Kieran Gibbs has been sucked back into his injury catch-22 and has swirled into the unavailable category due to a stomach muscle issue so Andre Santos who impressed when he came on during the weekend
Olympiacos (h) Thoughts & Line Up: Injury forces Coq fight with Frimpong for midfield role
Emmanuel Frimpong and Francis Coquelin will be fighting it out to take over from Song's role in the midfield. The European game could suit the ball playing style of Coquelin but Frimpong has come in for Song already this season and has done very well. Personally I would plump for the Frenchman in this instance but I believe that Wenger will choose Frimpong as his chief ball
Borussia Dortmund (a) Post Match Thoughts: Gotze, Koscielny & Flipping the script
What I find very intriguing is the development of this new team. It looks as if we are doing things the other way round now. Wenger's teams of the past have always clicked offensively. The continuous short passing work on the training ground has been replicated on the pitch but the stability defensively
A win and a draw, we are on our way up…. Postives Showing
A win was only what I asked for, didn't care if it was by a low margin which eventually was the case. We started pretty well from the start and should have scored if Ramsey had taken his chance. Theo had his shot at goal cleared off the line, RVP struck the post after a beautiful foot work and Chamackh had a clear header saved by Vorm, Swansea's Goal keeper. That's 4 goals missed which on a very good day should have been translated to goals. Swansea missed a couple of chances too but still
Scarred by International injuries, Wage rises & Goals goals goals
Liverpoo, UEFarce, Buy Buy & More – Iron Man's Arse Weekly
Considering the fact they were thrust in at the deep end, the kids didn’t do too badly. An undeniable ray of light was Emanuel ‘DEEEEEEEENCH’ Frimpong whose performance before his red card has been rightly lauded from all quarters. After all the tippy-tappy, it’s refreshing to see a more combative element to the Arsenal midfield. There’s no way the team will ever be considered a ‘soft touch’ with this lad charging about like a rabid rhinoceros on speed. For all the talk of Arsene Wenger’s youth policy
Udinese (a) Thoughts & Line Up: Arsenal reach crossroads, It’s make or break time
With Laurent Koscielny still struggling for fitness, the return of Johan Djourou will ease Wenger's fears slightly, I didn't want to see Alex Song moved back into defence for such an important game, especially
Nonplussed about Nasri, worried about Wilshere, tense about tomorrow
Your Vision – What now?
So the least player we can get in an attacking mid role is Eden hazard, he looks quite a player and i personally think he's better than juan mata but if we are going to spend almost 25mil on a belgian player playing in the french league ( no offense for both
Liverpool (h) Post Match Thoughts: The need for transfers deflects injury nightmare
Emmanuel Frimpong has quite frightening potential. A fighter, fully of commitment and a physical freak of nature. As Arsene said, he needs to control his enthusiasm. His second yellow card was fully justified. Mistimed and reckless. His first yellow card was laughable. A Liverpool player played a pass and Sagna slid in attempting to cut the pass out. The ball went out of play and it was not clear if a touch was