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It does give us a chance to rest Alex Song from now on though, the poor guy has been run into the ground. Song has been extremely consistent this season and has hardly put a foot wrong

Goalkeeper Craig Gordon who cost roughly the same as Cesc, Van Persie, Song and Ramsey combined is also missing with a long term injury. Powerful striker Kenwyne Jones will be suspended which is good news for our boys

The rest of our players are not even really injured, Wenger just wants to show off the depth of his creation, they are all chilling downing margarita's, although Johan Djourou may have turned into an alcoholic by now

I do love Bacary's attitude, he really does seem like a true Gooner. Always wears his heart on his sleeve and is a strong character

For someone who was so committed to Arsenal he did have a strange habit of speaking about how great other clubs were. I cannot remember a player like Van Persie talking about how great Milan or Barcelona

Arsene will not want to rush his player back too quickly and suffer a relapse. He has done this in the past with players and has regretted it and these days he is much more cautious

His movement along the front line with the likes of Rosicky, Cesc and Arshavin all capable of finding him will be very interesting in the coming weeks. Eduardo uncharacteristically missed two great chances

Many have forgotten that Mikel Silvestre joined Arsenal not fully fit, he had been plagued with injuries at Manchester United and was getting over his latest problem

I can understand why many Arsenal supporters are not too worried about our inability to keep a clean sheet at present, due to the team recording an impressive 36 goals in the Premiership

I think it is a little too early to be talking about Gibbs playing for his country, he is yet to have a long run in the first team and he will need that before anyone can really start talking about international football