I Am Angry With Arsenal Performance Against Boro

I am very disappointed with Arsenal display against boro today.

To speak the least, I am VERY DISAPPOINTED with Eduardo, Giberto... Eduardo is just **Rubish**.

He can't play in the Engliash League at all. He does not have the pace, the strength and the technique . In the frist half when he is playing, Arsenal is practically palying with 10 man. THAT how bad it is.

Giberto is near to non-existance in the match. Based on his vast experience, he should be doing more and committed more. No... i only see a half hearted Giberto who only come alive in the second half where everyting is a lost cause after boro score the second goal.

Shame to Arsenal. Shame to the whole team.

Wake up Arsenal. Be confidence BUT NOT OVER-CONFIDENCE.

Arsenal did not have the type of fighting spirit that Man U and Chelsea display when thye need to win game. Arsenal will not win the leagoue this season.

Good Decision From Arsene Wenger

It is a good decison to put Djourou on a loan to Birmingham until January.

This way, the young defender has have first time exposure and experience in the Premiership.

When Toure and Eboue are invlove in the Afican cup in January, Arsene Wenger will be able to use a more experience and match-ft Djourou from then on.

Even as i am writing here, Djourou is arleady playing his first game against a Chelsea team.

For this, one up to Arsene Wenger.

Another thing i would like to mention here is that Ljunberg decision to join West Ham prove to be a wrong one.

West Ham lost 2-0 yesterday.

Hahhhaahaa.. how i wish Ljunberg see my blog... hahha....

Arsenal Won Against Fullham

Boy oh boy...

What's a close shave.

Arsenal is lucky to beat Fullham today.

A stupid error by Lehman give Fullham an early start.

A brand new season and the same old story again.

Lehmen, as usual, make all the mistakes that a professional goalkeeper should not make.

Arsenal struggle to score after crating chances after chances.

Frabegas has a very quiet game.

Thanks to Toure who charge into the Fullham penalty area to give Arsenal a penalty after being brought down by a Fullham defender. (it llook like obstruction to me.

Van Persie converted the penalty.

Arsenal launch raid after raid of attack but are not able to convert the chances to goal until Hleb score within the 6 yard box with a low drive.

Arsenal is lucky to win.

The defense is in a mess.

I really hope Arsene Wenger can iron out this aspect of the problem in the next few games.

Anyway, a win is a win.

As an Arsenal fan, i am happy.

Sack Lehmen!!!

I have just watched the Arsenal vs Fullham.. and just last than 2 minute in the grand opener, this stupid 37 years old professional goalkeeper, Lehman make one of the most stupid error again by not clearing a back pass sent to him from Clincy.

Hey, imagine a 37 years old mature goalkeeper making such a mistake?

This guy need to be hang!!!

Why is Arsene Wenger still extent his contract?

He is a burden to the Arsenal team.

Get him out of Arsenal.

He do not deserve a another chance. He deserve to be sack!

This is the comment from Arsene Wenger after the Fullham match:

"What went through my mind... first of all I was surprised he made a mistake. Because you know he is an experienced keeper, you want to deal well with your first ball. I think he changed his mind and then he was not quick enough to respond to his brain, because then he lost his co-ordination and made a mistake. Maybe he was guilty of changing his mind, I have not spoken to him. He's certainly the happiest boy in the dressing room tonight"

What do you think?

I think Arsene is damn angry at Lehmen, man!

Let's hope that Lehmen will be more careful next time when he guard the post for Arsenal....

Michael Owen To Arsenal

Heard that THe Arsenal Board is encouraging Arsene Wenger to buy Owen.

Owen to Arsenal.

That's will be very very good news.

Owen is at his best when he was in Liverpool at a young age. Currently, he is still young at 27 years old. He could probably rise to the occasion this year and rediscover is very best.

However, i doubt that Arsene Wenger will get him as he is consider old by his standard. Arsene Wenger is looking for 19 to 20 years boy.

Can Arsenal Do Without Thiery Henry?

This is the question in the mind of all Arsenal fans.

Can we do it this season without our top striker, Thiery Henry?

Well....

To be honest, based on the current young squad, i personally think that they will not make it to the top four in the priemiership.

First, did they address their lack in the finishing touch?

Secondly, do they have natural wingers (both left and right) to furnish the strikers with goal scoring chances and to stretch the opponent defense?

Thirdly, are the present team have enough experience to hold their own when pressure is mounting up?

Fourthly, do they have a natural leader in the team to guide them to success?

