The Friday column by Paul Wright

Its oh so quiet...shhhhhhhhh...

Finally, we have some football again. Alright, it's not really top quality football yet, but at least things are moving in the right direction. A lot of the youngsters got a run about against a few teams whose names I'm not going to attempt to type... and Theeeeoooooo got himself on the score sheet.

So obviously very little can be learnt about the team at this stage, as these games are merely a chance to give the lads some competitive game time. With very few of the 'first teamer's' available it was however a chance for a few of the reserves and younger players to impress Arsene and from the highlights I've seen it would appear that new signings Francis Coq-au-Vin and Aaron Ramsey probably did the most to catch Arsene's eye, while young Jack Wilshere looked promising in patches, but still too raw and lacking in physical presence to push seriously for a spot in the first team squad just yet.

But otherwise it is like Death Valley out there in terms of news for Arsenal fans. To give you an idea this weeks big headlines were that Kolo went off and caught Malaria. Brilliant. I don't see the problem actually... sure he'll be a bit lethargic at times but i've often thought Kolo's big problem was he got a bit panicky when things got grippy. It'll just take the edge off nicely. I mean, it's not going to make a huge impact to him otherwise, he is already ridiculously quick - it's like putting a speed limiter on a rocket.

Meanwhile the lack of transfer news is overwhelming. We still haven't signed a midfielder, but at least Arsene has acknowledged we need one now. That's progress kids. I presume he'll get straight on to Ebay and see if he can pick one up on the cheap.

And really, that's where all things Goonery end. Despite the two friendlies we played, this has probably been the dullest week since the season ended. We had the totally quel-frigging-surpris news that Tom Ro-Sicky's elastic band muscles are slowly healing and he is now targeting the September for his return. However no year was mentioned on that, so you're guess is as good as mine. Eduardo apparently had a 'set back' in his recovery meaning he gets to spend some more time improving his fitness on Ipanema Beach. And Emmanuel Eboué is, sadly, still a professional footballer. Why couldn't we stick him on stilts, give him an Adebayor mask and send him off to Barcelona?

So nothing really of merit to write about, though it was rather amusing to see Carlos Tevez dig himself a big hole by declaring Ronaldo should be able to leave Man Ure. Wonderful stuff. Why can't we just send all these cretins off to Barcelona, get a big chain saw, cut the Camp Nou loose, and set it adrift off towards the arctic. If nothing else, I'm sure Alex Hleb would love the serenity.

Until next week Gooner's - I've been Paul Wright.

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Allgoonerdup Fantasy Premier League

Lastly Gooner's we'll be doing the annual (well annual since last year) Allgoonerdup Fantasy Premier League. The league this year is under the guise of the comments site, Son of Allgoonerdup So if you think you can out do Arsene Wenger or more to the point want to give it Charlie Big Potato's over the other armchair managers out there jump on board on that and join the fun. There will be prize for the winner and it will have a 20th anniversary feel to it, that or a keg load of beer for the lucky punter!

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The deadline is August the 16th!

Son of Allgoonerdup comments section

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Good news, bad news section

Good news is that er, erm.. we're after another player. Great! Well it is if you want yet another frigging 17 year old player. This time Arsene Wenger has got Crystal Palace man (OK, boy) Victor Moses on the shopping list. Just what we're crying out for yet another 17 year old. Forgive me for not getting too excited but do we need another 17 year old? Jeez at this rate at least we'll have the under 18 league wrapped up by Christmas.

Bad news is that Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola is at it again. Just when everyone thought it was safe to read the back pages of the newspaper and sports sites without the words 'Emmanuel Adebayor', 'Gimme me more money' and 'Barcelona' in the same sentence, well - here we go again. Guardiola now has spilt the beans and said he 'might' be in for the gangly beanpole Togonator™. Well do you know what? I'm so over this 'will he, wont he?' shenanigans I can't be arsed to get involved. All I'm going to say on the matter is, 'Barcelona show us the money or just fook right off'. That's it. You've unsettled the player, big style and now is the time to 'man up' or just do one.

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