Don't want Diaby to play whether he is fit or not. He has been pretty poor this year.

Diaby? Strong? Apart from the opening day of the season with full pre-season training.

After that he hasn't got faster than jogging around the pitch and taking 5 touches before making a pass. Mostly giving it away or getting robbed.

Whatever the reason. The outcome is the only thing that matters.

Another mentally weak player then...

This fecking season sucks.

Is it 100% cemented that Sagna will be out?

Yeah. Sounds like it. Jenks better be up for it.

Arteta and Ramsey
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No doubt. I would try Vermealen and Arteta. or Coqelin and Arteta.

Ramsey loses the ball too often under pressure. Thats the differnce with AVB. Spurs employ a superb press.

Thats why they looked so poor against West Ham. Long balls defeats that easily but Arteta/Ramsey don't react well under pressure and they are loathed to play the ball in the air.

All high press teams like Chelsea/Southampton/Swansea/Liverpool have done well against us.

Hello everybody.

An Arsenal only thread - fantastic! Must say it's a bit weird with no wums on here though

I just read on Arsenal.com: Sagna out for Sunday. Didnt expect that. But now its Jenko time. I am not worried about it though.

Dont expect Diaby back allthough Wenger said he had a chance. Diaby not on 100% is not good enough and I dont wont Wenger to sub him because of injury in the game. We need to be flexible with our substitutions.

Marc Overmars has revealed he is open to working for Arsenal in the future and confirmed a backroom role would best suit him.

The 39-year-old Dutchman is currently Ajax’s director of football where he works on the technical side of the game with former teammates including manager Frank de Boer and coaches Wim Jonk, Jaap Stam and Dennis Bergkamp.

Speaking to the Evening Standard about his plans for the future, Overmars admitted he’s not yet spoken to Arsene Wenger about working together again but confirmed he believes the Arsenal board might already have earmarked him as a possible addition to the hierarchy.

“When you get older as a player, you work out what your qualities are for the future. I was quite fast to realise being a manager was not my job.

“The way I work with Ajax, I do the transfers, the contracts and organise the scouting, so it suits me. It wouldn’t surprise me if I work in the future at Arsenal — it could be a possibility.

“I’ve never discussed it with Arsene Wenger. But if the board think about the future and make a list of people to work at the club, it wouldn’t surprise me if I am on the list of people.

“However, at this moment, I want to stay at Ajax.”

http://news.arseblog.com/2013/02/overmars-arsenal-return-wouldnt-surprise-me/

I would rather play Coq at RB than Jenko.

Coquelin and Arteta for me please. Coq is mobile and not too slow. We need more pace in midfield. Ramsey cant provide that.

Arteta and Coq in the midfield will do it for me. Or even Arteta-Wilshere and give Rosicky a start! Anything but Ramsey!