Arsenal v Chelsea Game Thread

By: travis | May 10th, 2009

Not a whole lot to play for today, aside from third place. Kind of depressing to think about in that fashion, but reality can be a harsh mistress. Nevertheless, there’s no reason why Arsenal won’t bring their A game today. The big news of the day is that Arshavin misses out on the 18, as he is dealing with the flu. As for the rest of the squad, a chance to solidify things for next year. A look at the two lineups:

Arsenal: Fabianski, Sagna, Toure, Silvestre, Gibbs, Walcott, Nasri, Song Billong, Diaby, Fabregas, Van Persie.
Subs: Mannone, Denilson, Ramsey, Djourou, Adebayor, Bendtner, Eboue.
Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Alex, Terry, Ashley Cole, Essien, Mikel, Lampard, Anelka, Drogba, Malouda.
Subs: Hilario, Ivanovic, Di Santo, Ballack, Kalou, Belletti, Mancienne.

Full strength for Chelsea, there can be little doubt of that. They’ll be out to avenge their perceived mid-week injustice. Kickoff in ten minutes. As usual, leave your thoughts during and after the game below. Come on Arsenal

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• matt |  May 10th, 2009 at 7:41 am

  
  
  

  watching this game you wouldnt guess there wasnt anything at stake. so far (35min) it’s been a damn competitive game…few things i noticed:

  nasri will be better than fabregas…or at least thinks he will be. gotta say i like that buy every bit as much as the arshavin one.

  diaby is a ballwasting bastard.

  fabianski is TERRIBLE.

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• travis |  May 10th, 2009 at 8:28 am

  
  
  

  A terrible, terrible game from an Arsenal perspective.

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• Homey |  May 10th, 2009 at 7:27 pm

  
  
  

  In the other thread I was wishing for a few of the 2nd-level guys to get a look at the end of the season. Well I guess I should be careful what I wish for. But still, I’ll stick with my point. I just hope some of these late-season losses will lead to some buying in the summer.
  And I know this is a thought for another thread, but I can’t help but think it will be a LOT harder to finish in the top 4 next year for someone, since I’m sure Man City will be bringing in a load of talent this summer. I don’t want Arsenal to be the one from the “Big 4″ to lose its place.

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