http://www.oceaniafootball.com/blogs/gooner The red and white blog http://www.oceaniafootball.com/blogs/gooner/posts/englands-too-noisy-for-hleb http://www.oceaniafootball.com/blogs/gooner/posts/englands-too-noisy-for-hleb <p> If you want to go, just say so.<br /> I think that should be the tone of Wenger and the Arsenal fans for Alexandr Hleb now. Enough is enough. The "ice-cream man" wants to go to a supposedly greener and quiter place, and it is best for the club and the player to part ways. He has been a great technician. He as one of my personal favourite players. Wenger bought him as a replacement for Ljunberg. But he was more of a cross between Pires and Berghamp minus the goals. He took one season at Highbury to settle and the second season was turbulent. But I think that he was really instrumental with the games he played this season. But, he has been sometimes lazy and looked awfully disinterested in his game. Is he replaceable? Certainly yes. </p> <p> &nbsp;<br /> His late actions has pissed me off terribly.He has never himself spoken about his possible move, but his agent has. And besides, how can one person go and have a talk with another club right before the Milan game? Whatever it is, he is obviously not committed to the club and let him jut go.<br /> </p> <p> Coming to the other transfer news, Richard Dunne has been linked with us. And I think we are going to sign Ben Arfa. He is French, quick, skillful. Lets see what happens. Surely Wenger will be spending some money in this transfer window this year. But whether is it going to be known face, is still a doubt for me. Surely he is going to go for someone like Sagnas and the Eduardos.<br /> <br /> 98 days to go to next match. And its Juventus ? Mouth-watering. </p> Wed, 14 May 2008 17:34:00 +1200 http://www.oceaniafootball.com/blogs/gooner/posts/it-takes-to-be-gunner http://www.oceaniafootball.com/blogs/gooner/posts/it-takes-to-be-gunner <span>Over these 3 years without any trophy to recognise what our team really is, I have realised that you need to be special to be called a 'Gunner". You need a strong heart and courage to come over these 3 years where everyone gets over your head where you feel like being killed mentally.<br /> <br /> Time like these for a club identifies how strong the club itself is and how faithful their supporters are. How many times do you see in club football that a kid, a Gunner, from DR Congo died of a heart attack simply because the ball struck the bar at WHL against Spurs and being a Gunner it's tough to survive the scares of a defeat when you're 1-0 down against your arch rivals. That's the emotion you have and sometimes they over flow.<br /> <br /> You need to be special to face the taunts of the supporters of Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea. They run at you and slaughter you emotionally for a moment. They insult your identity of being a 'Gunner'. They batter you in numbers for our team's failure over these 3 years and it feels like if your pants are being dragged down. You flee away after going through that but it is the love, the passion, the emotions and the attachment that never lets you lose the faith and believe in your love for Arsenal.<br /> <br /> It's only the fan that knows how much it takes &amp; how many sacrifices you make to support the club.I see a 10 year old kid sitting in front of TV at 3:00am watching his love play against AC Milan. He forgets he has a maths exam the other day. He forgets what the aftermath of his failures would be.All he does is silently jumping all over the lounge,screaming soundlessly with his heart up to the dry throat and biting his nails just to see his passion coming out as ultimate warriors.<br /> <br /> We see a 75 year old man up at night watching his 65 years of faith playing on the field. He's so indulged that he forgets he has some blood pressure tablets to be taken. All he has on his mind is to see the men in Red and White tirelessly running on the field making you realise that your love will never be disgraced, your love is immortal!!!<br /> <br /> You need to be stronger than anyone else to see your team's hard work for 7 months collapsing in 28 days. You need to be more strong to watch the referees denying you at a big stage and awarding the opponents the visa to the semis of Europe.You watch and pay the price for someone else's wrong doing but you never throw away the faith.<br /> <br /> After being through all the thick and thin, from all ups and downs, after all the crticism from media...after all the ugliest you've experienced, you wake up in the morning with the label of "Gunner" on your head. You don't know any supporters from The Kop, you don't know who red devils are and you don't know who are the supporters dancing on the billion bucks of Chelsea. All you realise that you're a true Gunner..the best, the best in the world.<br /> <br /> My love for the club can wait even for a century to see the trophies coming into our club's cabinet. I'll wait because I know I will reap the fruit for my faith, passion and patience.<br /> <br /> Thank You Arsenal....thank you for everything!! I'll stand by you till the end of time!!!<br /></span><br /> <br /> <br /> * *<br /> <br /> Yeah thanks to Sami on that posting part. And yes, I am eager to see how the "new" Arseblog works in oleole. Nothing's good after watching the pictures of the Mancs with the title. How easily that could have been ours. Nope. I am not going to analyze why didn't we win, anyway. But I strongly believe that we are going to do something wonderful next season.<br /> <br /> Reports say that we have "signed" Ben Arfa from Lyon. But I doubt it. I dont think that Wenger is going to buy any more striker this season. We already have Bendtner, Adebayor, Walcott, van Persie and even Vela. But let's see what happens. Wed, 14 May 2008 03:45:00 +1200