"Wanna see" Mannone 😆
Not really, but if we must.
No strong instinct as to what the result will be.
I'm not convinced yet that we're as solid in defence as two clean sheets in the first couple of games suggests.
So much of those performances seemed to be about keeping things steady and not losing.
That makes me nervous for this game, as I'm not sure how we'd cope if we were to concede first , the pressure to score is already great, the necessity to score to avoid defeat is not something we've had to deal with yet.
There's still quite a lot to discover about this team.
Fingers crossed Podolski is finally nearing proper fitness and that Giroud bloody relaxes and makes exactly the right decisions when those chances come his way.
If Cazorla and Arteta and Chamberlain (if he's picked there), can run the midfield between them and feed our players further forward we could see some joy here.
Reina has been wobbly of late, should be worth Cazorla, Podolski and Arteta when possible having a shot from the edge of the area.
Could do with Theo having one of ten very destructive minute spells.
Big game, atmosphere will be electric, very nervous 🙂
