I'm Back and Henry is Out :(

After a long period of draught and writers block I'm getting back into the blog business - Sorry Shona! I will start to fill you up with EPL news that will always include Arsenal but the rest of the league as well.

Arsena Wenger came out today and said that Thierry Henry will be out until 2007. Here's a bunch of quotes from todays paper from Wenger: "Thierry Henry has started his rehabilitation," said Wenger. "He's still not completely free with his hamstring but he starts to work again. "We hope we can build him up and make him competitive again. "The neck problem is sorted out. It was sciatic nerve problem but the hamstring is the most troubling at the moment." Asked if Henry would be out until the New Year, Wenger said: "Realistically, certainly yes. "I wouldn't set a precise timescale as it's difficult to predict but Christmas certainly we will miss him. "

"William Gallas is out for one week, maximum two."

This is going to hurt us a bit at Christmas - Yes I said Christmas not the Holidays - Christmas is what it is and Santa Clause is part of Christmas - it's not about Jesus being born it's all about the fat jolly old man with is red suit bringing us all presents.

So back to Arsenal - TH14 (Thierry Henry) is going to miss at least 6 EPL matches that are coming up. Tomorrow we take on Wigan and then Portsmouth on Saturday. Once we get into the next week we have matches schedules on 12/23, 12/26. 12/30 & 1/2. This could be a big swing for us to make a run at Chelsea and Man U. I really hope we see him back soon. No one else seems to know how to put the ball in the back of the net the way he does.

Speaking of tomorrow. Arsenal will take on Wigan Athletic and Chelsea will be playing Newcastle. So lets hope for a big Arsenal Victory and a Chelsea loss.

We are sitting somewhere around 6th in the table bit we have a game in hand so if we win that one we would actually be in 3rd place at the moment. This was because we had to move an earlier match because we had to qualify for the Champions League this year.

There will be a new Transfer Window opening up on January 1st and will run for one month. Hopefully we don't sell off too many players but maybe we will actually buy someone this time. Now that we qualified for the next round of the Champions League, I feel a little better about Henry staying with us.

In other EPL news - Alan Pardew was the first manager to get sacked this year by West Ham. The Hammers brought on two of the "Worlds Best" players and have nothing to show for it. Like many other South American players Mascherano and Tevez have not done well in the EPL. They were awesome in Argentina and Brazil, but have done nothing in the EPL. Their style of play is really more suited for the Italian League or the Spanish League. So now West Ham are looking at Alan Curbishly who retired from Charlton at the end of last season. He never took them anywhere, wonder why they want him.

So that's the news and ramblings for today. Tomorrow we will talk more about the Arsenal v Wigan and Chelsea v Newcastle matches.