Spuds Vs Arsenal -(D)erby DAY

At Wengers pre-match press conference today he was asked a question directed at jens and his future with the club, if ‘fit’ would he have been a starter for Saturdays game which kicks off at 1.30 pm at white heart lane. he offered the NON-committal comment below….

“At the moment I have not really wondered(who will start),” said Wenger. “I knew yesterday that Jens could not play so we go for continuity at the moment.

 

“ Alumina will play on Saturday, Lehmann is injured. He had to pull out of the second match because of his shoulder. He has bone bruising from that game at Blackburn.

“We’ll see what happens [when he comes back] but this is not the only difficult decision I have to make right now. We have Lassana Diarra coming in. Mathieu Flamini doing well at right back but we have Sagna coming back. Also do I play Gilberto who is only coming back on Friday? So it is all very open.”

I ‘ll point out the hint that flamini is doing well at right back if you missed it !, with eboue injured and gallas 20%-80% of starting , there is a certain amount of defensive turmoil in the club currently.And to guess tomorrows defense personnel is almost like winning lotto.

Gilberto should play, and i do expect him to start and be subbed out early .This game is definitely our toughest test yet, and I’m sure that Gilberto will have a few days off after the match, but to leave him out would be quite unforgiving a move to make when i’m sure Gallas will probably not feature at all.

Also quickly regarding jens , i’m sure his days are numbered, and with Arsene’s non-committal stance on the subject matter of who owns the ‘keepers gloves’ , i’m sure unless Alumina trips over his own shoe laces the German might have a longer stint on the bench when he comes back from injury.

Now down to formation:- 4-4-2

————Alumina————–

-Flamini- Toure-Sanga-Clich’y-

-Hleb -Fabrigas-Gilberto(diarra)-Rosicky-

——–RVP—- DUDU———

 

on the bench would be fabianski-ade-diarra-denilson-diaby

(if Gallas did return, Sanga could go back to RB and the defense would look more settled) which then means flamini could start with fabs in the middle and gilberto is bench bound !

 

If one was a betting man a draw would be the most likely result at white-heart lane, the last 3 games where all draws brought on by last minute goals by various parties, but im sure like i expect & your also expecting the hoodoo to be broken tomorrow.Why?           The factors that surround my theory  are…..

-spuds enormous spending spree this year , – martin jols job is under fire and needs results desperately . And on the flip side Arsenes Fresh belief in his side and contract commitments to the club,.AND the BIG FACT! that spurs really havnt started the season well and to ‘get the boots’ into them whilst they are rattled and down.Both teams have injury problems , and depending who returns ,or does not ! will change the outcome of this game . I can speak for a few fellow gunners that its not an ‘unbeliever’s ‘ comment to suggest that spurs every year try to model themselves on us , and have been slowly reducing the gap, in fact Jol at his press conference today spoke in admiration of Arsene , and the way he works with arsenal , in fact jol admitted he has tried to model Arsene in mirroring his actions with regards to spurs.

Im sure Arsene is flattered with jols comments ,but the facts remain that from 8 starts he has never won against us with 4 draws and 4 loses to his name ! 4 draws !hmmmm ,there is still room for improvement , im sure we will see tomorrow !

Lennon is rumored to return tomorrow ,ledley and dawson still out !and with berbatov and keane upfront at home , spurs always look to be in for some goals it must be said!

I think this game will be won or lost in the Midfield and defensive continuity of either team. Dudu is returning from a 3 goal bag from his international duties with the Croats, and i’m piping him to have a pivotal game for us .Starting him is a MUST Arsene !

Looking at the injuries its very hard to predict a starting line up and sanga isnt tested as a CB , but i’m sure he would play ‘well’ anywhere across the back, he is ‘all class’! and at the start of the season was purchased due to his flexibility across the back .

Pascal Chimbonda is connected to a money laundering racket , and was arrested on charges of ‘conspiracy to defraud’. Jol declined to comment on the charges but did state football-wise he is turning up for training and he will assess if he is FIT to play tomorrow. Not sure whats going on there , but if it unsettles their camp , all the better for us !

Well my score prediction is 1-2 , but im expecting it to be a ‘NAIL BITER’ ! They could either flop like pancakes or shock us ! Id rather like the Pancake theory myself, but with key injuries AND NO cover in key positions(like i have been stating all pre-season on A Uncultured right middle finger ) ,OH ! incidentally that blog’s sooo off the mark with football formations,predictions and delusional views of grandeur,it must be up there with Brad pitts performance in the ‘12 monkeys’. WELL.. all i can say is Hoyte would come in handy now defensively, also will Bendtner miss out again ?

Join me again for the spurs postmortem…

games on at 1.30 GMT . so have Guinness for me !

(im on antibiotic s ) BLAST!

 

ethan.

 

 

~ by ethangooner on September 15, 2007.