Can Newcastle resist the magic of Wenger’s Wizards!

Can Arsenal continue their purple patch against Newcastle United this Saturday? by SE

Arsenal travel to St. James’ Park to take on Newcastle United in the Barclays Premier League this Saturday, having lost to AS Monaco on the away goal rule and subsequently relinquished a great chance to progress to the last eight of this season’s UEFA Champions League. However, Arsene Wenger’s men are on a 5-match unbeaten streak, keeping 3 cleansheets, scoring 11 goals and conceding just two during that period. The Magpies are playing rather poorly and were taken to the cleaners at Goodison Park last weekend, but can they resist an Arsenal side that is cruising at this stage of the season?

The Gunners usually show their real class during the latter stages of a season, and it has been no different this time around. The Santiago Cazorlas, Mesut Ozils, Olivier Girouds and Danny Welbecks are holding their own in an attacking sense for the North Londoners, whose defense has also come good in recent weeks.

Alexis Sanchez, though, is going through a minor dip in form, if you could put it that way, which has seen the Chilean score 1 goal and create just 7 goal scoring chances in his last 5 Premier League outings for Arsenal. Sanchez could use this weekend’s outing against John Carver’s men as a means of getting back to form, before his side faces tougher assignments once Premier League action returns after the international break.

The likes of Jack Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Debuchy will not be available for this weekend’s trip to Newcastle, although it shouldn’t really bother a rampant Arsenal side that is arguably playing the best brand of football in the country at the moment. As long as the North London club doesn’t suffer any further injuries, they should do alright and build on their recent good form.

Saturday’s hosts, unlike their in-form opponents, have been over-reliant on Moussa Sissoko to create and score goals for them. Papiss Demba Cisse, who is their leading goal scorer of the season with 11 league goals to his name, is serving a 7-match suspension for allegedly spitting on Jonny Evans during his side’s 0-1 defeat to Manchester United earlier this month. Midst such a crisis in attack, their defense has not been watertight right from the beginning of the season.

Newcastle do not have any major injury concerns, except for Cheick Tiote, who is ruled out for the season, with a knee injury he picked up while playing for Ivory Coast at the African Cup of Nations. Fabricio Coloccini received a straight red card for his challenge on Aaron Lennon in his side’s 0-3 loss to Everton last weekend, and is unavailable to face the Gunners this Saturday.

Barring an incredible Arsenal implosion, I can’t see the Magpies getting anything from this game. Wenger’s wizards, however, will look to keep their rhythm going and win their game on Saturday, as they could then pull away from Manchester United and Liverpool, who are set to clash at Anfield on Sunday.

Suhith Kumar

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21 Comments

  1. Looking forward to seeing the boy Wellington Silva (the next neymar as some have dubbed him) next season.

    Boy has he got skills. Would love to Wenger revealing his secret Brazilian?;))

    (hTeeTeePeeS://)m.youtube.com/watch?v=oDFl_v87zC0

      1. My mum of 75yrs with a dodgy leg and arthritis is more of a goal threat that JC.

        But yes, Muuuuuuuuuch Better!
        Seriously looks an exciting player.

        Something for the prawn sandwhich brigade to slightly fidget in their seats for.

        1. Neither JC nor WS are good enough to become anything but a squad player, if we have ambitions of keep buying Sanchez/Özil-class. I say sell them with either a buy-back clause or a % of net gain from the next sale.

          moving even more OT: Who to cash in on this summer?

          Podolski, Campbell, Wellington Silva, Flamini, Arteta, Diaby, Myaichi, Szczesny and Sanogo.

          The sale and removal of these players from the salary-budget should result in even more money for transfers. Who Wenger buys is less predictable than which direction Gervinho’s first touch would go

          1. Agree on all but W.Silva.

            He looks the nuts!
            Passes, dribbles, tricks, pace..
            He needs to be given a chance and I bet he will grab it with both hands (unlike JC).

            1. And is he doing that at his current club at the moment? How come we don’t hear about him in the sport headlines? :/

              1. Don’t watch la liga mthat much but I hear he is doing good things at almeria. Think he has calmed down the tricks a little but still offers a lot going forward.

                Well worth a punt IMO

        2. I agree. I’ve watched him a few times and what the Utube reels don’t show you is his work rate – an incredibly busy player. Think Wenger has finally gotten an appetite for hard workers in his team so expect Silva to be an important squad player.

  2. I am never too confident when playing Newcastle, even though we have good results against them for some years now. I hope we win, but Newcastle is a team I’d love to see fighting in the top of PL with us. Great club, great fans, even though the Alan Pardew-saga was pretty hard to get a solid stand from an outsiders point of view.

    1. Yeah deserves the bench the way he has been playing.

      Strongest 11 and Alexis ain’t it at the moment.

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