2 tweets from Arteta: I have my scan. my ankle is not broken. It will take time to heal so I have a very little chance to play again My ankle is not broken. Scan look bad but glad i won't be out for long as we may thought of. Our win rate this season without Arteta is a whopping 0%
That's true, he has played a lot of games, as has Rosicky. We can't ask for more (apart from playing of course). Well it's off to Ramsey then, let's hope he picks it up. Also if the fans stop booing him it would certainly help!
Ramsey had better step up now, he has his chance for the rest of the season, also does anyone know if diaby will play again this season??? especially with the wilshere news aswell we now really only have ramsey song and rosicky, maybe wenger will even play oxo in that central role and i hope he gets more game time on saturday because our midfield looked subdued against wigan.
Ah bumholes. Without Arteta someone had better shackle Song to the DM area of the pitch. I'd give his leash no more than 10 metres leeway!
This is the worry. Vs mata someone needs to man area of we could get mashed like the spuds. I hope wenger tells song to play deeper and that song does exactly that.
If we can set up our play to match the opposition that would help. We need to keep our eye on third place and three points from each of the remaining games. Surely that's not too much to ask in terms of focus and commitment.
We were by our own admission but we were not the train wreck we saw the other night, that's for sure... more calmness, organisation and discipline in midfield was shown that day.
Agree with that, but we're entering the most pressure packed month of the season. We're already one of the worst teams in the league for defensive errors - I just hope that trend reverses.
Depends who plays, and what tactics are employed...we need to avoid getting overrun in midfield again. Defence is ok with Koscielny back. I would back our defence to handle their attack, the problem lies with scoring goals of our own, we were unable to do so against Wigan.. I'm not sure why. RVP looked jaded, Walcott was non-existent.. one of our weakest home performances this season. I can only put that down to complacency.
Ramsey has to shape up or be shipped out. It's do or die for him now i reckon, if he plays poorly for the next month, then he should be sent on loan next season. We need Arshavin back, we could have played him in the central attacking role, drop Rosicky back to CM.
