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Its
paddy power time as the gunners made through to the next round of the Carabao
Cup with another win against championship side Brentford. Two goals in the
first half from Welbeck and a third from Lacazette in the second half saw off
Brentford go down with a brave fight. Welbeck, while not everyone’s favorite
cup of tea for a striker, seems to be taking his so far limited chances when
they beckon. That’s his 4th goal if I am not mistaken for the season
and he is yet to start a premier league match, now that’s interesting. Injuries
have blighted his career reversing any progress he seems to make. He isn’t the
most clinical finisher a top club can depend on, a bit clumsy if I dare say but
his industry can’t be questioned whenever he dons the colours of the club,
let’s give him that. Now if only Emery can crank out another gear of
improvement in finishing and fitness, maybe …..Just maybe we may have a B+
striker capable of double digits in the league for the team. Yeah maybe I said,
who knows?
Arsenal
got the win desired and with the usual gift of an odd goal to the opposition,
our clean sheets struggle is one that’s irking me. Give me a good old 2 nil
over a 3-1 score line and I will take it. Progress will be slow though, if I want
to be fair to Emery especially after 20+ years of Wenger at the helm. Things won’t
just change overnight, lets be clear.
Okay
moving on to the current distraction, word from the Colney is that negotiations
between the club and Ramsey are currently deadlocked at an impasse DO we cash
in on Aaron in January or give in to his demands or let him walk for free? 3
choices, none so good, it’s squeaky bum time for the management. Ramsey being
the last of that core guard we were so excited about a couple years ago, they
were dubbed “The British Core”. Jack , Oxlade, Jenkinson and Ramsey. These guys
have failed to excite or live up the hype….Project failed, simple. If Arsenal
choose to sell, the gunners had better get a good replacement, and no it’s not
Guendouzi. I am very much impressed with his progressive attitude on the ball,
he is still far from finished article but his talent is there. What we need for
a Ramsey replacement is a here and now “ready player one” type dude, nuff said!
Okay let’s
move on to the EPL, it’s a date at the Emirates with Watford coming to town.
The hornets are having a dream start to their premier league season so one
should expect a cracking game. They have also proved an obstacle in the past
knocking Arsenal out of the 2016 FA cup and also getting the better of us last
season in that famous match that Troy Deeney said the gunners lacked Cajones or
something like that. I am sure the gunners are pumped for this game with squad
rotation in midweek giving most of the starting 11 a bit of rest ahead of the
weekend. Deeney, Peyrera and Dacoure remain threats while Capoue has
rediscovered himself at Vicarage road. It’s left for the gunners to continue
with their recent improvements by showing up from the blast of the whistle.
Playing a game of two halves as we have seen most of this season is dangerous,
especially with a clinical opposition. The Everton game showed just that, we
may not have the luxury of such sloppy play against Garcia’s wards who are way
more clinical and physical in their approach to games, not forgetting being
organized off the ball.
Arsenal
will need to stay sharp and compact in the middle of the pack, recycle quickly
and feed the attack with good chances for them to score, an early goal should
calm nerves, I also noticed that when we played Everton after Lacazettes goal,
the confidence increased and the gunners played with more calmly finesse. Left
to me I would leave Xhaka out of the starting 11 for today, go with 3 at the
back with two wing backs with Torreira Guendouzi and Ramsey then Özil
Aubameyang up top. I know I know its benching an in form Lacazette who seems to
be the more clinical striker but Auba is more fresh and rested since Lacazette
played in midweek. Xhaka starts from the bench for me cuz of his tendency for
switching off at times with sloppy passes and cynical fouls. He is best suited
for a relaxed game where he has time on the ball to pick a pass from deep. My
worry is just that Torreira and Guendouzi played in midweek with the manager
wanting fresh legs in Xhaka. However, this is just me thinking aloud, I’m not
the manager so my preferred line up and predicted line up are quite different.
My Predicted line up is captured below courtesy the UK guardian online:
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| The UK Guradiandotcom |
“Each match gives us the
opportunity to take more confidence. We are winning, I think the confidence is
the best on our individual players and also on our collective work. But every
match is one challenge to show and to give, to find our best moment and best
performance. I think each player is thinking well, but also we need more.”
That
wraps it up for today’s preview hoping the boys make it 7 wins in a row with
another clean sheet, don’t forget to like and subscribe to our blog feeds on
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wherever you are…….CIaooo
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