I think I will have to wait till about 10pm on Wednesday for any optimism to come to the fore. :unsure:

agreed,especially as one of my bosses is a Pompey fan! :banghead:

Im still upset, i reckon Pompey could beat us. :(

We should beat them but what's worrying is they've started scoring goals with alarming regularity :yikes:

Maybe I should split this topic into a Portsmouth one now. :unsure:

Thing about Portsmouth is they are completely gung-ho at the moment. We should be able to create enough chances for us to air-shot. :blink:

Topic Split. :dance:

:yikes: this was all rather confusing when I clicked on here!


thought to myself "I don't remember posting on this" :unsure:

Mind games!!!!

Pompey have a poor defense, so we need to kill them off early....

I think Cesc would've been rested anyway, so Diaby to start, and Ade and Henry upfront..

Reyes and Freddie as well IMO...I think it's likely Sol will play, and Phil will be pushed out to the right..Thierry hasn't been at the races outside of London since last season, generally speaking, but with Ade alongside him, hopefully he'll show us some magic and make the Pompey fans sing his name again.

Wednesday, i love midweek games dunno why.

just pretend its a CL game and we will have no problems ,

i think a henry hat trick is due

I love Portsmouth, I always have, their fans have such a great atmosphere at the club and I always feel a bit sad inside (about 2%) when we beat them... So although I'll be cheering like mad for Arsenal on Wednesday I still don't think we should destroy Pompey in the Fulham-Villa style.

Off topic but let me ask you this...

If you were Kolo Toure wouldn't you put your hands up to your face if Wayne Rooney was lining up a shot directly at you???... I'm sure Kolo doesn't want to be known as Polo - The Defender with a hole (in his face)

:lol:

I've posted that everywhere I can lol, I've had great feedback on it...

I might put it in my signature lol.

Lehmann

Eboue Toure Campbell Flamini

Ljungberg Diaby Gilberto Reyes

Adebayor Henry

That is my predicition for the team that will play

Just because we had one bad result against man u doesn't mean it will continue, look at our form over the last month. Our away form hasn't been great this season but I fully expect us to take 3 points from pompey. B)

I swear the tickets for this were on general sale at one stage?

With a refreshed Thierry, going back to his favourite ground besides Highbury, I expect a good day from him...

I'm still undecided if I should watch it though, Prem Plus has brought me back luck on the last 3 occasions..

Tickets for the game are on general sale on arsenal.com at the moment

:D They weren't this morning.

i cant see that, the page doesnt seem to be working for me :angry:

http://www.arsenal.com/membership/article.asp?article=367593

Im still quite confident for this one im going for 2-0 to us with Henry & Van Persie on the scoresheet

They were on general sale because some people returned their original tickets who cannot make the postponed fixture.

And there are still tickets now, so if you want to go, get down to the stadum early tommorow.

My colleagues son is the mascot...we've bet him a tenner he can't put one past Lehman

lol, Hope he does put one past him.

what time is this?

I heard that Sol has been recalled to the starting line-up. It will be a shame to end our current back-four... but Arsene obviously has faith in Sol so who are we to argue?

Fabregas has a slight knock as well, i'm hoping it isn't too serious but I think he needs a rest, Diaby will be a good replacment. Reyes is also out.

The importance of this match could determine our future of the club for the next few years. Lose and die.... well not litterally but you know what I mean!

:scarf: :title:

Reyes will play, where did you hear that he's out?

Philippe Senderos is rested to make way for Campbell. Wenger has also brought back Jose Antonio Reyes and Freddie Ljungberg. Francesc Fabregas will miss the game with a foot injury he picked up at Old Trafford. It is only expected to be a short-term problem.

http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav...start+at+Pompey

Arsenal line up:

Lehmann

Djourou Campbell Toure Flamini


Ljungberg Diaby Song Reyes


Henry Adebayor

Song seems a bit of a surprise, i know Fabregas has injured his foot or something but what about Gilberto or Wenger just resting him?

Is Almunia injuired?. Because he wasn't on the bench at Old Trafford and not today at Fratton Park. So is Poom 2nd choice or is Almunia injured?.

Can anybody tell me what is going on please!!!
I'm in France and can't get it on the Tv or radio and the bbc website is very vague and delayed.

they are playing well :(

nil nil

I'm guessing your talkiing about Pompy.
Oh dear... and Freddie has just been booked I see.
Come On Arsenal!

yeah pompey.

very worrying stuff.

Have they come close to scoring?
Hopefully Henry will drop back a little and so we can get a bit more of the ball.

i havnt been listening since the start. from what i hear, we had a few half chances, nothing clear cut.
We seems to be giving ALOT of possesion away, Song and Diaby have been guilty of it a few times, grrr

HENRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYY!!!!

Mwaruwari fouls Djourou could be injured
Arsenal 1-0 HENRY