Arsenal Mantap

Arsenal next match will be a tricky one. We will be visiting Goodison Park. Looking at their last two matches, they can be considered doing well considering their bad start this season. However, I don't think the results were inspiring enough for them to beat us. They drew on their last two matches against Blackpool (Away) and Bolton (Home). Considering these two results, I think we are still favourite for securing 3 points. Adding the fact that they will be facing us without Fellaini due to injury, it won't be too difficult to take control of the possession. In addition, recollecting our last encounter at their home has boosted my confidence. I still remember our last opening season match which we battered them 6-1 at their home. It was a great opening match for us. However, we shouldn't get complacent as they held us 2-2 at Emirates a few months later. Therefore, we should proceed cautiously since Everton tends to upset top table teams.

Let's move on to a few updates on our current squad for the upcoming match. Arsene said that we didn't suffer any injury from the Wolves match, so it was good news since we will be having our strongest squad available. However, the manager did add that one or two players will be rested. I guees it is understandable since we had a tight fixtures and tough fixtures are coming on the way.

There will be another addition to our current squad. It is Gibbs who was expected to come back into the squad. He has trained with the others. However, his inclusion isn't obvious yet. Wenger said that he will be having a late fitness test check to assess his level. The test itself will be done at the end of the week. Thus, the inclusion is expected to be late announce. Wenger also added that Robin Van Persie and Bendtner are still not match-fit enough, so I think it's a small chance that they will be starting. Thus, don't put them into your fantasy league team yet. Diaby is also out and currently in the process of recovering which Wenger concluded to be going well.

When I was searching for article materials, I found an interesting article which featuring Bendtner's interview with sporten.dk. He announced himself that he is currently not match-fit and accepts of being benched. However, he will not accept it when he is fit enough since he felt that he has done well when he was used as the substitute on previous matches. The striker believes that he is good enough to start for Arsenal and admitted that he has done the bench-warmer part enough in the past. Thus, I draw a conclusion that were him not giving the chance to start, he will soon seek a move. I personally won't stop him because we have bunch of talented strikers coming up. In addition, some even rate Jay Emmanuel-Thomas is already better than him. I guess it is time for Bendtner to prove his worth of getting a starting spot in our current system. If he couldn't get the nod to start, I guess most of us will gladly open the door for him. What do you think?

Till then, Arsenal Mantap