No news yet on the results of the scan to Thomas Vermaelen leg, but it is pretty safe to assume that he will miss Sunday’s game against Man United.
That means the Gunners will probably have a central defensive partnership of Sol Campbell and William Gallas this weekend. I am a little worried about their lack of pace against Rooney and United’s counter-attacking play. Is anyone comfortable with this pairing?
Update Note:
Arsenal have announced that Thomas Vermaelen has NOT fractured his leg but he still may miss Arsenal’s Premier League clash with Manchester United on Sunday.
“There is no fracture in Thomas’ leg but his injury still has to be assessed,” said Wenger this afternoon. “There is still a good chance he will not play on Sunday. Eduardo has a small, small, small hamstring. He will be out for one week. He will not make Man United but he might make Chelsea. However Emmanuel Eboue and Alex Song have been in this morning. Eboue has been running outside. They are both in good shape. Tired but in good shape. Both of them are available for Sunday. Unfortunately Abou will not be back this weekend but he could be for Chelsea.”
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Nope i think he should put song there.. and leave sol Campbell and put out a strong attacking squad.
No not me. Am not at all comfotable with the that backline, Gallas is Okay, but Sol Campbell. No fit yet.
Play Eboue or Song at Cb and Song/Eboue/Eastmond at DM and hope that our attacking
prowess sees us through.
gallas and campbell?why not ,we are playing at home that should lift them im sure well win the game…
There is absolutely no reason to suggest that the pairing would do worse than our normal pairing. Just have a look at their performance at Villa park. Sol’s height advantage will help with aerial attack and his natural physic will ensure that we can hold our own.
The only worry is whether Sol will be able to cope with 3 games in a week considering he has been out for a long time. AW has alluded to this.
Im not comfortable at all…..but its beat a Gallas & Silvestre combo
well if you are from the doom and gloom brigade this is a disaster! Wenger should have splashed 20£ on a striker and 15£ on a Smalling! so there! Smalling is alot better than Sol. he would do great with Gallas!
I AM not comfortable with the pairing at all.
I am fine with it, if our holding midfielder (Song) can make the game, Sol has the big game mentality, and can compete in the air..
Its our best pairing right now, so lets go.. We will have manu defending a lot, and now we have two aerial threats in their box at set pieces..
Its the easiest thing to say on these site, buy this, buy that.. Would all the names you mentioned add anything, or are they another flop, just increasing the wage bill on the bench..We just need a break with the injuries, we have a title winning squad right here.
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I dont see how there could be a problem. gallas and campbell are both quality CBs and even if campbell doesnt have much pace, wenger could just tell him to stay back and protect almunia whilst gallas, clichy or sagna go forward
I am not confortable at all, play Song at center back alongside Gallas that will be better.
I thought Sol did well against Villa. He doesn’t have pace, but he positioned himself well and was good in the air.
I say use Gallas/Campbell at CB, let Eboue replace Clichy, who didn’t look fit to me, or use Eboue in midfield on Clichy’s side. if Eboue’s ready. and DEFINITELY use Song in center midfield if he’s ready.
i am more uncomfortable with Almunia than Campbell, but then again Fabianski is no better and Mannone too experienced for this one. So i think we should line up as follows
Almunia
Sagna Gallas Campbell Clichy
Fabregas Song Denilson
Rosicky Bendtner Nasri
subs
Fabianski, Silvestre, Traore, Ramsey, Arshavin, Eboue, Walcott or Vela
gone for Nasri over Arshavin to give more cover for Clichy
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