Happy birthday Arsene

So after his recent 10 year anniversary as manager of the club, Arsene celebrated his birthday yesterday. The lads playing against Reading certainly gave him an ideal present. Scoring after only 58 seconds then adding 3 more later led to a very comfortable win against a side who have proved not to be the pushovers some thought they may be with good performances against Chelski and Man u. Clicking effortlessly into gear and hitting the form that had pundits purring over them not long ago, it was a joy to watch. After a largely difficult first season, Alex Hleb is really proving himself and for me was the stand-out player in a team of stand-out players yesterday. Rosicky showed a few very nice touches and from a central position can really grab the game by the scruff and could prove to be the signing of the summer. Henry was his majestic best, dropping deep and stroking the ball about and recording two goals for himself. Fabregas was brilliant again; nice piece about him on Match of the Day last night, with Gavin Peacock confessing he could talk about him all day. Rarely a week goes by without the MOTD crew talking about Cesc and analysing his talent.

Not much else is going on, Wenger is happy Cesc signed his new deal. Cesc is happy too. Wenger is happy that Cesc is happy. Rumours are they're planning a thoroughly lovely picnic together soon.

League cup this weekend against West Brom, good chance to see some of the kids. Francisco Merida, Denilson and Vincent van den Berg are the ones i'm looking forward to seeing.