GAEL CLICHY has accused William Gallas of smashing Arsenal’s team morale.

Boss Arsene Wenger stripped Gallas of the captaincy after he slated his team-mates.

And Clichy said: “It has shattered something within the squad.

" It is something that should have remained between him and the boss even though there may be some truth in what William said.”

The Gunners ended a nightmare run of results by beating Dynamo Kiev 1-0 to reach the Champions League knockout stages on Tuesday.

But left-back Clichy, 23, added: “The manager and William have since discussed the matter but it is still a shame.

“It is done now, and there is no going back. It is now down to the players and staff to glue the fragments back together and move on.

“What William said was difficult, not only because he was the captain but because he is an experienced player.”

CESC FABREGAS will pick the brains of Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira as he tries to lead Arsenal back into the title race.

The new skipper says his side MUST win at Chelsea on Sunday as they are 10 points behind the leaders.

Fabregas, 21, made a winning start to captaincy with a 1-0 victory against Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday.

But the Spaniard wants to call on the experience of two former Gunners skippers to help him in his new role.

He said: “I still speak on the phone to Thierry and I will ask him about it.

“I’d love to talk with Patrick about the job as well because he has so much experience.

“It’s a big job on and off the pitch and everything is new to me at the moment. But I’m sure I’ll find out very quickly.

“It’s true that we are 10 points behind, so our immediate target is to win at Chelsea.

“Sunday is a good opportunity to get some points back and a couple of weeks after we have Liverpool at home.

“So we have to focus on winning and putting the pressure back on those ahead of us. If we can do that, things can change quickly.

“We have only played 14 Premier League games and it is not over yet.”

Fabregas is also looking forward to playing against a team who will attack, after spending much of the season battling sides with no positive ideas.

He said: “All the teams in the league know they have to defend a lot when they play Arsenal.

“Sometimes it looks as though they have spent all week in training just on defending. But if we want to win something, we have to overcome everything.”

Adapted from The Sun

Well yea..nice to hear that he kind of consulted some of the captains whom he played under for 'tips' on captaincy.
I think Cesc Fabregas was chosen over Gael Clichy for captaincy due to the fact that Fabregas has more experience captaining...cause he captained Spain U-17.
Yea..maybe its cause of that..I'm just guessing here. Anyway, Cesc Fabregas said in an interview that he didn't want to reveal whom he consulted regarding captaining..so I don't know how this article assumed it was Thierry Henry. LOL.
But Thierry was a great captain..and he led Arsenal to the Champions' League Final (in Paris).
Lets not talk about that match..cause it was like against Barcelona. I wonder how it would feel like if Arsenal and Barcelona play against each other in this season's Champions' League. LOL.
Cesc Fabregas said that he would love to play against his former club(Barcelona)..so it would be a mouth-watering encounter (:

Anyway..I really feel like Barcelona is on CRAZY form. Seriously crazy.
They are scoring like...so many goals! They are scoring at an average of FIVE GOALS per match!
Like OMG PLEASE! But I still don't think Hleb has been good as he was at Arsenal. He seems more on the periphery..yeah. Hope he hits top form soon (: And I hope Arsenal get back to usual form as soon as possible (:

Anyway, I feel like posting this picture.
It was Van Persie, Cesc Fabregas and Gael Clichy during the 04/05 season.
They were like..SUPER young then. Okay, they are still quite young. But they were even younger than. They were like part of the Arsenal Reserves and Arsenal substitutes then. But now, they are part of Arsenal's strongest line-up (:

Okay I was watching this old, old Liverpool vs Arsenal match. Well, it wasn't actually that old. It was last season's fixture.
And I was just watching it yesterday..cause I remember that match was a really good match. It finished as a 1-1 draw anyway..but the football played was really good (:
And I was watching mainly to see if there are any differences between the current Arsenal side and the Arsenal side last season..in other words, Arsenal without Hleb and Flamini.
Well..I have to admit Arsenal seems pretty much the same. In the sense, the mentality and stuff are the same.
I just think the current side is less consistent than before. Besides that, they are pretty much the same. I feel like Samir Nasri can do what Hleb used to do...but I think he just has to work on his consistency. Cause he plays superbly well in one match, and in the next match he's a little anonymous. So if Samir Nasri is able to get into each game, I think he would be a great (:
As for Flamini, yes, its true that he was working his ass off and providing cover for the defence in his defensive midfield position. But if Arsenal's defensive midfielder can like be a bit tougher, I think he can be as good as Flamini. Flamini was tough..but Arsenal's current DM is not as tough.
Yea..thats in my opinion anyway (:

Anyway, enough about Arsenal. LOL.
So, today is my sixteenth birthday. LOL.
Thanks for everyone who wished mee (: I really, really appreciate it (:(:
So I am finally sixteen. How does it feel being sixteen? Its normal. LOL. I'm still the same person anyway. Only my age is different. HAHA.
So, Causeway with Kiru, Shali, Dhanya and Tharshini tomorrow..and hopefully Brindha can come too (:
So I didn't do much today. Went to John Little..and I saw Little Britain series on sale in one of the shops in Plaza Sing. (: Matt Lucas is funnyy! HAHA.

I feel pretty drained out..BLEH. I want to watch WILD CHILD! and QUARANTINE! HAHA.
And I feel like rewatching REC! (:
OH, I finished If tomorrow comes by Sidney Sheldon. OMG. ITS SO SO SO SO NICEE!
Well..the book is really old actually. But I managed to get it from the library..and its so nice!
Its about this woman, Tracy Whitney. And its about her life..how she turns from a banker to a con artist. And she is SO FREAKING CLEVER!
Like seriously..WOAH!
And the whole story is like this roller coaster ride. HAHA. I really enjoyed it (:
Jeff Stevens is hot B:
HAHA. He is one of the characters in the story anyway (:

All right, I feel like eating dinner now even though its barely 8pm here. LOL.
HUNGRY! I slept for like 3 hours...haha. I am such a lazy pig! LOL.


Hello Samir Nasri aka Vampire (:
I was almost...shocked. I found SO MANY Nasri websites (Sorry, I couldn't understand them as they were in French).
I could only understand a little..and it took me a while to decipher some of the meanings. Yeah.
And those people..they are OBSESSED OVER HIM. Well, I got that picture from one of his NUMEROUS fansites. But yea..seriously..obsessed to the maximum over him!
And I'm like WOAH..They like him so much! And most of them support Arsenal cause of him. LOL.
I mean..I know some people who support teams cause of one of two players. But these people are like obsessed over him. Most of them are under Skyrock..yea. Its really quite astonishing. LOL. This girl took a video of him signing an autograph for her.
And another girl bought this Levi shoes..and wrote 'I love Nasri' all over it. WOAH..maybe they really adore him :B
Anyway, I still rate him highly as a player and he's one of my favourite players alongside Cesc Fabregas (:

Anyway, I'm off now. HUNGRY! Till later (:
BUH-BYEE!
<333>"I'm living a masquerade, but an exciting one"- Quoted from 'If tomorrow comes" by Sidney Sheldon (:

Put on your green lights,
We're in the city of wonder

Its a happy, happy birthday (:

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