Afternoon all!
The usual war of words in anticipation to our upcoming match against Man United (Manure for short). Evra, sounding like a drunk obnoxious Sp*rs fan (in fact is there any other kind??), has said that Arsenal are nothing more than a "training centre" club and points to our lack of trophies in the past 5 years. Ironically Nani has also come out saying that United are more concerned with our title challenge than with the threat posed by the stuttering Chelski.
Well done boys, set yourselves up for an attack on two fronts. That (almost) worked well for the Germans twice last century... Whilst Fergie might be the master of psychological trumpeting of the past fifteen years, it seems that this has failed to transfer to his players. The smarter move would have been to taunt us first and then move on to taunting Chelsea later, all Nani and Evra have done is to get both us and the Chav's stoked up for our upcoming matches. United remind me of a aging lion now, the roar's as strong as ever but the bite seems to be lacking.
To be fair, Rooney's started to find the net again now (most probably he's found a new prossie who's under strict instructions to keep quiet) and United will have a full strength team for our upcoming clash. BUT, this United side doesn't worry me. Don't get me wrong, they're still a strong team, but compare this Manure team to those of the past 15 years and you have to come to the conclusion they are NOWHERE near as scary as those in the past. Smalling is nowhere near up to the standard that Rio, Jaap and Bruce have set in seasons past. Obertan? give me a break. This guy's meant to replace to stalwarts of Giggs and Scholes? Despite not having our captain (personally i think it would be folly to rush Fab back, especially considering how well Nasri's playing at the moment), we can go into Monday's without fear and play our special brand of football and show Evra why he's wrong on so many levels! As Arsene has pointed out, big name players should always respect their opponents, lest your overconfidence gets the better of you...
Update on the Gibbs injury. Current estimates by our backroom team are that the lad's going to be out for three weeks. If I could could make a suggestion to our medical boys and girls, buy X-men Origins: Wolverine for Christmas. It gives you a nice guide to how to replace someone's bones with adamantium. Maybe it'll work with Gibbs, maybe it won't. But lets be honest here, something has to change for Gibbs otherwise he'll go down the Van Persie route of being available for 2.5 to 3.5 games a season.
Theo! Theo! Theo! Is the cry from the terraces. Nice to see Theo has recovered well from latest injury and is starting to show his form from the start of the season again. Personally I'd prefer to see Theo start instead of Arshavin against Manure, I reckon he'd give those Brazilian twins a scare and a half and Arshavin looked pretty ordinary against Partizan. Sorry Andrey but we just can't gamble on whether or not you'll show up mentally on Monday and Theo has been showing more heart and determination lately.
On Coco Almunia's proposed move back to Spain, some quarters are suggesting a player + cash swap with David de Gea coming the other-way (reports also circulating the player may move to Manure). Personally I can't see Arsene going for de Gea. We've already got two young keepers and surely there is little point bringing in yet another one.
The only other real piece of worthy news is that the decision on Cesc's fitness for the United game will be made the night before the match. Like I've already stated I think I'd be the height of folly to start him. Stick with Nasri, keep Fab on the bench. No point in rushing the lad back when in reality our midfield is better than United's anyway.
Well we're done for another day. I'm going to go and sit on Twitter for a while to catch up a
on Rio and Wilshere's comedy stylings. Rumour is one of them might reveal who snogged Sharron behind the bike shed's after third period maths on Monday....
The Afterthought.
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