Great Weekend – Any Old Win Will Do

I think it will be down to Adebayor to grab us a scrappy headed goal or something. We'll definitely be weakened, but Blackburn has 7 or 8 injuries as well. Injuries have pretty much fatigued every big team around the world so there's no excuse if we can't scrap one out.

I agree, but i would still prefer we had some fit CBs available

no slip ups.come on gunners make use of this to open up a 5 points gap.

Good read, I think If Arsenal win we'll be 8 points ahead of Chelsea not 9? I might be wrong...

Yes you are right - Chelsea now on on 55 points, that is 5 behind. I will correct it.
thanks Emad

we need a solid back to win

No problem, Padre.

What team do we have available?

Lehmann
Sagna Toure??? Gallas Clichy
Eboue Cesc Hleb Walcott
Ade Eduardo

Cant see AW going with cesc n hleb. who else do we have available? Flams, Diaby, Denilson, Gilberto, Rosicky, RVP, Senderos, Djourou, Almunia all injured right?

--------lehmann---------

sagna------gilberto-----gallas------clichy

walcott-----cesc-----flamini-----hleb

-----------adebayor-----eduardo

flamini hopefully will be fit for tomorrow or maybe aw wont risk him

Think Gilberto is injured. if toure can make it as well as flams then great news! and if toure can then eboue can on the right instead of walcott.


injuries

Flamini says he will be fit, Wenger even said Flamini and Senderos had a chance to play. Gilberto is back fit again so if Flamini is out then Gilberto alongside Cesc. Hoyte may play CD if Senderos is not fit and if Toure is deemed too tired to play. No matter who we field it is vital that the attitude is right and we take all 3 points, we will not forgive ourselves if we fail to take advantage of todays slip ups

at least bburn have players missing. samba, dunn and mg pederson suspended. nelson, reid and another injured i think

gilbo is fit i think - stick him in CB its gonna rain high balls to Santa Cruz the whole nite, Gallas Clichy can covr any pace they have.
Hopefully Flamini will be fit.

ONe thing to mention.....Diarra would have started this happens arsenal every season! Stupide reason 4 him to go!!

Lehmann is a decent keeper so not worried there

Saga, Gallas, Clichy fit....so Gilbo/Senderos/ Toure/Hoyte/ to fill in

Hleb, Cesc are fit, i think walcott is.... maybe we shouldnt have let rnadall and Gibbs go...

Eduardo and Adebayor r fit, think Bentdner is, maybe Eduardo will play left wing and just leave a load of kids on the bench?

Lansbury, Barazite...could be their chance! Stranger things have happened

bendtner off the bench too, teams looks strong enough to me


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Please no panic. it is Wenger Kidology at work, as well as to ensure that our youngsters are not over-confident and think that they all got the god-given rights to win by just stepping ontot he pitch....to their sorrows at Boros, as well as Newcastle....

I am confidently that we will tear Balckburn into pieces especially tehir first choice CB are missing, plus our strategy is to press them, attack them and deny them possession.

look, it is almost our first team out there:

..................Lehmann

...Sagna....Hoyte.....Gallas....Clichy

...Walcott....Fabregas...GIlberto...Hleb

...........Adebayor...Eduardo

Sagna-Walcott and Clichy-Hleb are more than adequate to handle any threat from the flanks, esepcially with a distraght Derbyshire, if he plays, thinking more on the impending birth of his twin.

An egoistic David Bentley will be too much of an individual in his obsession to destroy Arsenal...more the better as his obsession will destroy whatever team-work Blackburn needs to attack us. Just watch Fabregas, Diaby and et al winding him up to unsettle him.

And with Hleb holding up play, Walcott providing pace and thrust down the flank, and Adebayor-Eduardo partnership worth at least a goal, we will win as Fabregas and Hleb will contribute to goal tally as well.

I have a feelignt hat time for Walcott to score his first premeirship goal today.

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if Hoyte is suspended, then we are really down to bare-bone, and we may have to rotate Hleb to central midfield

....................Lehmann

...Sagna......Gilberto....Gallas....Clichy

...Walcott....Fabregas...Hleb....Eduardo

.............Adebayor....Bendtner

But I am prettys usre that one of them willr ecover in time - Diaby or Flamini?

And also, one of the youngsters - Barazite, Lansbury, Gilbert and even Nordtveit may feature.

And I suspect that we may force to paly a 3-5-2 due to lack of CB, with Glberto as the Invisible Wall:

...................Lehmann

...Sagna............Gallas...........Clichy

Walcott...Fabregas...Gilberto...Hleb...Lansbury

..............Adebayor....Eduardo


Sagna-Fabregas-Walcott protectign right flank;
Clichy-Lansbury-Eduardo protecting left flank

Fabregas-Gilberto-Hleb battling in the middle; and height of Gilerto cutting out crosses to De Cruz.

The idea is to suffocate Hughes tactics of swinging in crosses from the flanks.
And with Hleb in a free role down the middle, Balckburn midfielders will spend all their time chasing shadows with Fabregas one-touch passing ability to switch plays, as well as opening up Blackburn like a can of sardiens for Adebayor, Walcott and Eduardo to exploit.

Don't worry. Hughes is more worry about our counter-attacking techniques than to attack Arsenal.
Hughes is obsessed with that "6-2 sucker punch" counter-attacking style of ours when he was committed to attack us.

Not this match. he will stick to his tried and proven 4-5-1 for a point, and hopefully, snatch a lucky 1-0 victory.

No slips up now....this game could define the title race...if we win United cannot afford one more slip up.

Yep that ws the win we needed. That was a big big big 5 points.

"5-1, 5-1, 5-1...we are going to WEM_BLE_LEY..."..