Southampton v Arsenal. Shock horror entire league in massive injury crisis

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1. After watching Tottenham Hotspur beat 8urnley 1 nil in added time at Wembley this afternoon in the PL live on the TV, I have to say it has become compulsory for Arsenal to also beat Southampton tomorrow in the PL. So as to not only keep their current winning run of 22 matches in all competitions on running to 23 matches, but to also not lose further ground in the table to the duo club sides of Spurs and Chelsea in the face of their challenging Arsenal seriously this season to a Champions League spot. Therefore, Arsenal must find the inspiration within themselves and get inspired by it in the game with defining superiority over the Saints in the game and beat them in the match unfailingly, irrespective of whatever be the inspiration Hasenhutti, the new Saints manager will bring to St. Mary’s to inspire the Saints to get a result in the match so as to start a reviving job to turnaround the downturn fortunes of the Saints in the PL from collapsing.

   The Arsenal 3-5-2 playing formation starts and the 7 man Gunners bench that I am thinking Emery will use in the match to get a good away win for Arsenal are below.

   Starts:
   Leno;
   Lichtsteiner Jenkinson Monreal;
   Bellerin Xhaka Ozil Iwobi Kola’nac;
   Lacazette Aubameyang.
   Bench:
   Cech Guendouzi AMN Torreira Ramsey Mkhitaryan Nkethia.

   Note: I’ve decided to bench Torreira who is on 4 yellow cards from getting a 5th one that will see him suspended for our very important home match against Spurs on Wednesday night in the Carabao Cup Q/F match. A match that Arsenal cannot afford not to win.

   If I were Arsenal, I will go for a top quality striker signing in January first over a defender or a midfielder signings. Because right now, Arsenal don’t have a senior 3rd striker option to Lacazette and Aubameyang in the first team squad. But I am not saying they should not sign a defender or a midfielder in Jan. They could if they want to do it. But first thing first, let them sign a senior team top quality striker should in case something bad, God forbids happened to one of Lacazette and Aubameyang as the season campaign pans on.

2. The suspensions on 5 cards are just as critical as some minor injuries. The worst part is that many of the yellow cards given to Arsenal players are ‘soft’ rather than deserved.

   In yesterdays Spurs match there were some tackles particularly by Kane that deserved more than yellow, however I cannot remember even one card shown to a Spurs player.