One player who will not feature is Aaron Ramsey who suffered a knee problem in the West Ham game, offsetting that issue will be the return of Jack Wilshere from injury. The two game break could have done Jack some good as his form had dipped somewhat. Would it be a risk to throw Wilshere into a difficult away match after a two week break? Newcastle United are in very good form and will
Arsenal had looked unsteady on their feet after the Cole goal. almost like a boxer stumbling around trying to refocus but Cole and company could not take advantage, spurning good chances. Aaron Ramsey had suffered a knee injury and it was that injury that turned the game, Podolski replaced him and we had end product
You would imagine that Theo Walcott will keep his place in the team for the next few weeks due to his freshness and obvious goal scoring threat even if he was not at his best against Chelsea. Santi Cazorla is likely to start on the left so Tomas Rosicky could keep his place in the team, probably replacing Özil as our furthest attacking player. Even without our record signing, that is a very strong
Arsene who started with Walcott on the right and Flamini on the bench had other ideas. But Arsenal are not playing with the confidence and fluidity of August so breaking through Chelsea's narrow block proved too difficult. It is difficult enough trying to break down a mid-table side let alone a squad that costs more than most in world football. It is hard to imagine that the weather did not have some sort
I fully expect Chelsea to revert back to type tonight, they have been conceding goals and Mourinho will not want to concede goals tonight. I wouldn't be surprised to see Chelsea lay out the same trap that they have done for many years now. Stop us from playing, invite us onto them and hit us on the break or from a set piece. It has been groundhog day against Mourinho but hopefully we have to show that we are now much smarter than that. I would much rather see a boring chess match between two heavyweight teams canceling each other out than another game of Arsenal having all the ball and lose.
Using the most recent game, Manchester City away, I noticed officials going against us early on. There were some early incidents that got the City fans moaning. This led to them booing decisions that went against them and adding pressure on the ref and unfortunately for us, the linesmen. I remember Girod getting the ball in what the home fans thought was an offside position; the home support went insane as if he got away with studs-up challenge a la Toure on Girod later in the same game. The crowd’s reaction put huge pressure on the officials in the game, and it told. In fact, the City fans kept out two goals the City defence could not. So, what do we do? How do we get round this?
He seemed like the exact type of player we could have used at City. I didn't expect him to start that game because he started in Naples a few days earlier but switching Wilshere for Rosicky should have had a positive impact but you never can quite tell. Forget buying a striker in January we should invest the cash into a body duplication machine and give Tomas a new Ramsey body for Christmas. I guess all our players would require the Ramsey 2.0 wouldn't they such is the Welshman's insane engine. But that is not possible and I am being very childish once more.
The Bacary Sagna situation is still up in the air. After some positive comments by Arsene last week, Bac has followed them up with more cagey utterances to the French media. Bacary has plenty to give and once again this campaign he has shown his class, consistency and professionalism. For a few months now Gooners have been shouting from the roof tops to offer Bac a new contract. I am pretty sure we would have been on the case for a while now but we do not know what the players preferences are right now. Hopefully Bac will opt to extend his deal with us and continue to be one of the best defensive right back's around should he want to dip his toe into new footballing waters then perhaps we can use this as a time to evolve and buy a right back that can make the difference in the final third given that our right back is often the spare attacking outlet.
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Ok, City boast a fantastic squad of players who, as we have seen, at the top their game simply cannot be beaten. However, as good as they appeared to be, they were ably assisted by abysmal Arsenal defending. City's opener came as a result of some schoolboy-like ball watching from Larent Koscielny who seemed oblivious to the presence of Sergio Ageuro sneaking up behind him to volley home from a corner. I'm yet to put myself through the agony of listen to any pundits' assessment of the game but I imagine our zonal marking set up will come under scrutiny. One of the biggest mistakes people make about this system is that they think players aren't marking and somehow remain static. This is incorrect. Koscielny was tasked with marshalling the 'zone' of the back post area, meaning he should