Sadly I have not been able to catch any of the games live due to a lack of TV coverage . Anyway things are going along fairly well for us so far with a lot of late goals.

Late goals are risky though, they take a lot out of you since you cannot mentally relax and have to keep going till the last minute. However there’s an old cliche which goes something like .. “When you’re winning you don’t feel tired” .. so hopefully RVP and Hleb especially must be feeling fit and fine.

On to Sparta now , that second goal by Hleb was so so crucial there, a two goal cushion is always welcome. When you’re playing at home in the return leg it matters even more because then you can try and control the game at your own pace. Anyway I hope Sagna and Sendy are fit so we have a fit and steady back four instead of having to fill in with the Flamster and Bert. I’m guessing AW will still go with the same 11 and change it around at about 60″ or so. Mozart needs to fire, maybe this is the game to do it..against his old club.

When Cesc/Hleb/Mozart are all on form we are unplayable at times no matter how physical the opposition is. RVP should be looking to atone for his penalty miss against City and will be looking to score against Sparta. I think Ade will still start and play the whole 90″ and Edu will come on for RVP at some stage. If we screw up and let in two somehow I’ll go mad though. Don’t think it’ll happen though as even the bench looks reasonably strong these days. Love to see Abou get a few minutes..he’s got so much to offer.

Thats about it though..nothing new to say.
Arsenal 2 – Sparta 0