Reserves, Loanees & Youngsters

[Olivier's xmas twist]

If you mean his contract expires at the end of the season, then fine. We don't even need to find someone to buy him.

Yep all 3 back up keepers contracts expire end of the season

[Coney]

Yep all 3 back up keepers contracts expire end of the season

Didn't realise it was all 3. I guess Schenraerasdzdsdaknee is safe then.

[Grebbo]

Are any youngsters on fire at the moment? Is there another Wilshere on the horizon?

[Marc Overmars]

Arsenal forward Carlos Vela has indicated he would like to make his stay at Primera Liga club Real Sociedad a permanent deal.

Carlos Vela
GettyImagesCarlos Vela has made just 26 league starts for Arsenal

Vela, 22, is currently on loan at Sociedad from Arsenal, and he has impressed since signing at Anoeta, scoring three goals and notching five assists.

The Mexico international has struggled for form and regular first-team football during his time with the Gunners and it seems his future lies away from Emirates Stadium.

"I would stay at Real," Vela told El Diario Vasco. "I am happy and the people support me. I owe Arsenal affection and gratitude for the opportunity that they gave me, but I was not happy there and this affected my work.

"It was hard day to day and, when it came to training, I was thinking about going home. Here, however, I am happy and have made good friends."

Regarding staying at Sociedad, Vela added: "It is too early to talk about these issues, but I do not close the door to Real. But, if you cannot reach an agreement with Arsenal, you cannot do anything.

"As I said, I'm happy here and would like to help the team stay up. Then we'll see what happens in the summer. Right now, we cannot do anything even if we wanted to."

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...d-stay?cc=5739

Project youth.

[Master Splinter]

Mr Miagi scored for Bolton in a behind closed doors game....

Project Youth .

[Syn]

Reserves win 5-0 at Norwich. Jenkinson played. Park scored, Arshavin scored 2. And Marion got injured. I can only assume it was a precautionary measure due to his bruised vagina.

[Grebbo]

Henri Lansbury played in goal for Spam against Blackpool

Kept a clean sheet too for the 36mins he was between the sticks.

Second best keeper we have imo.

[Syn]

Rapid.

[Marc Overmars]

That's it Ryo, punt it and run. What a GHEL.

[Master Splinter]

If he can settle in at a dump like Bolton so quickly, he definitely has the right GHEL credentials.

He looks technically superb as well. Shame he had injuries earlier in the season, but even this half-season loan should be useful.

George Clooney's nurturing skills .