Well, in contast to a week ago we Gooners are on cloud 9. The youngsters again showed their enormous promise by taking a full strength Wigan Athletic to school, Vela looks the businuess whilst Capello was casting his eye over Jack Wilshere – the kids 16.

Simpson handed his talents on a plate too Wenger with two very good finishes, the first was made by Wilshere, a superb through-ball cutting about 5 Wigan players o

ut of the game put SImpson through who finished clinically and cooly. The second was created by Carlos Vela, the mexican outpaced a Wigan defender after a break from a Wigan corner, he then kept his head and squared for Simpson who finished very well, it is harder than it looks to finish those chances.

Then the third, and Vela is getting a reputation for stunning goals already, this one was no different. He ran past a defender and then chipped Chris Kirkland with an outragously brilliant effort, all 6ft 4″ of him. It was simply amazing, he shouldnt be able to do it at his age! its just not allowed!

Today Jay Simpson has declared his intention to win the Carling Cup, and at this rate there is no reason why this young team cant, it would be a fantastic achivement to get into the Semis alone, he said;

I don’t see why we can’t win it – everyone’s confident and the boss believes in us so hopefully we’ll win the next game and take it from there,”

It is also good to see the 19 year old does not want to get it the easy way, he wants the big guns;

“All of us want a big side in the next round as we want to test ourselves. That’s what it’s all about – playing against the big teams and seeing what you can do against them.

“I’d be delighted if Manchester United or Liverpool put out their first team against us. If they draw us and put out a strong side it would show they’ve got respect for us.”

Thats a bloody fantastic attitude, they want to face the best and that attitude will get him far and if that is the whole teams attitude they will go far.

I must admit, i cant wait to see more of them and im going to do my damnedest to get down there and see them in action.

According to Liam Brady, Jack Wilshere has it all to go very very far, he thinks the kids ‘special’;

“Jack Wilshere has had a lot of publicity but he is a boy who has his feet firmly on the ground,”

I think they look at the likes of Bentley who have the wrong attitude and think ‘i need to keep control, i don’t want to take a step down and play for Spurs’. Thinking somewhere along those lines would be fantastic!

That, and this is very good to hear, Wilshere has been talked about since he was 15 at Arsenal, and Brady thinks the kids done good so far;

“He really wants to make it in football and is a very dedicated young man. I think Jack is a bit special.”

I think he will make it, i have never seen a player look this good at 16, could he end up better than Fabregas? Sooner or later Wenger will be forced to call on him because the talent is unbelievable and we have seen what he can do in pre-season.

Whats good is that even if they dont make the grade at Arsenal, they are going to have fantastic careers anyway according to Brady;

“(Kieran) Gibbs and (Mark) Randall have had experience but Gavin Hoyte, Jay Simpson and Jack Wilshere have come in to the game last night lacking experience.

“But I think they have shown they have very bright futures in the professional game.”

Wenger is also praised by Brady for his influence on the youngsters, in every international break he does their training and apparently has a massive impact on them;

“I think the advantage for them at Arsenal is that the manager is keen to work with the young players.

“Particularly in international weeks he will have these young players over there training and instilling this confidence that so many of Arsene Wenger’s players have.

“But we don’t want to get carried away. They are 17 or 18, and in Jack’s case 16, so they have a long way to go yet.”

Lets just look forward to the next round!

I for one cannot wait!

Back tomorrow! – Lets hope the Spuds win tonight because id love to get them in the final… nothing like revenge!

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