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According to the afc website, Cesc struggling to be fit and sol and sagna doubtful and still no news on gallas, this is starting to look trickier than I had hoped.
goonersid wrote:According to the afc website, Cesc struggling to be fit and sol and sagna doubtful and still no news on gallas, this is starting to look trickier than I had hoped.
Silvestre and eboue could be starting at the back in that case. We can cope without cesc to a certain extent if Nasri plays as well as the Portos game.
goonersid wrote:According to the afc website, Cesc struggling to be fit and sol and sagna doubtful and still no news on gallas, this is starting to look trickier than I had hoped.
Fuck!!!!! If we keep picking up injuries at this rate it's gonna get to the point where I'll be playing and you lot will be calling me a *word censored*!!
almunia
eboue verm Sol clichy
denilson diaby
nasri
Theo arshavin
bendtner
Sol should be ok cos he's described as looking better than expected today, if TR7 has a tweak then no point risking him against relatively weak opposition, Theo will prob be itching for start after good performance in his last prem game
Apart from the incoming silvestre, i believe the only question is whether Wenger will start with Rosciky or walcott. I hope walcott starts and rosciky is brought on as a sub, cause against porto it was the other way around.
Hull are just as bad as burnley and i think this game will not be as physical as stoke nor will the defence be harder to penetrate. If we dont concede any early goals i see us grabbing 3 points.
goonersid wrote:According to the afc website, Cesc struggling to be fit and sol and sagna doubtful and still no news on gallas, this is starting to look trickier than I had hoped.
Silvestre and eboue could be starting at the back in that case. We can cope without cesc to a certain extent if Nasri plays as well as the Portos game.
SSN said Cesc definitely out. Nasri always seems a bit lightweight to me and after the 'stamp' on Garcia, he might be in for a bit of rough treatment.
My worry is they will put in a Sunderland performance. Thankfully they don't have a jammy Darren Bent upfront.
Hope Sol continues to recover, regardless of his one or two dodgy moments on Wednesday, I'd rather have him than Silvestre...Hell..I'd rather have me than Silvestre and I'm as mobile as an elephant
jensenscores wrote:I don't want to tempt fate, but Hull were dreadful on Sunday against Everton. We SHOULD beat them no problem, especially if we get the early goal. Their defending was non existent at Goodison.
euphoricone wrote:Hull are just as bad as burnley.
hmm not sure about this
as others have said if we score early maybe we can give them a hammering
but as I said their last 2home games- drawing with the chavs and beating shitty are decent results
long drive home if we lose
and I won't even be drinking
it's not about changing tunes, i don't protect players because i like them. until the beginning of this season i was the first to say denilson was underated and an important squad player, because in my opinion he was.
however, he has been absolute shit this season (except for a few matches and a few good goals) and he deserves the bench, nothing more.
i'm also saying for ages that we need proper cover for alex song. DMs get booked a lot and also get into some nasty tackles, so it's normal that you lose them in a lot of matches per season.
and unfortunetaly, denilson is not up to it right now.