Got a horrible feeling rvp will be on the bench tomorrow. I fully understand he needs a rest as do a few of the other players. However, let's be honest, we look toothless without rvp. It's all good people saying chamack needs to be given a chance and needs to prove his worth but we can't afford to drop points tomorrow.
Even with rvp I think we will struggle tomorrow but without him tomorrow we will be doomed. I know it suggest we rely on rvp too much but the reality is that without him we don't have any genuine goal scorer and to be frank, I can't see where else the goals will
come from.
Rvp has to start tomorrow if we want a chance to win the game. He can then sit on his deck chair for the next 2 weeks.
As for the transfer rumours, any latest gossip other then Henry? I can see podolski happening.
Rvp & transfer rumours
posted on 1/1/12
i want chamakh to score and thus gain some more confidence. the only way he will do that is to play more than 10 minutes with a mountain of pressure on his shoulders looking for a late equaliser or winner.
posted on 1/1/12
Gunnersfirinfblanks - chamack isn't good enough
posted on 1/1/12
Chamakh is off to the ACoN after this match anyway so even if he does score and gain some confidence he won't be taking that confidence into any Arsenal matches!
posted on 1/1/12
Fulham have quality in attack with players like Dembele and Jol has them finely tuned, leaving our defensive worries fragile.
I cannot predict our line up for tomorrow to be honest as I feel our currently shallow squad due to injuries will experience fatigue eventually. RVP, Walcott, Ramsey, Song, Arteta, Koscielny so pretty much the entire first XI need a rest.
I see Henry coming in in the next week but would have been fine to have him against Fulham. His debut back at us may be against Leeds
Podolski is a possible. Wenger admires him but the deal is too much in the spotlight..
I wonder who we see come in on loan at LB
On MOTD2 tonight one of the pundits said Alex McLeish was maybe selling Bent to a top 4 club :S
posted on 1/1/12
good point about the ACON. but a confident chamakh is good enough to score. maybe we should give park a run out but still with RVP on the bench and the intention to bring him on if needs be.
posted on 1/1/12
Rvp has to start, we got fa cup coming up and he can rest. Chamakh is not good enough.
posted on 2/1/12
i wouldn't get darren bent, he is a shocking footballer. as kamran would say, he is almost as bad as hernandez.
posted on 2/1/12
Neither Chamakh nor Park have been playing as many games as they need. Have they even played together? Maybe it's time we tested it out, just in case we need to rely on them.
If RVP is on the bench, he can come on at the hour mark and change the game - his fitness isn't what it used to be so maybe having him fresh at 60 minutes would be better than having him burn out from the off.
posted on 2/1/12
This will be a tough game tonight with just 2 days interval since we last played.
Also we have too many injuries at moment in defence as well as a dearth of goal scoring potential up front.
My guess is that Coquelin will play left back and I suspect that Wenger will cause a surprise and play Chamberlain,Chamakh and Gervinho in starting lineup.
Beyond tonight it is imperative that we bring in at least
one new goalscoring forward apart from Henry. Our
forwards apart from Van Persie are like a 'pop gun' in
front of goal.
Podolski is the logical choice since he is not Champions League Cup tied.
posted on 2/1/12
We have no defence now.....
TV, Sagna, Gibbs, Santos, Jenkinson (who I was hoping took over from Sagna and had 10-12 games) all injured
We are putting midfielders in defence now
Thats the worry...not RVP.......
We need to believe we can win without him........