Kieran Gibbs has been sucked back into his injury catch-22 and has swirled into the unavailable category due to a stomach muscle issue so Andre Santos who impressed when he came on during the weekend
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The Struggle to Fix our Robin Reliance
A win is a win is a win, as they say, but it’s a shame that, despite winning, our games seem so often to exist merely to provoke further discussion about our flaws. Don’t get me wrong, I am very happy about winning, I just think it would be nice to sit down after a win and spend our time enjoying the performance and not just infinitely analysing our seemingly incurable ailments
Key Players In Our Positive Result Against Sunderland
His 1st goal was exquisite. Gervinho got the ball on the far side on the left, drifted in field and made a simple pass to RVP who dropped his shoulder shifted the ball to the other side with his right foot, beat Turner and fired home from just outside the box with his right foot to give us the lead.
Sunderland (h) Post Match Thoughts: Subtlety over power wins the day
In recent years I have felt that van Persie has often put too much behind his freekicks, almost trying to burst the net and as a result he has lost control of many of his efforts, many of them flying over the crossbar. This time he chose the Thierry Henry school of freekicks, almost flicking the ball over the wall
Sunderland (h) Thoughts & Line Up: Post international Arsenal must hit ground running
Laurent Koscielny will return to the team which will thankfully push Alex Song further forward into the position he needs to be in. Koscielny will resume his partnership with Per Mertesacker and it will be down to Arsene to decide to start Andre Santos or Kieran Gibbs. Arsene would have been able to keep a close eye on their progress during the last week as both would have
Injuries The New Transfer Rumour & The Margin Between Scapegoat or Hero
Three Ways that Wenger Could Freshen Up Our Team
When I say inflexible I don’t mean that we need Patrick Rice to sign him up for Spursday night Yoga sessions (Europa what?). No. What I mean is that he is inflexible tactically; seemingly reluctant to make significant changes when the system appears ineffective and openly adverse to adapting to suit varying
Has Your Love For Arsenal Deserted You? & The Experience vs Youth Catch-22
The Arteta/Cesc Comparisons – Two very different players
Arteta would be a perfect fit in a 4-3-3 provided Wenger can get the combination right. As it stands the best midfield 3 combo is Song, Arteta and Jack. The question here is if we look sound in the creativity department. Don't get me wrong Arteta and Jack can pull their weight creatively what I feel they lack is the ability to do it on a regular basis like Cesc did reason I said we need a super quality