Champions League tonight has finally arrived and I’m looking for a much improved performance from the team all around,\u00a0if it was just a blip or whatever you want to call it,\u00a0then tonight is perfect opportunity to lift the spirits ahead of the game on Sunday.\u00a0We all know by now that Almunia got injured against WBA on Saturday when he made the penalty\u00a0and didn’t make the trip to Serbia, below par performance from Diaby also didn’t include him in the squad, or maybe he\u00a0is injured again, who knows Arsene didn’t say anything regarding him during his\u00a0Press Conference. \u00a0This means Lukasz Fabianski will feature in goal against Partizan Belgrade this evening with most of fans already grinding their teeth at the thought of the Pole between the sticks. I have my own doubts to be honest with you I’m Polish myself and it pains to say this but whenever Lukasz gets a chance he always manages to fuck it up big time, sometimes I wonder when will he learn to stop making such simple yet costly mistakes, so far he has not impressed me with his performances. Asrene obviously has confidence in him and said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI want him to show how good he is,\u201d said Wenger. \u201cHe gets another opportunity to show how good he is.
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\n\u201cThere is only one way to show confidence in a player and that is to put him on the pitch and give him his chance. I have confidence in him.
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\n\u201cAs a manager you can give a chance to a player who is good enough – I believe in his talent.
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\n\u201cIt is another big chance but you want a goalkeeper or any player to grab the chance when you get it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\nI agree with those points made above, however he made so many costly errors every time he got his chance I’m starting to think he must be running out of these now, how many more chances is Arsene willing to give him? Maybe I’m being too harsh on him, perhaps I’m a bit\u00a0but that is because I want him to succeed in every way, I want him to show us he’s good enough and that\u00a0he’s a talented keeper. To prove himself to the fans and show the others he’s a worthy Arsenal goalie. I’m keeping my fingers crossed and\u00a0I sincerely hope he will have a good game tonight, come on Lukasz no fucking about\u00a0this time please!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wojtek Szczesny has also been included in the squad and I\u00a0think this is due to his latest outburst, he clearly wants to play and if he doesn’t then he may be looking elsewhere to do just that. I was rather surprised he wasn’t sent out on loan, so it seems Wenger has got other plans for him this coming season. Wojtek had a really good spell at Brentford last season but this obviously doesn’t mean\u00a0he will preform on the same level in the Premier League.\u00a0I still think there is massive potential there and he should bide his time for now. If Almunia and Fabianski will keep on making blunders left, right and center I can guarantee we’ll see Wojtek in goal sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n
Speaking about the keepers, one brave Partizan Belgrade keeper Vladimir Stojkovic thinks we are weak without Cesc Fabregas, speaking to The Sun<\/em> he said:<\/p>\n
“We’ve watched Arsenal’s last few matches and they really have changed,”<\/p>\n
“They have problems in defence and in goal.<\/p>\n
“But their biggest problem is the absence of Fabregas. He’s a basic element in their team and they miss him.<\/p>\n
“So I would rather face Arsenal now than in two months’ time when he has recovered from his hamstring trouble.<\/p>\n
“They are in a bad spell right now and we need to profit from this.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
One word of advice to you Vladimir, just watch that space between you\u00a0 and your posts tonight my friend you never know when Jack is going to hit you, just concentrate on your own team for now. Perhaps he’s right in a way but I refuse to take such nonsense from someone like him and I believe our squad is strong enough to beat Partizan on their home turf. Enough about keepers for now please, all I hear from last Saturday is keeper this, keeper that and it’s driving me up the wall.<\/p>\n