And lastly, do they have the mentality to win games and finish opponent off?

I really do not think so that the current squad can do that (even with Thiery Henry around..).

Unless, Arsene Wenger can change the mentality of this current squad, they will win anything again next year.

As a Arsenal fan, it may be another disappointing season.

I hope Arsenal can prove me wrong.....

I would like to wish Thiery Henry well as he cross broader to Spain.

Let put it this way, this man have given a lot to Arsenal in his 8 years here.

Credit to him for helping Arsenal to achieve so much....

Here is a tibute video dedicated to Thiery Henry:

http://plentyoffriendship.com/vid/1006.html

Who Else Want To Take Over The Role Of Arsene Wenger?

Arsenal loss to West Ham after losing to Liverpool and Everton few weeks ago.

This is the worst Arsenal performance ever.....

The players are not committed to win the game.... just wanted to play exhibition football to entertain.

None in the Arsenal squad can score goals.

Non performing players include Lehmann, Hleb, Clichy, Eboue, Baptista, Aliadiere.

Can you imagine a team which created more than a dozen of clear cut scoring opportunities and CANNOT PUT the ball in the net?

Which can you said of such a team?

One word.

Hopeless!

There is an urgent need to Reorg the team next season. Sack Lehmann, Helb, Clichy, Eboue, Baptista, Aliadiere, William Gallas...

Frustraction after frustration.... piling up in stack....

I have never seen an Arsenal so not committed to winning..

What else can i say?

Sack the Manger, Arsene Wenger. He is too stubborn to believe in this group of useless players.

From a heartbroken Arsenal Fan.

Arsenal Are Not Good Enough - Stop Dreaming Arsene Wenger

Arsenal lost to Liverpool 4-1 today after the lost to Everton two week ago.

This Arsenal team is not good enough!!!

Arsenal used to have very clever and penetrative wingers like Pires who can be in the right place at the right time to score goals.

Rosicky and Hleb cannot score goals. This give the team a lot of stress if the forwards are not performing.

There is no real quality in the team. The defense suck and Lehman is too slow in responding.

Henry is also not performing. The whole team are not playing to win. They just pass the balls around. Their passing is not sleek and penetratrative. The Strikers misfire and cannot convert any half chance.

Just tell me..... how can this team not be the laughing stock of the premiership?

With Arsene Wenger keep insisting that there are potential in the team and in reality, the team cannot match that of Chelsea, Man U, Liverpool or even Spurs, Bolton, Everton.. team that are in the mid table can also beat Arsenal.

Just tell me, how good is this Arsenal team if even a mid table team in the Premiership can beat them?

Yet, Arsene Wenger, in ALL HIS WISDOM, choose to believe that this team is trophies challenger. Alas....stop dreaming Arsene Wenger.

If you do not get more experience players next year and get rid of poor performing players like Senderos and some of the players, Arsenal will be in the same position next season.

No money to buy players? Blame it on yourself for throwing all the money to build teh Emirates Stadium when the finance is not ready.

Even if you have the finance, top players may think twice before joing Arsenal. I think Gallas is already regreting it, even he is silent about it.


Do something, Arsene Wenger for next season. This season is considered "GONE" for Arsenal. Not sure if they can secure Champion league next season also.

Sell Patrick Viera, Sell Pires, Sell Lauren, Sell Chambell and believe in your young players.... stop dreaming Arsene Wenger, this time i come down on my knee to beg you to STOP DREAMING and get REAL.

When your team is not good enough, admit it. Stop giving excuses like "no luck", "miss chances", "referee Decision", "FA working against Arsenal" , "Opponent, hit and run tactic or long ball tactic", or any other excuses you can think off..

Just Reorg the team and make a better future for us Arsenal Fans.

We are DISAPPOINTED.

Wake UP Arsene Wenger And Arsenal

Yes Wake up from your dream and face reality.

The current Arsenal team are not good enough to compete for any trophies.

Stop Dreaming!!!!

Arsene Wenger is talking of achieving second position in the premiership when they bow out of the Carlington cup, FA cup and Champion League.

Let me tell you that Arsenal is in danger of losing their third placing to Liverpool.

I watch how Arsenal lost to Everton yesterday from a last minute goal from Johnson.

Arsenal has no team work. Everyone is playing for their own interest. No slick passing, no through pass and running into position, nothing.

My friend told me that Diaby is one of the better one. I disagree. He has no ball sense. Many a time, it is required of him to pass the ball to create clear opening for his teammates, but he choose to bulldozed his way through to a "berlin wall" of defenders.

