Good day to ya where ever you are
and welcome to us over here, we do appreciate your stopping by and even more if
your comment and share ur post. You might be wondering the anaijagunner team is
in an upbeat mood today, well the question is why wont we be? Arsenal finally
got back to winning ways however dicey the rout to the win might have been.
After 3 consecutive draws in all competitions since our only win in November,
we finally got the 3points against Bournemouth, Pheww!! I didn’t see the match (long
long story so don’t ask) but I caught a few highlight reels. I get the picture
that Eddie Howe’s boiz gave it a good go and the gunners were against the ropes
for some time, during which the game could have swung either way. Said it in
the preview that, Bournemouth on their day would cause teams problems but
because of their open style play, they are also very vulnerable. Having said
that, I think it’s time Monreal did sort his out of sorts limbs and general form,
though it wasn’t a penalty if you ask me but the ref had other ideas. I thought
he was lucky against Man U, now a similar flay of arms against Bournemouth,
nobody can keep that run of luck. Petr Cech deserves a honorable mention for
that point blank save from a header using his legs, if that had gone in at that
time…well who knows, as for Mattieu Debauchy well all I can say is, sad sad for him, nothing else. All that is
history though, job done 3points in the bag, moving on.
Wednesday evening is a date with
the saints from St Mary’s, Southampton come to the Emirates in some kind of out
of sorts form too, 1W 2D 2 L in the last 5 league games isn’t the best when you
look at it that way but when you look at their last two games, 1 D 1W against free
scoring Liverpool and Everton respectively then you would have a rethink.
Claude Puel’s wards are no slouch couches and they can be a tough nut to crack
anyday. It took the ingenuity of a controversial penalty to get us a 2-1 win at
the emirates back in august in a premier league meeting. Now the focus is on a Cup,
you know how these teams bay for blood when the chance for an upset is around. That’s
what domestic Cup competitions are known to be about [hopefully not this time].
The narrative continues cuz the saints knocked Arsenal out of this competition
last season in a 4th round tie, 1-2 it ended in favour of Southampton. Can the
gunners respond this time or is that feeling of de javu a sign of the things to
come? I just hope the team is keyed in on this.
I expect wenger to keep faith
with his varied mix of fringe experienced players with a mix of youth. Martinez
in goal, Jenks coming back in at right back with the Debauchy misfortune,
Holding and Gabriel or Bielik in central defence and Gibbs at left back if fit.
In the middle of the park I liked Maitiland Niles in the last match, neat tidy
with a bit of skill, along with Neny and Xhaka. attack is where we have bare
options, so Ox and Maybe Akpom with Jeff come in here….Perez is still out and
Wenger is unlikely to start Giroud, that’s just me thinking sha, u never know
with that old man. My line up looks thus.
The key to winning this match will
be what I have being banging on about in recent times, a clean sheet, stay
compact, defend with better organization. Looking above though that may be a
tough ask (I hope I am wrong). The experienced
guys will have to bring theirs to bear by shepherding the young gunners, Gabriel
and Gibbs at the back, Xhaka in the middle. Arsenal will have to take their
chances when they come else it may be another farce of a performance. Having
said that, home support should count for something too, so here is hoping they can rouse the boiz with
a good "gingerr"cuz if we can clear this hurdle then maybe just maybe we may go
all the way and win this cup for an Arsenes first but first we have to end our not so stellar November form with a win. Do enjoy the game wherever
you are…….Ciao
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