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This is an absolutely must win game against a Fulham side we have failed to beat in the last four meetings. There is no reason that the Gunners should not break that unwanted record today and claim an important three points in the race for a top four finish in the Premier League.

Arsene Wenger has decided to rest Kieran Gibbs and Jack Wilshere, with Nacho Monreal and Tomas Rosicky coming in to the starting line up. That means that Santi Cazorla will continue in his role on the left of Olivier Giroud, with Theo Walcott making up the front three. Lukas Podolski can count himself unlucky to start on the bench after making impressive contributions when given a chance recently. .......Read the full article here

Wojciech Szczesny can probably not believe his luck, while you have to feel sorry for his main rival for the number one shirt at Arsenal. Lukasz Fabianski has cracked a rib, which has put a stop to his run of games in which he was finally shaking off his unfortunate nickname of flappy-handski. After being on the sidelines for so long, Fabianski stepped up brilliantly after Szczesny was dropped for the Bayern Munich match. It didn’t look like he was going to let his Polish international team mate get another chance until he damaged his rib against Norwich last Saturday. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal vs Everton preview, predicted line up and score line prediction by KJ

This is going to be arguably the biggest match in our final run in. We are both top 4 contenders and a win for Everton blows everything wide open and makes sure that the race for top 4 is not in our hands. But the Arsenal is in some pretty good form at the moment and after somehow managing to get a win against Norwich, they’ll probably be buzzing about the potential of making the gap between us and Tottenham 4 points. .......Read the full article here

As Arsenal fans we are used to seeing a long list of injuries every week that hampers Wenger’s chances of ever playing his very best XI, but lately there seem to be very few injuries reported by the club on the official website any more…

This weeks list is quite amazing to behold, obviously the first name on the list is Abou Diaby, who is set to be out until the whole of Europe escapes from the recession (i.e. Never!), but thev only other three (Wilshere, Walcott and Rosicky) are all tipped to be very short term injuries, in fact two of them could be available tomorrow. .......Read the full article here

There have been many column inches written about Jack Wilshere’s fitness this season, and after his latest injury it was mooted that he wouldn’t start another game for Arsenal during this campaign.

This was denied by Arsene Wenger, and the Frenchman even said that the young prodigy could be fit to face Norwich this weekend. Wenger said about Wilshere and Walcott last week: “We have good news with both of them,” he said. “Jack and Theo are outside running, and have an outside chance of being involved against Norwich a week on Saturday.” .......Read the full article here

The veteran Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky was brilliant in scoring both goals against West Brom last week, but Arsenal’s newest secret weapon believes that the Gunners need to start being consistent at home as well and need to win all our games to make surte of a Top Four finish.

He said: “During the last couple of games we have produced some good football,”

“It gives you confidence when you win in Munich and at a place like West Brom when in the last 20 minutes your backs are against the wall.

“But if you are speaking about third or fourth place you have to win your home games. Our form there must improve. .......Read the full article here

West Bromwich Albion 1 – 2 Arsenal, the boys have the hold on once again by KJ

This looked a relatively straight forward win as Tomas Rosicky netted the second but an absolute defensive cock up by Mertesacker left us a man down and a goal down after the penalty was given.

We started the game off fairly shakily as we gave West Brom far too much possession in dangerous areas. Fortunately, without Lukaku starting, a lot of those chances were spurned or couldn’t be properly capitalised on (especially the crosses). We eventually grew into the game with some good movement and dribbling by the likes of Ramsey and Rosicky in the midfield. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal kept up the great Premier League form with a hard fought win away to West Brom, making it six wins from the last seven and ratcheting up the pressure on Chelsea and Tottenham in the race for the Champions League positions. Arsene Wenger was understandably pleased with many aspects of the performance today, but he had special praise for the performance of Rosicky and the fighting spirit shown by the whole team.

“Fantastic,” said Le Prof. “He’s an important player for us. Unfortunately he was injured for a long time but every year he gives us a little push at the end of the season. That is very important. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal named an unchanged side for the trip to West Brom, which is quite understandable after a 4-1 win over Reading. The game started as everyone expected, with Arsenal comfortable in possession, passing it around the pitch looking for an opening, while West Brom defended deep and hoped to break quickly, although their pacy forward Lukaku was on the bench.

In the first five minutes, Gervinho released Sagna into space down the right, but the Frenchman’s cross was poor. Rosicky then showed his rustiness with an awful shot after a one-two between Cazorla and Giroud came to him quickly. Our good start was nearly made to count for nothing, however, when a little pressure produced two corners and Rosicky had to head off the line. .......Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger has selected the same side that beat Reading so convincingly last week, so Gervinho has the chance to continue his revival at the club. Santi Cazorla will start on the left of the attack again, although he will probably come inside quite a lot and try to influence the game from wherever he can. Monreal has recovered from the knock he took to make the starting line up.

Rosicky will be the central playmaker, and the absence of Mulumbu from West Brom due to suspension should make his job a bit easier. One less thing for the Arsenal defence to worry about is that Romelu Lukakau, the powerful forward on loan from Chelsea, does not start for the Baggies. .......Read the full article here

The news that Jack Wilshere is taking longer than expected to recover from his ankle injury will have Arsenal fans feeling an icy sensation of dread, as the last time we heard that sort of thing, it was 17 months on the sidelines for the Gunners star.

According to Metro, medical staff at Arsenal are concerned that the 21-year old midfielder is not responding to treatment as they would expect. His return from injury has been postponed again, apparently, so he will not be available for the Norwich game and may not be ready until late April, if that!! .......Read the full article here

Marco Reus’ Comments On Arsenal by AH

Sadly Gooners it’s not the German stating his wish to join Arsenal in the summer, it’s just the Borussia Dortmund striker expressing his interest in Arsenal’s players and the quality they show. It’s always good to see players being admired and seen as idols for other players and Marco Reus is clearly fascinated by two of Arsenal’s main creators.

Reus said;
“My idol was always Tomas Rosicky. He used to be phenomenal. He had such a good eye for an opening and knew where his team-mates were and he was so quick. Rosicky had great technique and was so intelligent and mature even though he was still young at Dortmund. I copied everything about him – right down to his sweatbands. He was so unlucky he had bad injuries at Arsenal because, otherwise, he would be one of the world’s best players.” .......Read the full article here