Rams To The Slaughter?
Sep 21st, 2007 by 'holic
The visit of Derby County provides the perfect opportunity, you would think, for Arsenal to consolidate their position at the head of affairs in the Premier League. I think we can be reasonably sure from their attitude to date that this group will not take any opponents too lightly.
What is less certain is just who will be taking the field for Arsenal. Jens Lehmann, Emmanuel Eboue, and William Gallas remain sidelined and the defence could be further weakened as Philippe Senderos is ‘a doubt’ with a hip problem.
The wide midfielders could also be absent. Tomas Rosicky will definitely miss the next couple of weeks with a hamstring strain, whilst Alexander Hleb is a ‘major doubt’ with an injured knee.
I would not be surprised if Gilberto returns to the heart of the defence. Given how few fit defenders we have it may not make sense to risk Senderos further in a game where he should not be required.
I suspect ‘Le Boss’ will wait until the last before ruling out Hleb, but Theo Walcott could get a chance to show just how much progress he has made of late. The selection on the left side is more complicated. Abou Diaby has been used there recently, but a left winger he is not. Surely his future will be alongside Cesc Fabregas in the centre where he looks a class act.
Personally I would like to see Eduardo da Silva given a game out there. That would give him some playing time without upsetting the developing partnership of Emmanuel Adebayor and Robin Van Persie in attack. It would also give us another natural finisher on the pitch.
The ‘holic pound this week will be firmly on a home win. Unlike the team I am in danger of becoming over confident, but the likes of Bacary Sagna, Mathieu Flamini, Cesc Fabregas, and Gael Clichy are on fire. We have form players right across the pitch. I can see Derby frustrating us for long spells but this Arsenal side will keep going for ninety minutes. I’ll go for 2-0.
By the way, it’s great to see a few more of you commenting, and obviously one of the big issues at the moment is the potential takeover. I think my feelings about comrade Usmanov, and the man who has ‘introduced’ him to us, are pretty well known. I would ask that you consider carefully what you type about him. I’m not so concerned about his lawyers coming after me for money I don’t have, but have a duty to those who share my server. For those who don’t know the lawyers are now taking down servers and silencing innocent bloggers in the process. See here for a little more detail (with thanks to Arseblog).
That’s it for now. Have a great weekend all of you. Up the Arse!
35 Responses to “Rams To The Slaughter?”
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Cheers Goonerholic. 2-0: that doesn’t sound too overconfident.
Arsenal will have to do a little squad rotation because of the injuries, and hopefully it goes better than Rafa’s squad rotation – Liverpool supporters wanted his head on a block after he rested Gerrard and Torres and the result was a draw.
How deep is this good form spread through the squad. Justin Hoyte has only had one game this season, and he looked great.
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Holic you really are being pessimistic.. about the derby prediction you should win 5 -0,,,,, after tonking us .. (owweeee I still feel the pain in my abdomen ( Little cusop came down into the front room this morning and caught me watching the game.. He shouted your not punishing yourself and watching last weeks game again, only to discover I had managed to obtain a copy of us thrashing some no named cypriots.. But the all goals just still did not wash away the disillusionment that has settled in with the knowledge that we will have to put up with you lot bragging for another season.)…
Cant wish you any luck this weekend cos .. quiet frankly you dont need it.. (saw the first goal against seville bloody jam pie!!) Hope all got resolved on the home front..
Thanks cus, mrs has her diagnosis, subject to another couple of neurological tests. Not great news but it could have been worse. It isn’t curable but should be treatable.
Interested in your view on the Derby prediction. I would point out we expect them to defend a little better than our last couple of opponents!
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I wish Mrs H all the best with her health issues.
Because Liverpool managed to score 6 there are some who will see anything less as a failure on our part. However, Derby have surely learned from that experience and they are coming off the back of a good home win whereas we’ve just had a tough game on Wednesday. I would be happy with 1 – 0, it’s the 3 points that matter the most in order to keep our momentum going.
I hope Mrs. H gets better very soon.
“not curable but should be treatable” sounds like my football madness.
Wishing you and her the best.
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hi watched both games thought totenham played bad but christ was arsenal crap , my god what were they doing lazy fuckers wont win nothing this year worst then acriton stanley, who are they lol