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Henry and Van Persie out of Bolton game 25 November, 2006

Posted by lasagnechef in Arsenal News, Premiership.
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2 main strikers out

Thierry Henry has picked up a neck injury which will rule him out of today’s trip to The Reebok. Luckily it’s only a minor problem, which will probably see him missing just this one game, but to be without our best player for this tricky match is not good. Also Robin Van Persie will not be able to step in for the injured captain as he is suspended for this game. I didn’t know that Robin was suspended and on the Arsenal.com match report of the last game it says he wasn’t booked. I don’t know, but here it says he’s suspended for the game. It’s a possibility that Baptista or Walcott might get a shot at playing upfront but I’m pretty sure we’ll have Adebayor as a lone striker, something I’m not pissing myself with excitement about…

To add to those two we’ve also got Rosicky and Gallas (plus Lauren and Diaby) out. I think we we’ll go 4-5-1 against Bolton to bulk up our midfield, which I think is the right thing to do against Bolton. The Back five will be Lehmann, Eboue, Toure, Senderos and Clichy. Then in midfield I think we’ll have to go with Hleb, Fabregas, Gilberto, Baptista and Ljungberg. I don’t think Walcott has the physical presence to play today and I can already see him in my head making runs down the right but then getting a strong tackle and losing possession. Then the lone striker will have to be Adebayor, I’ve got nothing against him, it’s just like Henry, he works best with a supporting striker and I don’t think he’ll be very effective up there on his own. So he’ll need the likes of Baptista and Fabregas to help him up top.

I’m not worried about today’s game, I think we have enough to go up there and do some damage. I’d love us to win comfortably though to put those bad trips up north behind us. If we come back with a draw then so be it, it’s better than losing which we have done some much of over the years. The game is on PremPlus so it’ll probably be on down at your local if you don’t have it at home. I’ll get a match report up here asap as usual.

Arsene Wenger thinks we can still win the title this year. We might be 12 points behind Man Utd but that sort of difference has been caught up before. I’ll say it again, football just takes a bit of luck and that’s it; this season we’ve had awful luck and have dropped 8 points at home in this season’s Premiership. All we need is for us to find a bit of consistency and for the others to go through a bad patch and we’ll be right back up there. Chelsea make the trip to Old Trafford tomorrow and the best thing we can hope for is an injury-fest or otherwise a draw.

Man United v Chelsea

Speaking of Chelsea, Didier “The Cunt” Drogshit reckons he’s better than Henry! He’s scored 2 more than Thierry this campaign, which has been largely down to some incredibly bad luck and the new formation. I hate Drogba; he’s up there with Ronaldo, Rooney and Sheringham. Oh and he’s been telling us what he gets up to in his spare time:

“I relax when I play computer games, I have fun playing as Henry and shooting wide of the goal! I’m kidding. It just seems my virtual copy doesn’t play as well as the Henry character – although in real life, especially this season, I’m better than him.”

Okay. There is no doubt that Henry is better than Drogba, in fact it’s not even worth contemplating it. Oh and as for the computer games thing…what an idiot. I hope you break your leg :)

Woops I fell over again

Enjoy the game today people, see ya.

Comments»

1. tor1 - 25 November, 2006

the reason for van persie missing this game due to suspension, and not the previous, is because it was less than a week for the suspension to kick in. therefor it was the next pl game, which is Bolton today.

2. lasagnechef - 25 November, 2006

Oh I see, never knew that he had a suspention coming though.

3. Jimbob the Gooner - 25 November, 2006

It is excellent news that Henry is out. Plus I do not believe he is injured. The team will do far better without him. he is holding it back. Shame about Van Persie though. He is class and just right for a game against the Bolton thickwit lumpits.

4. Justin - 25 November, 2006

all i can say at this point in time is

FUCK THIS SHIT

5. MIKE - 25 November, 2006

JIMBO THE TEAM WAS FARRRRRRRRRRRRRR WORSE WITHOUT THIERRY. U BLOODY IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6. AussieGunner - 25 November, 2006

Fuck.

At least Theo was good.

:(

7. azza - 26 November, 2006

wow. we disintegrated without henry.
it’s frustrating watching the lads play. damn.

8. arsenalnews - 26 November, 2006

devistating result, really painful.

james

9. Justin - 26 November, 2006

seriously we totally deserved to lose. Freddie was bad, Eboue wasnt exactly the “man of the match” either. Very Very VERY disappointing.
Yes Theo was amazing… showing the old boys how its done. Gilberto was fantastic and its really shows how much he adds to our game and i’m not talking only about the goal. Without him it could’ve been more… Senderos was shaky at times but Clichy had a great game as well. Hleb was out of sorts. Ade and Fab did their best. Flim Flam was barely passable. Yes and whoever it was that said good that Henry was out is an idiot.. sorry, that kind of talk is just silly…What a shit season….

10. Cyril Boustany - 26 November, 2006

I just read the Drogba article, wtf ?!
Anyway I won’t comment about the game, it just wasn’t our day.
We can still win the title. C’mon you Gunners.