Confidence is flying high in the Arsenal camp and the stronger characters in the team are demanding more from us when we go to Citeh this weekend.
It is absolutely a must-win game and with that in mind, I think Wenger will attack this game a bit differently than Birmingham and Shakhtar. He knows Citeh are powerful and their ball winners in midfield are aggressive to the point of violence (De Jong anyone?). He needs to take that away from them and the only way to do that is to stop it being a midfield battle. If it becomes a battle I feel we might lose, or if we don't we might lose a few players to injury.
Without knowing really who's fit and who isn't anyone would struggle to guess the line up, but I think it would be something like this;
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Fabianski |
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| Eboue |
Squillaci Djourou |
Clichy | ||
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Song Diaby |
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| Rosicky | Fabregas | Nasri | ||
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Chamakh |
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That is the way I'd love to see us lining up, with Diaby and Song holding and allowing Rosicky, Fabregas and Nasri to support Chamakh and collect his knock-downs. I know Diaby doesn't like sitting, but we will need his power to protect our back 4. He'll direct the midfield to play one-touch wherever possible, moving the ball faster than we can be tackled, therefore negating the midfield of Citeh whilst maintaining posession and continuing to attack.
Rosicky, Fabregas and Nasri will be essential to the success on sunday. God help them that they don't get injured.
More to follow when I get a bit of team news.
WG
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