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Right, everton job done.

Now we need to go to the Emirates and take three points.

If we take three points at arsenal, we will be well on our way. wITH TORRES AND johnson to return, things are looking up.

I hope we dont go to arsenal and catch 3-0 hiding.

Soto is out for this one

3 points here and we're in the race for 3rd place. especially if arsenal lose at stamford bridge today.

i just hope rafa has the balls to go there and try to get the 3 points. but i'm afraid we'll see more of his negative tactics.

we might be well advised to be defensive. just lookin at chelsea absorbing arsenal here and then countering. for all arsenal have up front they are not able to defend. i know people like to think torres is hands doewn best striker in the world, but i think he has a bit to go to match drogba. he's a nightmare.

he has to play an attacking formation against the arse.if he sits 2 defensive midfielders in there we'll lose.i would be playing babel against them this week for a bit of pace.he wont though.

yes but im afraid we don't have the players to counter attack at the moment. not without torres and benayoun in the team. i think we've been well organised in the last games and have kept a clean sheet in 6 out of 7. if i know rafa right he will start this game with aurelio as a winger but we need riera or even babel if we're going to counter attack.

lets hope rafa was resting aqua and riera for arsenal on wed and it would be nice to have babel up front instead of egg nog but nowing rafas record well have 10 defenders on pitch

I have given up on Babel. Look at the insipid display against everton when he came on. It was tee'd up for him to make a point to Rafa and he looked like he could not care less. No lets forget him and sell him Ngog is a better bet.

When I saw the teamsheet for yesterday I was surprised to see Aquilani left out as I thought Rafa would rest one of Masch or Lucas, in readiness for the two holding midfielders formation at the Emirates. I think Rafa maybe thinking of Aquilani for the Arsenal game as there is less chance of Fabregas and co kicking him up in the air, unlike yesterday when that's all that happened all afternoon! I'd quite like to see Aquilani play off Kuyt and move Gerrard to the right handside and Riera up the left and keep the two holding midfielders.

i like that idea.

-----lucas---masch----

gerrard---aqui----riera

---------kuyt------

With the same tactics employed as against everton we can get the three points, Arsenal cant play a physical game.

we should get masch man marking fabregas as essien did to gerrard last season