Everyone is playing for themself. Rosicky and Hleb are not performing. So is the guy on loan from Real madrid, Baptista.

I am utterly disappointed!!!

They will lose to Liverpool next weekend if they will play like that.

Arsene Wenger is a Purist, not a Realist

I totally agree with this guy. Arsenal is not playing to win. Who care about beautiful football if you cannot win? Look at Arsenal, they keep attacking and attacking but cannot score. The opponent counter-attack once and they score. How often have this happen to Arsenal?

I am speechless.....

From a Forum after the fall of Arsenal at the hand of PSV:


Well i'm totally gutted after that but had a retrospective think on the way back thinking how United and Chelsea keep achieving what we cannot and at the heart of it is Wengers ideology about football.

Wenger is an idealist he wants to see beautiful football and perfect play and at the heart of his teams is that philosophy. He is also a purist in it and thats why when other teams come to play and defend or be negative he says people come to football to be entertained etc. Unfortunately his idealism is not very practical and when he builds these teams with that idea in mind and assumes or hopes it will lead to trophies. However, as much as i hate them Fergue and Mourinho are realists and their main goal when they build their teams is winning as Mourinho said on the weekend. If they can get some good football as well so be it. But they focus on building a team capable of winning and challenging for trophies. Unlike Wenger who builds a team capable of great football and believes the results will come. In reality this doesn't occur everything needs to be perfect to work and it seldom is.

I think as a team we have lost our focus somewhat in whats important. Yes we love good football but not without end product and challenging for things otherwise its hollow. We have put too much emphasis on playing great football rather then winning and getting results and we are now suffering for it.

I'm not advocating Wenger being sacked or anything but he must compromise in his idealism and focus the team on winning not on the brand of football we play. If he cannot, and this is the problem as he is a purist , add a compromise i can't see us winning or challenging for much with Wenger at the healm. We may win the odd trophy but not because of the way we play inspit of it. When we moan about entertaining the crowd and teams playing negative they do it to get a result and win a match which is at the heart of their focus. It now needs to be at the heart of ours and a reassement in the team we have buillt is needed if we want to move forwards.

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Reasons Why Arsenal Flock This Season...

If you notice why Arsenal flock this season, this are the reasons:

1) Lack of consistency.
2) Cannot cope with the rough play of the opponent.
3) Miss chances ( some very direct and clear cut chance )
4) Referee mistake. ( penalty should be given but ignored )
5) FA England seen to biased against Arsenal
6) Lack of Luck

This is a reply from one of my friend who is also an Arsenal fan:

I used to agree on point no. 2. Now I don't. It's not true that they cannot cope with the rough play. They tried to play football, but the rough opponents do not, so they will bulldoze at tyou instead of the ball, and point no. 5 and 4 promotes that. So when Arsenal changed tactics and play rough too then they gets yellow card and red carded. Now you tell me how to cope with these opponents when there are double standard on the pitch.

My reply:

Arsene Wenger should instill in the team a spirit not just to play beautiful passing football but to win the game at any cost. They need to flexible enough to change the tactic and style of play according to what the opponent dishes out. But i just feel very strongly that the present lot in Arsenal are good players but the younger one need to get mature fast (for any trophies hope next season). All except Sendoros.
He the weaklink in Arsenal backline. We lost in the Carlington and FA tournament this season because of him. He got the Liverpool look, sell him to Liverpool.


Today, Arsenal will host PSV at home. My prediction: Arsenal 3 PSV 1. I want Arsenal to go trough.. with a bit of luck, i hope.

Arsenal Is NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!!

I am a fustracted Arsenal Fan.... from Singapore.

Arsenal draw with Boro 1-1 thanks to the day dreaming and slow Sanderos.

The draw is not just about Sanderos, it about the WHOLE TEAM. They are not playing with the type of spirit to win any game. They are just playing for fun.. not to win game.

THis is the Arsenal team that Arsene Wenger has so MUCH CONFIDENCE and BOOST about.

Come on Arsene Wenger, if your team cannot even beat Boros.. which Man U and Chelsea can do so, can you consider your team as good. Are you living in your own dream land?

You must boost your team with good signing. SHOULD I SHOUT TO YOU..... YOUR TEAM IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!! STOP PRETENDING THAT YOU HAVE THE BEST TEAM.

Arsene Wenger, please read this post. PLEASE?

