Almunia
Gibbs Vermalen Song Eboue
Troaore Ramsey Nasri
Rosicky Eduardo Vela

I think there will be as little change from a normal XI as possible (apart from injuries). I could see Rosicky and Nasri getting a nod today. Leaving Walcott and Denilson to come off the bench for a run. We in need of a spark, an injection of influence. A lot of it has been left to Fabregas and Arshavin. Standard are a tricky team, but we have enough in our reserve rank to out play them because they play alot like we do. Song is becoming very confident, I hope he had a good game today along with whoever Le Boss decides to play. Good Luck to the magnificent Gunners!

Win, Lose or Draw.. Gooner Til I Die!!

Going to take a stab at tonights starting line up:

Almunia

Eboue Gallas Vermaelen Gibbs

Denilson Song

Theo Cesc Arshavin

Eduardo

Hopefully if we get a few goals well see Vela, Nasri and Ramsey coming on as subs at some stage of the game.

Good luck lads, make us proud.

Apparently Stan Kroenke has bought another 10 shares in Arsenal, pushing him ever closer to a forced take over bid.

It seems to me that he will eventually have to put a formal bid in for the club, it’s just a question of when.

Does anyone know how many more shares he actually has to buy before he does launch a bid?

Focus and linking play make us so dangerous. On Saturday against steve Bruces team we did not look sharp, and did not create enough. We did not have any luck either, Rosisky, Fabregas and Arshavin all had good chances and the takle on Vela WAS a penalty. The goal we conceded was created from a set peice and we were not sharp enough to clear our lines, even though pure luck favoured the set up.

The debarcle with Henry is a farce. Clearly a normal reaction to a ball that comes at you the way it did. I have seen defenders to the same thing and sometimes they gey pinned by the ref and sometimes its missed. Are they cheats? No! Its a normal reaction when a ball bounces up like that. But the typical English media responds by hammering Henry an absolute gentleman of the game. If that was Lampard, Rooney, or Gerrard that did that in a qualifyer the English media would of played it down. This reaction by the English press is no different to the reaction we saw from the the English media when they crucified Eduardo as a cheat. Give me a Break!!

Arsenal must focus on doing the job tomorrow against Standard at home, Then plan for the game against the Chav’s. Both are must win games….Looks like Gibbs is back in contention, although I thought Traore had a great game agaisnt Sunderland, except in the dying seconds were his sliding studs up challenge was crude.

Hello boys and girls. Been a little while since my last post. I still havent had the heart to watch the highlights of the game against Sunderland. Building myself upto it, Maybe I will after we beat Standard LOL! So I cant put an opinion on the match as such. But I do hope we pick ourselves up from it and take it out on our next couple of opponents. Good to SEE our captain squash those rumours in that interview too! Here’s to a speedy recovery of our players on the ever-growing injury list.. we must have had our fill for the season! Come On You Gunners!!

Win, Lose or Draw.. Gooner Til I Die!

I want Robin back though

Chelsea are certainly favorites for the League (still think United will nick it), judging from what we’ve seen so far, but with only 1/3 season played, there’s still an aweful lot for them to do. I don’t buy into the optinion that they’re unbeatable. The fact that more teams outside the top 4 are causing upsets would be a concern for them because its more risk of dropping points than in previous years. They’re probably the only side that I can see causing an upset at the Emirates, but we’re certainly capable of beating them, even when they’re at full strength. We did it last year and we can do it this year.

Winning silverware this year is still a possibility, and I said at the start of the season that the FA and Carling Cups are the most likely, but we’ve shown a lot of convincing wins in the Premier League this year, so you never know. Each game is equally important though, and I think thats what lost us the game against Sunderland. I’m hoping that it really is just a blip due to the internationals, that we’ll respond tomorrow by winning and go on another winning streak. But win lose or draw, I still love the Gunners.

Great news about Gibbs. Am really looking forward to seeing him play in the first team again.

After what can only be described as a really shit weekend…we have a little bit of good news!

Kieron Gibbs is back in the squad for the CL game with Liege. Hopefully he’ll be fully fit for Chelski at the weekend.

Stop betting dev! lol Personally, I’m still very very optimistic about this season. Cesc was asked if he could see himself staying at Arsenal, and his reply was “Why not?”… Reasons for sweet optimism! He’s seeing something special from the inside…we need to keep on believing!! I do! I still think we can do something big this season. Chin-up my Gooners!!