No Easy Road for Us and Karl Henry is an Idiot...

Here we go...limping our way to Camp Nou which houses 97,000 fans. I hear it's not especially intimidating as the fans are not quite as in-your-face as the British fans, but still...97,000? We're playing without major players - Cesc, Arshavin, Gallas, Song - and our hopes ride on the fact(s) that 1) this team has shown consistent grit and desire to win, and 2) Barcelona are without their two center backs and Ibrahimovich who scored for them last week.
Much also has been made about the decision to start - or not- Theo Walcott. Theo was important coming off the bench last week as his pace gave the tired legs of Barcelona a problem. Some say he struggles for consistency and that he has not totally earned his spot as a starter. I say - what the heck? Put him in right away so he can give their defensive subs a scare. At this point, we definitely have nothing to lose.
The other question today is Sol's fitness. He is in the squad, but Wenger is waiting until after warmups to hear from Sol himself whether he is fit. I hope he plays. Yes, he is 35 and can be slow, but he has such experience! And he organizes the back! And our other option is...Silvestre! Ugh!

Okay, that's all for the preview as I'm a nervous Nelly. On top of it all, I can't watch the game Live! I'm going to have to decide whether to track it over the Internet or wait and watch it taped at Jeane's place. Decisions, decisions.

Okay, onto Karl Henry who has lambasted Arsenal for his red card. Henry seems to have forgotten his previous stamp on Theo Walcott, his tugging of any red shirt that tried to get past him, and the gash that was left in the back of Tommy's calf. The video below shows both the incident with Theo and then with Tommy. If he had only run into Rozicky, he may have gotten off with just a yellow, but look closely at the video. His tackle on Theo looks malicious to me. Not only do his studs go into Theo's calf...they stay there...he doesn't try and remove his foot. It looks to me like he was intentionally grinding his studs into the calf making sure to give Theo a message. The message he gave to us watching is that he is a first class moron and thug and should be ashamed of himself. Take a look and tell me what you think.
Okay, that's it as I'm a bundle of nerves and having trouble typing. Let's get behind the boys we love so much. Go You GOOOOOOOners!!