Arsenal vs Fulham Preview: No time for slumber

Forward we go

Saturday evening sees us take on Fulham in the Barclays Premier League at the Emirates stadium. We have been on a very good run of form since we lost to those cunts Tottenham, winning five straight in the League. Now if we add other competitions, our form reads: WWWWWDWWWW. So we have now won 9 out of our last 10 games. It's been a very long time coming I must say.

The early season disapointment is still fresh in the mind and unlike in seasons past, I do not expect to see the same sloppy play, undermining the opposition and thinking we have won before the final whistle blows. Also, I think the mixture of experience and youth is right this time around. We have more than 5 players in the squad who are capable of being captains of Arsenal and their respective countries. Some of them are.

Although I can live with the occasional loss if we put in a shift. Some of the defeats we faced were too painful because we didn't do enough. So it appears thats all in the past... I do I speak too soon?

Fulham is a team that is always tricky to play agaisnt. They are well organised and are good on set-pieces. They can also play some football on their day. However, lets play our football and maintain our humility and we shall win.

Other fixtures see Manchester United take on Newcastle United. United could drop points there. Chelsea, who are still in a funk, based on midweek evidence, face Wolves. Anything could happen there. Manchester City face Liverpool at Anfield and Liverpool may just be the first team to beat them this season. Anything is possible. But lets not bother with how other teams fare until end of the season. Lets focus on winning the game before us, one at a time...

There appear to be no new injuries so lets hope the manager has a good squad to pick from this week. Some players whom I think might be due a game are Arshavin and Benayoun for Gervinho. But then again, taking him out could drop his confidence even lower... eish, tough one for the manager.

The manager says we have been reliant on Van Persie and challenges other to step up and start scoring. I would venture that we are not taking enough shots from midfield. Ramsey should shot more, he has quite a hammer of a right foot. So too Diaby. And Theo. And Arshavin. Arteta needs to do better with Free-kicks. We don't score enough from set plays...

I'd love to see Diaby get some game time, hoping we can seal the game with 20 minutes to play. I expect him to feature more in the cups this season so any premier league game time he gets will prepare him for the Carling Cup clash with City in midweek.

So, lets keep working hard, avoid doing silly things like failing to hack a bouncing ball away from our goal area and then falling over!!! We should get another 3 points.

Onwards march the Arsenal!!