Today

Today is the day most arsenal fans have been looking forward too. Today is a showdown between Arsenal and Chelsea at the Emirates.

In my previous post, i gave forward the team that i would have loved for arsene wenger to pick and the team that i felt could beat chelsea. However the team picked by Wenger is very similiar yet the differences could lead to a catastrophe.

Instead of moving Sagna into the CB role, made available by Koscielny, Wenger has opted to put Vermaelen in that position. Although Vermaelen is an outright CB, his performance recently has shown that when facing a team with a great attacking force his performance can prove to be below expectations.

Also instead of starting Carzola and Flamini, who i think could have helped us wrap the game early, Wenger chose to start Rosicky and Arteta. Although Rosicky and Arteta are great players, i feel that they would have more of an impact to the game coming of the bench towards the end of the match. Rosickys high work-rate would be great utilised to start of creative plays to get past a tired defence. Arteta could have come on to help protect the defence with flamini while walcott came off as a sub so as to not increase the chances of an injury.

Although i have these concerns, i hope theseplayers especially Vermaelen prove me wrong and have a wonderful game and win at the Emirates.

I believe in you Arsenal