HUNTING FOR STRIKERS
The Champions League starts this evening, and I’m quite excited. Madrid plays Leipzig and City plays… Copenhagen. The season seems to be rolling quite nicely for dear Pep and his boys. No injuries, easy fixtures, and outrageous form, all combining at the exact right time again.
Arsenal has a pretty decent run going as well. Burnley away at the weekend should be a fairly straightforward occasion; then we take on Porto on Wednesday away from home.
The squad really should be starting to take shape by then. Jesus, Partey, Tomi, ESR and Fabio should all be in the mixer. Arsenal are finally getting into the sort of shape where we can use unpredictability as a weapon. I’d start to get excited about the possibilities of Thomas Partey, but the fact he can’t get into shape despite threatening the starting 11 for over a month tells you his return is likely to be exciting but swift. I’m more excited about the returning fullbacks. Zinchenko breaking down just in time for another stretch on the sidelines is par the course. The good thing is we now have Tomi who can rotate and a Kiwior who seems more than capable of stepping in at any level to offer above adequate support to the team. Then you realise we’re only a month away from seeing Jurrien Timber back in the team. That’s a set of fullbacks deep enough to give everyone enough minutes and enough rest. Having a full complement of right and left backs is something we haven’t been able to s...
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