Nice pics there byrnefan

Nice to see our keeper is alert at all times

I'm not going to confuse myself by putting a pile of quotes here

@ Byrnefan and shlj - nice pics

Re Kim Little and comments above.

I think that Byrnefan is probably confirming it is her with the comment about Fleets high fiving her.

I remember Fleets raving about her, but couldn't find any of those reports yesterday, but I wonder if Fleets has paved the way for her to move to Arsenal?

It seems a funny time to take her on a one-game loan, the day before the Scottish squad fly out to Cyprus.
(The newspaper report about that has Gemma Fay as one of the Hibs players due to fly out - she was playing in goal for Leeds last season.)

It's quite possible that Arsenal are strengthening their team - it has been needed, and especially with Katie out now. It might sound odd, talking about someone so young strengthening a team, but, she appears to have outstanding talent.

I was certain it was her in the glimpses I got last night (I tried to record it the second time I saw it on SSNews, but my disk was full ).
I had searched for pictures of her to use in the "who is this player" after her earlier reviews, so had a good idea what she looked like.

Thanks for your comments.
Actually, it wouldn’t be a problem for fans just attending the second game, which would be the women’s game. Previously at the old Highbury stadium, they simply emptied the stadium of supporters from the men’s match and then while they got the stadium prepared for the next game people queued up. They then opened a specific area, the West Upper stand. Due to the size of the crowd, they opened the West Lower stand as well.



And I might be the person to fill in the gaps…

I posted the comment below on another forum earlier. Seeing as the speculation is who this new player is, I thought I'd post my comments here as well.

Well speculation yesterday and today has concerned young Scottish International, Kim Little and whether she has followed Julie Fleeting in joining English club side Arsenal to ply her trade.

The Scottish Football Association’s website lists Kim’s club as Arsenal LFC, on its player list (see link below). I think that confirms it once and for all.

When you hear these possible signings, you always want the concrete prove to confirm it one way or another but unfortunately, in women’s football it’s not exactly easy to come by.

I, like most people south of the border have limited knowledge of Kim’s exploits. I know she is a prolific goalscorer in the Scottish league and is tipped by many respected faces in Scottish football to be a top quality player in the making. One thing is for sure, you have to be a special talent to have achieved full honours at her tender age.

What I found interesting to note is the SFA list her as a forward but going by the articles written about her, she’s more of an attacking midfielder by trade. I wonder whether Vic’s plan is to play her on the flanks or more centrally and push Kelly upfront? Only time will tell on that one.

A benefit of this signing is, assuming she follows Julie is staying in Scotland, she’ll have company on the plane home after matches.

For the record, Kim turns eighteen on 29 June.

Arsenal fans wanting to see our new signing in action will have to wait a while as Kim’s scheduled to fly to Cyprus with the rest of the Scottish squad to play in a number of matches in the Cyprus Cup against teams such as USA, Holland and Canada. Details of the tournament detailed here: http://www.fairgamemagazine.co.uk/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=4722.

See link for Kim’s listing as a fully fledged Gunner:
http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scotland_squads.cfm?squadid=2&curpageid=849 – The squad list.
http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/player_details.cfm?playerid=41216&squadid=2 – Brief player details.

She must be a quality player indeed but another attacking midfielder ?
So we now have 7 options forward Fleeting Sanderson Yankey Carney Smith Davison and Little
3 center midfield Ludlow Asante Grant but only one defensive midfield Flaherty
I guess the 4-1-3-2 system is there for the long run.

Thanks for all that matey

I thought that Arsenal.com would have updated things by now

Another one of the lovely keeper

Good to see Emma paying attention

The ground is near a brewery no wander vic started Ciara she'd have been in there drinking ! Emma looks more lovely with her platts

well Arsenal Ladies do not sign just normal players ......

We have a few players on International duty as of today
The english ones in NI Scott Asante White Phillip Carney Sanderson Yankey Smith
The Irish ones Byrne Tracy Grant
The Scottish ones Fleeting Little

The english players will be back for Sunday but I expect a few to be rested, hopefully for the acads player who can only get a proper chance in this competition.

I'd tried to call the office re the fa cup semi and got ciara's answerphone

Anyone going to the fa cup semi ? I am and if they loose I won't be wearing the grant short again

I wanted to but that's about 60 quids for the train
for the same price I can fly to oslo or double that and i go LA, so not this time sadly

Lianne did not get out of the bench thursday so I guess she will be on the pitch
Jayne, Gilly, Becky, Gemma should be there and start
edit our U19 stars have flown to la Manga for a tournament

The probable squad any of those players:

Quantrill
Scott White Minnaar Cooke Marsh Rowell
Ludlow Coombs Onzia
Carney Davison Yankey Smith
Wicks Sanderson

Today's squad:

Quantrill
Scott White Cooke Asante Philip Coombs
Carney Davison Yankey Smith
Wicks Sanderson Wiltshire

Team:

Quantrill
Scott Cooke Asante Philip Coombs
Carney Davison
Wicks Sanderson Wiltshire

HT 3-0 Lianne (2) and Seana

FT 3-0

It's the first game in 2008 where I have seen the whole team play well.Passing was sharp and creative defending worked well and the whole movement off the ball very very good allowing the ball holder mutiple solutions.

It was good to see there are some potential great players in the reserve, the only problem is will they get a chance ? players like Coombs Cooke or Wicks are really close to the first team but need injuries to first teamers to get a chance on the bench.

If the regulars keep performing badly maybe they will be given a chance.

If Arsenal get the league stitched up, there will be no justification not to give them a try, unless they are trying to see how many consecutive wins they can manage and get worried.

I think the county cup final is one of the few games where the youngsters will be given a game.
I mean Kim Little is young not even 18 and she get straight in as a starter so obviously the coaching staff
will start young players if considered good enough.

But Kim has already made a name for herself on the international scene, but the others haven't.

The quadruple was completete on bank holiday monday the 7th of may
2 days later at the Emirates against Everton and last game against Leeds
here are the 3 teams by squad number

byrne ludlow grant smith sanderson fleeting yankey scott chapman asante phillip subs carney davison
byrne white grant smith sanderson yankey scott carney chapman asante phillip subs davison flaherty n.b. fleets on hols
byrne ludlow white grant smith sanderson yankey scott chapman asante flaherty subs davison champ larkin nb phillip on hols sian got a game as sub as she was leaving the club imo

Btw - the Scotsman (newspaper) still has Kim as a Hibs player in its report on the Scotland v Canada game

Not exactly giving youngsters a chance then

But maybe they just wanted to ensure that they won every domestic game then.

i am gonna send you a file with last season's stats you can see that they rarely use the youngsters in big games
T=starter
R=subs
the file is French lol

Je ne parle pas francais