The team sheet is in and Arsenal is looking very strong for the home game against Brentford.
Key news: Martinelli has a deep cut on his foot, so I suspect that’s the last we’ll see of him until after the international break. Just thank your lucky charms it’s a cut, not something worse.
Tomi is out, but he should be in the mixer for the game on Tuesday. No need to take a chance when you have a lot of coverage at full-back.
Zinchenko makes the bench, which means he’ll be warm for a dirty midblock in the Champions League. The haters need to pipe down with their shocking revisionist views of how bad they think he is. Zinny is a Rolls Royce with all the add-ons. He will be VITAL over the coming weeks.
Most interesting thing" Look at all those fancy players on our bench. We are starting to look like a team that could boast depth. WE NEVER HAVE DEPTH IN MARCH.
Things I’m looking out for today"
Ivan Toney. Last time we played him he won the majority of the aerial duels (19 or something silly). He’ll be playing for a move to Arsenal. He will be absolutely gunning to cause an upset today. Gabriel and Saliba need to be locking him down. The last thing we need is Brentford squeaking a dirty early goal. We need to be keeping out clean sheet record clear… especially with Aaron Ramsdale in goal. Who knows what we’ll get with him today… I’m hoping it’s a shop window performance, not an ‘I told you so’ ...