Hello and how are you? The 3rd of December sees the Mighty Cannon clash again with local neighbours, this time Brentford FC. Kick off is at 20.30pm Central European time (7.30pm UK time) at the Emirates Stadium. Expected weather is 8°c (feels like 6°) partly cloudy and between 6 and 18% chance of rain.
So here we be again as the games come thick and fast in the red zone section of the season, and as we take the vitamins and drink lots of water we face another scrap, this time with Brentford. The Bees are currently in 10th place (W6 D1 L6 F21 A20), but lets not see this as a stroll at the Emirates Park, even if it might turn out to be one, Brentford have beaten Liverpool, Manchester United and Newcastle, drew with Chelsea and were only beaten 1-0 by Man City and made a mighty come back in the last ten against Burnley.
The old historical tête-à-tête be: P 22 AFC wins 10 draws 6 and BFC wins 6, last April it was a Grrr! of a 1-1 draw at the Emirates. The Bees aren’t frightened to play a five man defence, which I’m sure will be exciting for those who like to go bus spotting. They also like long throws and other set pieces as much as we do, but get much less media attention over it.
After the clot of a game against Chelsea (and their offside goal), I hope we can bounce back to playing some decent football but I suppose we can expect Brentford to also play hard (foul) as much as possible? I also hope that instead of pundits predicting either us winning or losing the PL at this point in the season, we as a club can just keep going game by game.
We may sees some changes for the Arsenal line up and the appearance of Ben White instead of Timber! If Calafiori picks up another yellow he will miss the Villa clash, so Myles may start for this one? Gabriel is still out (hamstring) Saliba (a knock?) looks doubtful, Trossard (muscle) too, not sure where Kai is or whats happening? Saka might also be rested. I don’t know and there’s bound to be changes before tomorrows KO.
As usual I contacted our chums at Statto HQ and the nerds give the Arsenal a 71.7% chance of winning and the Bee team 10.4%
Up next, the Villains, at theirs, when Saturday comes. So COYG!
Mills
Another test of our squad, fitness and temperament. Not an easy fixture, this lot can play. I’m glad it’s Mikel picking the team, because I wouldn’t know what the hell to do.
I can’t even decide whether I’m confident or not. I’ll know better how I feel when I see the team sheet.
Pedantic George.