Gooner Talk

On-loan Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere shone in a terrific display for Bolton against West Ham this afternoon — and was rewarded with a classy goal.

The 18-year-old scored through a clever scissor kick finish with just 16 minutes on the clock at Upton Park.

Our good friends over at Young Guns have updates on all of the Arsenal loanees. Click here to check out their progress.

Wilshere’s goal v West Ham:

Arsene Wenger has rotated his side once more for the visit of Burnley, with injuries and suspensions claiming Sol Campbell and Alexandre Song from last weekends win over Sunderland.

Denilson returns from injury to replace Song, while Mikael Silvestre is in for Campbell. Andrey Arshavin and Abou Diaby return from knocks but are only fit enough for places on the bench, while Samir Nasri and Tomas Rosicky form an exciting left sided partnership. In form Nicklas Bendtner leads the line.

Almunia
Eboue – Vermaelen – Silvestre – Clichy
Fabregas (c) – Denilson – Nasri
Walcott – Bendtner – Rosicky

Subs: Fabianski, Sagna, Traore, Eastmond, Diaby, Arshavin, Eduardo.

A banner of Aaron Ramsey is set to be displayed at the Emirates Stadium this Saturday during Arsenal’s Premier League match against Burnley.

The 19-year-old was on the receiving end of a horrific challenge from Stoke City’s Ryan Shawcross on Saturday evening, with the Welshman sustaining fractures to the tibia and fibula in his right leg.

Banner no.1 – bought by REDaction – are accepting donations, large or small to help pay for it. They will get Aaron Ramsey to sign it, and when he is playing football again they will give it away to one of the people that contributed towards it. Think of it as a raffle, for a good cause, with a great prize.

If you’re interested in making a donation towards the banner, click here to visit REDaction’s official website.

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A banner of Aaron Ramsey is set to be displayed at the Emirates Stadium this Saturday during Arsenal’s Premier League match against Burnley.

The 19-year-old was on the receiving end of a horrific challenge from Stoke City’s Ryan Shawcross on Saturday evening, with the Welshman sustaining fractures to the tibia and fibula in his right leg.

Gunners supporters group REDaction have ordered an 18ft by 15ft banner which should be in place for the weekend’s league game. The design idea originated from popular Arsenal forum ‘The Online Gooner’.

To help pay for it, they are accepting donations, large or small. They will get Aaron Ramsey to sign it, and when he is playing football again they will give it away to one of the people that contributed towards it. Think of it as a raffle, for a good cause, with a great prize.

If you’re interested in making a donation towards the banner, click here to visit REDaction’s official website.

“Ryan Shawcross has no bad blood in him whatsoever. There is no way in a million years he would ever go out to try and hurt someone.”

That’s what Tony Pulis said in his post-match interview when asked about Ryan Shawcross’ horrific challenge on Aaron Ramsey.

However, yesterday’s incident wasn’t the first time Shawcross has seriously injured a fellow professional.

In 2007, the defender broke former Arsenal striker Franny Jeffers’ ankle, leading many fans and journalists alike questioning Shawcross’ discipline.

In November 2008, Shawcross tackled Gunners frontman Emmanuel Adebayor when he was off the pitch. The Togolese was ruled out for three weeks, while Arsene Wenger let his own feelings out after the game.

The Frenchman raged:

‘Do you think Delap tried to play the ball when he tackled Walcott? Or that Shawcross tried to play the ball when he tackled Adebayor off the pitch. All the players have been injured deliberately’

We’ll leave you to judge for yourselves..