Gooner Talk

Everyone at Gooner Talk would like to wish Arsenal forward Carlos Vela a very Happy 21st Birthday today!

The Mexican international hasn’t played much football for Arsene Wenger’s side this season, with small injuries and other striking options being used instead of the talented frontman.

However, Carlos will look to push on in the coming weeks and help Arsenal chase the Premier League title.

Signed from Guadalajara in 2006, Vela has since scored 7 goals in 46 appearances (many of them from the substitutes bench).

Here are some of Carlos’ best moments in an Arsenal shirt – enjoy!

Leave your birthday wishes for Vela in the comments section below!

Trying to think of a reason for Gael Clichy’s recent slump in form?

Well, thanks to Faker Blog, we can show you some hilarious photos which show the French fullback out partying last month.

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Spurs and Arsenal legends are coming together in a special one off derby game on 7th December at Cheshunt FC in memory of Stan Rosenthal who died from a brain tumor early this year. Half of each team will be made up by old players (the legends) and half by Spurs and Arsenal fans. The legends representing Arsenal include Perry Groves, Kenny Sansom, Ian Allinson and Paul Davis.

During Stan’s illness his family had wonderful support from Macmillan who arranged for him to have day care at the local hospice and pointed him in the right direction for other support as and when it was needed. The fans involved have thus far raised nearly £10,000 for this amazing cause on the following website http://www.justgiving.com/spursvarsenallegends

It would be great if you could join in and help make the day enjoyable and obviously help raise as much money for Macmillan as possible. Your attendance would be much appreciated;

Date: 7th December 2008

Time: 15.00 k/o

Location: Cheshunt Football Club, Theobalds Road, Cheshunt.

Tickets: £5

Arsenal’s 2-1 win over Manchester United was certainly a day to never forget – just like those British soldiers, servicemen and women who put their lives on the line for us.

Just a day before Rememberance Sunday, Arsenal released a one-off poppy embroided shirt which was worn during the Gunners triumph over United.

Those shirts have now been signed and put up for auction with all proceeds going to Help For Heroes and the Royal British Legion charities respectively.

The Sun have ran a superb competition, giving fans a chance to Win Cesc Fabregas’ or Gael Clichy’s signed shirt and give for heroes, click here for more info on that.

Gooner Talk would like to applaud Arsenal’s magnificent gesture and respect for the thousands of soldiers, servicemen and servicewomen who served their countries – people who we’ll never forget.

Many Arsenal fans regard him as a goalkeeping legend, but there’s no forgetting that Jens Lehmann will always be remembered for those ‘big mistakes in small games‘.

Lehmann’s new club, Vfb Stuttgart, took on Bulgarian minnows Cherno More Varna in the UEFA Cup last week and Die Roten started in decent fashion.

Minutes into the second half, 39-year-old Lehmann received a backpass from Serdar Tasci, the ball subsequently went away from Jens which forced him to slip over – a similar situation to that of David Healy’s goal for Fulham at the start of last season.

Fortunuately for Stuttgart, they came back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 thanks to goals from Thomas Hitzlsperger and Mario Gomez.

Click here to view Lehmann’s goalkeeping mishap.

Porto got back to winning ways in the league by beating Pacos de Ferreira 2-0 Friday night with goals by Raul Meireles after a great assist from Lisandro Lopez (pictured above, right), and Hulk after being set up by man-of-the-match Meireles.

Jesualdo Ferreira decided to rest star man Lucho Gonzalez ahead of the Champions League clash against Arsenal in the middle of next week and replaced him with fellow Argentine Tomas Costa.

The start of the game saw a strong Porto with fast passes create several goal chances, and it was no surprise when Meireles opened the scoring with an emphatic finish after some excellent wing play from Lisandro.

Meireles did his best to return the favour shortly afterwards but the Argentine striker fired wastefully over the bar when put clean through by the midfielder. The first half was the story of Porto domination against a Pacos de Ferreira team lacking creativity.

In the 2nd half Pacos came out with a different attitude and created some dangerous situations, with Helton doing well to save a Ricardo effort.

Jesualdo did not like what he saw and made 2 substitutions, entering Guarin and Candeias for Sapunaru and Farias.

Later on the Porto coach replaced Lisandro with Brazilian striker Hulk, and the forward made the game safe by scoring his second goal of the season after a neat interchange with Meireles.

Arsenal will have their work cut out on Tuesday evening, as Jesualdo Ferreira’s side look to captalise on the Gunners’ defeat at Premier League newcomers Hull City, with what would be a marvellous Champions League scalp.

With thanks to Portugoal.net