Highbury Welcomes Top Flight Football

FMR has hailed his teams last performance as magnificent! Gooners notched up their first home win of top flight football against last seasons champions Santos, Kyle Lang was the hero scoring the only goal at a louder than usual Highbury stadium. It was a tale of two keepers, as Seaman attempted to rectify last weeks performance. He had extra motivation in the form of John Lukic, a player FMR had to sell some seasons ago, when the club informed the manager he had to sell before he could spend. It was Seamans that came out on top this time round, keeping a rare clean sheet... although Lukic performances of recent, are surely giving the manager plenty of food for thought.

Henry played made a rare appearence in midfield which seemed to be working well until his game came to an abrupt end, a scan later showed he will miss atleast two games. It was another major set back for the experienced striker and many are already saying he is destined to be a eight skill player. It is hard to argue when a look through the records reveals the player arrived at Gooners as a 25/8 and has been on the verge of turning nine for some seasons... and will soon see his 30th birthday.

FMR had this to say:

"Fantastic performance by the lads, yes we had home advantage and some fantastic support yesterday from the fans but we played toe to toe against one of the strongest sides in the league and held our own. I had a feeling we might see out first injury and I also had a feeling it might be Henry.. I have previously seen such instances where I played a striker in midfield with a resulting injury.

It means once again we are to face Greatness without a full compliment of players, it would seem it goes with the territory now... they are a team I would love to get a result against but again we find ourselves without a key player. I may use the game for DV purposes although it would be nice not to fall to far behind Totaal... so we will see.

It is not all bad, the preparation in pre-season has left us in a decent shape despite having just played two very tough games and Henry may also see some benefit from that come the end of season. The young lads we brought in have been training very well of their own accord, especially Arshavin who is beginning to see some decent averages, what is most pleasing is his form trend... why it remains so positive we are under no pressure to play him which is nice.

It was good to see Lukic getting the first team football he required and Santos will reap the benfits from that I'm sure, he looks like he is going to be a decent player. I know I must give Akinfeev the majority of games this season also, we need him to progress this season and obviously that is going to make life a little more difficult... he is also a player that does not take kindly to the bench, he will get his chance soon and will need to put in some above average performances. If he can perform as well as or out perform Seaman on a regular basis it will make my decision, alot easier..

I would also like to congratulate Keown on his 100th appearence, he has been a rock at the back for us and is a player very much deserving of the "Legend" title."