Saints Or Gunners??

   Well well well, football is back but it never went nowhere like Ludacris said after all we just watched decent footy on internationals. It feels like a lifetime of forever but it was only a weekend we missed. The hype is on about the Manchester Derby or is it Mourinho vs Pep all over again? Anyway we all know that’s going to be the star match for this weekend so lets move on.

Now to things arsenal ……...No I am not talking about the story on Eddie Howie being touted as our next coach, Naaaaaaaah that’s for the press. The Gunners welcome the Saints to the emirates in a must win match cuz absolutely any more slip ups in form of dropped points...…you can help fill in the blanks. It's funny how this suddenly is a must win match so early in the season, a reflection of the stiff competition the english premiership has grown to become, add the fact that Chelsea Man United and Man City all boast 100% starts so far (one of them will drop points here …TRUE THAT) can Arsenal make up on lost ground?? BIG BIG question! Southampton haven’t exactly had a stellar start to this season so far, sitting in 15^th place with just two points from a loss & two draws. There has been another summer of high profile exits for them, Saido Mane and Graziano Pelle both top scorers for the Saints last year add Victor Wanyama to that list of  departed...…....i think Arsenal fans can relate to that. Does this mean they should be push overs?? I doubt any match is after all Southampton also have a notable name at the helm - Claude Puel, who played under Wenger at Monaco and has translated his tenacity as a player into management so expect a fight. Arsenal on the other hand need build some momentum with a couple wins to help build team confidence and some momentum. Arsene at his press conference today talked up the maturity of his current squad and how he felt they could compete, especially with the new additions.

“I would say it’s the most mature squad I’ve had for a long time, because they are men,” Wenger said. “They are not 19 or 20 years old, they are 24, 27, 28, and the whole squad is quite mature. It’s the first time for a long time that I’ve had a team of what you can call men, ready to compete. After, we have to show that we are good enough to beat everybody else. “I always believe we have a chance [of the title], even when we had young players. Certainly, I haven’t had a squad of players [like this] for a long time, who have enough experience to compete”.

I am quite sure we have all heard that before, lets have football do the talking starting with another win. The team selection should remain the same as Watford except maybe Alexis could start from the bench since he only joined the team on Thursday from international duty. I wouldn’t start Mustafi over holding just yet, I am kinda liking Rob the way he is coming along even though it seems we have thrown him into the deep end a bit early but let us see how he performs. Let’s give Perez a start over Giroud.
                

                   Cech

Bells__ Kos___Rob___Nacho

                                                                       

        Granit___Santi

                Ozil

 Walcott____Perez_____Ox

Subs: Gibbs, Giroud, Alexis, Coq, Elneny, Iwobi.  

That should do it for a first of many three points at home, do enjoy the game wherever you are and please dont forget to comment/like/share the post...........….ciao.