was joshing fella lolQuote:
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was joshing fella lolQuote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
Gibbs and Walnut face fitness tests but they should be fit.
Arteta and Ramsey are back. Hope Rosicky keeps his place though.
Yossi is a doubt.
Presumably Oxlade's available to play - he had the flu.
I hope we line-up like this:
------------Van Persie---------------
Looks good.
Pre-match stats
- This will be the 30th league meeting between Arsenal and Newcastle since Arsene Wenger become Arsenal Manager
- In that time Newcastle have had ten managers Kevin Keegan (two seperate spells), Kenny Dalglish, Ruud Gullit, Bobby Robson, Graeme Souness, Glenn Roeder, Sam Allardyce, Chris Houghton, Alan Shearer (interim) and Alan Pardew.
- In the previous 29 encounters Arsenal have won 14, Newcastle have won 5 and ten have ended all square
- Newcastle have won three of the previous 14 encounters in North London winning 1-0 in 1997, 3-1 in 2001 and 1-0 in 2010
- Arsenal have scored 26 goals in the previous 14 encounters triumphing in this fixture on nine occasions
- The last player to score a hat-trick in this fixture was Ray Parlour in 2000
- The top scorer in this fixture since 1996 is Thierry Henry with 5 goals, Bergkamp, Anelka and Van Persie also have three
Lawro positive about us againQuote:
Arsenal v Newcastle (2000 GMT)
This might prove to be a more difficult game than Arsenal fans are expecting on the back of their last three performances, in which they have been absolutely outstanding.
Newcastle will be fired up for their trip to Emirates Stadium because it is a big one for them in the race for fourth place. The Magpies were not particularly good against Sunderland, when too many of their players got caught up in the moment, and they will be looking to bounce back from that disappointment.
But how can I not tip Arsenal to win at home with the form Robin van Persie is in?
He is basically unplayable at the moment and was nothing short of sensational at Anfield in terms of coming up with the goods at precisely the right moment. If he had been playing for Liverpool last week then they would have scored four or five goals.
Arsenal have definitely improved at the back too, with Kieran Gibbs, Thomas Vermaelen, Laurent Koscielny and Bacary Sagna looking like a good unit in front of Wojciech Szczesny.
Fourth place is up for grabs and Arsenal are in the box seat at the moment but there is still a massive reliance on Van Persie to deliver for them and even when he is in the team they can still look pretty ordinary at times.
This is an Arsenal side that went to AC Milan and were hopeless and went to Sunderland and were not that much better.
Yes, it was a great comeback to beat Tottenham, yes they did very well to nick a win late on against Liverpool and yes they were impressive against Milan but, for me, they remain fragile. You cannot be sure you won't see another poor performance from them next time.
Prediction: 2-1
Why didn't he just say he hopes we lose? Why is he so long-winded about it?
Oxo-Chambo was awlsome in the middle. Home games like this would be the best place to try it out again. Now that some of our midfielders are actually fit, we probably won't see him there again though. I'm expecting WUMger to bench him for this anyway.
Fat Fuck 2 could actually play on Monday, as Gibbs is 50:50 again. http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-arc...y-and-benayoun
well we did beat his beloved liverpoolQuote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Have a feeling Gibbs and Rosicky will be rested.