Julio Baptista - Why Arsene Wenger Believe In HIM

I chance upon this video on Julio Baptista, showing his best while he is with Seville and Real Madrid. After seeing it, i agree with Wenger that This Man has huge potential.. another Henry in the making. The question is, why is he not showing the type of form that he show in Spain?

Toure Consolation Goal Against Bolton Wonderer

Yes.. i am Arsenal fan. I will not want to show you the goal from Nolan against us. Instead, i will show you the goal from our very own hardworking Toure (if you do not understand the commentary, pls bear with me.. it is in Thai!) Enjoy!

Arsenal Performance Sadden All Gunner Fans.....

I am a Arsenal Supporters but i hate to tell you that this present Arsenal team is not good enough. Arsenal "drop the ball" again yesterday in the 1-1 draw with Bolton.

Arsene Wenger, if you read this post, can you please rethink again? Do you still believe in this team or you have some hidden difficulties like lack of Finances to buy players?

And ... WHY ARE YOU IGNORING Ljungberg? Bring HIM BACK!!!! We need him.

This is the email dialog between me and my friend after the weekend FA draw with Bolton....

CYH:

How can Arsene Wenger keep claiming that he believe in his team when they are so many flaws within the teams?

Flamini is industrious but run around like a mad dog, without purpose. What is his talent?

Walcott is fast and talented, but inmature. On one of the occasion, he should have score from the right hand side. If former Gunner Robert Pires is in his position, it will be a goal already.

Henry is not as fast and pacy as before.

Sendoros is slow and cannot cope with fast striker, this leave Toure to work extra hard. How long will Toure able to take all this strain?

Rosicky is not playing to his reputation. He is just a normal midfielder. On top of that, he is not challenging for the ball.

Adebayor is not a striker. On a number of occasion, he failed to control the ball and put the balls into the net.

Yesterday, the only players in the Arsenal team that perform are Alumunia, Clichy, Hoyte, Toure, Fabregas

LWK:

I think Henry pace is gone. He is not as fast as he used to be. He still has the skills but the lightning speed is gone. He is 30 this year I think. But then, surprisingly, Anelka has regained some of his old time lightning speed and agility. Sendoros is no match of him. The Bolton goal is because of the twist and turn of Anelka which started the flow of attack resulting in goal.

Actually I thought Adebayor play well, it is his run they cause some troubles for Bolton. Only thing is he has not enough support. Only one Henry in the box and most of the time the ball cannot reach him.

Yes. Donno why Arsene started Walcott. He is inmature. He has speed, but not skillful and experience enough. A few times he tried to pass the defender but not sucessful.

Like I say again. Arsenal need to practise in this area. If they have done so, they will win more games:

1. Set piece, both defending and attacking. Do you notice Bolton win most of the headers. They defend their set piece well and they do score very often from their set piece. And they do 'create' lots of set piece.

2. Shooting from a far. Or should I say shooting under pressure. Again, many off targets shot last night.

Hopefully, all these are 'learning experiences' for the young team and few years down the road they will be great.

Give credit to Bolton. Yes. they play 'dirty', disrupt your rymthm. But they are able to do that but reading your mind where you are going to pass and intercept you. Campo etc intercepted so many 'thru' balls to Henry. Or should I say Henry just wait behind for the balls that's why the ball never get to him. Also, the Bolton players, notice their attitude is get to the ball first. So, while Arsenal players wait for the high ball to drop down, the Bolton players already put a leg high near the head to kick it away. I notice this quite a few times, once nearly resulted in a goal. They also have great speed and stamina. You see they defend with 5, 6 defenders? And when Anelka gets the ball, they surge forward with 5 attackers? Our counter attack has become too slow.

I think in a way, the EPL Ref is responsible for Bolton's style of play. They do not punish, when they should:

1) When players tackle the opponent instead of the ball. This is professional foul. But they just give free kicks at most instead of Yellow card. Sometimes don't even have free kicks.

2) They allow high kungfu kick near the chest or even head. This is called dangerous play when the 2 players are very near. But last night game Ref didn't give a foul on any of this.

Prediction For Weekend FA CUP (Arsenal Vs Bolton)

Arsenal young side did it again…. Draw with Spurs at white hart lane.
This weekend, they will face Bolton in FA cup. Bolton is surely used the same strategy that have make them successful over Arsenal in the past.
However, I have a strong belief that Arsenal will be different opponent this time round and the same strategy will NOT WORK on them asn more.
Fristly, Arsenal has learnt to change pattern of play as shown in the match again Man U. If you watch the game, you will see how Arsenal just pump the ball up to the penalty area instead of playing their normal passing game. They still do the passing, but combine it with the long ball tactic. This show that Arsenal is different now.
Secondly, Arsenal has learnt to fight back as shown in the Man U and the recently Spurs game. We are a young team, full with energy, and have the right attitude and philosophy to fight back from goals down instead of licking their own wound.
This two changes in Arsenal team will cause Bolton a lot of problems this Sunday. My prediction: Arsenal 3 Bolton 0.

