Nasri's in great form - worth a punt

Samir Nasri has been instrumental in our performances this season. He really is exactly what this Arsenal version is all about, pace, movement and releasing the ball early to Chamakh and then running on for the return. Well worth a punt if you are a betting man, Nasri to score, I'd probably have a go at Arshavin scoring too!

Its worth mentioning the success Chamakh has been as a target man. He really is what Wenger was looking for. Balls into him are rarely wasted and his distribution is exceptionally good. The ball sticks to him and when we play 4-2-3-1 we need our target man to be able to release the likes of Nasri, Arshavin, Fabregas, Wilshire and Rosicky from midfield to go forwards and create havoc which Chamakh does extremely well. Hence his great relationship with Gourcuff at Bordeaux.

With his head Chamakh is pretty good, his movement off the ball is very good. He works the opposition defence and if his finishing was a bit better he would be topping our scoring charts. Naturally some of this will improve as he learns more about the Arsenal way and is better at anticipating the balls played into him. Lets face it, where else do players muck about with the ball on the edge of the opposition area instead of having a shot. We're always looking for that cheeky through ball that makes the defence look daft.

Great team news for today, Bendtner is back and apparently in the best shape since October 2009, which can't be bad. Theo is back too so a trip on the bench for him I reckon, bring him on in the second half against tired legs. Some bad news about Koscielny - he's injured his back and is unavailable for selection. Fortunately however, Djourou has declared himself fit so at least we have two centre backs available in him and the excellent Squillaci.

I hope Wenger retains faith in Fabianski, Wookie needs games and to be honest even if he makes a howler it wont be any worse that the spanish waiter does with alarming regularity.

All said and done, I'm really confident, bring it on Brum, I'm not afraid!

WG