Hull
Preview
The
good thing about the past week has been the results of the team. 4 points from
two matches’ one home and one away may not be the 10/10 we like but it
shouldn’t be sniffled at. Put in the obvious fact that the “massive haul” was
against some very tough opposition and there you have it, my positive spin to
get you in the mood for the weekend. The icing would be a 3point Haul this
Saturday and that would be perfect. Perspective is a two way glass and you see
only what you desire to see, not always the exact obvious to a blind man. In
the game of football results are what counts and these margins can be too fine,
Arsenal has been very lucky at the least in this past week. The performance
against Southampton was ok but not sublime lacking a “Killer Instict” and only
snatched a win in the last minute, a very crucial one too. In Paris, I struggle
with how to describe the snatch and grab we did to steal a point from the
current ligue 1 champions. I take nothing away from Ospina, he did what a
goalie is paid to do, keeping the gunners in the game till they woke up, but if
Cavani hadn’t forgotten his scoring boots back in his villa in Monte Video, we
probably would have been discussing a cricket score line right now. There you
see what I am talking about…. fine margins. Results are the koko as we saiy in
naija and the gunners did get the necessary results so kudos to them.
Arsenal
follow their away adventures at Paris with a Visit to Hull City or is it Hull
Tigers KCom stadium which is just as well. The gunners seem to be getting more
joy on the road with wins and draws. Hull
citys form has been startling and refreshing for a newly promoted side, a haul
of 7 points from 2W 1D 1L, shows a team in good form especially when you look
at the opposition and see the league champions as part. A potential banana skin
for the gunners even though Arsenal has only lost to Hull once in its last 18
meetings. Mike Phelan must be doing something right even if its as an acting
manager or he found some back doorway to get Fergie in. I don’t know which but
it obviously is working, 3 goals only conceded in 4 matches with two clean
sheets as against Arsenals same 7 points from 4 games with 6 goals conceded in
as many matches. The gunners would need to to shore up at the back and play as
a unit, no room for the way we defende in Paris, Hull may not be PSG but this s
the premiership and its very unforgiving. I would go with the same Team that finished in Paris as Ospina makes way for Cech despite his Paris heroics, a charge to Monreal
to sortout his dip in form or Gibbs takes over his starting berth and then just a tweak
to midfield base of Santi / Xhaka. I feel Elneny deserves a start and Santi at 30 somthing is no spring chicken anymore he should be rested, coupled with Chelsea match on the horizon. Give
Perez a start over Giroud again…Yes, he needs to blend in “sharp sharp”. My
line up will be
Bells__
Skod___Kos___Nacho
Xhaka___Elneny
Ozil
Iwobi____Perez_____Alexis
Subs:
Gibbs, Giroud, Ox, Coq, Santi, Walcott .
A nice 3 points haul would be a good weekend starter see that chelsea already dropped points against the 2faced side called liverpool, they are becoming like Arsenal in, you just never know what to expect from klopps men brilliant today ...Meh tommorow. Anyway thats it from us, do enjoy the match wherever you are and please dont forget to comment like and share........Ciao
