Evidently, Fulham rely a lot on set pieces to score goals and we've been a bit shit recently at defending them. I really hope we can shore things up at the back. A clean sheet would be amazing. Would also make us the first team to win all (five) London derbies away from home while keeping a clean sheet.
Charles Watts reporting Jesus, Øde, and Trossard all in the squad.
I am Arsenal Till I Die it almost begs the question - what's going on with Eddie? Has been so little information about what was meant to be a minor knock.
yep. would love to see jesus get some minutes if he's ready. need him up to speed pronto
Don Pacifico I think we need to get used to this. Arteta doesn't show his hand.
Wow, i know Arteta said that Tross and Jesus were too early for this one. Such awesome mind games. Glad to see Ode and Tross back starting (hopefully Tros has actually recovered properly). And Jesus on the bench is just fucking fantastic. He might get a few minutes toward the end.
Line up is strong, bench looks good as it's been all season.
Qwiss
1st time I can remember in a while that I have looked at our bench and thought yeah... Any of those players could come on and have a positive impact.
Qwiss Yeah, I think you're right.
Hope Eddie is okay. I'm sure we'll need him later on this season.
Hope we're not rushing Trossard back. No reason to believe we have but just a little concerned about losing that depth!
Doc Yeah, this is a very strong bench. It's great to see. All we're missing is Eddie.
Feel a bit better now I've seen the team just hope the players are fit enough to play well rather than struggle through.
Hope we can be up 2-0 and replace 4 front men
USArsenal what's Eddie's injury anyway, and his long is he expected to be out for? I missed all that.
Best bench we've had in a while. Practically our best team all available
Good lineup, solid consistency with our last 3 league XIs. Just wary of such an imminent return from Trossard after any form of groin irritation. Time to be big boys, deal with wear and tear and come up with a big result.
The thing about Tross is if he feels it we can take him off, we have the bench.
Surprised Tomi doesn't start given how gassed White looked at the end the other night, but otherwise an expected team. Delighted to see Jesus back.
Wow. Watching highlights of a 3-3 seas versus Fulham in 2012/13. Arteta had a mare that day. We were 2-0 up. Arteta conceded a penalty, and then failed to score a penalty that would’ve made it 4-3. Let’s make it easy today, please.
