Arsène Wenger has kept faith with the 11 that beat Watford 3-0 only a few days ago. The only real questions pre match was whether Giroud or the returning Gabriel would come in but Arsène resisted to start with either
It will be interesting to see whether Wenger continues his ploy of starting David Ospina in cup competitions or if Petr Cech gets the nod. Bayern have a number of star names unavailable but still boast a travelling group full of world-beaters. Ageing wingers Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery remained sidelined for Guardiola’s men, with the responsibility of providing thrust in wide areas handed to summer signing Douglas Costa. Mario Gotze is another that will not feature, however Kingsley Coman is likely to take his place in the attacking ranks. Defensive pair Holger Badstuber and Mehdi Benatia are both harbouring injuries and will not play
In an ideal world we would take six points off Bayern Munich over these next two games, confidence would be flowing and we would go on a crazy winning run both domestically and abroad, no injuries and the quadruple in our sights but the reality is that we will not be able to play that many games at full pelt especially as we have three important squad players in Welbeck, Wilshere and Rosicky not being able to contribute to the first part of this season.
So today Arsenal are taking a short trip past my house to Vicarage Road to play newly (is it newly in October?) promoted Watford who have started the season pretty well, especially defensively. They have only conceded 7 goals so far which is the same as the mighty Arsenal, Manchester City, Crystal Palace and some other club. In fact Watford have conceded 10 goals less than Chelsea. So last seasons Champions who are an utter mess this season have allowed more than double of newly (or
In today's Arsenal Vision Post Match Podcast: Arsenal return to Premier League action with another 3-0 victory, this time against a stubborn Watford team. Paul (@PoznanInMyPants) and James (@GoonerFanatic49) talk Coquelin, Ramsey, Monreal, Bellerin and more
In today's Arsenal Vision Post Match Podcast: Arsenal rip apart the mighty Manchester United in a 20 minute spell. Paul (@PoznanInMyPants), James (@GoonerFanatic49) and @Elliot (Yankee Gunner) talk excitedly about what they witnessed on the pitch on Sunday afternoon.
On the first goal Coquelin robbed Memphis Depay outside of their penalty box just as they had won the ball back. Ramsey's part in the goal is somewhat understated I feel but it was the Alexis improvisation that really stood out. Only Alexis would have taken that cross like that in our squad. After a slow start to the season he is well and truly back and wow he makes a huge difference to our attack. Alexis Sanchez got a taste for it, and it was his flick from Santi's pass to Özil that was the beginning of the second goal only minutes later. Walcott zoomed inside the box, cut inside and picked out Mesut Özil for a cool side foot past the rooted de Gea. A few weeks ago Walcott would have snatched at that when he had cut inside but these weeks he is showing composure and making the best decisions for the team
Ramsey must play in the middle". This they suggest would allow the OX to play as a wide forward. That idea is now totally discredited based on recent performances by the Englishman. Others of that cult have gone further and suggest that Rambo should play centrally instead of Santi. The idea that we not play our most technically proficient central-midfielder so as to shoehorn the Welshman
Well this article is kinda redundant isn't it? It didn't take a rocket scientist to work out what our line up would be this afternoon. Petr Cech is restored to the line up with Aaron Ramsey replacing Oxlade-Chamberlain on the right. In form Nacho Monreal also returns at left back in place of Kieran Gibbs.
The mood amongst the Arsenal fans after our 3-2 defeat at the hands of the Greeks in midweek was very low, frustrations boiling over online (shock horror) and the managers future being questioned by sections of the fan base. Yet victory this afternoon against Manchester United at the Emirates would put Arsenal only two points off the top of the table, that without Arsenal having found any consistency and it's fair to say, not anywhere near our best form. That is not exactly a bad position to be in at this moment in time, but you know that anything less than a victory today will more than likely see Arsenal fans venting at the final whistle and obviously that helps absolutely nobody at Arsenal football club. Especially the players who we are kinda hoping find some consistency and