Sunderland Expectations.

If we can't beat sunderland at home comfortably, we may as well give up

It's a great opportunity to get within four points of liverpool, which isn't that bad at all at this stage. Spurs also have a tough looking game against newcastle away later on, and I'm hoping it ends up in a draw.

Also, hope Chamberlain starts because right now, we are lacking a spark in the final third. It'll be interesting to see if coquelin keeps his place after a rather stunning midfield performance against spurs.

What if a meteor hits the stadium. Surely that's an excuse
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Negative thoughts man,Negative thoughts.

It's vital to win today and again against Stoke next weekend.

Hoping the international break has served us well and that the defence has relaxed somewhat.

I'm going for a 3-0 win.

We will win by 2 clear goals.

We normally don't do well against Sunderland, but I think this time we will beat them convincingly. I think we have beaten them only once in the last 6 meetings or something like that.

i think rvp will score, arteta & a defender. Its my hunch.

Arshavin will score, revenge for last time

I'll take a scrappy one nil as long as we get the three points! Come on arsenal give us something to cheer on! Most depressing season I can remember!

Our record against Sunderland is not good. I will take any sort of victory to be honest even if I do get a heart attack watching it unfold.

Any win will do, it's as simple as that. The season has started so badly this year, supporters really shouldn't be expecting or even hoping for big victories.

Things will improve I'm sure, but the team has been so shuffled due to injury that the understanding that's necessary for it to perform well is slow in coming.

But it will.

Now, I'm off to see my shrink.