by this summer. On top of that he also plans to target Cesc Fabregas and Kaka. Ok this is just getting rediculous, if Wenger somehow gets poached away from the gunners I will go apeshit and you will definitely see me on the news for breaking some shit.

People need to stop being jealous of the Gunners beautiful style of football and realize that we haven't won anything significant in sometime. So let us keep our coach who makes us play pretty but permanently keeps us in football trophy purgatory.

P.S. WE WILL BE HOSTING A LIVE CHAT ROOM DURING THE MANU - TOTTENHAM FA CUP GAME THIS SATURDAY STARTING AT 12PM. PLEASE JOIN US AND VOICE YOUR OPINION DURING THE GAME.

Article 17 of FIFA Rules....?

Wow... doesn't he look upset... I don't think I've ever seen a player want to leave his club so bad. I still think the guy's not as good as he thinks but Zennit are stalling the talks and he's getting frustrated, on a personal note I don't think its the club... I think he's just a wimp and hates the cold... So this boyish 27 yr old is going to buy out his contract and get the hell out of there. Article 17 of the FIFA rules says he can do it as early as November.

I don't know what to think about this, I feel bad for the guy cause I can only dream about playing for Arsenal (or a possible Man City swoop) and the only thing holding him back is his club. However, I do believe that he should honor his contract with his current club and see it out of they don't want to get rid of him. I'll have to side with Arshie just because its the opportunity of a lifetime to play at a top flight club, and his club should respect his wishes.. and buy me lots of beer..

Thoughts?

Eduardo Scores AGAIN; Arsenal Advances

Eduardo, one of the 50 Trillion Brazilians currently playing in Europe, scored for what has to be the 495th time in the last 10 games and led Arsenal to a victory in the 3rd round of the FA cup. Although they were challenged slightly, they eventually kept the universe in order and came through with the win. What makes this unbelievably scary for all those who are not Arsenal fans (luckily not me), is that they have people like Gilberto, Denilson (the good, young one), and Eduardo who aren't even starters or first team regulars. With his team of teenagers who are closer in age to Tweens than young professionals, Arsene Wenger has made everyone eat crow for thinking he couldn't turn these tots into title contenders. We'll see how far he can take these kids, as I have a feeling they can suprise some people not only in the EPL but the Champions League as well.

Its The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year....

Ahhh. Its January, which means it's a new year and it's the beginning of the season every futbol fan looks forward to all year. Yes.....it's transfer window time, where managers bolster their teams for title runs and bad teams acquire players to upgrade to mediocrity. For my beloved Arsenal, they are challenging for the prem league title and will probably not make any major moves. They just have to keep from being distracted by goldenballs and his freekicks while he trains with them to prepare for the 2008 MLS season. Over in MLS land, several teams are poised to add cheap talent to their rosters: DC might have found the next Erpen, and several rumors have linked the geriatric Figo with LA LA land. If your like me, your anxiously awaiting what this wonderful time of year is going to bring us; but to me it can't be better than George Constanza's answering machine. Random reference I know, but it is too classic to forget..................Enjoy:

Young Gunners Take First Leg

Although this is a bit late, I always have to make time to talk about my team, Arsenal. They took the first leg of a Champions League qualifier 2-0 at Sparta Prague on wednesday, with Hleb and Fabregas(two members of my dominant EPL fantasy midfield) hitting for one each. This was a bit of a suprise to me, because I was fully expecting Jens Lehmann to gift the other team about three goals to make it a bit interesting. The baby gunners should be a fun team to watch this year with all the amazing young talent and the beautiful passing game which Wenger has always stressed, which by the way is a welcome respite from the long ball tactics employed by other EPL clubs........and on another note, I was wondering if anybody could hook me up with Bacary Sagna's hairstyle because I think its awesome. Really awesome.