Arsenal will win. With recent form and at Emirates, not Reebok. Arsense Wenger know Bolton intentional foul tactics and we are prepared for any outlash. Just hope there will be no more injuries on Arsenal side.

Arsenal Top The Table In The Mini League....

If you take the matches played among the big 4 against each other, you get the following mini-leaguee, which Arsenal is the best. If only we played better against the lesser teams.


P W D L GS GA GD Pts
Arsenal 4 3 1 0 7 2 5 10
Chelsea 4 1 2 1 3 4 -1 5
Man-U 4 1 1 2 4 4 0 4
Liverpool 4 1 0 3 2 6 -4 3

I really hope, as an Arsenal fan, that Arsenal will play better against the lesser teams. Understand that they will use intimatating methods to stop Arsenal passing game. Please Arsenal, please change your strategy when you face different opponents. Against team who used physical intimatation to stop our brand of flowing football, then we should use direct approach to score goal... running through the flank and cross the ball to the penalty area for the strikers to nod or kick it in.

Let go for the league title next season. I also hope that Arsene Wenger will sign some good and experience players next season to beef up the depth of the team.

Having said that, i wish Arsenal all the best this season. Hope we can clinch the FA cup, carling cup and the champion league cup. Go Arsenal goo.....aaalllll!

Arsenal Vs Man U (21th Jan 2007) Post Preview

This is the email conversation that i have with my Arsenal pal....

CYH:

Yesterday Arsenal Vs Manchester classic clash show that Arsenal still
need to strenghten up in their play. Yes, they may have won the game,
but I still feel the team need to be more stable and mature. Take
Sanderos for example. He is the most shaky defender on the pitch that
day. So is the all reliable Toure. Henry is not performing but find
the head to nod in the winner in extra time. Rosicky and Helb, our
right and left wingers are disappointing. Especially Rosicky, how on
earth can you sky some many chances. The whole Arsenal team is not
playing their normal football.

One point to note is that the two goals from Arsenal are scored from
wing play. Someone cross from the wing to the penalty area and someone
score from there. This is the way Arsenal should adopt... The direct
approach to goal scoring. Do not pass the ball around but go for the
direct kill. Or rather, they should adapt their approach based on the
opponent that they face....

As my 5 cents worth of comment

LWK:

I sometimes wonder if Arsene has no choice or has lost his managerial
skills. Why put in Sendoros when he is still not totally fitted back
into the team when playing against a team like Man-U? Yes, he was best,
but you need time to fit back into the team.

Look at Peter Chech, he is back but conceded two goals. I'm sure when he
was at this top form he could save at least one of the goal.

This game, Arsenal didn't play well. Cannot control the game. But then,
United also not in good form though they control better than Arsenal.
Ronaldo managed to create some havoc though nothing comes out of it, may
be Eboue cancel him out. Well, sometimes games are like that. Not every
day smooth form. And Arsenal got to learn to sometimes have to play this
type of game and STILL WIN. As many teams like Bolton, portsmouth will
like to break the rymthm of Arsenal play.

About Rosicky. I donno what Arsenal do during training. Only practise
passing? Do you know most goals scored by Arsenal are within the box?
Very few from outside the box. I think Rosicky and Van Persie are the
only two players who managed to score from far this season? Rosicky has
he off day. But how many times have you seen Arsenal players shoot from
outside the box that rocked to the sky or off target? Chelsea players
(Lampark, Essien etc), Man-U players (Rooney, Scholes, Ronaldo etc) and
even Liverpool (Gerrald, Alonso etc) has higher hit rate from long shots
outside the box. If we improve on this we could win more games.

Last but not least, it doesn't matter if we play well, as long as we win
Man-U. Hooray!!! I would rather we didn't play well and win then
watching them play well but lost to team like Shef-United who only had
one shot at goal!

CYH:

Yes... as long as we win, we hack care. 1 up to Arsenal and 1 down to Man U. Hurraay....

