So, we have the first North London Derby of the season today. And maybe for the first time I know, our rivals look almost as strong, if not stronger, than us. They'll be pumped up for this as we will be, and their home crowd will not make things any easier for us. Passions are gonna run high this day!
And to add more spice to the match, Mike Dean happens to be the referee for today's match. I just hope that he does not get pressured by the home crowd and give away big calls against us, though recent history has shown we really do poorly in matches officiated by him. I really hope the outcome of the match is not decided by a refereeing howler.
Tottenham come into this match with good form and a strong line up. You could argue that they have probably more game changers than we have right now, with van der Vaart, Bale, Modric and Adebayor at their disposal. And with them having the better of us last season and with our two stars gone, they'll feel confident going into this game. Our newly assembled side will have its task cut out tonight.
For us, we haven't hit anywhere near top gear this season yet but we are building well towards it. We have won three games in succession after quite a long long time and the group seems to be gelling better. Injuries as always haven't helped matters but we've fought to victory in all these matches. Our top gun Robin van Persie was rested for the midweek game against Olympiacos and I hope he fires today. Still, it'll need a huge team effort and I'll be satisfied with a point for today's match, even though I yearn for a win as always.
Team Line ups:
Tottenham(4-4-2): Brad Friedel, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Ledley King, Younes Kaboul, Kyle Walker, Gareth Bale, Luka Modric, Scott Parker, Rafael van der Vaart, Jermain Defoe, Emmanuel Adebayor.
Substitutes: Carlo Cudicini, Sebastien Bassong, Vedran Corluka, Sandro, Jake Livermore, Giovani Dos Santos, Roman Pavlyuchenko.
Manager: Harry Redknapp.
Arsenal(4-2-3-1): Wojciech Szczesny, Kieran Gibbs, Alex Song, Per Mertesacker, Bacary Sagna, Francis Coquelin, Mikel Arteta, Aaron Ramsey, Gervinho, Theo Walcott, Robin van Persie.
Substitutes: Lukasz Fabianski, Andre Santos, Carl Jenkinson, Emmanuel Frimpong, Yossi Benayoun, Andrey Arshavin, Ju Young Park.
Manager: Arsene Wenger.
COME ON ARSENAL!!!
And to add more spice to the match, Mike Dean happens to be the referee for today's match. I just hope that he does not get pressured by the home crowd and give away big calls against us, though recent history has shown we really do poorly in matches officiated by him. I really hope the outcome of the match is not decided by a refereeing howler.
Tottenham come into this match with good form and a strong line up. You could argue that they have probably more game changers than we have right now, with van der Vaart, Bale, Modric and Adebayor at their disposal. And with them having the better of us last season and with our two stars gone, they'll feel confident going into this game. Our newly assembled side will have its task cut out tonight.
For us, we haven't hit anywhere near top gear this season yet but we are building well towards it. We have won three games in succession after quite a long long time and the group seems to be gelling better. Injuries as always haven't helped matters but we've fought to victory in all these matches. Our top gun Robin van Persie was rested for the midweek game against Olympiacos and I hope he fires today. Still, it'll need a huge team effort and I'll be satisfied with a point for today's match, even though I yearn for a win as always.
Team Line ups:
Tottenham(4-4-2): Brad Friedel, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Ledley King, Younes Kaboul, Kyle Walker, Gareth Bale, Luka Modric, Scott Parker, Rafael van der Vaart, Jermain Defoe, Emmanuel Adebayor.
Substitutes: Carlo Cudicini, Sebastien Bassong, Vedran Corluka, Sandro, Jake Livermore, Giovani Dos Santos, Roman Pavlyuchenko.
Manager: Harry Redknapp.
Arsenal(4-2-3-1): Wojciech Szczesny, Kieran Gibbs, Alex Song, Per Mertesacker, Bacary Sagna, Francis Coquelin, Mikel Arteta, Aaron Ramsey, Gervinho, Theo Walcott, Robin van Persie.
Substitutes: Lukasz Fabianski, Andre Santos, Carl Jenkinson, Emmanuel Frimpong, Yossi Benayoun, Andrey Arshavin, Ju Young Park.
Manager: Arsene Wenger.
COME ON ARSENAL!!!
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