Good evening, and I hope you're all reading this in better conditions than I currently find myself... my boiler thought this would be the ideal night to pull the old classic 'failure to ignite'.
So I thought I'd better write tonight's post before my fingers turn navy blue and jump ship.
It's been an interesting 24 hours at Arsenal, and there's been plenty of debate over Sol's likely return to the fold. As I'm sure you're aware by now, he participated in last night's 4-2 Reserves win over West Ham (he was subbed off at half-time with Arsenal 2-0 up), although just to clarify for those who seem to have got themselves a bit mixed up, such as the official Arsenal website, that doesn't mean he's signed a contract with us yet.
Reserve League registration is a very different thing. My dad could play for them if Neil Banfield wanted a doddering 52-year-old Welshman puffing about the centre-circle, shouting unintelligibly at the players and, most likely, the fans in the stands. (Happy birthday Dad...)
Of course, last night was a great chance for the youngsters to make an impression, with all of North London and pretty much the entire national media waiting with bated breath to see how the game turned out. Accordingly, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas bagged himself a hat-trick, but he might as well have run out of the tunnel with a small pistol and wiped out the entire West Ham reserves team. Nothing was going to detract from Sol's first half run-out, and besides, it would merely have been a standard day at the office for the West Ham physios.
He said after the game that he'd like a chance in the FA Cup, and personally I'd love to see him get a run out. He's a tremendously versatile player, who has played at left-back and centre-back, left-midfield and centre-midfield, and even up front on the odd occasion. He's one of the most powerful players to come through the academy, standing 6 foot 2 with the strength to match, and he's only 19. In 35 appearances for the Reserves and Under-18s last season (5 of which were off the bench) he scored 14 goals, and had a very successful loan spell at Blackpool earlier in the season. Needless to say, Ian Holloway wants him back.
Lastly, some contract news. Craig Eastmond, another big prospect, signed a long-term deal today, taking the number of new contracts this season to about 460.
Joining the JET Set
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
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23 comments:
He's been on the bench in the last couple of games, I'm sure he'll get some minutes soon. Massive potential. Great post
i enjoyed that. happy bday arsenality senior, sounds like we could do with your tenacity in midfield!!!
JET's going to be a very big star in the future I'm sure of that, as you have said only just 19 he looks like a 1st 11 captain in waiting to me....
Haha, good article. JET is looking like the real deal, and he deserves a shot this month. I'm feeling optimistic about Sol though, I think this could be a great piece of business by Le Boss!
Happy birthday to your dad, I'm gonna disagree with last comment and opt for him over Sol!
JET is already a big player now, I bet he will you Wenger will give him a chance soooon!
getting excited about the english players coming through, at this rate half our academy probably be in the national team in bout five years! jet and eastmond can overtake denilson if wenger just gives em a chance!
First, I second the third comment. (!!!)
JET was capt of the under-18s and for good reason, when he plays he is the boss.
Second, we should keep him for the rest of the season. If Denilson's out for a while, Wilshere goes out on loan, Merida leaves, and Song's at the ACN, we might as well.
The future's bright, the future's JET, Eastmond, Wilshere, and Gibbs, lifelong Gooners in the team again!
just because he's black you're implying he has a gun...racist!
No I think your racist, I'm black and the first thing I thought was he's a gunner LOL!
There's no need for comments like 23.17. You're the only one who thought it, and you've made yourself look like an idiot.
I think people are beginning to miss the point here... Today is about the 52nd birthday of the midfield enforcer we need! Sign him up!
lol at 23.17! JET will be awesome. When Brazil were training at Colney last year he was taking free-kicks with Ronaldinho and curled two past the helpless Julio Cesar! Hopefully he gets his chance at dirty Stoke!
My mate was at the reserve game and said JET was immense, he stood out as the best player on the pitch. -this was coming from a westham fan.
just to be helpful - but you can start the pilot light manually
Kudos to that West Ham fan, and there's a club that knows young English talent! He HAS to play against Bolton or Stoke, he's TOO damn good!
23.46 - big lol!
23.17 - mr. griffin, is that you? cunt!
Eastmond signs... But still no improved deal for Arshavin!
i played with JET @ clapton fc and he is a talented left footer, arsenal have also beefed him up so he is more dominant in the midfileld all the best to him and he is arsenals future captain.
Hopfully you've already started the boiler, but if not them google the problem and you should be able to find a solution. You'll need of course the make and model of the boiler, then just follow instructions. Good article by the way
JET should be loaned out to a PL side like west ham they look like they need players and his versitility will give him more options to play.
i rate him more highly then wilshire his large size will accelerate his path into the 1st team.
its will be nice to have him as cover on the bench he can come on as a left back CH, CM attacking and defnding or even as an out and out striker.
its amazing everyone keeps going on about wilshire but JET has tremendous ball control and a thunderbolt shot.
Not too sure that Eatmond can be described as a huge talent based on an ok performance against Liverpool reserves and a dodgy back pass against Portsmouth.
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