Up For Grabs Now

Morning all, just a quick one as I’m off to the Emirates Cauldron to watch us put the muscular small timers Blackburn Rovers to the sword. Team selectors? Apart from Eduardo (sniff) we have everyone from the Roma game available, and Andrey’s unineligible again, so we he can start. I think the question is whether or not we go for Nasri in the middle again, or farm him out wide. He was pretty effective at times on Wednesday, but Blackburn are more violently cheating than Roma, though Roma were pretty violently cheaty themselves.

I know there’s been a bit of a hoo-hah about Toure and Gallas but I can’t see any reason why they wouldn’t start together again. Beyond that it probably depends mostly on who’s the most tired. I wouldn’t be surprised if Robin began on the bench, but we’ll see…

For what it’s worth, and that’s not very much, I’d like this starting line up

Almunia

Sagna Toure Gallas Clichy

Walcott Song Arshavin Nasri 

Van Persie Bendtner 

But I somehow don’t think it’ll happen. I suspect room will be made for Denilson and Eboue, somehow, probably at the expense of Nasri/Arshavin/Walcott/Van Persie. 

Anyway. Blackburn won’t be pushovers, but a win today will put us back into fourth, before we’re put in the bumsqugglingly uncomfortable position of choosing between a Spurs victory tomorrow, which would leave us in fourth place, or a Spurs defeat which would plonk them further towards relegation. 

Come on the boys. I will be in the Famous Cock beforehand if anyone wants to demonstrate their fondness for this website through the medium of lager. 

Note that I choose this bar not for its quality but for its proximity to McDonald’s. 

Later, grabbos.

Tags: andrey arshavin, Arsenal, blackburn rovers

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