So for tomorrow I imagine we'll see...
Szy
Sagna BFG Kos Gibbs (I prefer Gibbs)
Rosicky Arteta
Gnabry Ozil Cazorla
Giroud
Possible contenders for starting Oxlaide-Chamberlain and Podolski.
Also why don't we bring Coquellin back on loan? He's got potential and is solid as a DMF.
Weather looks great, Wenger's gone without his coat!
The ox has been good in midfield, usual Pulis PTB style but our 2nd half is always our strongest! Arteta off early for Rosicky...wonder what the go is.
EDIT: It was Podolski who came off for Rocky, my bad.
What a result. 2 excellent goals from The Ox. If he can keep that up and replace Ramsey's goal scoring form with his own then that gives me a lot of confidence going forward. Giroud just doesn't seem to be getting goals, be he is always involved, either drawing defenders for Ox's first, or being a part of the give and go for his second. Time to suffer through a long day before super bowl tonight!
Ox seemed possessed. Great 2nd half. Can ox been grommed into a striker? Bit of time of the pitch and an injury free run i cant see why not. I have heard he wanted to be turn into a dmf though.
Pattern of our season really - every injury setback seems to get nullified by another player coming back and playing himself into form.
Ramsey was in the form of his life, then when he got injured wilshere hit his straps for the first time this season. Now he's injured too, and the Ox steps up and form in that position.
Similar thing has happened at LB. Gibbs going great guns for the first half of the season, picks up an injury, Monreal slots in and hits a very good patch of form, now gibbs can't get back in the side.
Stoked that Cazorla did well on the right hand side today, it's important that he can do a job there with gnabry being inexperienced and the ox needed in central midfield for the time being. Also good to see Rosicky available again.
Giroud has had his fair share of goals this season but this morning's game showed perfectly the multitude of things he brings to the team on top of that. The one-two assist with the Ox for the second goal was excellent. He won a cr*pload in the air and despite his touch not quite being as good this morning as I usually expect of him, he still played a lot of great balls and flicks to start threatening moves. And then there were the two absolutely crucial set-piece clearances I saw (could've been more that I didn't notice). He's so key in that near-post spot on defensive corners. The sack, kosc and sagna are our only other players who are effective in the air so it's critical to have that defensive presence from Giroud as well.
Kallstrom injury story, I mean wtf, that is just messed up.
Good result - conceded 1 in the last 11 home games! Massive next 4 games though looking forward to them with the players coming back (hopefully).
Here's hoping Giroud stays injury free and the midfielders keep weighing in with their fair share of goals. Bring on the red mickeys this weekend.
Feck. Back to 2nd with Chelsea doing the business. Urgh. I suppose it doesn't change much, but it does highlight that it's possible to stop city scoring, and to score on them.
We are top by 2 points.
WTF. The table I saw before that had updated before the game finished.
Mental.
ON BBC & a lot of other sites they now run LIVE league tables, so update them every time a goal is scored.
That round couldn't have gone much better really. Arsenal win, Chelsea beat City, Liverpool and Spurs both drop points when they shouldn't have and united, well, LOL.
Big game against Liverpool alright, if we can keep Suarez and Sturridge quiet again like at the Emirates that would be a good start as we should be able to score against their awful defense.
It would be a shame if they were telling lies and Agger and Sakho were actually fit...and IIRC, Sturridge didn't play the first time round. Hee hee. I am quite excited about this one!
You can ascertain what your opponent is afraid of by observing the means by which he attempts to frighten you
It would be a shame if they were telling lies and Agger and Sakho were actually fit...and IIRC, Sturridge didn't play the first time round. Hee hee. I am quite excited about this one!
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you will be wanting that Liverpool left back to be playing - Sissokho? He is fantastic comedy value, and should get torn a new one by Carzola and Ozil.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
It would be a shame if they were telling lies and Agger and Sakho were actually fit...and IIRC, Sturridge didn't play the first time round. Hee hee. I am quite excited about this one!
Usually arsene might play rosicky in a bigger game like this, but if cazorla is taking a wide spot then we really need some pace on the other side for balance. So for me we have to have one of gnabry/poldi/ox starting... perhaps podolski for his experience, he did well at anfield last season
Wilshere comes straight back into the starting lineup for me. Gibbs/Monreal a toss-up...
Szczesny
Sagna-Mertesacker-Koscielny-Monreal
Arteta-Wilshere
Cazorla-Ozil-Podolski
Giroud
Injury Update:
Wilshere - possibly available for Liverpool away (Feb 8)
Ramsey - possibly available for Tottenham away (Mar 16)
Diaby - possibly available in April
Walcott - out until next season
Also:
Flamini still suspended, misses Liverpool, ManU and Liverpool (FA Cup), next game will be Bayern Munich at home (Feb 19)
Szczesny
Sagna-Mertesacker-Koscielny-Gibbs
Arteta - Rosicky
Cazorla-Ozil-Podolski
Giroud
It would be a shame if they were telling lies and Agger and Sakho were actually fit...and IIRC, Sturridge didn't play the first time round. Hee hee. I am quite excited about this one!
visiting the Estuary for the game?
You can ascertain what your opponent is afraid of by observing the means by which he attempts to frighten you
Usually arsene might play rosicky in a bigger game like this, but if cazorla is taking a wide spot then we really need some pace on the other side for balance. So for me we have to have one of gnabry/poldi/ox starting... perhaps podolski for his experience, he did well at anfield last season
Wilshere comes straight back into the starting lineup for me. Gibbs/Monreal a toss-up...
Szczesny
Sagna-Mertesacker-Koscielny-Monreal
Arteta-Wilshere
Cazorla-Ozil-Podolski
Giroud
I get the feeling this might be one of those games where we could score a few. Although they have Suarez, Sturidge, and Coutinho causing problems up front, Johnson, Enrique, Saakho, Skrtl are all out. I imagine our creativity should help here, and with that in mind I'm thinking SkinnyB is right we need a bit of pace up front to truly test their less experienced/slowmo toure defence.
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