For their second Champions League game of the group stages Arsenal started with the following line up: Mannone, Jenkinson, Gibbs, Koscielny,Vermaelen,Coquelin, Arteta, Gervinho, Cazorla, Podolski, Chamberlain. It was a strong line-up compensating for the loss of Diaby, while Mertesacker was not even on the subs bench! The following took their seats in the dug-out: Shea, […]
Morning Gooners, Carl Jenkinson is yet to make his mind up about who to represent at International level. We all know his choices are England or Finland and if Roy Hodgson has any sense, he’ll call our right-back up pretty sharpish and sort that issue out! He really is going to be a super defender, […]
And in my opinion, that is it. Two set pieces, two defensive howlers and two goals….! Koscielny, in for Mertesacker, played a part in both and the way he performed yesterday made me wonder if he had been skipping training!! That was not the kind of kind of performance we are used to seeing from […]
Morning Gooners, Chelsea take a short trip across London to face the meanest defence in the league today, a record equalled only by themselves so far this season. Old Lille club-mates, Gervinho and Hazard will be up against each other rather than in the same team and after the final whistle, who will come out on […]