Friday: Double D's set for Wigan start ..

Gunner Blog reports that Denilson and Diaby may be set to start against Wigan Athletic this weekend with manager Arsene Wenger forced to shuffle his pack in midfield.

Meanwhile, the BBC reports that Alexander Hleb will miss the next three weeks having returned from international duty injured. In this ever-changing football world, club managers must be relieved that having their stars come back crocked from playing for their countries is something they can always rely upon ..

Effortless Arsenal regain top spot ..

There was an air of inevitability about the Gunners last time - a fact aided somewhat by Reading's willingness to be attacked for 90 minutes!

Check out all of last night's goals plus the latest reaction from fan-land courtesy of our friends at The Arsenal FC Blog.

It does seem though that William Gallas's credibility has taken a bit of a pounding, having been spotted brown-nosing with rapper 50 Cent in Hammersmith. You can't have it all, I suppose ...

Monday: Wenger rings the changes ..

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger will shuffle his pack ahead of tonight's trip to Reading according to the club's Official website preview. Nothing like giving the oppo a bit of a heads-up eh?

Mind you, with the range of options on offer to the spectacled one, can Royals' boss Steve Coppell really think he can suss out the North London machine?

Good news would be three points tonight, but even better are the reports that Cesc Fabregas is ready to commit to Arsenal for the rest of his career, according to the All 3 Points website.

Slavia Prague 0-0 Arsenal ..

Arsenal progressed to the next phase of the Champions League last night with an uninspiring but workmanlike draw in rainy Prague, as UEFA.com explain.

The home fans celebrated as if they'd won the contest; the goalless draw making strong amends for their 7-0 reverse at the Emirates last time out.

Gunners confident of heaping more misery on hapless Czechs ...

Tomas Rosicky will miss tonight's Champions League return at Slavia Prague as Football.co.uk report. What price the hosts employing an 8-2-2 formation? In any case, here's your match preview.

Elsewhere today, the Arsene v Alex showdown looks set to rumble open. They opened up this morning, as descibled by Arsenal Pies and this one promises to run and run. Hopefully.

Arsenal review ..

Footy 24/7 gives its review on the opening month of the Arsenal campaign and assesses how things may pan out over the next four weeks.

Meanwhile, David Dein has come in for criticism over the club's foreign policy, and the need to recruit from outside of British shores.

What are your thoughts? Is there really such little talent in Britain? Have we got enough foreigners? Or are we only touching the tip of the iceberg?