The race for that coveted automatic Champions League place intensified last week after Arsenal slipped up with a defeat to struggling QPR. Arsene Wenger’s men succumbed to a potentially damaging defeat in West London and only edged ahead of their London rivals and clung on to third spot by goal difference. Title chasing City are the next challenge the Gunners must face if they are to secure passage to rejoin the European elite next season. Mancini’s men are stuttering at the top and Wenger has urged his side to take full advantage and secure a win that could put them in pole position for third. It would be a remarkable achievement in what has been a topsy-turvy campaign at the Emirates Stadium.
This week on FFC the talents of Alex Song are analysed – is he Arsenal’s creative hub? Also the positives and negatives of the Gunners’ season are laid down whilst there are rumours of a transfer battle shaping up with big spending PSG .
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Best of FFC
A transfer ‘No Brainer’ For Arsenal to undertake
Alex Song: Much more than just a ball winner
The 20 ‘Positives And Negatives’ To Take From Arsenal this season
Arsenal set for transfer battle with PSG
Arsenal will need to spend big to land Frenchman
Where have all the ‘British Playmakers’ gone in the Premier League?
Jol remains hopeful as Arsenal look to summer bid
The top TEN ‘Young Guns’ coming through Arsenal’s latest production line
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Best of WEB
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Is The Squad Mentally Tough Enough To Put That In Their Pipe And Smoke It – A Cultured Left Foot
Why we would be foolish to splash €18M on this Marseille forward – Gunnersphere
No shows and never gos – Online Gooner
The most disgusting C word there is: complacency – Arseblog
M’Vila is going to be expensive | Jens Lehmann and his superb quote | Chamakh smoking shisha… – Le Grove
Say No to Jack! Four players on their toes & striker out to impress? – Highbury House
Can the signing of this man end our trophy drought? – Gunnersphere
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Quote of the Week
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“Of course you question yourself, and you question what you can do about it, even more than you do when all is going well. When things are going well the players, the press and the fans all have more certainty, and so it’s easier. But it’s these moments when experience helps, because it’s important not to question and change the wrong things.
“How do you know what is right and what is wrong? Well you just try to analyse the situation as well as you can.We do that as a group in the coaching team, of course, and as well I go home and think about things by myself. Part of the job is to make decisions, and in the end somebody has to do that. You have to be decisive – it’s better to make a bad decision than no decision at all.” Arsene Wenger admitting that he questioned himself at times this season
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Match Highlights