Arsenal: Aaron Ramsey Returns To Training Ahead of Eduardo's Return

Yesterday seemed to be just like any other post international break, as we waited for news of returning Arsenal players and hoped they had managed to make their way back to the club in one piece.

As I made my journey home from work on the train yesterday evening, I saw a post from Gunneraddik saying that there were pictures on the club site of a certain Aaron Ramsey back in training.

I immediately went to the club site and I was delighted to be able to view the pictures on my phone. As I was playing football myself last night, I couldn't stop staring at his ankles/shins and I had to see I could almost feel the pain myself as I remembered what he had gone through.

I didn't expect him to return to running and kicking a ball quite so soon, but I suppose the real test for him will be when he starts playing competitively again.

I can't imagine how it might feel for him when he first goes into a 50/50 challenge and I know it would scare the hell out of me—I'm not suggesting for one single second that it was a 50/50 challenge that snapped his leg in two and left the bottom end of it facing in the wrong direction with only his sock holding it together.

The fact that Shawcross (I still spit when I say his name) was sent off meant that he got a three game ban and that was the end of that as far as the FA were concerned. We all know the turmoil that poor innocent Shawcross went through after that game because he's not the type of player to do that to a fellow professional, despite the evidence to the contrary.

Stoke pays a visit to the Emirates on Saturday, December 18th and it will be interesting to see what reaction he gets that day and if he cries his eyes out or gets his mother to bring him home as he did when he shattered Ramsey's leg.

The horrible injury to Ramsey reminded me of a very similar injury that Eduardo suffered a couple of years earlier and how it ruined his Arsenal career before he really got a chance to show us, on a regular basis, exactly how good he is/was.

In one of those strange quirks of life, we will get to see Eduardo make his return to Arsenal with his new club next Tuesday night as we take on Shakhtar Donetsk in our Champions league group.

I'm sure the reception he gets will be the complete opposite of the one Shawcross receives and it's a reception he will fully deserve. I still wonder at times how his Arsenal career might have gone if only he hadn't had his leg so brutally broken on that day in Birmingham.

Next Up For Arsenal & Liverpool's Demise:

As other things seem to be coming together nicely, our next league game is against those same opponents as Birmingham visits the Emirates for a Saturday afternoon kick off.

The international break may have seemed to last forever but it will be well and truly over on Saturday afternoon, at long last. It's a game we just have to win and looking at the table, Birmingham is a bit short on points themselves, as they are only one point ahead of Liverpool—who are of course in the relegation zone.

I didn't have to say that but I must admit that I love saying it and, by the looks of things, their troubles are far from over—no takeover has been completed yet and lawsuits are pending, left, right and centre.

Speaking of Liverpool, does anybody else find it strange that their fans are holding up banners saying, "Yanks Out," as they are about to be bought out by another American?

How can they be certain things won't go wrong again and when will they start to blame the players who, in my opinion, are playing truly awfully at the moment?

That's it for today but from here on in things look like they will be picking up with regards to Arsenal news, thankfully.

See You Tomorrow.