The Game

Out of all cups, second in the table with ten points from leaders Manchester United, disgruntled fans asking questions, the Chairman’s harsh reply and Blackpool to face.

Welcome to the fascinating world of Arsenal Football Club. With Cesc Fabregas, Theo Walcott, Abou Diaby and Aaron Ramsey all fit to start, we today face struggling Blackpool who will desperately try to get a point out of the game as they continue their fight against relegation.

We, on the other hand, need all three points to keep our title hopes alive. A draw or a defeat would virtually kill our chances of regaining the Premier League title.

As said in yesterday’s preview, what is going on right now at Arsenal is not nice, it’s not nice at all. Fans going at each other, our manager again denying the obvious during Friday’s press conference and important players linked with a possible move away from London.

I believe the only smart thing to do at this stage is to focus on our remaining games, win them all and hope to be Champions at the end of the season.

And, until you wait for kick-off, check out what Peter Hill Wood had to say about the fans who want to replace manager Arsene Wenger and why the players let the manager down last week against Blackburn according to former defender Nigel Winterburn.

As always, please do join the discussion in our chat room which will also be active after the full time whistle. You will be glad to know that from this season, to provide a better chat experience to our readers, users can be banned if they post offensive comments.

Streaming Links

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The Line-Ups

Blackpool

Kingson, Baptiste, Evatt, Cathcart, Crainey, Adam, Southern, Taylor-Fletcher, Puncheon, Campbell, Varney

Subs: Rachubka, Eardley, Ormerod, Phillips, Kornilenko, Reid, Beattie

Arsenal

Lehmann, Eboue, Squillaci, Koscielny, Clichy, Diaby, Fabregas, Wilshere, Nasri, van Persie, Arshavin

Subs: Almunia, Rosicky, Walcott, Ramsey, Gibbs, Chamakh, Bendtner

Half-Time Thoughts and Analysis

As the chat room has grown in popularity, my half-time thoughts as well as the comments of other Arsenal fans are now being discussed in the Arsenal Interactive chat room to which you can find a link at the bottom of this page. Please feel free to join the fun and share your point of view.