With no wins this season, and in the setting of a torrid
record at the emirates, Stoke city’s goose ought be cooked. But Arsenal is in
the midst of a now infamous inability to score. Worse for the gunners, this
dysfunction plays out right in front of their fans: in their own bed, at home.
This is the kind of situation that can spiral its own way.
Here comes a Stoke all made up thanks to the Affelays, Shaqiris and Bojans of
this world, desperate to right an unflattering record and eager to show off
their new b**b and nose jobs.
For a weekend that features Mayweather-Berto, Mancherster
United-Liverpool, Inter-Ac Milan et.al #AFCvSCFC has the potential to pull a Roberta Vinci- Serena Williams upset. Here is why
Giroud
The boo boys over at Bordeux may have inadvertently handed the
Arsenal striker a start this weekend. The international break was punctured by
anger over Arsene Wenger’s ‘lie’ on the seriousness of Danny Welbeck’s injury,
coupled by failure in transfers and sporadic calls for Alexis Sanchez to take over
as the main man in Arsenal attack.
All that was swept under the rag when Oliver got the boos. Gooners
at home with statistics point out that Giroud’s among the elite with a one to
every two games goal ratio. Most of us realize that we are stuck with Oliver
and we just have to rally behind him. Arsene Wenger knows that it would be
homicide to drop him today.
The Giroud situation for me is a bit of a chicken-egg
quagmire. Does the Frenchman start or not? Whenever he has come off the bench,
Giroud has looked good the team even better moving forward. Is it a case of
absence making the heart grows fonder? In that, when he comes on, he reminds us
of how good he really is. How integral he is to give our attack a semblance of
swashbuckling?
Alexis-Ozil-Walcott-The Ox
Has Alexis starting on the left and cutting in become a bit
too predictable? Is the key in finding how the ‘free roles’ handed to both
Mesut and Alexis can be balanced? How can this be made more harmonious so that
the shine of our two jewels illuminate? Should Wenger cut the crap and put
Walcott in his place? I mean look at how happy a more gifted player, Neymar, is
working the flanks.
Finally, how can we deny the fans the enthralling sheer
forcefulness and power of Oxlaide-Chamberlain? Maybe in some games (like this
one) we could make up for the defensive frailties of this quartet all starting by fast cover at the
back in the form of Kos-Gabriel partnership flanked by more solidity in Monreal
and Debuchy.
Whatever Wenger puts out today, let’s get behind the lads making
the Emirates a fortress is 90 percent fans. At home, the team should ideally
just come out and enjoy themselves #COYG
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