Plenty of defensive and offensive responsibility will fall on the shoulders of Emmanuel Eboue this afternoon. A player who can be fantastic one moment and then shaky the next. I expect Liverpool to defend narrowly with special attention being made to Walcott on that side so Eboue could find himself as the spare man at times. His powerful running could give space to others and could also make one of
As usual Wenger has to take a slow walk down the halls of the treatment room corridor to check on the availability of players to choose from. The curtains of Alex Song's bed are drawn shut
I am interested to know what Arsene will do with the rest of the team, he often rests players who have played International football but given the importance of the game it could well be seen as somewhat of a risk. Andrey Arshavin for example has played plenty of minutes in Russia's last two
Jack Wilshere will start in midfield, assuming he continues with his in between role, the question would then be who plays directly behind and ahead of him. Denilson, Ramsey, Rosicky and Nasri are the real possibilities but given the absence of Theo Walcott, I would imagine that Nasri will be used in
Chances are that it will be either Tomas Rosicky or Samir Nasri to play in the central role. Nasri has often been overlooked to play in the hole as Arsene likes to utilise his pace to get in behind the opposition
There could also be a very good argument for starting Marouane Chamakh over Bendtner, for one Chamakh is a better presser of the ball and we will need that in full effect. He is also fresher than Bendtner after playing less minutes in recent weeks and another theory is that he links up the midfield better than the Dane who can always be used as an impact substitute late on if we need his presence
For once our opposition today have almost an many injury problems as our own. They currently have 6 players definitely out for today whilst we have 7 unavailable for selection. It is quite amazing when you look closely at the quality we currently have out, right down the spine of our team. Fabianski, Vermaelen, Cesc, Song and Van Persie with one of our wide goalscorers Walcott also out of the team, even with this ridiculous amount of talent not
Perhaps apart from Tomas Rosicky we do not have the same type of player who depend on their passing and vision more than anything else. Whilst the likes of Nasri, Wilshere and Ramsey are all good passers of the ball but none of them have the same level of vision and can pick a pass in the
If Bendtner continues from where he left off then I expect the Dane to flourish in a more creative and fluid team around him. I have a good feeling that he will score if he plays this evening