Match Day Thread Arsenal vs. Chelsea 2015/16 Official Match Thread

Costa is a doubt for this game apparently

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/chelsea-in...ash-after-picking-injury-everton-draw-1538496

 

Classy

 

I'm a classy ****er

 

do we know for sure that sanchez and ozil are available?

 

According to this Guardian article it looks like Ozil is definitely back and Sanchez is touch and go, but will more than likely start on the bench (so much for him being back for the Liverpool game...)

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jan/21/arsenal-mesut-ozil-alexis-sanchez-chelsea

"The good news is that Özil certainly will be available and, for Sánchez, the next two days will be decisive though, this time, I think he will make it for selection,” said Wenger.

 

Other promising news is that Coq is back in training a month earlier than planned, Welbeck will start training next week and Rosicky is going to play a U21s game tomorrow.

 

Legend

 

Apparently Hazard is fit for the game on Sunday...

 

taken from BBC Sport -
"More from Cobham and Guus Hiddink also said that says Eden Hazard has trained fully over the last few days and is available for selection.
In addition, Diego Costa hasn't been able to train much this week but is also available for selection."

Not good, seems we could be in a similar situation to the Liverpool game where we thought the opposition would be weakened by injuries but most of their main players pull through...

 

Think i'd rather Hazard not be fit,but he owes us a good game.

 

Injury or no injuries for Chelski we should be beating them, no excuses at all if we don't get 3 points from this game, though many at this club have gotten so used to excuses, wouldnt surprised me if every excuse in the book is thrown out if we do fail to win. ohhhhh it was a good point bla bla bla previously we would have lost to chelski bla bla bla.

 

Really no excuses. At home with a strong squad back. Chelsea are just barely drawing games. If we can't win we truly are perpetual chokers.

 

Even though they aren't playing to top form, they still have a strong squad and they will up their level for us. We can't afford to be sloppy and play well to get a result, anything else will be very risky.

 

Just seen the fixture list and we're playing Southampton on Tues after playing Chelsea on Sunday. WTF ?

Why couldn't they just have scheduled our midweek game on the Weds like Chelsea and Everton ? (the other teams playing on Sunday)

 

No we're not.

That is all.

 

The mid-week game is after the fa cup game, we have a weeks rest after Sunday's game.

 

My bad.

 

If you don't win this by three or four you want your backsides kicking. Chelsea are snatching draws from the jaws of defeat so a win for you could send them on a winless run for quite a few matches.

 

Stop being such a doom monger. A point against the PL champions would demonstrate hard work, incredible spirit, determination and resilience. It would put us one point closer to finishing up to 1st place.