After the win against Wigan, Wenger was clearly planning to rest most of the players for this final fixture in the group stage. Toure, Clichy, Sagna, Nasri, Fabregas, Walcott, Adebayor and VanPersie were missing. I wasn't expecting much when Arsenal.com announced the squad. It was a clear ploy to rest some players.
Some will go on about how we finished second and that we'll have to face top teams in the next round. But in the end if we have to win the cup, we'll have to play the top teams anyway! If you look carefully at the standings, you'll see that there isn't much difference between the sides that finished first and second.
It's back to the league on saturday and it's Boro away. A fixture which has clearly not been our favorite for some time. Last time around we lost 2-1. It would hvae been 2-0 if it was not for the last minute consolation. In many ways it was similar to our performance against Stoke this season. One of the worst. With key players rested, there shouldn't be a factor of tiredness this time around. Boro will play an open game and if we're in the right mindset, we can win. One - nil to the Arsenal? Hopefully.!
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