I see some people have suggested that Wenger rest a few players against Derby this weekend. With all due respect, I think it’s a crazy idea.

Momentum plays a big part in football. You only want to build on it, and make it strong and stronger. The last thing you want is to step on a banana skin and lose your momentum, particularly against a poor side like Derby.

Imagine dropping points against Derby at home, it could turn our season upside down. The psychological blow would be bigger than the points dropped.

Derby, from what I have seen so far, has to be one of the worst teams playing in the Premiership ever. That’s simply because their quality, or rather lack of. Their players have a difficult time linking one or two passes together, and they struggle just to keep possession.

But you can’t really blame them for that, as these days newly promoted sides have learned their lessons. They will no longer break the bank easily just because they are playing with the big boys now.

This is a game we have to collect 3 points. Apart from perhaps giving Eduardo a game, and resting van Persie or Adebayor, I think the team should not make too many changes.

Liverpool has always been consistently inconsistent over the years, and guess why is it?

[Editor's note: Andez obviously isn't a fan of the squad rotation system, but it looks like we're being forced to do it - Hleb and Senderos both are injured and likely to miss the game, according to Wenger.]

If I had the time, I’d go back and look at the articles written in the UK press from 04-05 through, say, two months ago, that foretold of doom and disaster for Arsenal. “The new stadium will cripple them financially.” “They aren’t tough enough.” “Chelsea, Liverpool and ManU will leave them behind.” I could probably trot out three or four more, and to be honest I could probably find similar sentiments from Arsenal fans on this site and the BigSoccer boards.

Turns out things may be a little different. It’s being reported, or leaked at least, that Arsenal are going to be pretty high up the football financial table to be released soon. Like 2nd in the world behind Real Madrid. Yes, there is no doubt some creative accounting going on, but clearly the Stadium – to this point – has been a good move for the club.

On the pitch – again, to this point – things are going pretty well. Certainly we are not in danger of slipping to mid-table mediocrity, let alone the relegation zone.

Sports, like life, are hard to predict. You can see trends and you can look at previous results but there are so many factors that you can’t predict that forecasting the future is nothing more than closing your eyes and trying to pin the tail on the donkey.

I’m not sure what happens at Stamford Bridge now. Do the Blues rally and make a charge, or do they implode? How will Rooney, Ronaldo and Tevez mesh? Who knows, but this much is true, making a living by predicting what will happen six weeks from now, let alone in May, is a tough way to make a living.