Bacary Sagna out injured, much of the attention has been on Gareth Bale coming up against Carl Jenkinson but I do not see that being the case, unless Villas-Boas, purposefully switches Bale to the left because in recent matches he has adopted a central role which has all
Rosicky will not get the most amount of goals or assists over the course of a season but what he will do is make the team better by making other players more effective. Jack Wilshere's driving runs from midfield have often been our plan b from our passing plan a so adding another player who can do this will help open up spaces but above that, what I like about Rosicky in the team is that he keeps everything so simple and speeds up our football. Often on the move looking for pockets of space to receive the ball and then
Whatever hurdles we may face today, we are favourites for a place in this years quarter finals, there is no complacency in that statement merely an observation based on the positions the two teams find themselves in at present. But as we have been already reminded this season, a gap in leagues does not guarantee victory, ask Bradford City. I must say though, I am very relived
Jack Wilshere played 90 minutes for England in midweek and the hype (deservedly so) has gone through the roof in the last few days so I wouldn't at all be surprised if Arsene was to plonk him on the bench for this one to take him out of the spot light and more importantly keep him as far away from zones and the colour red. We have the same midfield trio available that started the season so
Thomas Vermaelen returns to the side tonight and while it has not always worked, I would select Koscielny as his partner over Per Mertesacker who has been our most consistent center back this season but looked out of sorts at Brighton. Perhaps the mobility of the Vermielny or Kosmaelen partnership may be the order of the day facing the wriggling Suarez, Sterling and perhaps Sturridge
Central game changers at Arsenal have been targeted in the past so this is nothing new. Cesc Fabregas spent game after game trying to avoid that shadow that followed him around. Dennis Bergkamp was the same, always having to think a few steps ahead to find the space to get on the ball. Recently, even Mikel Arteta has had to deal with special attention as opposition teams knew that he was the player that started our attacks from deep. But Jack Wilshere has something that all of those players do not. Wilshere has
I am looking forward to this afternoons game against the Geordies and it should make for a good game of football, I suppose any type of game would be good as long as we come away from the Emirates stadium with all three points. I am sure you've read the stat that we are the only Premier League team to have acquired more points away from home than we have at our gaff. If we are to remain in the
Jack meet Alex, Alex meet Jack. These two exceptionally gifted Arsenal youngsters are yet to exchange passes in Arsenal shirts as yet, well at least in a match. I will go one better, they are yet to appear in a first team game together. They were close on the weekend but Wilshere was replaced before the Ox came onto the pitch. That could and should change this evening, well that is as long as
The confusion is further enhanced with both managers waiting on the fitness of several first team players. That said, Tottenham have a habit of crying injury only to turn up with the full complement of players. They are heading into boy who cried wolf territory now so I will ignore it. Aaron Lennon and his magical waving arm is one player that is allegedly doubtful for the game and I hope this one isn't