The two clubs haven’t played in the same division since 1983, so there is no recent history to consider and when the Swansea team is announced there could be a few shouts of “whooooo?”.
We’ve seen Wayne Routledge, Leroy Lita and Scott Sinclair before but there’s not a lot of Premier League experience in the Swansea squad and they’ve got three regular’s from last season out at the moment.
They haven’t got off to the best of starts, but heh, who are we to criticize?
Swansea in the Premier League:
A Man City – lost 4:0
H Bolton – drew 0:0
H Sunderland – drew 0:0
They have already been knocked out of the Carling Cup, by Arsenal’ next opponents Shrewsbury Town, losing 3:1.
Should be a doddle shouldn’t it? But how many times…. Let’s hope this isn’t another Hull City experience. After the Old Trafford game and the flurry of new players, tomorrow is effectively a relaunch of our league campaign.
So who will play for Arsenal?
Well start with the easier list of who won’t play.
Suspended – Gervinho, Song & Jenkinson.
Injured – Vermaelen, Squillaci, Wilshere, Diaby.
Sagna returned to action during the week with ninety minutes for France. Walcott missed the second international but is apparently fit to play now. Gibbs is back training, but probably isn’t ready yet. Question is though, where does the arrival of Andre Santos leave Gibbs anyway?
Normally I would speculate that with newly promoted opponents and a tough Champions League fixture days away, some key players would be rested. But these are not normal times. We’ve dropped eight points in our first three games, conceded ten and scored two and confidence needs to be restored. So I’m expecting the strongest possible side, even though most will need to play twice in five days.
This is my guess:
________ Szczesny ______
Sagna _ Merte _ Kos _ Santos
_______ Frimpong _______
____ Ramsey _ Arteta ____
Walcott __ RVP __ Arshavin
What do you think?
