Fulham have never won on Arsenal soil but they will never get a better chance to rectify that stat than this weekend. Arsenal are only two points off the Premier League summit but they have already lost three games at home and Mark Hughes will be keen to add to Arsene Wenger’s woes.

The Gunners got back to winning ways last Saturday against Aston Villa and sealed their place in the semi-final of the Carling Cup with victory over Wigan in midweek. However, their home form will be a concern for the Wenger. Arsenal have not lost more than three games at home in a season for more than a decade. Yet here we are at the start of December and the Gunners are already three down.

Fortunately for Arsenal they couldn’t have hand picked a better team to face right now, such is Fulham’s dreadful record in north London. But Fulham are in dire need of points. They currently sit one point off the drop zone, are yet to win away this season and haven’t won in five attempts. The Cottagers are in real danger of slipping into the bottom three.

Despite losing to the likes of West Brom, Newcastle United and Tottenham, the Panel strongly believes the Gunners will get back to winning ways here.

Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh has set his sights on reaching a 20-goal target in his first season at Emirates Stadium.

The Morocco international arrived on a free transfer from Bordeaux in the summer after his contract expired and has immediately made his mark in the Premier League.

Chamakh reached double figures for the season in all competitions with his effort in the 4-2 victory over Aston Villa last weekend and has vowed to continue to lead from the front.

The 26-year-old has paid tribute to the Gunners' players and staff who have helped him settle into life in England to aid his goalscoring quest.
Progress

"For me, if I can weigh in with 15 to 20 goals, it would be a very, very good season," Chamakh told the club's official website.

"Whatever happens I hope to continue my progress.

"It has gone really well with the set-up here, I hardly knew anyone when I arrived, but they have all made me feel very welcome.

"It has been easy to settle in and this has allowed me to express myself and that's very important. Personally, I am happy, but I can do better."

Heart

Chamakh has become an instant hit with the Gunners supporters, and certainly offers Arsene Wenger's side something different in attack.

"I give 200 per cent, I play with my heart, I've got guts, I give everything I've got," Chamakh added.

"I don't cheat or cut corners, that's my strength, my character and I think that they [fans] like me for it."

The FIFA executive signed their own death warrant yesterday in Zurich by closing ranks and making a political statement of support for their President Sepp Blatter. There is a saying that Pride comes before a fall, and this barefaced display of pride which directed juvenile petulance towards the best presentation of the England bid will lead to an enquiry that will prove once and for all that FIFA is not fit to govern World Football and must be stripped of those rights. But they will not go willingly and the chances of a real fraud investigation succeeding is remote at the moment. So the arrogance of the FIFA executive is based upon the premise that whilst FIFA rules, everyone must capitulate. There is a solution that will require leadership by World leaders and by elements of the existing Sports associations. Using the existing constitution will be argued as the best way to change FIFA, but that would be like Turkeys voting for Christmas. It is just not going to happen.



So what must be done? I am afraid that history tells us that revolution is the only way forward when a ruling cabal uses corrupt means of staying in power. So FIFA must be disenfranchised by the constituent Continental associations breaking ranks and forming a new World Governing body. Australia can lead the Oceana nations, South America may decide to sit aside for the moment, and within UEFA the Russian federation and Blatter’s lapdog Platini will object, so it will be necessary for the fragmentation of UEFA to occur. For Football to continue an emeregency set of rules and regulations must be drafted to ensure that the existing competitions can be transferred to the new bodies. All this will require good co-operation Corporate contracts signed must be nullified upon the basis that the players will simply not be there. The National teams can either agree to move to the new world regulatory body or do without the best players who will be affiliated to the new associations.

We need football leaders to create the vision of this revolution, together with the corporate sponsors and TV franchises, it can be done if the will is there and the prize is worth the effort. The prize is bringing back integrity into our noble game. For if it continues, then ordinary people will begin to understand that every penny they give to football will only continue to fuel the fires of greed and corruption. A pipe dream you say?  So what is the alternative to my new utopian vision of a reorganised World Football association? Well there is the very real prospect that FIFA may itself be about to become weaker. The self destruct button has already been pressed, For it is likely that in two years time FIFA will be begging England to take on the Brazil World Cup of 2014 as the project falls by the wayside with failure to build the infrastructure and stadia required for the event. FIFA will come and arrogantly suggest that England stage this World Cup and come to the rescue of the footballing nations of the World. This will be the time for England to tell FIFA to reform drastically or face the mess on it’s own.  If FIFA refuses then it’s Sponsors will face losing thousands of millions and FIFA as the edifice we know it will come tumbling down…

So there is hope!

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas could miss the clash with Manchester United in two weeks' time.

The midfielder has been out of action since sustaining a hamstring injury against Braga in the Champions League on November 23.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had been hoping Fabregas would be fit for the clash with the Premier League leaders on Monday, December 13, but the Spain international may delay his comeback until the following Saturday when Arsenal meet Stoke at Emirates Stadium.

Fabregas wants to make sure he does not rush his comeback and said at the end of last month: "I don't want to put a date on my return yet, I will take my time.

"I will just try to get back whenever I can. My team-mates are helping me a lot and I am trying my best."