Without Clichy and Sagna our back four looked all over the place, It didn't help that Gallas was coming back in from injury. Silvestre had a pretty poor game in my eyes, and did not fill me with confidence
Arsene played the perecentages here, and it didn’t work. Hey, it happens. Barcelona did the same the night previously as they knew they had Real Madrid coming up on the weekend. And whilst Boro aren’t as glamorous as Real Madrid, the logic is the same
I was unsure about how we would line up but the manager has given it away by declaring that Ebcheerue will play at right back in place of the rested Sagna
My worry is that we as human beings have some obsession with laughing at someone else's misfortune, in this case laughter is replaced with venting negativity
They want success so much that they will sacrifice anything - even one of their own in order to achieve those ideals
I assumed that the supporters were in the majority, I hope they are but I have to say that the treatment of Emmanuel Eboue frightened me. Is this what supporting your side has become?
Despite Fabianski playing well in the Carling Cup (I recall him making an excellent double save against Wigan), he is still clearly not ready in my eyes to replace Almunia, considering his poor display against Burnley
Arsene put him out of his misery and culled him for Silvestre to widespread cheers, thereby sparing him the risk of making that fatal, goal-conceding error. Adebayor went over to console him but he was obviously upset and marched straight down the tunnel
Cesc Fabregas, Sami Nasri and Robin Van Persie will be key to this game. Song and Denilson will help the defence to see out a clean sheet and it is down to the trio of attacking players to find openings
Now to the great news, Eduardo is close to a first team comeback which is just wonderful. Not only does it provide us with another quality player at our disposal but it adds to the feel good factor that has started to take shape over the last few weeks