Bye bye Freddie? Hello Diaby!

Morning all, many stories today compared to yesterday so I better get started.

Diaby is in the squad for tonight. I doubt we will see him start but to see him on the bench is a major plus. He can be a terrific player for our club. The sooner he is match fit, the better. There is no other details of who is in the squad. Gallas will not be back though, neither will Lauren (who has a minor toe injury), Freddie or Adebayor.

There a plenty of rumours at the moment about Freddie leaving us. 7 million to West Ham is what I have heard. If that offer is true it would be pretty hard to turn down. I still think he has something to offer this season but only in being a sound back up player. If that is good enough remains to be seen. Also Lauren is linked with West Ham, now if he goes I will be annoyed. After such a long lay off, then Arsene praising about his return to the team couple of weeks back I would be more than surprised to see him leave. So with regards to the transfer rumours, if Freddie goes we need a winger to replace him. If Lauren goes I shall be highly frustrated. We will see though. More transfer news in that Stokes completed his move to Sunderland yesterday, I wish him all the best.

Arsene talks about how ‘the class of 2007’, mainly about how over the last few years we have seen Fabregas, van Persie, Senderos and Djourou. The 2007 bunch, in Wenger’s mind, include Denilson, Traore and Randall. I presume we shall see all three in action tonight. It is always very interesting watching our new crop of talent play. Fingers crossed Song is not involved. Maybe a start for Baptista tonight also?

Yesterday we drew Bolton in the next round of te FA Cup, at least it is at home. A chance for us to hammer them I hope and wipe that smirk off Sam’s face.

Toure talks about how now we have most of our squad fit, we can fight on three fronts for the cups.

It’s going to be really difficult, but we are determined. We just need to believe in ourselves and to take it game by game, and try to win every time.

There is some chat from Arsene here, mainly about the ridiculous matter at the beginning of the season when France decided to play Henry and Gallas in a friendly, even though they clearly needed resting. That really got on my nerves that did.

There is also an interview with Rosicky here. I really respect his atitiude and am convinced he is going to be a very key player for us, for years to come.

I wanted to give my possible starting line-up but as I have no clue who is in the squad I can’t. I presume Liverpool will player a stronger team than us. I would love it if we played a younger team and came away with a victory. Our key players need resting as we have the away trip to wet and windy Blackburn on the weekend. A game we really need to win, to silence our critics and give the fans a bit more confidence when the team travels away. Anyway, come on the Gunners!

Update:

On the BBC website it says the squad is the following – Almunia, Eboue, Poom, Lehmann, Hoyte, Toure, Senderos, Clichy, Hleb, Silva, Flamini, Rosicky, Henry, Walcott, Van Persie, Baptista, Djourou, Diaby, Fabregas.

I have to admit I think that is wrong. Where is Denilson, why would Arsene play such a strong team when he has been an advocate for using youth. Plus some of those players need resting. I expect the following players to definitely be involved – Walcott, Hoyte, Almunia, Denilson, Baptista and Djourou. The rest is anyone’s guess.