Eduardo: Every body is talking about what is he lacking? Confidence or skill or is it the fear of injury that is making him look like a rookie finisher? Do you think he still needs time to come back to his best form and class?

Well i think he has to prove something because Wenger will not be reluctant to spend money in January.

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Firstly, many of us after the Hull city match said that we can play and cope without Fabregas. But it took Fabregas 28 minutes to prove to us that we are all wrong including me.
The bottom line of the match: “Without any doubt anymore, Fabregas is Irreplaceable”.

Player ratings:

Almunia:7 (I think he did well with crosses and set pieces against a team that most of their goals come from crosses and set pieces, good to see him performing well.)

Sagna: 6.5 (When it comes to defence, he is the best RB but still needs to work a lot on going forward.)

Traore: 7 (Cameback from injury and had a great game, produced a great pass to Walcott that did lead to the second goal.)

Vermaelen: 8 (Solid, Strong as always didn’t let anything pass him.)

Gallas: 7.5 (Made Agbonlahor and Heskey quiet, good game from him and made a great tackle against Agbonlahor in the last few minutes of the game.)

Denilson: 6.5 (Brilliant first half, had a back problem in the second half which lead to replace him.)

Song: 7.5 (The beast of the midfield, I will miss this guy, see you soon.)

Diaby: 8 (Brilliant match since he came back from injury and he has been playing very well, great game Abou.)

Eduardo: 6 (Worked hard especially in the few times that he had in the second half but he still needs a lot of time, really made me mad when he missed that chance.)

Arshavin: 6.5 (Struggled to make an impact at the beginning but when Fabregas entered he came back to life.)

Nasri: 6.5 (Busy on the Wings, good game from the Frenchman.)

Subs:

Fabregas: 10 (Came, Unleashed hell and left. Performance similar to Steve Austin in WWE. Made a great impact, scored two great goals then left as if to prove that he is irreplaceable.)

Walcott: 7 (He is coming back, not yet his best but good game from Walcott.)

Ramsey : N/A (Not enough time)

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There have been rumours that Harry Redknapp is after our former captain Patrick Vieira. Now I do not know about you but I would be livid if Vieira were to ever join Spurs! After all Patrick did for us (and I love him to bits) seeing him in a Spurs shirt would literally make me puke! I have a couple of friends who are Liverpool supporters and they feel the same way after Michael Owen signed for Manchester United.

Now I am saying that Vieira was more of an idol at Arsenal than Owen was at Liverpool. Vieira was our captain fantastic whereas Owen just stood in the box for Liverpool and poached a bagful of goals for them and they thought they had a hero. Vieira is one hundred times better the man than Owen so you can imagine how pissed off I would be with Vieira joining Spurs.

To add to this story, the press started to make a mountain out of this story and have pulled Thierry Henry into the equation saying that Henry has advised Vieira to join Spurs! Now how the hell would Henry say such a thing?? If Vieira was Mr. Arsenal then Henry is the Godfather of Arsenal!

I seriously doubt Vieira would be stupid enough to join Spurs, he is not only a better footballer than Owen but I am sure he is also smarter than the scouser!

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Reports coming out of Spain today suggest that Real Madrid’s Klaas-Jan Huntelaar could be headed to Arsenal. Now that would be great news for us. We need another world class striker to replace money hungry Adebayor. I believe that a combination of Van Persie and Huntelaar would be amazing. Both are Dutch which would be a huge bonus. Today, Van Persie came out and said that a new striker would strengthen the team. I agree with Van Persie 100%. We may have him, Eduardo, Bendtner and Carlos Vela but a player like Huntelaar would just put the icing on the cake. What are your thoughts on us signing Huntelaar?

Emmanuel Adebayor has left us, it is now time to look foward to life without him at The Emirates. I was never the biggest fan of Adebayor. Yes he did get us many goals but at times it seemed like he needed 10 opportunities before he could convert one. But one goal that I will never forget from Adebayor was his brilliant strike in the Champions League against Villarreal. If only he could have produced more moments like that for us, I am sure the fans would not have turned against him.

But in him deciding to leave Arsenal to seek the riches of Manchester City, he has left a bad taste in our mouths. Personally, I feel that any player joining Manchester City now is only after the money. I actually do not blame them, who would turn down the chance to earn millions of pounds? Some of these players do not have much time left in terms of their age so they see moves to Manchester City as being their last big pay cheque.

I have heard many people saying that Arsenal is going to struggle this season without Adebayor. I actually do not agree with them. We have let go of a player who was turning out to be the focal point in the team. In the past Arsenal has never relied on just one player and it was starting to look like that with Adebayor. We will survive without him and maybe even do better in his absence. From a business perspective, selling Adebayor was a great piece of business. we bought him for £3m in 2006 from Monaco and now have sold him for £25m.

The question now is, “Who will replace Adebayor?” Arsene Wenger has not gone out yet to buy a replacement but I am sure it is only a matter of time before he does so as I can not see him relying on the injury prone Van Persie and Bendtner (who has just quashed reports that he is set to leave Arsenal). We need an out and out striker who knows how to get the ball into the back of the net. There is talk of us buying Chamakh or even Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. Only time will tell what Arsene decides to do. I believe come what may, the future looks good for us Gooners with Adebayor having gone. What do you think of life after Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor?