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Our second and final goal of the game was a lovely passage of play and it resulted in another good cross from Vela, first time left foot cross from the left in between goalkeeper and defence and perfectly to the sliding foot of Nicklas Bendtner to bundle

the squad looks very attack heavy with too many players wanting to play in the available three slots. Theo Walcott is almost certainly likely to start on the right with probably Nicklas Bendtner on the left.

The trouble is, that squad could be a little attack heavy whilst the midfield could do with another fit player such as Ramsey or Diaby. Van Persie, Walcott and Bendtner will all be expecting to start whilst Carlos Vela and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas would have wanted a chance to show that they

Andrey Arshavin had played his best game since we won at Partizan Belgrade, we were witnessing the player we broke our transfer record for. He was heavily involved in our build up, he was running at Villa

Robin Van Persie has come through his fitness tests and will be available for selection, you would think that a fit Van Persie has to start his road to match fitness at some time and could Villa park be the time to bring him back, especially when you lose the quality of Cesc Fabregas

I would have thought that Ramsey would have stayed at Arsenal where the medical staff could keep an eye on him and give him games here and there to make sure no harm is done to his leg. Perhaps Arsenal are certain that he is 100% and all he needs is match fitness. I am no medical expert but I thought that would come a little later but I guess not. However I am sure Arsene and Arsenal have spoken to Nottingham Forest and Billy boy in depth about his situation and what his limits are. The good news is that we get to watch him play more games than he would do at Arsenal at this stage. Couldn't we have given them Jay Emmanuel-Thomas while we were at it? 

I am of the opinion that the minimum requirement of being an Arsenal registered player is to give 100% in every game you play in for every minute. That is both on the field of play and on the training ground. If you do not have that then move aside until you do have that installed in your mind, if lessons are not learnt then you will be replaced with someone who can

Firstly too many changes were made to the team from the weekend. I have said many times, we need our players to have a run of games together to build continuity. Our game is based on continuity more

Rosicky couldn't make the difference when he came on at the weekend but hopefully he will be raring to go probably from the left attacking position. He is more than due a goal and I am backing him to get his name on the score sheet at some

The difference between Premier League sides is decreasing. Anyone can beat anyone. A win against a smaller team means as much as a win against a big team because that big team may well lose against that smaller team the next time they play. You cannot take any game for granted but at the same time you should be extra proud of any victory. And - in the same vein - a loss is a loss against any team. The Sp*rs game was a game like any other and only more important in terms of pride