As usual the Arsenal squad is massively depleted due to injury problems and the suspension of Calum Chambers could hardly have come at a worse time for Arsene Wenger and the club, especially with today’s visitors to the Emirates stadium coming fresh off the back of a famous victory over Chelsea.
But Newcastle United have a shocking record against the Gunners, just like we have against last weekend’s tormentors Stoke City, so hopefully that will not change. Wenger has been forced to field yet another different back four, this time with the fit again Mathieu Debuchy coming in to partner Per Mertesacker in central defence. Let us hope the Frenchman adapts quicker than Nacho Monreal did.
We also have Aaron Ramsey joining Jack Wilshere, Mikel Arteta and Abou Diaby on the sidelines, decimating our central midfield, so Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain gets a chance to shine in the position that Wenger reckons he will one day adopt.
Olivier Giroud strats through the middle but there is still plenty of pace in our front line with Alexis Sanchez and Danny Welbeck on either side of the big Frenchman. And if we need a goal late on there is always the trusty left foot of the prince Lukas Podolski.
Szczesny
Bellerin, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Gibbs
Flamini, Chamberlain, Cazorla
Alexis, Giroud, Welbeck
subs: Martinez, Ajayi, Coquelin, Maitland-Niles, Campbell, Sanogo, Podolski
Glad that Podolski is getting playing time, but he’s not a very defensive player to bring on in this situation.
He aint gonna help the flanks nah, but i hope he smashes a beaut in.
Poldi gets it “shoooooooooooot” crowd
Am I missing something….according to Niall Quinn this is like an even game, instead of what I see…waves of Arsenal attacks
I know right – every Irishman seems to be a Liverpool fan.. But considering Quinn played for Arsenal I don’t think he’s exactly ‘anti-Arsenal’
he is probably just drunk.
Wheres ya best mate Haywill 🙂 🙂 🙂
Bellerin is quick but he lacks toughnes in the defensive area, hes faster than THeo in acceleration
Looks good attacking-wise though, especially since he’s only 19.
Dat guy needs some Henry lessons
Welbeck oh my God…
WTF Welbeck. Dude has the football brain if a peon.
Reminds me of Theos early days running through the stands 100mphhr
With the exception that Welbeck has been playing Premier League like 5 years already
Arsenal win the league or super model blo%job ?
Bring in Joel Campbell. Let’s see him for sometime.
If this scoreline makes you nervous, thumbs up!
A year ago, a game like this at home, I would’ve given you thumbs down. But this season…
game over, mares well use some subs i say WENGER
Given our history, I will only ever be comfortable with our scoreline when we are 5 goals up.
Curly haired t*at
“Weve got to defenders ”
“Weve got to 2 defenders with the same haircut”
Good chant ?
Arsenal fans are singing “there is only one wenger”
didnt sound like the whole stadium at least. But in general Arsenal fans change their opinions every other week. Its why change never actually occurs. we get 4th and most of the fanbase will be happy.
Yeah but with my chant you have to a boiled egg in you’re hand
Le cogueleneee
Le Coq on.
Just saw Mrs. Koscielny, no wonder Mr. Koscielny is similing all the time.
Podolski pen?
Some observations from today:
– Cazorla has got his groove back
– Giroud’s finishing has improved
– Bellerin is FAST
– Debuchy was a great buy
– Alexis is one of the hardest workers I’ve ever seen in our team
Points for improvement:
– Mertesacker isn’t playing well in my view. Makes a lot of mistakes without Koscielny there to cover for him.
– Dat Guy makes terrible decisions sometimes. If he had a better football brain, he’d be awesome.
Ok…great goal santi
Santi finally breaks the duck with a Pirlo!
Santi you goon.
BANGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Good goals, decent performance, ok defensively. Well done to Debuchy – great performance considering the circumstances, but for me, Cazorla is Man of the Match – a very happy birthday for him.
NILES IS A BADMAN NILES IS A BADMAN MAN NAH NAH NAH…..
One Arsene Wenger…
We are 2 points from the 4th. Coyg.
It really feels great to win convincingly for a change
All the crap we’ve been through, we needed a good win
We getting closer to our goal of 4th place.
Come on gunners. Don’t let Wenger down and get 5th or 3rd or 2nd. WEnger wants 4th.
COYG lol
I feel like that are so many unhappy Arsenal supporters who would prefer a team to lose for them to get rid of Wenger…Pathetic! The difference between supporters and the board is that the board is answerable and supporters are not. Supporters cab afford to have Wenger fired and they wont be there if that moves backfires but the board will have to explain. If I can give an example on how it is for a supporter, one on them was clamoring for Bellerin to play right back but when he didn’t perform well at Stoke that same supporter criticized Wenger for playing Bellerin….This is how it is for us supporters!!!