Arsenal Vs Newcastle | Premiership 29/01/08

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Barclays Premiership

ARSENAL Vs Newcastle United



Tuesday 29th January 2008

7:45pm

Ashburton Grove

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Injury News

Arsène Wenger had three reasons to be relatively cheerful when he revealed his team news ahead of the Premier League game with Newcastle at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday.

Firstly, the hamstring injury that forced off Tomas Rosicky in the FA Cup tie between the two sides at the weekend will clear up in “days not weeks”.

Secondly the groin problem Kolo Toure picked up on international duty had been scanned by Arsenal staff in Paris and would sideline him for only “eight to 10 days”.

Thirdly Robin van Persie is expected back in training on Tuesday as he bids to return from a thigh injury.

Meanwhile Manuel Almunia and Bacary Sagna are back in the Arsenal squad for the return of Kevin Keegan’s side. Rosicky will be absent but only in the short-term, something that looked doubtful when he trudged off after just nine minutes on Saturday.

“There is no deep problem with Tomas,” said Wenger. “He has a problem with his hamstring but it is not torn. He got a kick at Fulham and the inflammation around his tendon provokes some pain but we feel it's a question of days, not weeks."

The same can be said of Toure. And that can be classed as a relief after he went off during the first half of Ivory Coast’s game with Benin in the Africa Cup of Nations on Friday. Since then the centre back has flown to Paris, been assessed by Arsenal’s medical staff and returned to the tournament in Ghana.

"He has a Grade One groin problem,” said Wenger. “It will keep him out for eight to 10 days. But he will stay with the Ivory Coast squad for the rest of the tournament."

Wenger added Van Persie would return to training on Tuesday but the striker will not be available again for another two or three weeks.

Courtesy of Arsenal.com

[absolutely_fabregas]

i think it will be a similar scoreline if not better on tues

they will come out all guns blazing but we should have the quality to pick through their defence and once we get one the rest should follow

[Cheese]

I think it will be a simular scoreline although i think Newcastle may get a goal this time.

Hopefully though we will already have 3 or 4

[AFC RED ARMY]

MY LINE UP WOULD BE...........

[arseman]

We've got a really difficult trip to Man City on Saturday, I'm wondering if it wouldn't be wise to rotate just a teeny bit for this particular game.

[Cheese]

We've got a really difficult trip to Man City on Saturday, I'm wondering if it wouldn't be wise to rotate just a teeny bit for this particular game.

Do you mean like this?

Adebayor
Eduardo Rosicky Fabregas Hleb
Clichy Senderos Gallas Sagna
Flamini Almunia

Or is that too much?

[arseman]

We've got a really difficult trip to Man City on Saturday, I'm wondering if it wouldn't be wise to rotate just a teeny bit for this particular game.

Do you mean like this?

Adebayor
Eduardo Rosicky Fabregas Hleb
Clichy Senderos Gallas Sagna
Flamini Almunia

Or is that too much?

I was thinking more along the lines of signing Sam Allardyce and playing him as a striker

[rvtheace]

We've got a really difficult trip to Man City on Saturday, I'm wondering if it wouldn't be wise to rotate just a teeny bit for this particular game.

Do you mean like this?

Adebayor
Eduardo Rosicky Fabregas Hleb
Clichy Senderos Gallas Sagna
Flamini Almunia

Or is that too much?

Gotta say, it would have the element of surprise.

[Younggooner08]

MY LINE UP WOULD BE...........

That looks like the kind of startin XI id pick but i think id put Hleb on the left and Diaby the right. Either way i wouldnt mind betting that will be the startin XI

[Fordy]

links for the game will be posted later

[clichyisbloodygood]

i think we could get done by newcastle - having played us so many times already this season its hard to imagine they wont come into this game with a better game plan than last time... i dont think we'll be ready for them and we could easily get frustrated, without big kolo we might even ship a shitter from a goal mouth scramble... but i could be wrong and we'll prob end up doing them 4-0

[left right left]

links for the game will be posted later

sorted big dog


i think it will be a different game then the last game, i think it will be tight with arsenal scrapping it by one goal

[clichyisbloodygood]

any dodgy sites showing the game?

[absolutely_fabregas]

the pub below is hopefully showing it