For the Gunners, the only selection choices I can see are between Bendtner, Walcott and Rosicky. I expect only two of the three to start the game and it will be interesting to see who moves to the wide position between the two forwards, at least from a starting position

Short preview today. I do not have the time to go into a full scale ramble, instead you will have to read the editors cut. This game against the new money bags is concerning me slightly. We are in the middle of a bad run after suffering defeats at the hands of Barcelona, Tottenham and Wigan. The time is now to try and put that right, Arsene Wenger will certainly be hoping that his players can respond after a lacklustre performance at the DW stadium last weekend.

We could start the game with two vital spinal players who were missing from the kick off last weekend. Alex Song has shaken off his groin injury whilst Robin Van Persie should be ready to start after only managing a couple of minutes last weekend.

My one concern will be both players having missed a lot of football recently, being thrown in together in a difficult game. Manchester City will be a massive threat to Arsenal going forward. Craig Bellamy, Carlos Tevez and Emmanuel Adebayor all have the pace to trouble a possible high line, when you have Mikel Silvestre in the side, it can be a cause for concern.

Arsene will have to make sure that the team work hard defensively and do not allow open spaces in behind the full backs for the wide players to run into.

I can see the three front players sat on the half way line, waiting for Arsenal to lose the ball, early passes from the likes of Gareth Barry could be something that the team may have to watch out for.

For the Gunners, the only selection choices I can see are between Bendtner, Walcott and Rosicky. I expect only two of the three to start the game and it will be interesting to see who moves to the wide position between the two forwards, at least from a starting position. The rest of the team pretty much picks itself due to injuries.

One to watch: Sol Campbell

Sol has a job to do on Emmanuel Adebayor, two physical big players and like many Gooners I hope Campbell give the former erm.. Monaco forward a tough time.

Adebayor will be highly motivated against us and I would not be surprised to see him score another against us to add to his knee sliding goal at the City of Manchester. Adebayor can be a handful for most so it will be interesting to see how a 35 year old defender deals with him.

Mean Lean’s Predicted Line Up

Mean Lean’s Match Prediction

With nothing much to play for and the team suffering from the recent events I can see us having a setback. I have a bad feeling about this game and it would be wrong for me to write something different.

But with Robin Van Persie likely to start, you never know what could happen. An early goal will do wonders for the side, lets pray that it will come.

COME ON YOU GUNNERS.

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