The Tactic Ferguson Used Tonight Arsenal Vs Man U Game

This is it... the final countdown to the Arseanl Vs Man U game. Yesterday we witness a shocker when Liverpool hand Chelsea 2 nil at home. What amaze me is not how well Liverpool play during the game (as i think they their normal game.) It is the standard of the game dish out by Chelsea... they have a dip in form of late.

As for tonight clash of the titan, Alex Ferguson will go for the 1-5-4 formation. He will pack the midfield to try to combat and neutralise the highly effective Arsenal Midfield engine. And i think he will use Saha upfront to try to catch Arsenal on fast counter attack. He will instruct his charge to play a defensive game at Emirate tonight and lauch fast counter attack.

For Arsenal to win tonight, they must play as a team. Passing must be slick and accurate. The movement on and off the ball must be fluid and smooth. The finishing must be merciless and deadly. Too often a time, we see Arsenal missing chances after channces in front of goal. A lot will depend on Frebasgus for intelligence and accurate distribution of the ball in midfield. If Van Persie can play, i would prefer him other than Adebayor. Van Persie is more skillful on the ball and can play the one-two with Henry better.

In my opinion, this should be the formation of Arsenal:

Van Persie --- The only lone striker
Henry Flamini Rosicky Frebasgas Hleb --- Five in the midfield
clichy Toure Senderos Eboue - Four at the back
Lehmann - who's else but the German in goal

Henry shoudl join Van Perise as a striker or fall back to left midfield according to the siutation. And Henry must use his pace to help the team to beat Man U resistance at the back. Rosicky is best playing in the central position than on the left. Flamini should fill in the gap left by Giberto as defensive midfielders, helping out the relatively young defensers at the back. Additionally, Flamini should man mark Man U danger man's Rooney, to try his best to keep him out of the game.

Tonight game is a game of "Class vs Consistency" Arsenal has the Class and Man U has the Consistency. But, my gut feel is that Arsenal will lift themself up with Class and beat Man U 3-1.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal Arsenal Goooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaal. Arsenal Arsenal Arsenal........

Arsenal Vs Man U (21th January 2007)

This is the email conversation between my friend and me....

CYH:

Hi Guys,

This weekend is interesting... ARSENAL Vs MAN U. Though match for Arsenal.... Hope they can rise to the occasion to beat Man u.


LWK:

What happened to your blog on Arsenal? The interest is over?

CYH:

By the way, Man U will want to revenge on Arsenal because we beat them at their home ground last year....

They will deploy all the dirty tricks to beat us.... Make us frustrated and stop playing our football. Hope Arsenal can overcome it.

LWK:

The referee is very important. Who is the referee?

CYH:

Don't know. I think it is will be difficult on Arsenal. If Arsenal do win this weekend, it is a milestone.

LWK:

Who can hold down ronaldo? Man-U defense not as good. Got chance if we control mid-field. Wonder what tactic Arsene will employ. At old trafford it was actually defend, hold and counter-attack. 4-5-1.
Adebayor scored near the end to win.

CYH:

They need to fight very hard. Man U got a lot of fighters. Schole, Gigg, Rooney, Ronaldo, ..... Arsenal will need to fight other than playing pretty football. At the end of the day, luck still play a major part. I hope Arsenal to win and Liverpool to lost to Chelsea.

LWK:

The key thread is Ronaldo and Gigg. Rooney is more up front. As long as he didn't get the ball it's ok. Schole. I think he is over his peak liao. I think Arsene should adopt 4-3-2-1 type of formation. So it's like 4-5-1 but 3 defensive mid-fielders and 2 offensive midfielders/strickers. Henry should be one of the '2'.

GK: Lehman
Def: Eboue, Toure, Sendoros, Cliché
Mid: Hleb, Rosicky, Flamini, Frabagas, Henry
Str: Van Persie

Reserve: Adebayor, Ljunberg, Galas, Walcott, Alumnia

As you can see, it would be perfect if Gilberto could play as he is a good "Defensive midfielder". Now, We only have Flamini, the rest are more attacking or winger. Mid field will be a problem.

CYH:

How about replacing Flamini with the Beast?

LWK:

I will stick with Flamini. He has played more with the team so understanding is there. The Beast still not yet 'clicked' with the team yet. But I won't be surprise if Arsene use him as he has the muscle but he likes to go up front too often.

From the website, Eboue and Ljunberg not recovered yet. So Hoyte need to come in.

CYH:

Man U is very strong on current form and on paper. Arsenal is the underdog in this weekend game. If we beat them this weekend, it will be an achievement.

My Prediction: Arsenal 3 Man U 1. (my heart tell me this...not my brain.)