Reports are coming out that Ramsey and Rosicky are both out of tomorrow nights game. Likely front lineup will be: Frimpong Song Arteta Theo RvP Gervinho Will be a shame if he's out, with Rosicky as well there'll be NO midfield depth at all on the bench.
He needs a rest though. Last year he wasn't even playing in the Prem and now he's expected to play back-to-back games against the likes of Liverpool and United. Must be overwhelming physically and mentally.
Song and Gervinho are big plus points coming in though, Song has a terrific engine and really get about the pitch.
It's not good they we are missing depth but that is a first team i would probably field. I've always wanted us to play with two strong holding midfielders, its a shame that Cesc isn't here. However, Arteta is a quality player so hopefully he will be able to step it up and orchestrate things. This should also allow Arteta to advance forward and be more attacking, with the two African Amigo Strongmen, backing us up. Just imagine the link up between him and RVP, mmmmm. Also havne't we got Benni on the bench?
Arteta has a great long rang shot, how long is it since we had a midfielder crack one in, at least it opens up the possibility of more long range goals from midfield. Arteta is an excellent posession footballer and is tailor made for Arsenal, cannot understand the stupidity of people running him down and he just put in an excellent display on his debut.
Lol people think that a guy can step into any team, especially after the wholloping we got, and play like Messi. Despite that, he played well and will only get better. Once the team pick it up, we should start looking tasty in attack again. Also with Song and Frimpong in midfield, this will allow our left/right backs to attack more as they will be able to cover. Its getting the team to gel!!!!
if he's out for what appears to be a couple of days, expect to se him back in a couple of months, knowing how bad our physios are.
Is it me, that when our players get injured, they almost always take longer to recover than their estimated return date. Sometimes it reaches a rediculous length of time. Whereas some teams, namely Manure, i hear 3 week return dates for Rooney but he comes back in a week. Its obvious that something needs to be looked at asap.
