It is the last home game for us this season as we welcome Norwich City today. It will also be, as of now, the last home game for Pat Rice as assistant manager to Arsene Wenger. A big Thank You to Pat Rice from all Gooners. Match thoughts as follows:
Team Line Ups:
Arsenal(4-2-3-1): Wojciech Szczesny, Kieran Gibbs, Thomas Vermaelen, Laurent Koscielny, Bacary Sagna, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song, Yossi Benayoun, Tomas Rosicky, Gervinho, Robin van Persie.
Substitutes: Lukasz Fabianski, Andre Santos, Johan Djourou, Francis Coquelin, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ju Young Park, Marouane Chamakh.
Manager; Arsene Wenger.
Norwich City: Paul Ruddy, Kyle Naughton, Simon lappin, Ryan Bennett, Russell Martin, Bradley Johnson, Jonathan Howson, Elliott Bennett, Grant Holt, Simeon Jackson, Wesley Hoolahan.
Substitutes: Jed Steer, Elliott Ward, Aaron Wilbraham, David Fox, Anthony Pilkington, Andrew Surman, Steve Morison.
Manager: Paul Lambert.
- The stakes are high for us in this one. With Tottenham and Newcastle winning their games in hand in midweek, we are narrowly ahead of them in the points table. We need to make home advantage count and get a much needed win today.
- For Norwich City though, they have little to play for as they are assured of safety from relegation and possibly this has been the reason for their recent slump in form with three consecutive defeats.
- However, it also means they can play uninhibitedly and play without any fear, and they can prove dangerous in this regard. Their last win was against Spurs and it just goes to show we will need to be at our very best to get our desired result.
- Arsene Wenger has named an unchanged side from the one that drew against Stoke last week. Hopefully the playing eleven will pull off more successful attacking combinations in today's match and get create better chances to score goals.
- Even though the manager has openly come out and asked van Persie to lead us over the line, the team still needs to put in a collective effort and take chances when they come. Not that I don't want van Persie to score, I just want others to contribute as well. But then again, I won't mind Robin scoring a hattrick as long as we end up winning(especially since Shrek is just two goals away from out captain in the leading goalscorers chart).
Team Line Ups:
Arsenal(4-2-3-1): Wojciech Szczesny, Kieran Gibbs, Thomas Vermaelen, Laurent Koscielny, Bacary Sagna, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song, Yossi Benayoun, Tomas Rosicky, Gervinho, Robin van Persie.
Substitutes: Lukasz Fabianski, Andre Santos, Johan Djourou, Francis Coquelin, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ju Young Park, Marouane Chamakh.
Manager; Arsene Wenger.
Norwich City: Paul Ruddy, Kyle Naughton, Simon lappin, Ryan Bennett, Russell Martin, Bradley Johnson, Jonathan Howson, Elliott Bennett, Grant Holt, Simeon Jackson, Wesley Hoolahan.
Substitutes: Jed Steer, Elliott Ward, Aaron Wilbraham, David Fox, Anthony Pilkington, Andrew Surman, Steve Morison.
Manager: Paul Lambert.
No comments:
Post a Comment