Arsenal v Chelsea 29/9/12 12.45 SS1

[Niall_Quinn]

Vermaelen is fit. Rosicky is still two weeks away.

Where did we dump him this time?

Should be an easy win. All we need to do is play Theo up front (and pay him £100K erey 5 mins) and nobody will be able to live with us.

[Cripps_orig]

Mannone

Jenkinson Mert Verm Gibbs

Arteta Diaby Cazorla

Ox Theo Podolski

[Niall_Quinn]

Mannone

Jenkinson Mert Verm Gibbs

Arteta Diaby Cazorla

Ox Theo Podolski

Odd that Diaby is playing seeing as he put in that good performance against Liverpool.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Where did we dump him this time?

Should be an easy win. All we need to do is play Theo up front (and pay him £100K erey 5 mins) and nobody will be able to live with us.

I don't get Rosicky, when he comes back he never looks like he has lost mobility. I'd have thought injuries would have made him incapable of running now.

[Niall_Quinn]

I don't get Rosicky, when he comes back he never looks like he has lost mobility. I'd have thought injuries would have made him incapable of running now.

Maybe there's a gym at the detox clinic.

[Syn]

I don't get Rosicky, when he comes back he never looks like he has lost mobility. I'd have thought injuries would have made him incapable of running now.

In footballing terms, he claims to be only 29.

So he's younger than Tyson Gay.

(Ha! Gay!)

[milla]

I don't get Rosicky, when he comes back he never looks like he has lost mobility. I'd have thought injuries would have made him incapable of running now.

Rosicky lost yew yards of pace IMO. He was near Theo like for Dortmund. Still dangerous on short distance.

[Cripps_orig]

Arsenal v Chelsea (12:45 BST)

A big game to start us off with. Both these sides scored six goals in the Capital One Cup in midweek and both of them have started the season well in the Premier League.
Arsenal got a well-deserved point against Manchester City, and it could even have been all three. Chelsea had to work hard to see off Stoke with a late goal but they were good value for their win.

I can see the Gunners edging this one because they are playing well and their new signings have already settled in - Olivier Giroud got his first goal for the club against Coventry on Wednesday, now he just needs to get off the mark in the Premier League.
Gervinho missed a few chances against City on Sunday but what has been good about Arsenal's front line is that they keep moving positions during games and that makes them difficult to play against.
Robin van Persie leaving has led to Arsene Wenger trying something a bit different, varying their attacks instead of going through one man all the time, and they can always bring on the likes of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Theo Walcott too.
Arsenal look good going forward and are better at the back than in recent seasons. Chelsea have plenty of options in attack too but what is different this time is that they do not have Didier Drogba, because he used to really bully the Gunners defence.
Prediction: 2-1

Hope hes right

[Niall_Quinn]

Hope hes right

For the first time ever.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rosicky lost yew yards of pace IMO. He was near Theo like for Dortmund. Still dangerous on short distance.

Yeah but that was ages ago and before he joines us. He still looked fairly fast last season when he played last season i.e the ability to get away from players with ease.