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Abou Diaby has been playing deeper this season, assisting Alex Song in most of the defensive duties, when his natural instincts are to get forward and get shots away

I suppose the quandary for Arsene is how many of his fresher players can he bring in without disrupting the momentum of his troops. For confidence and self belief reasons

Theo Walcott will also be an option for Wenger even if his form isn't the very best right now, his pace will always make the opposition manager adjust their game plan based on the danger of our right winger

The front three positions is the area that intrigues me most coming into the game this evening. Vela and Walcott are likely to add sheer pace to the attack along with the craft of either Wilshere or Merida

With Denilson moved slightly further back to sit ahead of Gallas and Vermaelen and Diaby not quite ready to return it will be interesting to see which midfielder is given the job of helping Denilson as well as joining the attack

Theo Walcott is one player who needs minutes and sharpness will surely start on the right of an attacking three, I am interested to see how a possible battle between Wayne Bridge and the speedy Theo develops

Theo Walcott who came on as a late substitute on Saturday will surely pick up the reins this evening, probably on the right wing and Andrey Arshavin could and should return to add some attacking spark to the left

Goalkeeper Craig Gordon who cost roughly the same as Cesc, Van Persie, Song and Ramsey combined is also missing with a long term injury. Powerful striker Kenwyne Jones will be suspended which is good news for our boys

Love him or hate him, you cannot argue with the amount of times he has won the ball this season, either in the air or on the deck. Diaby gives us something from the center of midfield that we cannot get from any other single player in our squad

Tomas Rosicky, Samir Nasri and Eduardo Da Silva should all be fit, fresh and hungry for games and could all be in contention for a starting place in the side. Although it is likely that Tomas Rosicky will be starting from the bench as Arsene mentioned in his press conference