Previews

Leyton Orient (a) Thoughts & Predictions: Barca to Orient, the focus must remain the same

We have had the Emirates stadium to hold our hands when mass changes caused our level of performance to drop, this will not be the case this time so the players who are given the chance to play will have to hit the ground running. I would be very surprised if Arsene threw in many of the players from midweek as the game required a huge amount of physical and mental energy and when you look further down the line we have the small matter of Tony Pulis' thugs and then the Carling Cup final against an even bigger collection of thugs. That is actually quite a frightening prospect.

West Brom (a) – Thoughts & Predicted Line Up: Rotation, Youthful Defenders & Away Form

Barcelona (h) Thoughts & Predictions: Has Wenger left a surprise for Alves and Barca?

I found it very interesting that Walcott was moved to the left hand side against Wolves when Andrey Arshavin was replaced for Nicklas Bendtner. Theo Walcott is hardly ever moved away from the right and the obvious move would have been to move Bendtner to the left hand side and keep Theo Walcott on the right. I wonder if Arsene Wenger has a little trick up his sleeve. A move to the left would give Dani Alves something to think

West Brom (a) – Thoughts & Predicted Line Up: Rotation, Youthful Defenders & Away Form

Wolves (h) Thoughts & Predictions: Time to feed last weekend to the Wolves

I expect Wolves to play with a congested midfield, especially narrowly. The forward passes of Cesc along with the movement of Van Persie and Walcott will be important. When Cesc is on his game then the rest of his team mates are usually on their game because of the captain's influence on the pitch. Without Samir Nasri we are going to need Cesc to take a step forward and find his best form, hopefully the midweek rest will have allowed

West Brom (a) – Thoughts & Predicted Line Up: Rotation, Youthful Defenders & Away Form

Newcastle (a) Thoughts & Predictions: Diaby & Wilshere to form an intriguing combination

Like I have already eluded to earlier, I expect Diaby to be a key figure in our performance. A player who can pull out an amazing piece of skill which will open up 10 yards of space and then misplace his next pass from five yards away. Usually the latter only happens when he is not quite up to speed and perhaps he isn't at his sharpest yet but mistakes should be limited as his role maybe a little simplified

West Brom (a) – Thoughts & Predicted Line Up: Rotation, Youthful Defenders & Away Form

Everton (h) Thoughts & Predictions: Performance must improve to avoid sticky Toffee’s

The Russian has some big shoes to fill but if he can find his best form then he is fully capable of stepping up to the plate and producing the goods. Nasri was very important to the team because of his link up with Cesc and Van Persie, so it will be interesting to see how Arshavin plays with his creative

West Brom (a) – Thoughts & Predicted Line Up: Rotation, Youthful Defenders & Away Form

Huddersfield Town (h) Thoughts & Predictions: Squad depth grows as four return

He may not be everyone's cup of tea but Abou Diaby still remains one of my favourite players. A player with fantastic ability and has the ability to completely dominate midfield battles. Patience may well be required as Diaby is often quite a slow starter after injury, his West Brom performance earlier in the

West Brom (a) – Thoughts & Predicted Line Up: Rotation, Youthful Defenders & Away Form

Wigan (h) Thoughts & Predictions: Continue with the work and the points should follow

The Dutchman is getting his groove back, he is finding his swagger at the right time. With practically his first touch of the ball at Elland road, he rose to score our third goal of the game. I believe that he will be pivotal to our attacking play this afternoon and hopefully his run of scoring goals will continue

West Brom (a) – Thoughts & Predicted Line Up: Rotation, Youthful Defenders & Away Form

Leeds United (a) Thoughts & Predictions: Squad sharpness key to tonight’s performance

Alex Song could take a couple of steps back to partner Koscielny or Ignasi Miquel could be drafted in to make his senior debut, unless Sebastien Squillaci has made a miraculous recovery then it looks as if that is Arsene's only real possibilities, unless larger re-jigs were on the managers mind which would only be used in emergency

West Brom (a) – Thoughts & Predicted Line Up: Rotation, Youthful Defenders & Away Form

Ipswich Town (a) Thoughts & Predictions: A big night for Andrey Arshavin

I would personally like to see Rosicky and Arshavin switch positions in this game and start Rosicky as an left attacker, giving our full back a greater level of protection and also harder pressing in the final third of the pitch whilst allowing Arshavin the freedom of the center to pick his through passes and striking

West Brom (a) – Thoughts & Predicted Line Up: Rotation, Youthful Defenders & Away Form