Hello Everyone !
It's been a really long time since I wrote a post but I missed writing and so I am back for my own satisfaction.
As we all know, we are in a great run in the premier league and we have to keep it going as much as possible for us to finish in the top 4. Arsenal celebrate their 125th anniversary against Everton tomorrow and that should add more energy to the fixture.
On to the Arsenal team news, we will be without Santos & Fabianski for tomorrow's game along with the long term casualties. Our third choice keeper Mannone is out injured as well which means Manuel Almunia is back in the squad after a long time.
For Everton, Moyes has confirmed that both Jack Rodwell, Osman and Drenthe will miss out but Luis Saha has a chance of returning to their squad.
Everton started the season in poor form just like Arsenal, but they have made a revival and sit in 10'th spot in the league. Everton's struggle this season can be linked to the departure of their talismanic midfielder Mikel Arteta to our own Arsenal. Everton had all but no time to invest the money they got for Arteta on any other player. Everton also has scored only half the goals as Arsenal and so the return to fitness of Saha can be a boost for them.
Arsenal are in flying form in the league with 7 victories out of their last 8 matches. As Arsene said, we are starting to see the quality of our summer signings once the team jelled. Mikel Arteta has been a revelation in midfield and the opportunity to play against his former team can only boost his performance tomorrow. As usual, Arsenal's biggest problem is our injury status. We have lost both our first choice and second choice left back and right back to injury. This means that we will again be forced to field four centre back's at the back. Keeping that on my mind, my predicted line up is...
Szczesny
Djourou Koscielny Mertesacker Vermaelen
Ramsey Song Arteta
Walcott Van Persie Gervinho
Arsene confirmed that Vermealen will start as left back tomorrow but I would have played Miquel instead. He has played really well this season and has matured a lot. Playing Vermaelen instead also means that, we will be fielding all of our centre backs once and if one of those gets injured, we could be in for far more trouble. Another decision foor Arsene to make is whether to start Song in holding midfield or not. Our outstanding defensive midfielder is only one Yellow card away from a one game suspension and since our next game is against the high flying Manchester City, I would like to see either Coquelin or Frimpong start. Either way, Arsene has got some decisions to make and whatever he does, I trust him to make the choices that is right for the team.
Everton although they have quite a lot of injuries themselves, are a strong opposition. Moyes has done great work there with very less spending power. Everton are the team that Arsenal have scored the most goals against. There has been some high scoring games between these sides in the past but I don't think we will see a repeat of it tomorrow. Everton are really strong in set pieces with Baines & Tim Cahill in their line up and so Vermaelen , Koscielny & Mertesacker has to be on their toes all the time. With Van Persie in outstanding form along with Theo, Gervinho & Arteta, I am pretty confident about our offense. All we need to do is maintain our recently found defensive stability and that will help us to come out of this game with three points.
COME ON YOU GUNNERS !
It's been a really long time since I wrote a post but I missed writing and so I am back for my own satisfaction.
As we all know, we are in a great run in the premier league and we have to keep it going as much as possible for us to finish in the top 4. Arsenal celebrate their 125th anniversary against Everton tomorrow and that should add more energy to the fixture.
On to the Arsenal team news, we will be without Santos & Fabianski for tomorrow's game along with the long term casualties. Our third choice keeper Mannone is out injured as well which means Manuel Almunia is back in the squad after a long time.
For Everton, Moyes has confirmed that both Jack Rodwell, Osman and Drenthe will miss out but Luis Saha has a chance of returning to their squad.
Everton started the season in poor form just like Arsenal, but they have made a revival and sit in 10'th spot in the league. Everton's struggle this season can be linked to the departure of their talismanic midfielder Mikel Arteta to our own Arsenal. Everton had all but no time to invest the money they got for Arteta on any other player. Everton also has scored only half the goals as Arsenal and so the return to fitness of Saha can be a boost for them.
Arsenal are in flying form in the league with 7 victories out of their last 8 matches. As Arsene said, we are starting to see the quality of our summer signings once the team jelled. Mikel Arteta has been a revelation in midfield and the opportunity to play against his former team can only boost his performance tomorrow. As usual, Arsenal's biggest problem is our injury status. We have lost both our first choice and second choice left back and right back to injury. This means that we will again be forced to field four centre back's at the back. Keeping that on my mind, my predicted line up is...
Szczesny
Djourou Koscielny Mertesacker Vermaelen
Ramsey Song Arteta
Walcott Van Persie Gervinho
Arsene confirmed that Vermealen will start as left back tomorrow but I would have played Miquel instead. He has played really well this season and has matured a lot. Playing Vermaelen instead also means that, we will be fielding all of our centre backs once and if one of those gets injured, we could be in for far more trouble. Another decision foor Arsene to make is whether to start Song in holding midfield or not. Our outstanding defensive midfielder is only one Yellow card away from a one game suspension and since our next game is against the high flying Manchester City, I would like to see either Coquelin or Frimpong start. Either way, Arsene has got some decisions to make and whatever he does, I trust him to make the choices that is right for the team.
Everton although they have quite a lot of injuries themselves, are a strong opposition. Moyes has done great work there with very less spending power. Everton are the team that Arsenal have scored the most goals against. There has been some high scoring games between these sides in the past but I don't think we will see a repeat of it tomorrow. Everton are really strong in set pieces with Baines & Tim Cahill in their line up and so Vermaelen , Koscielny & Mertesacker has to be on their toes all the time. With Van Persie in outstanding form along with Theo, Gervinho & Arteta, I am pretty confident about our offense. All we need to do is maintain our recently found defensive stability and that will help us to come out of this game with three points.
COME ON YOU GUNNERS !
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