Tough Fixtures Ahead After Beating Hull - Everton Preview

Bendy scored for the first time in over 2 years for Arsenal in the BPL



Our midweek win against Hull showed that Arsenal do not have anything to fear by rotating players.  Even last year's squad was not deep enough or cohesive enough yet to withstand the rigours of the fixture list.  But this season is boding a different feeling as our hard-working fatigued strike Giroud was able to get a breather and watch from the bench as his substitute, and Arsenal's wayward son, Nicklas Bendtner score an excellent header from a near perfect Jenkinson cross.  And Monreal could give Wenger pause to consider his starting left back as he put in a more than adequate perforamce.  Nacho actually seems to be more of a threat in the final third than Gibbsy. 

All of this will come in handy during the next couple of weeks.  Everton is on Sunday.  We then will have to fly to Italy on Tuesday for the Napoli game and then get back Thursday morning before traveling on Friday to Manchester for an early game against City.  After that, we do have nine days before we play Chelsea.  Wenger may keep Olivier in the starting line-up for the next three games after giving him a rest on Wednesday.  The striker's position has the least depth, but if Ollie can make it through the Man City game unscathed, he'll be set and ready to go on the 23rd.   

As far as the Everton games goes, one of their best players, Baines, is out injured, but the beast that is Lukaku is on fire and will be a challenge for our defense to close down his run through the channels.  We know that Martinez likes to play positive, attacking football, and I think it could very well end up being an end-to-end kind of game.  He also has a reputation for not building a defense to back up his attacking parts of the game.  But Everton have allowed only 13 goals in so far this season - second only to our 10 allowed.  With more money at his disposal, Martinez has built a more balanced team.  I think it will come down to who is more efficient with the ball.  We have to make every shot, dribble, and pass count.

Here is my starting XI. 

Sir Szczensy

 

Jenks Mert  Koz  Gibbs

 

Flamini Ramsey

 

Ozil Wilshere, Santi

 

Ollie

 

I'm thinking Wenger will rest Arteta, and as well as Monreal played, I don't doubt that Gibbs will be back.

 

So, here we go again, full throttle for another three points.  With the performances of our competitors who have already played, we have real shot here of pulling ahead of the pack.  We still won't be taken seriously by the pundits, but the players will have another shot in the arm to boost their confidence.  And that goes a long way in this game.

 

That's it for now.  Take care you Gooners.